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Ghost Town: Strange History, True Crime, & the Paranormal

The Candy Cat Strip Club (GT Mini)

Ghost Town: Strange History, True Crime, & the Paranormal

Jason Horton & Rebecca Leib

True Crime, Paranormal, Weird History, Social Sciences, History, Science

3.7928 Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

A murderous family made this a second home in the 1960s.


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0:00.0

Ever wondered why people go on killing sprees?

0:05.0

Are you interested in exploring the paranormal?

0:07.0

Faffled by stories of previous lives.

0:10.0

Well so are we.

0:11.0

In each episode we'll be discussing the weird and wonderful stories of some truly confusing phenomena

0:17.0

and some horrific true crime cases.

0:19.0

Find us on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok

0:22.5

and join us every Tuesday,

0:24.6

wherever you listen to your podcasts.

0:26.9

And be prepared to be totally and utterly,

0:29.7

perplexed. Bitter Sweet. I'm Jason Horton.

0:50.5

I'm Rebecca Lebe.

0:51.8

And this is Ghost Town.

1:09.3

Yeah. I'm Rebecca Leab. And this is Ghost Town. At 21625 Devonshire Street in Chatsworth, California, that's between Santa Clarita and Calabasas,

1:17.0

about 30 miles outside of L.A., is the old location of the Candy Cat Strip Club, also called the Candy Cat 1.

1:25.5

This club wasn't just a divey hole in the wall to play pool. For many,

1:30.1

it was a community, a safe haven, a family. But there's family and then there's the family,

1:38.4

the Manson family, to be exact, who would call the area their hangout. To some of the family, the Candy Cat

1:45.9

Strip Club would even be their place of employment. Today on Ghost Town, the notorious Manson-fueled

1:53.2

history of the Candy Cat Strip Club. In 1971, the Candy Cat Strip Club was a biker bar

2:00.0

with pool tables, poles, and a bar that

2:02.6

had live dancers, games, and sometimes live music.

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