Dearly Departed Tour

Well we're back from the trip and what can I say but the Dearly Departed Tour rocks!!! Scott Michaels definitely knows his shit! He picked up our tour group of nine out by the Panteges Theater in Hollywood on Saturday afternoon and away we went!




Starting off with the death part, we have a pic of the former home of Leno and Rosemary La Bianca. The older couple was slain by Manson family members in this house on August 10, 1969. There have been some renovations to the house and the address has been changed from 3301 to 3311 Waverly Drive but other than that it still looks basically the same as it did back in 1969. The house on Cielo Drive that was occupied by Sharon Tate and friends when they were slain on the previous evening has been gone for some years now. It was torn down and another house was built in it's place. I didn't take a pic of that house since we didn't go up the mountain that far up but we did get to see a glimpse of it and it's a huge house. That address has also been changed.

Next we have the former house of the Menendez family. Lyle and Erik, the two young men who lived there decided to blow their parents away on August 20, 1989. As we approached the house, Scott played a recording of the 911 call that was placed that night. It goes like this -

Dispatcher: Beverly Hills emergency.
Lyle Menendez: Yes, police, uh...
Dispatcher: What’s the problem?
Lyle: We’re the sons (caller begins to sob)…
Dispatcher: What’s the problem? What’s the problem?
Lyle: (Still crying) They shot and killed my parents!
Dispatcher: What? Who? Are they still there?
Lyle: Yes.
Dispatcher: The people who...
Lyle: No, no.
Dispatcher: They were shot?
Lyle: Erik, man, don’t.
Dispatcher: (Talking over the background sounds of screams and Lyle shouting, "Erik, shut up!") I have a hysterical person on the phone. Is the person still there?
Second Dispatcher: What happened? Have you been able to figure out what happened?
Lyle: I don’t know.
Second Dispatcher: You came home and found who shot?
Lyle: My mom and dad.
First Dispatcher: Are they still in the house, the people who did the shooting?
Lyle: (Screaming) Erik! Get away from them!
Second Dispatcher: Who is the person who is shot?
Lyle: My mom and dad!

After the murders they proceeded to spend lots of cash and have themselves just a grand old time until finally after months and months their murderous lying asses were sent to prison. And get this one - both those dudes managed to find some psychos to marry them even while they rot in jail. Nice, huh.



Ok, here's Rob Zombie's house. He may still be among the living but he has put out some pretty cool music while dressed freakishly and also gave us the movies House of 1000 Corpses and The Devil's Rejects which both feature a creepy clown guy. That alone deserves props in my opinion. Scott however, informed us that Rob is not so friendly in person when it comes to the tour bus driving by. You would think he would be into it, ya know? Oh well, money changes people, right?
At least that's what I hear.... Scott also told us that another person he despises is David Spade. Apparantly the aggravated Spade decided to throw rocks at the tour bus. Can you imagine?! What nerve! Heh.



We did get to stop for a restroom break during the tour. We stopped at the Will Rogers Park in Beverly Hills and visited the very bathroom that George Michael got busted in. And a very small bathroom it was. Scott provided us all with our very own copy of the arrest report and Dave was nice enough to provide us with his own reenactment of how he thought things might have gone down that day. Good job Dave!



Well the tour wasn't all about death. We did get to see alot of the stars homes that are still with us and also some cool homes used in the movies and television. One of my favorite all time movies is Whatever Happened To Baby Jane. Well, here's the house. YAY!!! Freaking cool man!!!

The house used in Halloween. Remember the scene with Michael Myers on the balcony? Sweet!



I thought I would end this post on a happy note. Even though it's behind a tree we can still see the Cunningham's walking through the front door. Oh, Happy Days!!!


Anyway, the tour lasted about 3 hours and it was definitely worth the time spent driving down there. I would do it again in a heartbeat. My blog pics only cover a very small portion of what we got to see. Oh, and I also got a pic of the Osbourne house but I decided not to post it. Afterall, haven't we had more than our fill of them? Yeah.