The Murder of William Desmond Taylor

from Tales of History and Imagination · host Simone Whitlow

This week, Part Three of our Hollywood Trilogy - we discuss the Feb 1st 1922 murder of pioneering film director William Desmond Taylor, and the Pandora’s Box flung open in his wake. Sources this week include: (Sorry all, I’ll fill in later this week) The blog post of the episode is here. Support the show on Patreon for just $2 US a month and get access to exclusive content. Not sure if you want to invest? Try our 7 Day Free Trial. Please leave Tales a like and review wherever you listen. The best way you can help support the show is to share an episode with a friend - Creative works grow best by word of mouth. I post episodes fortnightly, Wednesdays. Tales of History and Imagination is on | Facebook | Twitter | Pinterest | Instagram | YouTube | Music, writing, narration, mixing all yours truly. This week I again used my arrangements of Moonlight Serenade (Glenn Miller) and Lullaby of the Leaves (Bernice Petkere, Joe Young.) Simone’s About Me.

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This week, Part Three of our Hollywood Trilogy - we discuss the Feb 1st 1922 murder of pioneering film director William Desmond Taylor, and the Pandora’s Box flung open in his wake. Sources this week include:(Sorry all, I’ll fill in later this week) The blog post of the episode is here. Support the show on Patreon for just $2 US a month and get access to exclusive content. Not sure if you want to invest? Try our 7 Day Free Trial. Please leave Tales a like and review wherever you listen. The best way you can help support the show is to share an episode with a friend - Creative works grow best by word of mouth. I post episodes fortnightly, Wednesdays. Tales of History and Imagination is on | Facebook | Twitter | Pinterest | Instagram | YouTube | Music, writing, narration, mixing all yours truly. This week I again used my arrangements of Moonlight Serenade (Glenn Miller) and Lullaby of the Leaves (Bernice Petkere, Joe Young.) Simone’s About Me.

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