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1950's
The Los Feliz Murder House: The Home Frozen in Time Since 1959
Urban Legends December 06, 1959
The Los Feliz Murder House: The Home Frozen in Time Since 1959

On December 6, 1959, physician Harold Perelson bludgeoned his wife to death in their Los Feliz home, then took his own life. The next owners purchased...

The Los Feliz Murder House
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1930's
The Legend of the Lizard People: Ancient Tunnels and Gold Tablets Beneath Downtown Los Angeles (1934)
Urban Legends January 29, 1934
The Legend of the Lizard People: Ancient Tunnels and Gold Tablets Beneath Downtown Los Angeles (1934)

On January 29, 1934, the Los Angeles Times ran the headline 'Lizard People's Catacomb City Hunted' — reporting engineer G. Warren Shufelt's claim that...

Downtown Los Angeles — Beneath the Civic Center *
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1910's
The Colorado Street Bridge: Pasadena's Suicide Bridge and the Ghosts of the Arroyo Seco
Urban Legends November 01, 1919
The Colorado Street Bridge: Pasadena's Suicide Bridge and the Ghosts of the Arroyo Seco

Built in 1913 across Pasadena's Arroyo Seco canyon, the Colorado Street Bridge — known citywide as 'Suicide Bridge' — has seen over 150 documented dea...

Colorado Street Bridge (Suicide Bridge)
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1770's
Turnbull Canyon: The Place of the Devil — Whittier's Canyon of Cursed Ground
Urban Legends January 01, 1771
Turnbull Canyon: The Place of the Devil — Whittier's Canyon of Cursed Ground

Turnbull Canyon in Whittier, LA County, was named 'Hutukngna' — The Place of the Devil — by the indigenous Tongva people. Over centuries it accumulate...

Turnbull Canyon *
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1550's
La Llorona: The Weeping Woman of the Los Angeles River
Urban Legends January 01, 1550
La Llorona: The Weeping Woman of the Los Angeles River

La Llorona — the Weeping Woman — is one of the oldest and most widespread legends in Latin American culture, with origins traceable to 1550s Mexico Ci...

Los Angeles River *
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