Three Day Morbidity & Memory Wknd.!

D for the dead. All the dead.

According to an officer on the scene, this suicide was "the weirdest in Hollywood history."

More morbid pix from the L.A.P.D. files from the yr. of my birth:

Initially, Martin's scope was anywhere from the 1920s to the 1950s, meaning he went through thousands of photos before 1953, a seemingly ill-fated year, emerged. "It just seemed like that cases from that year were unique and substantial," Martin said.