A Spooky Mansion & The Notorious Lone Tree

Bay Curious

KQED

History, Society & Culture, Places & Travel

4.9 • 999 Ratings

🗓️ 12 October 2023

⏱️ 20 minutes

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This is the second episode in our month-long BOO Curious series! Today we've got a double feature. First, we look at how 19th century estate in Oakland became the undisputed star of spooky films dating back to the 1970s. Then, we head a little south to Hayward, where the centuries-old Legend of the Lone Tree inspires intrigue with its story of love, betrayal ... and gruesome murder. Additional Reading: Dunsmuir: The Oakland Mansion that Inspired Hollywood Nightmares The Legend of Lone Tree Connects Us to Hayward's History Read a transcript of the episode Get tickets for our walking tour at the AIDS Memorial Grove Sign up for our newsletter Enter our Sierra Nevada Brewing Company monthly trivia contest Your support makes KQED podcasts possible. You can show your love by going to https://kqed.org/donate/podcasts These stories were reported by Rachael Myrow and Pauline Bartolone. Bay Curious is made by Olivia Allen-Price, Amanda Font, Christopher Beale and Brendan Willard. Additional support from Pauline Bartolone, Cesar Saldana, Jen Chien, Katie Sprenger, Jasmine Garnett, Carly Severn, Jenny Pritchett, Holly Kernan and the whole KQED family.

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0:00.0	From K-QED. I will never forget my first horror film. I was probably seven or
0:09.5	eight spending the night at a friend's house down the street.
0:12.6	She pressed a tape into the VHS player,
0:15.3	a movie her dad had rented from the 48 hour video store
0:18.5	that I'm pretty sure we weren't meant to be watching.
0:22.1	We hit play, and for the next two hours we sat still
0:26.6	has stone taken in by the story of a house so haunted nobody would make it out alive. The film was burnt offerings. I didn't
0:38.9	sleep for weeks. It was only recently that I learned the house in the movie, the one that
0:46.1	consumes its occupants, is lurking in the Oakland Hills.
0:55.0	This is Boo Curious, your eerie tour of the San Francisco Bay Area.
1:00.0	Today we have a double feature for you.
1:02.8	Part 1 takes you inside the Dunsmere house,
1:06.2	the dusty mansion at the center of several renowned horror films.
1:11.2	Then we'll head to Hayward for a centuries old legend of love, betrayal, and
1:17.2	gruesome murder. I'm Olivia Allen Price, now stay close. You don't want to get lost. Support for Bay Curious is brought to you by Sierra Nevada Brewing Company, still family-owned, operated and argued over.
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1:45.0	trailblazing runs in the family. Visit Sierra Nevada.com to find your new
1:50.0	favorite beer today.
2:02.0	Hiding away in the East Bay Hills is a home that has haunted the imaginations of decades of moviegoers, myself included. K-QEDs Rachel Myro went to see what hides within its crumbling walls.
2:07.0	The Dunzmoor-Hellman Historic Estate sits on 50 landscaped acres just south of the
2:16.1	Oakland Zoo and as you walk up to the massive Neoclassical Revival Mansion
2:21.3	painted a crisp, almost blinding white.
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