September 24 at 7:00 p.m. – at the Andres Pico Adobe
People think Burbank is a quiet suburbia just over the hill from Hollywood, but the city has a very dark side. Nellie May Madison shot her husband in 1934 and became the first woman to be condemned to death in California. The brutal 1953 murder of Mable Monohan inspired an Oscar-winning movie but didn’t save Barbara Graham from the gas chamber. The “Dating Game Killer” and “Night Stalker” Richard Ramirez hunted for victims in Burbank too. The archives reveal kidnappings, robberies and unsolved murders of detectives and secret gamblers. Do you want to walk the night in “beautiful downtown Burbank”?
James T. Bartlett is presenting to the SFVHS once again. He is the author of the award-winning true crime book The Alaskan Blonde, and wrote the Gourmet Ghosts alternative guides to crime, ghosts, and the history behind Los Angeles bars, hotels, and restaurants. As a travel and lifestyle journalist he writes for the Los Angeles Times, BBC, NPR, National Geographic Traveler, Hemispheres, SFGate, Atlas Obscura, Frommer’s, Crime Reads and The Guardian, among others.
To contact him: https://www.instagram.com/truecrimeburbank/
To purchase True Crime Burbank: https://www.arcadiapublishing.com/products/true-crime-burbank-9781467170291 (use code BURBANK and get 15% off)
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