Lethal Dose

Mark found this great site and it’s amazing we hadn’t seen it before. It’s full of juicy Hollywood tidbits, such as these:

Actress Attacked by a Gorilla-Like Man

1924 At midnight on June 9, 1927, actress Doris Williams, 21, also known as Doris Dore, was attacked here in her apartment at 1924 Argyle by an assailant who carved the letter “K” on different parts of her body. She told police that a gorilla-like individual broke into her apartment and attempted to attack her and when she hit him, he overpowered her and carved her with what she thought was a safety-razor blade. She fainted, and when she came to 30 minutes later, she was lying in a pool of blood. Police said that the wounds looked like they may have been made with a pin, needle, or a pen knife. The cuts and scratches would not disfigure her, she said. After several days of investigating , police suspected that she had made the story up but they were unable to prove it.

Women Capture Girl Bandit in Free-For-All

Miss Margaret Bell, 20, was arrested at 927 Burnside Ave. in July, 1931 while attempting to rob an apartment. She was taken into custody after she out-fought Mrs. J. Wood, whose apartment she was ransacking, and a neighbor woman who had gone to Mrs. Wood’s aid. Struggling like three Amazons, the women pulled hair, scratched and kicked, but the girl-bandit broke loose and got to the front door of the apartment building where she ran into the arms of two policemen, who had been called by other neighbors. She later told police that she would leave her hotel room at 729 W. 8th Street in L.A. every morning, take a bus to the Wilshire district where she looked around until she found an apartment where no one was home, then crawl in a window and rob the place.