Dearly Departed Podcast

In this episode we discuss the bizarre murder of B-movie actress Susan Cabot, AKA Roger Corman's The Wasp Woman!  Covered in this Episode: IN THE NEWS Article: People Magazine's 1987 write-up on the missed interview between Molly Ringwald and Lillian Gish (Link) Article: Ringwald's defense of the missed interview (Link) "Early in my career I was asked to do an interview with Lillian Gish and I was really excited. But then everything got screwed up, I smashed my finger in a door, the taxi took me to the wrong end of town, it was the middle of winter, I couldn't get another taxi, and I was heart-broken because they said she didn't want to do it anymore. So I got flowers and wrote her a note and said how sorry I was, and they just wrote this sort of... like... horrible piece on how I stood up this sweet old woman who had a plate of cookies waiting for me. I mean they couldn't have written it to be worse. They got a much better article out of me that way than if I'd showed up, and it started this feeling that I was a bratty actress who didn't care and left people waiting. I've never been the kind of person who would do that." MAIN FEATURE :: The Wasp Woman ::   The Wasp Woman (1959) Article: JFK files: CIA lined up actress for date with Jordan's King Hussein during visit to United States (Link) Jordan's King Hussein (1957) Timothy Scott Roman, Susan Cabot's son Article: Scott's write-up on the death of Susan Cabot at FindADeath.com! Susan Cabot's house and the scene of her murder Bold laundry detergent - murder weapon hiding spot Susan Cabot's grave marker, made possible by Scott Michaels and friends WRAP-UP Article: Death Tour Owner Makes Sure Forgotten Actors Get a Headstone (Link) Actor Johnny Arthur's grave marker, made possible by Scott Michaels and friends Article: Scott's write-up on the death of actor Herve Villechaize at FindADeath.com! Bullet hole from gun that killed actor Herve Villechaize Video: My Dinner with Herve trailer (Link) Link: Zak Bagans' The Haunted Museum in Las Vegas

The Dearly Departed Podcast explores the dark side of Hollywood history. It is led by famed Hollywood historian Scott Michaels -- who operates LA's Dearly Departed Tours and FindADeath.com, and who has been featured as an expert on E! Entertainment multiple times, as well as in his own documentaries like The Six Degrees of Helter Skelter -- and co-hosted by filmmaker Mike Dorsey (The Six Degrees of Helter Skelter, Murder Rap: Inside the Biggie and Tupac Murders, Demon House). Every two weeks we will explore a different Hollywood death or other dark and fascinating story from Tinseltown's sordid history! Covered in this Episode: IN THE NEWS Penny Marshall, left, and Cindy Williams as the title characters in the ABC sitcom “Laverne & Shirley.”Ms. Marshall’s success on the show paved the way for her directing career. Credit ABC Please Support: LA Conservancy and Hollywood Heritage Article: Owner who demolished Neutra house ordered to build exact replica (Link) Article: Neutra House in Palm Springs Destroyed (Link) MAIN FEATURE :: Death of Santa Claus :: Article: Ho Ho Ho! Read bout Leroy Scholtz aka Santa Claus at FindADeath.com! :: Dean Martin :: Dean Martin (Getty Images) Video: Watch the Martin and Lews Reunion from 1976!  Article: FindADeath's writeup on the death of Dean Martin The old Hamburger Hamlet that Deano used to hang out at Scott's Dean Martin beer bottle :: Tiny Tim :: Video: Watch Tiny Tim perform his hit Tiptoe Through the Tulips Article: Tiny Tim on FindADeath   WRAP-UP Article: Kevin Smith survives 'massive' heart attack: 'I would've died tonight' (Link) Download: Scott's FindADeah Death A Day App!     Special Thanks again to LA's El Coyote Restaurant!