Step into the shadowy underbelly of Hollywood’s golden era in Episode 6 with Scott Michaels, the mastermind behind “Dearly Departed Tours”, "The Six Degrees of Helter Skelter", and “FindADeath.com”.

In this episode, Scott and Brandon delve into the chilling events that lurked behind the bright lights of Hollywood from the 1930s through the 1960s. They recount the tales and grim details of celebrity deaths, unmarked celebrity graves, the fatal car accidents of Jayne Mansfield and Princess Diana, Marilyn Monroe’s embalming, the Manson Family's reign of terror, John Wayne Gacy's horrifying double life, and Richard 'The Night Stalker' Ramirez's bloody spree.

Listen as Scott shares his intriguing journey from being engulfed in the tragic fates of Hollywood stars to becoming an advisor on Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Once Upon A Time In Hollywood’. Witness as Scott reveals a few haunted items from his personal collection, including a piece from Sharon Tate's fireplace.

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Chapters:

00:00 - Intro
00:38 - Scott's First Exposure to Tragical History
04:22 - Celebrity Deaths
08:54 - Never Before Seen Photos of the Charles Manson / LaBianca Murders
10:14 - People Send Scott Random Items
12:16 - Immersed in Murder - Jack the Ripper, Kray Twins, Ted Bundy, Charles Manson, and Jeffrey Dahmer
14:32 - Jeffrey Dahmer
17:24 - People Who Identify With Serial Killers / The Manson Girls
19:09 - John Wayne Gacy
21:33 - The World Made Charles Manson The Boogeyman
22:38 - Graveline Tours – Janice Joplin, The Menendez House, Auntie Em’s Suicide
25:39 - Starline Tours – LA Celebrity Tours
28:05 - Celebrity Graves (Forest Lawn Cemetery, Westwood Cemetery) – Marilyn Monroe, Dean Martin, Natalie Wood, Truman Capote, Rodney Dangerfield, Farrah Fawcett, Hugh Hefner
30:30 - Judy Garland Exhumed
31:46 - Vandalizing Celebrity Graves
33:25 - Celebrities With Unmarked Graves
33:57 - Starting FindADeath.com
37:07 - Princess Diana's Fatal Car Accident
40:37 - Car Accidents Can Happen Any Time
41:04 - Jayne Mansfield's Death By "Cranial Avulsion"
45:07 - Hollywood Babylon – Kenneth Anger, James Dean is a Male Prostitute, Jean Harlow, Marie Prevost Eaten By Dog
46:17 - Scott Owns The Car Jayne Mansfield Died In
51:08 - The Beginning of Dearly Departed
52:59 - The Menendez Brothers
55:39 - LA's Dark History
57:11 - How Scott Found Stops, Routes, and Stories For Dearly Departed
58:36 - Dearly Departed's Helter Skelter Tour
59:42 - Virginia Graham and Ronnie Howard Exposed the Manson Family, Susan Atkins' "Death List"
1:03:49 - Albert Dekker's Insane Suicide Story
1:05:36 - Anthony Bourdain Went on Scott's Tour
1:07:04 - Tour Stops That Are Too Disturbing For People
1:08:39 - Dearly Departed Vol 1 & 2 – Karen Carpenter Funeral Home, Black Dahlia Locations, Paul Walker Crash Location
1:09:14 - The Six Degrees of Helter Skelter
1:12:39 - Scott's "Haunted" Collection – Carrie Fisher's Cigarette, Door of the Room "Divine" Died In, Elizabeth Morgan's Wicker Settee, Mae West's Teeth, a Tile of the Ambassador Hotel where Bobby Kennedy Was Assassinated, Sharon Tate's Fireplace
1:15:50 - Scott Brings In and Gifts Pieces of His Collection – Sharon Tate's Fireplace, A Piece of the Titanic, and a Tile from the Pool Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones Drowned in
1:19:40 - Haunted Items Bring Paranormal Encounters
1:20:58 - Owning a Painting Sent By John Wayne Gacy
1:23:33 - Helter Skelter, Charles Manson, Tate/LaBianca Murders – What Happened?
1:27:11 - The Manson Family
1:28:39 - The Motives of the Tate / LaBianca Murders – Dennis Wilson, Terry Melcher, Charles Manson, Tex Watson, and the Beach Boys Stolen Manson Song
1:36:42 - Remembering When "Helter Skelter" Happened
1:37:51 - Richard Ramirez, The Night Stalker
1:38:17 - LaBiancas & Shorty Shay Murdered
1:39:41 - Wojciech Frykowski May Have Provoked the Murders
1:41:11 - The Album Charles Manson Made In Jail
1:41:49 - Helter Skelter's Impact on Scott's Life
1:42:37 - Scott's Involvement in Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon A Time In Hollywood"
1:44:51 - Working With Quentin Tarantino
1:49:09 - Finding the Hidden Details of Helter Skelter
1:51:59 - Did William Garretson Hear the Murders?
1:56:15 - Does Scott Miss Doing the Dearly Departed Tours?
1:57:59 - Private Tours of Dearly Departed
1:59:03 - A Victim-Oriented Approach
2:01:25 - Scott's YouTube Channel – Going to the Bedroom Where Marvin Gaye Was Killed and Interviewing the Man Who Embalmed Marilyn Monroe
2:03:36 - Outro