Dark City: Touring the Hidden History of Famous & Forgotten Places
Every place has a shadow, every shadow a story. Join us, dark tourists, as we uncover the hidden true crimes, scandals, and hauntings lurking in hotspots and forgotten stops. We dive deep into the research and spill the historical tea with dark humor. No tourist fluff, no sanitized versions. Just the real and sometimes terrifying truths that will surprise even the locals.
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Dark City: Touring the Hidden History of Famous & Forgotten Places
34. HIDDEN HISTORY: Wrensmoor Castle’s Secrets and Spector Pt 2
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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