Ya better not pout, ya better not cry because we can't take any more suffering. Join us for our annual holiday episode as we check in to the Cecil Hotel to explore its horrific history and four of its most notorious guests. As always, it wouldn't be a haunted episode without paranormal audio issues so be warned. Your soul will be spared if you can spot the (very clear) mark in the episode when the audio starts to fail. We cover the history of the hotel itself (7:12), Richard Ramirez (21:36), Jack Unterweger (1:06:54), the pigeon lady of Pershing Square (1:23:37) and Elisa Lam (1:26:02).

Open wide for duck stuffed inside a turkey stuffed inside a podcast! Join us in giving thanks for the founding of Los Angeles as we explore the very beginnings of the city from the founding during the Spanish era (5:54), into the Mexican era and ending with the (almost) climactic battle against the American army as they took control...for now. (40:25)

Be not afraid.  This episode will only scare the real estate developer inside of you.  In this bonus we'll give you a brief rundown on one of the best kept Halloween secrets in town: Carroll Avenue.  

We've got an inter-league double header for you folks tonight with a full history of the Dodgers all the way from Brooklyn to LA (3:41) followed immediately by the full history of the Kings (1:01:20) all the way from LA to slightly more north in LA. Play puck!

Buy me some peanuts and cracker jacks and we'll tell you the story of Los Angeles' baseball history before the boys in blue showed up including the upheaval in Chavez Ravine to make room for said boys in blue. We cover pre-Dodger baseball in LA (3:44) and the tragedy of Chavez Ravine (57:35).

Hop aboard for the twisting, turning, overcrowded story of the Los Angeles Railway yellow cars (LARy) (4:39) and the Pacific Electric red cars (PE) (40:23). All fares are non-refundable (NR). We are not joking (NJK).

Summer's here and you know what that means: History lessons about hot dogs! Listen up to the stories of a few of the most famous hot dog purveyors in the city. Ask for extra relish and see what happens. We cover Art's Chili Dog (5:21), Tail O' the Pup (12:31), Hot Dog On A Stick (19:43), Wienershnitzel (30:28), Carney's (38:13) and Pinks (43:50).

Put your hands and feet up and relax while we tell you the story of two of the most corrupt cops in LAPD history: Rafael Perez and the Rampart scandal (3:28) and Christopher Dorner (45:41).

Pull up a cantilevered stool and order a malt while we delve into the architectural style with the irritating name that defined the look of Los Angeles. We'll touch on the architects and establishments that made it possible from the eponymous Googie's itself to the legendary Armet and Davis. No substitutions. We'll cover a brief history of Googie as a style (5:01), Coffee Dan's and Googie's (27:28), Ships Coffee Shop (37:58), Denny's (48:56), Pann's (54:38) and Norm's (1:13:12).

TV's wackiest lady does it again.  Don't be a Mertz, come listen to the tall tale of Lucille Ball's inadvertent involvement in World War II.   

We're gonna jazz on down to Central Avenue to go over the story of LA's local Jazz scene of the early 20th century and the history of the people and culture that made it all possible. Feel free to scat along with us. We'll cover the trailblazing black community of the city from the Central Avenue neighborhood to Bronzeville (4:05), the rich Central Avenue jazz scene (56:16) and the eventual downfall of the Central Avenue neighborhood (1:45:40).

All great writers are capable of great endings.  Here's the story of how F. Scott Fitzgerald met his own.

Chinatown episode leftovers are even better than the first time around.  Here's the origin of another native Los Angeles dish: the Chinese chicken salad.

It’s Chinatown. Take a non-offensive because they actually had them rickshaw ride through the atrocious history of old Chinatown and the Chinese community of Los Angeles all the way up to the present day new Chinatown or, as you know it, Chinatown. We go over the bad days of Old Chinatown, the unforgivable Chinese massacre, the dueling New Chinatown and China City, the many laws set to keep the Chinese community down, which spawned the endlessly internal support that the community used to flourish. Listen to the early days of Chinese immigrants to the city (3:27) and the creation of China City and then Chinatown (42:02).

This month we explore two of your favorite American authors, one of your favorite heroes from the Old West and one of your favorite Beatles who all spent brief but memorable (and drunken) stays in Los Angeles. Hint: It’s not Stephen King, John Ringo, Johnny Ringo or Ringo Starr. We've got William Faulkner (2:44), Wyatt Earp (27:06), F. Scott Fitzgerald (54:35) and John Lennon (1:31:45)

In this brief bonus episode we draw out our announcement of our new episode release schedule for the new year and share a few words about some new occurences around town.