Happy Spooky Season! Join me tomorrow, on 4 October from 13:00-14:00 in a presentation about the Semi-Tropic Spiritualists, their tract, and the Semi-Tropic Park. If you need a brief introduction. The Semi-Tropic Spiritualists Association was an early 20th-century utopian and Spiritualist collective (essentially Victorian era hippies or ravers) that established a campground and community in … Continue reading The Semi-Tropic Spiritualist Association, with historian Eric Brightwell
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The Mystery of Princess Leda Amun-Ra, Hollywood’s Legendary Acid Witch
Screenshot of Princess Leda Amun-Ra in The American Dreamer In August of this year, Thomas Lee, son of photographer Bud Lee, contacted me with an intriguing mystery about a colorful Angeleno. Heโd come across my post, Los Angeles Gothic, and wondered whether Iโd ever heard of anything about Princess Leda Amun-Ra and her colorful cohorts. … Continue reading The Mystery of Princess Leda Amun-Ra, Hollywood’s Legendary Acid Witch
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Ghosts of the Silver Lake Reservoir
A few years ago, whilst researching the history of the Silver Lake Reservoir, I was rather surprised to learn that several people had drowned in it early in its history. Where there's water, I suppose, there are drownings -- I'd just never thought about it before -- and when the reservoir began filling in 1907, … Continue reading Ghosts of the Silver Lake Reservoir
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LOS ANGELES GOTHIC It's almost Halloween. Surely one of the greatest holidays, Halloween is up there, in my estimation, with Burns Supper, Nowruz, Thanksgiving, and Thanksgiving II. I keep reading and hearing, though, that Halloween is cancelled this year, thanks to the mismanagement at nearly every level of the COVID-19 pandemic. Surely you can't cancel … Continue reading ๐ท๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐๐๐, ๐ ๐ณ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฏรญ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ธ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฑ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
Eric Brightwell 