Burning Fire, Deep Water

neither Venezuelan nor Volcano

Burnu Acquanetta, "the Venezuelan Volcano," was an exotic beauty who took Hollywood by storm in the summer of 1942... but who was she really?

Categories: Biography, Entertainment & Media, Hoaxes, Frauds & Forgeries, Series 8

Tags: Arizona Burnu Acquanetta Ross California Hollywood Mexico City motion pictures Native Americans New York, NY Phoenix, AZ Presented by #13 racism Universal Pictures Walter Wanger

Published: August 23, 2021

The Garden of Oblivion

the Golden Age of Hollywood's own no-tell motel

From millionaire's mansion to sleazy hotel to Frank Gehry architectural abomination, the sordid history of the Sunset Strip's own Garden of Allah.

Categories: Entertainment & Media, Most Popular, People & Places, Series 7

Tags: California Freeman Bernstein Hollywood motion pictures Presented by #13

Published: May 10, 2021

Monster without a Mask

the life and times of Rondo Hatton (1894-1946)

They called the Glutton of Glands, the Monster without Makeup, the Brute, the Creeper. You can call him anything you want, but his friends called him Rondo.

Categories: Biography, Entertainment & Media, Series 1

Tags: Hollywood motion pictures Presented by #13 Tampa, FL Universal Pictures World War I

Published: October 7, 2019