LAPD Parker Center Cop Shop Files: Jane Doe, Sept. 5, 1973
Note: Last year I was given a box of news releases, photographs and random pieces of paper from the old press room at Parker Center. I’m gradually posting the material. These are the earrings and the...
View ArticleLAPD Parker Center Cop Shop Files: John Doe No. 52 DR 73 478 242
In case you just tuned in, I was given a box of material that was cleaned out of the old press room — the “Cop Shop” — when Parker Center was closed. Today we have an artist’s sketch of John Doe No....
View ArticleLAPD Parker Center Cop Shop Files: Bank Robber DR 73 491 959
I was given a box of material that was cleaned out of the old press room – the “Cop Shop” – when Parker Center was closed. Today we have a picture of a bank robber. The DR number is 73 491 959, and I...
View ArticleLAPD Parker Center Cop Shop Files DR 73-402-191
In case you just tuned in, I was given a box of material that was cleaned out of the old press room after Parker Center closed. The items consist of photos, press releases and random bits of ephemera....
View ArticleLAPD: Parker Center Cop Shop Files
I was given a box of material that was cleaned out of the old press room at the LAPD’s Parker Center headquarters, sometimes called “the cop shop.” The box was a jumble of press releases, photographs,...
View ArticleIngmar Bergman on ‘Cries and Whispers’
Charles Champlin’s interview with the late Ingmar Bergman on "Cries and Whispers," Feb. 25, 1973: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3
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A typical example of retouching from The Times photo archives: Steve Fontanini / Los Angeles Times, Dec. 28, 1973From left, J. Miller Leavy of the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office, with...
View ArticleKenneth Reich, RIP
Above, Ken Reich interviews Watergate figure Donald Segretti. Ken had terrific stories about covering Watergate. In fact, one of my favorite recollections was an occasion when I got to listen to him...
View ArticleMovieland Mystery Photo (Updated + + + +)
This week’s mystery movie was the 1973 American Film Theatre production of “The Iceman Cometh,” with Lee Marvin, Fredric March, Robert Ryan, Jeff Bridges, Bradford Dillman, Sorrell Booke, Hildy...
View ArticleLeesa Jo Shaner – Back in the News
Photo: Leesa Jo Shaner Note: This is an encore post from 2011. Paula Zahn’s new piece on the case has renewed interest in the killing. William Floyd Zamastil was convicted in 2011 in the killing. An...
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