Showing posts with label scandal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label scandal. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Murder At The Greystone Mansion

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The largest home ever built in Beverly Hills, Greystone manor, wasn't built by a movie star, even though many movies have been filmed at this spectacular estate.
This fortress-like Tudor mansion was built by famed oil-tycoon Edward Doheny in 1928, as a gift to his son Ned. Despite their incredible wealth (a fortune of over $100 million), the members of the Doheny family had their share of tragedy. Edward Doheny was involved with bribery charges in the infamous Teapot Dome scandal, and his son's life ended in a bizarre murder-suicide.
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Thursday, December 18, 2008

Nighttime Noir

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My sister Judith has recently launched a new radio program out of KMUN, Astoria, Oregon. Nighttime Noir, is a weekly half-hour program with stories for adults, featuring classics from Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett, Christopher Isherwood and others. Her current reading, “I Am Not Ashamed” by scandalous 1940s-50’s actress Barbara Peyton, is presented in six installations. This book is a juicy tell-all, chronicling the fast rise and fall of one of Hollywood’s most beautiful actresses. Click Here & Listen!