by Kim Cooper | Jan 12, 2023 | The Esotouric Blog
A worrying photo appeared in a Facebook development group Tuesday afternoon, showing the backlit plastic readerboard on Broadway’s Orpheum Theatre marquee partially dismantled. The post was immediately shared among concerned preservationists. We too were worried...
by Kim Cooper | Dec 7, 2022 | The Esotouric Blog
Welcome to auspicious #13 in a series of 3-D explorable tours of off-the-beaten-path Southern California spaces, created by Craig Sauer using cutting-edge Matterport technology. Jergins Tunnel If you’ve been paying attention, you know that we love tunnels,...
by Kim Cooper | Nov 15, 2022 | The Esotouric Blog
In October 2022, we made a video expressing our concerns about the old Potter’s Field Cemetery at 11269 Garfield Avenue in Downey, and the unanswered question of what happened to many thousands of cremated remains of Rancho Los Amigos residents that were buried...
by Kim Cooper | Aug 16, 2022 | The Esotouric Blog
On the occasion of the 102nd anniversary of the author’s birth, here’s something nutty we found in the Charles Bukowski’s archives at the Huntington Library, while researching the making of the film Barfly for our special audio track recording...
by Kim Cooper | Jul 25, 2022 | The Esotouric Blog
Things are a little weird at the Hotel Cecil in Downtown Los Angeles these days. No, not serial killer tenants and unexplained death weird, though we’ve covered those narratives for years through our true crime tours, appearance as Skid Row crime historians on...