Welcome to Griffith Park. Legend of the Haunted Griffith Park Picnic Table. By Will Campbell Minus the blood and gore and crushed corpses and police caution tape, not much has changed in 30 years.
High up and deep within Griffith Park the scene remains otherwise no different from how it looked on the evening of October 31, 1976, when tragedy literally befell a young Hollywood couple, inconceivably crushed by a nearby tree that toppled over upon them while they made love upon a picnic table just off winding Mt. Hollywood Drive. As lurid as it was inexplicable, the deaths of 22-year-old musician Rand Garrett and aspiring actress Nancy Jeanson, 20, were nonetheless a brief blip on the radars of local newscasts and newspapers, by and large laid to rest after their cremated remains were scattered upon the table and surroundings where the childhood sweethearts died in each others' arms.
Carl is quick to add that up to that day he never gave much thought to whether ghosts were real. "In my statement I said that I felt funny. Weird California - Hollywood Sign. The Hollywood Sign has a dark secret of suicide.
Hollywood has had a lot of people try and make it there. Sadly, more fail than succeed. One such failed actress who discovered fame in death was Peg Entwistle. Born in Wales in 1908, Lillian Millicent "Peg" Entwistle came to the United States in 1922. She pursued a career in acting and landed several roles in stage productions both in theater and on Broadway in New York City. The Original Hollywood Sign - Picture Public Domain Quite possibly one of the most iconic and famous attractions in the Los Angeles area, the Hollywood sign has stood in the hills above Hollywood since 1923. The Sign in poor condition just before the renovations in 1978. After consuming some alcohol on the night of September 16th, 1932, Peg walked up Mount Lee to the Hollywood sign. The Entrance to Griffith Park. Weird California - The Terrible Curse of Griffith Park. 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, California 90027 Griffith J Griffith raised ostriches on the cursed land of Don Antonio Feliz At 4,210 acres, Griffith Park in Los Angeles is not only the second largest park in California but also one of the nation's largest parks.
Located within the park is the Griffith Observatory, the Greek Amphitheatre, the Los Angeles Zoo, the Museum of the American West, the Travel Town train museum, two golf courses, a merry-go-around, countless hiking and horse trails, the Haunted Hollywood Sign, a few ghosts, and an old 1863 curse. Don Antonio F Coronel What? Dona Petranilla was, to say the least, obviously not pleased. Now where did this story come from? Griffith J Griffith Frank Burkett attempted to kill Griffith J Griffith outside the Old Calvary Cemetery on October 28th, 1891. Calvary Cemetery was during its time LA's primary cemetery, following the Plaza Churchyard. Suicide Bridge in Pasadena, California. In Pasadena's early days, before the historic Colorado Street Bridge was built, crossing the Arroyo Seco was an extremely difficult task.
Horses and wagons descended the steep eastern slope, crossed the stream over a smaller bridge, and then climbed up the west bank through Eagle Rock Pass. The bridge was designed and built by the J.A.L. Waddell firm of Kansas City, Missouri and named for Colorado Street (now called Colorado Boulevard,) which was the major east-west thoroughfare through Pasadena. Known for its Beaux Arts arches, ornate lamp posts and railings, initial design proved difficult due to finding solid footing in the Arroyo bed. However, when engineer John Drake Mercereau conceived the idea of curving the bridge, he created a work of art. The first tragedy on the bridge occurred before construction was even complete. The first suicide occurred on November 16, 1919 and was followed by a number of others, especially during the Great Depression.