Sex, Death & The Hollywood Mystique

Larry Wessel presents darkest Hollywood and explores some of tinsel town's most grisly tragedies, including the murders of Sharon Tate and The Black Dahlia.

Cast

Jonathan Gilmore

as Himself (as John Gilmore)

Curtis Harrington

as Himself

Forrest J. Ackerman

as Himself

Kelly Monroe

as Herself

Nicholas Fruktow

as Himself

Eva Ford

as Herself

Kerine Elkins

as Herself

Goddess Bunny

as Herself

Jacque Lawson

as Herself

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