Death Hag Sticker of the Day - The Salton Sea

In the desert outside of Palm Springs is the Salton Sea.  A bizarre accident happened in the early 1900's when the Colorado River broke and formed this massive body of water in the desert.  

It became a tourist destination. 

Well guess what.

They plugged the leak.

Now it's completely cut off and sits stagnant.  Slowly evaporating and killing almost everything in it.  

The beach you are looking at is not made of sand.  It's made of fish skeletons.

WEIRD.

Putrid.

The communities that sprung up have almost all been vacated, most are in ruins.

Grandma's House - 19624 Moross, Detroit, MI 48224

This is my grandmother's house.  The embedded images are from the 70's.

Who says you can't go back?

James Earl Ray Deathaversary April 23, 2015

A few years ago it came to my attention via my friend Joe Walker, that James Earl Ray, the man who murdered Dr. Martin Luther King, once lived in Hollywood.

Circa 1967, Ray was a resident of the Gerswin Hotel on Hollywood Boulevard.

Joe clarifies, "An ad in a paper called the LA Free Press which was where "swingers" met.  After he was arrested they went way back into his life because, while he agreed to plead guilty, he later recanted saying he was put up to it, etc.  I am attaching a clipping from a report on Ray, along with the address of the Gershwin and the PO box he used in Alhambra - coincidentally now a nursery school."

This building had another notable resident, fiction-writer 

Kenneth "No one has sued me yet." Anger.

The ever changing face of Hollywood - when developers opted to destroy other buildings on the street to build a Petco, there was a terrific rare view of an old auto repair shop sign.

Sad, this is almost like archaeology here.

Another fatality of vaginal rejuvenation - the X-Spot porn theater/shop where Nick Stahl, the Terminator 3 actor, was arrested.

Tragical.

Mrs Howell's 24th Deathaversary. WE NEED YOU!

Natalie Schaefer

November 5, 1900 - April 10, 1991

"I don't know how we're going to explain to our friends that we spent several years with people who aren't even in the social register."

I don't know what's more sad:  Mrs. Howell is dead, Mrs Howell died 24 years ago, or Mrs. Howell would be 114 if she were alive today.

What I do know is that the cute home she died in has been destroyed.

WE NEED YOU!

Read about it on Findadeath

RIP Molly's Burger House 1929 - 2015

Photo from Flickr

Molly's Burger House was a Hollywood Landmark for decades.

It's showed up in dozens of television shows and films including Constantine and 

Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway and Southland.

It was shut down a few years ago and stood derelict for a few more.

Well guess what.

More "progress" in Hollywood

The ever-changing charm of Hollywood.

 I like the old Craftsman better.

and Flo, she don't know...

 A few bricks from the Brewster Projects in Detroit where that skinny bitch from The Supremes grew up.

A new addition to our Museum!

photo nicked from Curbed Detroit

Thanks to my buddy Jeff Lockhart for being on the scene for us!

Friday Night Ruin Porn

For a couple of yearsI worked as a projectionist at the Madison Theater in downtown Detroit.

Gone.

Update: Falcon Studios demolition "progress"

Falcon Studios where actors from The Golden Era learned swordsmanship, is almost leveled.

This was the view of it yesterday, January 6 2014

What 20 bucks will get you.  Lovely.

Previously

Wanna see it's mailbox?