Horrorwood: True Crime in Tinseltown

By: Kate McCoy (Host) Kevin Corbett (Host)
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  • Kate and Kevin met way back when they worked together at a (likely haunted) theatre and the two became fast friends. Skip ahead a few years to present day, when all they do is sit around and talk about skincare products and true crime. From horrific homicides to unsolved mysteries, spooky haunts to behind-the-scenes secrets, these two are here to bring you all the drama - and trauma - of Tinseltown. Settle in, Misfits.
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Episodes
  • Gary DeVore's Perplexing Final Act - Part 1

    Gary DeVore's Perplexing Final Act - Part 1
    Feb 17 2025
    *Before we get to the episode, BIG news! We're nominated for an Ambie award for Best Indie Podcast Hosts! We're so excited!!* Okay, now down to business. Gary DeVore was many things: screenwriter...ladies' man...missing... Born and raised in LA with a career in the entertainment industry, Gary had plenty of Hollywood friends he could count on. What he probably didn't count on was that those same friends would one day turn into a search party to find him. Episode Sources: “The Missing Scripts Of Gary DeVore: How A Podcast Helped Unearth Lost Work From Hollywood Screenwriter Who Disappeared” by Peter White, Deadline, Dec 13, 2023 “The Mystery of the Dead Hollywood Screenwriter Whose Hands Were Never Found” by Thomas Gane, Vice, May 5, 2016 “Autopsy Suggests Former Carp Screenwriter Was Murdered” Santa Barbara Independent, Aug 25, 2010 “Screenwriter mysteriously killed in 1997 after finishing script that revealed the ‘real reason’ for US invasion of Panama had been working for the CIA…and both his hands were missing” by Mia de Graaf, Daily Mail, Jan 17, 2015 “Mystery Surrounds Writer's Death” CBS News, Jul 9, 1998 “DeVore No Longer Suspects Sleuth” CBS News, Jul 14, 1998 FBI Records - Gary DeVore “Witnessed: Fade to Black” Season 5 “The Bizarre Death – and Life – of Publicist/CIA Operative Michael Sands” by Frank Swertlow, The Wrap, Apr 13, 2012 “CIA’s Hollywood Liaison May Be Behind Disappearance of Hollywood Screenwriter Who Knew Too Much” by Mel Elorche, CovertAction Magazine, Oct 10, 2023 “You’ll Never Eat Lunch In This Town Again” by Julia Phillips “The Little Producer that Couldn’t” by Mark Frankel, Spy Magazine, Aug 1989 “Elite Attend Maria Cole DeVore Reception at Her $300,000 Home” JET Magazine, Nov 6, 1969 “Babylon Confidential” by Claudia Christian “Maria Cole to Wed White TV Writer-Producer” JET Magazine, July 17, 1969 Gary Devore, Petitioner-appellant, v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Service, Respondent-appellee, 963 F.2d 280 (9th Cir. 1992) “PRODUCTION CHIEF BUYS--AND SELLS—SCRIPTS” by David T. Friendly, Los Angeles Times, July 17, 1986 "Habitats/Echoes of Nat (King) Cole; A Berkshire Estate With a Special Beat” by Tracie Rozhon, The New York Times, July 24, 1994 “The Elegant and Busy World of Maria Cole” by Charles L. Sanders, Ebony Magazine, October 1981 “Maria Cole, Nat Cole’s Widow, Weds TV Producer” JET Magazine, Oct 30, 1969 “An offer they couldn't refuse” by Matthew Alford and Robbie Graham, The Guardian, Nov 13, 2008 “'The Writer With No Hands’ - An Interview With Matthew Alford” Standing Stone’s Blog, Oct 10, 2014 “Fatigue Cited in Screenwriter’s Fatal Crash” by Scott Glover, LA Times, Oct 10, 1998 “The CIA In Hollywood: How the Agency Shapes Film and Television” by Tricia Jenkins “Did the CIA Kill A Hollywood Writer? | The Writer With No Hands (Crime Documentary) | Real Stories” Join our Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/horrorwoodpodcast Follow us! IG, FB, FB Group, Twitter, TikTok Send us an email: horrorwoodpodcast@gmail.com Creeptastic theme music by: Nicholas Davio - nicholasdavio.com, @mr.nick.davio, @huron_coast Privacy Policy
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    53 mins
  • RERUN: The Tragic Deaths of Christy Giles & Hilda Marcela Cabrales-Arzola

    RERUN: The Tragic Deaths of Christy Giles & Hilda Marcela Cabrales-Arzola
    Feb 10 2025

    **As we mentioned last week we are rerunning this episode from 2022. If you missed our Case Update from Wednesday, one of the men involved - David Pearce - has been found guilty of murder.

    Christy Lee Giles and her friend Hilda Marcela Cabrales-Arzola were two amazing twenty-somethings that had everything going for them. Christy, a successful model, loved animals, soccer and her husband, Jan. Marcela was a talented architect and designer who had just moved from Mexico to Los Angeles after accepting a new job. She was really close with her family and shared Christy's love of animals. The two women had their whole lives ahead of them...until during a girls' night out they unfortunately encountered three shit stains by the names of David Pearce, Brandt Osborn and Michael Ansbach. This one is a rough one, Misfits.

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    46 mins
  • CASE UPDATE: The Tragic Deaths of Christy Giles & Hilda Marcela Cabrales-Arzola

    CASE UPDATE: The Tragic Deaths of Christy Giles & Hilda Marcela Cabrales-Arzola
    Feb 5 2025

    Hey Misfits, the verdict came in yesterday on the case of David Pearce, the man accused of first degree murder in the deaths of Christy Giles and Hilda Marcela Cabrales-Arzola. We discuss the case, new information that came out during the trial and where things stand at this point regarding his co-defendant Brandt Osborn.

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    28 mins

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