The Gourmet Ghosts Downtown LA Walking Tour

I have partnered with national tour operator American Ghost Walks to lead the Gourmet Ghosts Downtown LA Walking Tour which not only combines famous haunted landmarks and crime locations, but several cafes and eateries where we’ll pick up snacks en route – call it snacks n’ violence perhaps, or food n’ haunted history!

Beginning at the Biltmore Hotel in downtown (or nearby), this casual mile or so walking tour takes around 3 hours and dives into many of the gruesome, tragic, or downright bizarre events that have occurred over the decades at infamous landmarks such as the Cecil Hotel, the Alexandria Hotel and the Bradbury Building.

Opened in 1923 at a cost of just under $9,000,000, the Biltmore was soon the place to see and be seen in. From the mid- to late-1930s the hotel played host to the Academy Awards “Oscars” ceremony, welcoming Walt Disney, Cecil B. DeMille, Clark Gable and Ginger Rogers among many more, but later it was the place where Elizabeth Short, the murder victim known as the “Black Dahlia” was officially last seen alive… and where Taylor Swift shot her video for “Delicate”….

The walks take place on weekend afternoons, and all details can be found at: https://americanghostwalks.com/california/los-angeles/gourmet-ghosts-downtown-la-walking-tour

Lectures & Talks – for you!

For over a decade now I have been giving talks and lectures based around the Gourmet Ghosts books – and other ghosts and historic crimes of LA history – at museums, libraries, Halloween events and for corporate clients including Yelp Elite Tours and the Center Theatre Group.

Lasting from 30 minutes to two hours – including a Q &A – they can be tailored to your event or location, but popular choices include Hollywood, Downtown LA, haunted movie palaces and theatres, serial killers, unsolved murders, the Cecil Hotel and others, Prices vary, so email me at jbartlett2000@gmail.com