Is It Haunted, or Is It Hollywood? The Harlow/Bern House (ft. Bridget Marquardt)

Dark House

House Beautiful/Hearst

Society & Culture, True Crime, Religion & Spirituality

4.4 • 757 Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2021

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Alyssa shares the story of Los Angeles’s infamous Harlow/Bern House, a 1930 Craftsman that was once home to Hollywood starlet Jean Harlow and her MGM executive husband, Paul Bern. Two short months after the couple tied the knot, Bern was found dead in their home at 9820 Easton Drive in Benedict Canyon. Though his death was ruled a suicide, rumors have been circulating Hollywood for years suggesting Bern was actually murdered and that studio executives covered it up to protect Harlow’s career. Strangely, the next person to own the home also suffered an untimely death at the hands of the Manson Family. The co-hosts discuss a controversial interview from a 1970 issue of Fate Magazine that suggests the ghost of Paul Bern appeared in the home to warn the new occupants about a looming violent tragedy. Unsure of whether or not the house is haunted, cursed, or just a figure of Hollywood legend, Alyssa and Hadley connect with celebrity paranormal investigator Bridget Marquardt to find out what happened when she visited the home herself (39:33). Marquardt, who starred in E’s 2005 reality series The Girls Next Door, also shares stories about Hugh Hefner’s ghost visiting her in a “dream” (50:23), seeing a full apparition in her bedroom at the Playboy Mansion (53:48), and the scariest encounter a guest has shared with her on her podcast, Ghost Magnet with Bridget Marquardt (59:52). TW: Suicide CONTRIBUTORS Host/Producer: Alyssa Fiorentino Host/Producer: Hadley Mendelsohn Producer: May Tsehay Sound Engineer: Josh Caldwell Interested in advertising with us? Please visit https://www.advertisecast.com/DarkHouse for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I don't even have to go in.
0:03.2	Sometimes it's just on the outside.
0:04.4	I get this pressure on my chest and in my throat kind of almost feels like it's sort of closing
0:10.7	off like it's hard to breathe, like very, very heavy.
0:14.1	Everything just gets very heavy.
0:16.3	And I always feel like, hmm, something's not right in here.
0:20.5	Something's off.
0:25.4	I'm Alyssa, and I'm Hadley.
0:27.9	We're two interior design editors obsessed with the paranormal.
0:31.7	This Halloween,
0:32.5	we're stepping away from the beautiful homes
0:34.2	we usually write about to tell a different kind of story.
0:37.2	From cursed cottages to abandoned estates, we're uncovering the twisted histories of America's
0:42.1	most notorious homes.
0:44.7	So lock your doors and leave the lights on.
0:48.1	This is Dark House.
0:57.3	Hey guys, welcome back to week three of Dark House.
0:59.2	If you're new here, my name is Alyssa.
1:03.4	My co-host is Hadley, and we are researching the most haunted homes in America.
1:08.9	This week, I picked the house, but Hadley still doesn't know which one it is yet, and I'm about to tell her.
1:11.3	Do you have any guesses before the big reveal?
1:16.5	Well, I thought about it. And I know you looked at my article about haunted houses for ideas.
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