Greystone Mansion

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Episode Sources:

Introduction and History:

1. "Greystone Mansion & Park" - Beverly Hills City Website
2. "The Doheny Mansion: A Biography of a House" by Mary Frances K. Deasy
3. "Greystone: Beverly Hills' Hidden Gem" by Robert S. Anderson

Doheny Family History:

1. "Edward L. Doheny: Petroleum Pioneer" by Margaret Leslie Davis
2. "The Dark Side of Fortune: Triumph and Scandal in the Life of Oil Tycoon Edward L. Doheny" by Margaret Leslie Davis
3. United States Census Data, 1880

Construction of Greystone Mansion:

1. "The Enchanted Hill: The Los Angeles Heritage Project" by Charles F. Harris
2. "Los Angeles: A Biography of a City" by John Caughey and LaRee Caughey

Teapot Dome Scandal:

1. "The Teapot Dome Scandal: How Big Oil Bought the Harding White House and Tried to Steal the Country" by Laton McCartney
2. "The Great Los Angeles Swindle: Oil, Stocks, and Scandal During the Roaring Twenties" by Jules Tygiel

Murder-Suicide Incident:

1. "Greystone Mansion Murders: The Real-Life Hollywood Mystery" by Harold Schechter
2. Los Angeles Times Archives, February 1929
3. "The Deaths at Greystone: Ned Doheny and Hugh Plunkett" - Historical Society of Southern California

Ghost Stories and Paranormal Activity:

1. "Haunted Houses of Los Angeles" by Tom Ogden
2. "Ghosts of Greystone: Beverly Hills' Haunted Mansion" by David Oman
3. "The Haunting of Greystone Mansion: A Paranormal Investigator's Tale" - Interview with a Beverly Hills Park Ranger (Anonymous), Paranormal Investigator Journal

Conclusion:

1. "Mysteries and Hauntings at Greystone Mansion" - Ghost Hunters' Blog
2. "The Spirits of Greystone: Legends and Lore" - Paranormal Research Society

 

 

Images:

 

• https://beverlypress.com/2018/11/tour-the-historic-beverly-hills-doheny-greystone-mansion/
• https://beverlypress.com/2023/09/the-ghosts-of-greystone/
• https://spectracompany.com/project/greystone-mansion/
• https://tessa2.lapl.org/digital/collection/photos/id/24916/
• https://www.newyorksocialdiary.com/the-continuing-mystery-of-the-greystone-mansion-murders/

 

 

 

and of course Ancestry.com, MyHeritage.com, Newspaperarchives, FamilySearch.org

 

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