Take a haunted walking tour of Hollywood with Adam. Along the way, meet spectral projectionists, Marilyn Monroe’s haunted mirror, the ghosts of the Roosevelt Hotel, and Peg Entwistle, the tragic actress who walks forever beneath the famous “H.”
In This Episode:
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El Capitan Theater – A Disney showcase today, but once home to Citizen Kane and a restless projectionist said to haunt the booth.
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TCL Chinese Theatre – The most famous theater in LA, where ghost stories include a vaudeville stagehand, a child apparition, and actor Victor Killian, brutally murdered in 1979 and still seen pacing the forecourt.
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The Hollywood Walk of Fame – Strange energies, celebrity spirits, and even misspelled stars etched in concrete.
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The Roosevelt Hotel – Site of the first Academy Awards, now haunted by a little girl, Montgomery Clift, and the most famous ghost of them all: Marilyn Monroe, whose mirror continues to startle guests.
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The Magic Castle – A gothic mansion turned magician’s club, where Houdini’s spirit is invoked and ghostly piano music drifts through velvet-draped halls.
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The Hollywood Sign – From its origins as “Hollywoodland” to the tragic death of Peg Entwistle, whose apparition – accompanied by the scent of gardenias – still lingers on the hillside.
Movies mentioned:
Citizen Kane (1941); Anything Goes (1936, stage musical, later film); The Rocketeer (1991); Aladdin (1992); King of Kings (1927); Thirteen Women (1932); From Here to Eternity (1953).
Personalities mentioned:
Will Rogers; Joan Fontaine; Clark Gable; Orson Welles; Sid Grauman; Mary Pickford; Douglas Fairbanks; Howard Schenck; Norma Talmadge; Victor Arthur Killian; Charles Wagenheim; Errol Flynn; Carole Lombard; Montgomery Clift; Marilyn Monroe; Suzanne Leonard (Roosevelt Hotel staff); Harry Houdini; Roland B. Lane; Catherine Lane; Peg Entwistle; Robert Keith; Brian Keith; Irene Dunne; Myrna Loy.
Other media & pop culture references:
All in the Family (1971–1979); Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (1976–1977); The Jeffersons (1975–1985); Kojak (1973–1978); Gunsmoke (1955–1975); Planet of the Apes (TV series, 1974); The Brady Bunch (1969–1974); Family Affair (1966–1971); Hotel California (Eagles album, 1976).
Google Maps: Hollwood Boulevard Walking Route
Google Maps: Walking to the Hollywood sign