"Best of L.A." - Los Angeles Magazine
"Best Tours" - The Downtown News
"LA's coolest tour company." -Metroblogging LA
"Discover LA's lurid and fascinating underbelly on these hip, offbeat, insightful and entertaining tours." -Lonely Planet
"Esotouric offers a wonderfully varied menu of some of the most offbeat and well-researched tours in Los Angeles." -John Flinn, San Francisco Chronicle
Esotouric's 1947project Crime Bus has quickly built a reputation for the most eclectic and well researched crime history tours in the Southland, with feature stories in The Los Angeles Times, Pasadena Weekly (cover story), LA Alternative Press (cover story), Globe Trekker, G4-TV, CourtTV.com, BBC News, Pasadena Star-News, KNX News Radio, International Herald-Tribune, Christian Science Monitor and a "best of LA" nod from Los Angeles Magazine, Best Downtown Tours from the editors of the Downtown News and "best of the weekend" from LA Daily News.
Here are some recent comments from Crime Bus passengers: "What an interesting way to see the city." (Jennifer Smith); "Thoroughly enjoyed the Pasadena tour. It was really fun, thought-provoking and interesting." (Sheryl Smith); "We had a great time and are looking forward to more Crime Bus Tours as they become available." (Jill Black); "I really liked the film clips as related to the locale. It must take such a long time to set up the tours. I feel the still photos or clips give your voices a rest and allow novices like me to mentally absorb the information and to recognize in new ways places and ideas I have seen a hundred times before." (Sherry Breskin); "Folks like you make this city great." (Randy Lakeman).
Press Clips
Pasadena Star News rides the Route 66 Tour.
John Flinn of the S.F. Chronicle rides the Rock History Tour.
52PerfectDays rides the Rock History Tour.
Terence Lyons of the Santa Monica Mirror on Chandler's Bay City.
Barbara Navarro rides the Bukowski bus.
KCAL-9 News on Hotel Horrors.
Michelle Mills on Pasadena Confidential: Sinister past emerges in an unsolved mystery tour
.... And here's and Michelle Mills' video featurette on Main Street Vice.
Your Dog's Breakfast radio feature on the Bukowski bus.
L.A. Times previews "Halloween Horrors".
DaBelly rides along on the Blood & Dumplings San Gabriel Valley crime bus tour.
National Post (Canada): More than just mystery, murder and mayhem lie on the seamier side of L.A. history.
Frank Girardot, San Gabriel Valley Tribune: Voyeurs can visit L.A.'s crime scenes.
Downtown News feature "The Unordinary Tour Company: Esotouric's Smart, Dark and Funny Excursions Into Lost Downtown".
The Downtown News Best Tours Award..
Frank Stoltze's KPCC radio feature on Weird West Adams.
Worldhum interview "Touring Literary Los Angeles: City of Chandler, Bukowski and Fante".
L.A. Times feature: Author's bygone L.A. comes to life for fans on walking tour.
L.A. Citybeat previews John Fante's Dreams of Bunker Hill.
L.A. Times previews John Fante's Dreams of Bunker Hill.
BBC 5 Pods & Blogs radio interview on The Real Black Dahlia tour.
Campus Circle's Guide to Road Trip Fun recommends our Riot on Sunset Strip tour (coming soon).
The Christian Science Monitor rides along on the Raymond Chandler tour.
AP feature: Crime tours take passengers through LA's criminal past.
Los Angeles Times: Magical mystery (and crime) tours.
Pasadena Weekly: Killer Ride (cover story).
L.A. Times: Perfect Year for a Slay Ride.
AP's Blood & Dumplings Podcast.
CourtTV: Bus Ride to Hell and Back.
Video: G4's Blair Butler on the Halloween Horrors Crime Bus.
Pasadena Star-News: Bloody History.
L.A. Times - Steve Harvey's Only In L.A.: Past Horrors Await Bus Tour, Provided Today's Don't Intervene.
Downtown News: Murder, an Acid Attack and More Downtown Fun.
Copley News Service: Wheels of misfortune, Bus tours Dahlia haunts.
Black Dahlia 60th Anniversary Lost Weekend photos by Meeno Peluce.