Truth matters. Community matters. Your support makes both possible. LAist is one of the few places where news remains independent and free from political and corporate influence. Stand up for truth and for LAist. Make your year-end tax-deductible gift now.
This is an archival story that predates current editorial management.
This archival content was written, edited, and published prior to LAist's acquisition by its current owner, Southern California Public Radio ("SCPR"). Content, such as language choice and subject matter, in archival articles therefore may not align with SCPR's current editorial standards. To learn more about those standards and why we make this distinction, please click here.
ICYMI: The Los Feliz Murder House Is Off The Market, But Not Out Of Our Nightmares
Watts Towers. (Photo by Robert Koo via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr. Tag #LAist on Instagram if you want to see your photo featured here)
- Follow LAist on Twitter, on Instagram, and like us on Facebook. You can also see what T-shirt LAist Editor-in-Chief Carman Tse is wearing today on the Shirts of My Boss Instagram. And to get the top stories mailed to you, sign up here.
- Godspeed to the couple that just dropped $2.3 million the infamous Los Feliz Murder House, where a doctor murdered his wife and attacked his teenage daughter with a hammer before overdosing on pills himself.
- Speaking of haunted houses, there's definitely maybe a ghost at this old school diner in Burbank.
- Ok you know what let's keep it spooky. "Surprise" exorcisms are being staged throughout Comic-Con in San Diego this weekend as a macabre means of promoting "The Exorcist," a rebooted TV series based on the film. Nothing in that last sentence is good.
- Have you tried Drake's whiskey? We would like some now.
- Speaking of needing whiskey, Kirsten Dunst will be directing an adaptation of Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar,. Dakota Fanning will be playing the lead, Esther Greenwood.
- Now here's a heartwarming story: this 100-year-old lobster is being moved from a tank in a Florida restaurant to an aquarium in Maine.
- Lin-Manuel Miranda is going to get bombed and tell the tale of Burr/Hamilton on Comedy Central's Drunk History.
- Speaking of getting bombed, this guy in Florida (who looks suspiciously like Ed Helms) legally changed his name to Kraftwerk, which we honor with this timely track:
You come to LAist because you want independent reporting and trustworthy local information. Our newsroom doesn’t answer to shareholders looking to turn a profit. Instead, we answer to you and our connected community. We are free to tell the full truth, to hold power to account without fear or favor, and to follow facts wherever they lead. Our only loyalty is to our audiences and our mission: to inform, engage, and strengthen our community.
Right now, LAist has lost $1.7M in annual funding due to Congress clawing back money already approved. The support we receive before year-end will determine how fully our newsroom can continue informing, serving, and strengthening Southern California.
If this story helped you today, please become a monthly member today to help sustain this mission. It just takes 1 minute to donate below.
Your tax-deductible donation keeps LAist independent and accessible to everyone.
Right now, LAist has lost $1.7M in annual funding due to Congress clawing back money already approved. The support we receive before year-end will determine how fully our newsroom can continue informing, serving, and strengthening Southern California.
If this story helped you today, please become a monthly member today to help sustain this mission. It just takes 1 minute to donate below.
Your tax-deductible donation keeps LAist independent and accessible to everyone.
Senior Vice President News, Editor in Chief
