What to Expect – Lectures

For over a decade now I have been giving talks and lectures based around the Gourmet Ghosts books – and other ghosts, historic crimes and elements 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 many other subjects.

Prices vary depending on what you’re looking for, so email me at jbartlett2000@gmail.com

What to Expect – Walking Tours

Beginning and ending at the Biltmore Hotel in downtown (or nearby), this casual mile or so walking tour takes around 2 hours 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, the Bradbury Building, and the Cecil Hotel.

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”….

These walks are for groups of AT LEAST 6 people or more and are on a weekend afternoon, but we can try to arrange a different time and day. Ticket prices are $75 per person, payable in advance by PayPal, Zelle or Venmo, but we can work on price depending on the size of your party. Cancellation is up to 24 hours in advance, and bookings are for adults 18 years or older only. Please email me at jbartlett2000@gmail.com for details