Hollywood Death and Scandal Sites
Worth buying if: You enjoy location-driven true-crime with specific sites like Greystone Mansion and Cielo Drive.
Skip it if: You want a narrative biography of a single star rather than a directory of addresses and incident summaries.
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Summary
E. J. Fleming’s Hollywood Death and Scandal Sites catalogs 281 pages of real-address investigations, historical context, and on-site descriptions of locations tied to famous deaths, crimes, and scandals in Los Angeles entertainment history.
Why this book now
For readers revisiting Hollywood history or planning a true-crime walking route, Fleming’s McFarland guide turns familiar celebrity lore into place-based exploration.
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- You enjoy location-driven true-crime with specific sites like Greystone Mansion and Cielo Drive.
- You collect McFarland reference guides or plan themed Los Angeles outings.
- You want a narrative biography of a single star rather than a directory of addresses and incident summaries.
- You dislike sober catalog-style entries and prefer fiction or sensationalized retellings.
- You are specifically hunting for the newest framing rather than a backlist perspective.
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Exact edition: Paperback · ISBN-13 9780786401604
Worth buying if: You enjoy location-driven true-crime with specific sites like Greystone Mansion and Cielo Drive.
Skip it if: You want a narrative biography of a single star rather than a directory of addresses and incident summaries.
Check Amazon for the current price and availability of this exact edition.
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Reading commitment
Light Short sit-downs
At 281 pages this is a medium commitment: dip into individual entries for short reads, or read cover-to-cover for a chronological map of Hollywood scandals.
What stands out here
This McFarland 2000 edition emphasizes precise locations, dates, and succinct historical context — a researcher-friendly reference rather than an interpretive history.
Best way to approach it
Approach it as a field guide: consult entries by address or name, cross-reference with maps, and read the author’s brief context notes before visiting sites.
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Paperback: ISBN-13 9780786401604
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