Maybe not so much today, but at one point in time, Holly Weird was a metalhead way to describe

Hollywood because of all the weird people you would find there.

And where there's weird people, you can bet you're going to find some weird crimes.

Crimes that don't quite have a Hollywood ending, but will give you the twists and turns

only Hollywood can produce.

This list is the weirdest of the weird.

Watch your bags because we're off to La La Land to count down the most bizarre crimes

that seem tailor made for the big screen.

Hey all you weirdos, welcome to Crime Countdown, a Spotify original from podcast.

I'm Ash.

And I'm Elena.

Every week we'll highlight ten fascinating stories of history's most engaging and unsettling

crimes.

All picked by the podcast research gods.

This episode we're counting down the top ten weird Hollywood crimes.

So we are from Massachusetts, but I have been to LA slash Hollywood and I can confirm

that place is weird.

And maybe it's just because we're like East Coasters, so it's like totally different

just weird and general, but it also just has like this feeling about it, like something

in the air, like smog, but it's not all bad weird either, because there's so much good

stuff that's there and so many can't be things and so many just like beautiful things.

But there are certainly some darker vibes hanging around.

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