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In a city built on movie magic, Halloween is practically a year-round business. But come October, Los Angeles takes its horror bona fides to another level, transforming the city’s theaters and historic into settings screen-worthy scares.
For film buffs and true crime aficionados, several walking tours offer a closer look at the darker side of Hollywood history. The Sunset Boulevard True Crime and Ghost Stories tour traces some of the Strip’s most notorious figures and scandals, from mobster Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel to Charles Manson and the infamous Wonderland murders. Meanwhile, the Haunted Hollywood Walking Tour explores the ghost stories and tragedies surrounding landmarks such as the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, the Magic Castle and the TCL Chinese Theatre.
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