The Cursing of Russian Hill, Pt 3: The Happenings at 1000 Lombard St

The Strange and Unusual Podcast

Alyson Horrocks | Morbid Network

True Crime, Society & Culture, Exhibit C, History

4.7 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

In the conclusion to this series on Russian Hill, I delve into the events which affected Pat Montandon and her friends and family at 1000 Lombard Street, as well as the occult resurgence in the 1960s, including the role of Anton LeVay.

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0:17.9	In the depths of an Atlanta forest, a clash between activists and authorities ends in tragedy.
0:23.8	I'm Matthew Cher, and on my new podcast, We Came to the Forest.
0:27.2	We expose the hidden truths behind a shootout.
0:29.6	They left one activist dead and countless lives forever changed.
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0:42.1	The San Francisco Examiner.
0:45.8	Saturday, June 21st, 1969.
0:50.7	Apartment Fire.
0:52.8	Pat Montandon's secretary killed by Baron Mueller
0:58.0	Pat Montandon's private secretary was burned to death early today in a fire
1:05.0	which swept through the TV personalities luxurious Russian Hill apartment.
1:11.6	Mrs. Mary Lewis Ward, 45, was found dead in bed, burned almost beyond recognition.
1:21.6	The two-alarm fire caused more than $25,000 damage to the second floor, six-room apartment at 1,000 Lombard Street.
1:33.7	Miss Montandon married since May to financier, Alfred Wiley, but still using her maiden name
1:41.4	professionally, now lives with her husband on Green Street.
1:46.7	She had loaned the Lombard apartment to Mrs. Ward, who in turn had loaned her own apartment
1:53.3	to her recently married daughter.
1:56.2	Mrs. Ward is a widow.
1:59.4	Miss Montandon, who arrived at the fire scene shortly after the blaze was
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