Forest Lawn Memorial-Park in Glendale, Calif., is one of the best-known cemeteries in the world, and one of the top tourist attractions in Southern California. Covering more than 300 acres, its more than 300,000 permanent residents include dozens of top film, TV and entertainment personalities, from Clark Gable and Jean Harlow, to Michael Jackson and Elizabeth Taylor, and everyone in between. But good luck if you want to visit and pay your respects to your favorite celebrity. The cemetery ...

Until 1962, Westwood Memorial Park was a small, quiet, relatively unknown cemetery on the outskirts of Los Angeles. Then Marilyn Monroe was buried there, and she was quickly joined at Westwood by dozens of well-known figures from the world of entertainment. Although tiny Westwood can never replace either of the Forest Lawn cemeteries or Hollywood Forever in terms of history or the sheer number of celebrities, it has certainly become the current burial place of choice among the Hollywood el...

In 1924, 23 people, mostly girls and young women from 5 to 26 years old, died in the Hope Development School fire near Los Angeles, a tragedy that has become an all-but-forgotten part of the city's history. But the real tragedy was that state and county officials knew that the building was a dangerous fire trap, but were unable to find a safe location for the school.

Although Forest Lawn Memorial-Park's Glendale location might be more popular and more widely known, the Hollywood Hills location includes the final resting places of dozens of top film and TV stars, acclaimed musicians, and legends of animation and entertainment. "Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills: The Unauthorized Guide" provides the most complete, comprehensive and up-to-date directory to find the exact burial locations of dozens of celebrities, including film legends Buster Keaton, Stan Laure...

For more than 100 years, Hollywood Forever Cemetery has been one of the premier burial locations for entertainment celebrities, studio executives and members of the Hollywood film community. Today, it's one of the top tourist destinations for fans who want to pay their respects to their favorite stars. "Hollywood Forever Cemetery: The Unauthorized Guide" is the most complete and comprehensive directory to find the final burial locations for everyone from "The First Movie Star" to the most ...

Pierce Brothers Valhalla Memorial Park, near Los Angeles, was founded in 1923, and is the oldest cemetery in the San Fernando Valley. Although more closely associated with the aviation industry than entertainment, Valhalla contains the graves of many well-known and legendary entertainers and celebrities, including comedian Oliver Hardy, professional wrestler Gorgeous George, boxing champion Slapsie Maxie Rosenbloom, stuntman Yakima Canutt, Lassie trainer Rudd Weatherwax, Broadway producer ...

"Holy Cross Cemetery: The Unauthorized Guide" is a complete guide to the burial locations of nearly 70 celebrities at the largest Catholic cemetery in the Los Angeles area, including film legends Rita Hayworth, Bela Lugosi, Bing Crosby, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Loretta Young, Jimmy Durante, Rosalind Russell, Pat O'Brien, Ann Miller, Mary Astor, Ricardo Montalban, Edmond O'Brien, Jackie Coogan, Sharon Tate, John Candy and Fred MacMurray, plus detailed personal and professional biographies.

Home of Peace Memorial Park in East Los Angeles was originally located near the current site of Dodger Stadium and opened in 1855 as the first organized community effort by the city's pioneer Jewish settlers. The cemetery was moved to its current location in the early part of the 20th century, and contains the final resting places of some of the biggest names in the history of Hollywood, including MGM studio chief Louis B. Mayer, Universal Studios founder Carl Laemmle, three of the four mo...

The original Calvary Cemetery was one of the first burial grounds in Los Angeles, opening six years before the city was incorporated. This guide book provides the most complete and comprehensive directory to find the exact burial locations of nearly two dozen stars and celebrities, from the Barrymores; to silent film stars including Mabel Normand, Pola Negri and Ramon Novarro; to recent stars like Lou Costello and Irene Dunne; and even Ronald Reagan's parents, along with detailed personal ...

Chicago -- the "City of the Big Shoulders," according to Carl Sandburg -- is in many ways the most unique and genuinely American of all American cities. Proud, sprawling, tough, industrious, artistic, powerful, sinful and influential, Chicago was one of the nation's largest and most important cities when it spectacularly burned to the ground in 1871, and then quickly rose up from the ashes to become even bigger and stronger.Chicago's Graceland Cemetery perfectly reflects the city, ...

Murder played out in the spotlight of maximum publicityDoes celebrityhood preclude a fair trial? Can the famous get away with behaviour off limits to most ordinary mortals? Here in a fascinating diagnosis of the shifting nature of high-profile justice is the fullest ever analysis of infamous and celebrity murder cases that have come to trial. This A-list selection looks in depth at 25 notable murders involving those who live their lives in the full beam of press and media headlight...

Despite advances in DNA testing, forensics, and the investigative skills used by police, hundreds of crimes remain unsolved across Canada. With every passing day trails grow colder and decades can pass before a new lead or witness comes forward if one comes forward.In Unsolved, Robert J. Hoshowsky examines twelve crimes that continue to haunt us. Some cases are well-known, while others have virtually disappeared from the public eye. All of the cases remain open, and many a...