Dark City
There's the glossy postcard version...and then there's the full picture. These are the real, gritty, and often hidden stories behind the places we think we know. Host Leah Johnson sits down with insiders and experts, from Secret Service agents to bestselling authors, to pull back the curtain on overlooked history, true crime, and brushes with the unexplained.
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Dark City
34. HIDDEN HISTORY: Wrensmoor Castle’s Secrets and Spector Pt 2
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Alhambra, CA | Famed music producer Phil Spector‘s enraged reaction stunned police when they showed up to his castle to find actress Lana Clarkson dead in his foyer. But even more shocking was the story Phil Spector and his defense team told at his murder trial, especially when compared to the forensic evidence.
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🔎 Want to see how deep this story really goes? Here’s the full set of sources we used:
-https://artandsouleventsla.com/wrensmoor-castle
--Barber, M. (1985, July 11). As Sleeping Beauty was in the fairy tale, Alhambra Castle is being awakened by love. Los Angeles Times.
-http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6984082.stm
-https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/lana-clarkson-publicist-pickets-screening-of-hbos-phil-spector-1552290/
-https://www.citytowninfo.com/places/california/alhambra
-https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/lana-clarkson-publicist-pickets-screening-428901/
--KCAL News. (2021, May 4). Phil Spector’s Alhambra Castle coverage [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RegvmJXXpak
-https://lamag.com/celebrity/how-to-be-phil-spectors-houseguest
-Los Angeles Times, December 3, 1939, Fables of Alhambra mystery castle explode
-Los Angeles Times, 1977, There’s a castle for sale in Alhambra
-Los Angeles Times, July 11, 1985, As Sleeping Beauty Was in the Fairy Tale, Alhambra Castle Is Being Awakened by Love, by Mary Barber
-Los Angeles Times, April 8, 2007, Castle had a large family life before Spector, by Cecilia Rasmussen
-https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-aug-14-me-spector14-story.html
-https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-sep-11-me-spector11-story.html
-https://www.latimes.com/business/real-estate/story/2021-05-04/phil-spector-castle
-https://www.moviemaker.com/phil-spector-murder-lana-clarkson-details/
-https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/17/arts/music/phil-spector-dead.html
-https://www.pbssocal.org/history-society/phil-spectors-pyrenees-castle-the-fairytale-castle-that-became-home-to-a-nightmare
-https://people.com/home/phil-spectors-alhambra-castle-where-he-murdered-lana-clarkson-sells-in-alhambra/
-https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phil-spector-requests-appeal-from-u-s-supreme-court-122870/
-https://www.salon.com/2013/03/15/friends_of_lana_clarkson_protest_hbo_film_phil_spector/
-https://stylecaster.com/entertainment/tv-movies/1816570/phil-spector-net-worth/
-https://www.tvinsider.com/people/lana-clarkson/#biography
-https://www.today.com/popculture/judge-declares-mistrial-spector-case-1c9488404
-https://www.wrensmoor.com
-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RegvmJXXpak
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