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Is the breaking news of today breaking you? Are true crime podcasts making you feel like trash? Then come on down and listen to us talk about old news and dead people who were NOT murdered!! Oooo ethical AND intriguing... This is the podcast where two friends - one who's a nobody (Courtney Blomquist) and one who's kinda famous (Marissa Rivera) - dive into the life stories of dead folks who enjoyed a touch or two of fame in their time and now reside permanently in Hollywood Forever Cemetery. So if you need to escape the now for an hour and you want to show your respect for some amazing life stories that have perhaps been forgotten, hit that follow button. Because with your help, we can make sure that the stories of Hollywood's dead never die. And believe me - these stories are WAY too good to be forgotten.

Recent Episodes

Skatingly (and Scathingly) Yours: Mabel Fairbanks Part 3

Send us Fan Mail We're back for our season 2 finale with the help of our other best friend, Nora Nagatani! Nora is stepping in once again to fill Marissa's shoes for this episode while she's on the mend. We pick up where we left off regarding Mabel's legal education, her trailblazing coaching career and... the outright curse she put on the racist judges that were standing in her way! Mabel is a rare one and a true hidden figure, living a life full of hardship but entirely void of regrets. It'...

42 MIN

She Knew Her Worth: Mabel Fairbanks Part 2

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back, taphophiles! On this episode, we follow Mabel as studios circle, deals fall apart over shady money splits, and she learns how to play the game without losing herself. Along the way, we get the wild details that make her life feel bigger than fiction: a Warner Brothers gig in Cuba, wealthy admirers serenading her under the window, and a Mexico booking that includes revolutions, floods, and Mabel somehow keeping her cool through all of it. We also talk thro...

72 MIN

She Ignored the Haters to Be an Ice Skater : Mabel Fairbanks Part 1

Send us Fan Mail Hey Hollywood Forever Taphophiles! We're back, and Miss Marissa Rivera is back too! Thanks so much for giving us the space for some summer fun vacationing. We couldn't wait until Thursday to share this one with you, so here ya go! Let's get into it- Just picture it: It's 1923. A little child sleeps on rooftops, stoops, and eventually a bench in Central Park with nothing but newspaper for warmth and grows up to become one of the most important names in figure...

72 MIN

The Desperado of Deceit : David Avadon

Send us Fan Mail NOTE: After this episode, we will have a brief pause due to vacation scheduling and making space for all that DREADED summer fun. I hope you all are doing the same, sweet taphophiles! Check out another great show, Candy is Dandy while we're away! A tombstone at Hollywood Forever Cemetery calls him the “Desperado Of Deceit” and that’s not a metaphor. We’re telling the story of David Avadon, a working magician and exhibition pickpocket who made a career out of taking watc...

69 MIN

Harmless Weirdo, Hair Brighter than the Sun : James Michael Tyler

Send us Fan Mail Today, we discuss the life of the actor, James Michael Tyler, the man who turned barista experience and a last-minute bleach job into 148 episodes of Friends. I mean is that luck, magic or a strange version of highly-paid-hell where you are stuck being a barista forever no matter what you do? We dig into the “arc” of his famed Friends character, Gunther in our first ever crossover episode! That’s right, we’re teaming up with Jessica and Zach from Because it Was On - the ultim...

79 MIN