You're going to be here. Welcome to Los Angeles, the fabled city of angels, home to Palm trees, movie stars, Disneyland, and the American dream

we know is Hollywood.

It's a place of shadows and sunlight, myth and murder, and it's the historical home to more

cranks, nutcases, cases killers and lunatics then you'll

find just about anywhere else in the country and welcome to the new episode and

new season of the American haunting's podcast.

Shows hosted and produced by Cody Beck,

and it's written and performed by Troy Taylor.

That's me.

In the many weeks ahead in season five,

we'll be delving into the history, mystery, spirits, scandals, and sins of Hollywood,

that glamorous bit of Los Angeles that's not so much a place these days, but a state of mind.

Each new episode will reveal another sorted Hollywood tale of crime

corruption, murder, and of course ghosts. And they won't be for the faint of

heart. So sit back, relax, make a cocktail, and get ready for the new season of American hauntings.

There are many dark and gruesome tales ahead, and we bet you'll be listening to a lot of these

episodes with the lights on. You're going to be here. Los Angeles touted as the Wonder City of the West,

captured the imagination of the American public in the late 1800s and early 1900s in a way that no other place in the country had ever done before.

It had the natural beauty of the mountains, the beaches, and the orange groves, its architecture was modern, borrowed

or bizarre in ways that went beyond any mid-Westerners imagination.

It became the land of film stars, both real and imagine. There was Hollywood and Vine, showbiz

mansions, movie premieres, nightclubs, and carefully designed facades that

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