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The Wonderland Massacre & the Secret History of Hollywood

The Wonderland Massacre & the Secret History of Hollywood
★ 7.2/10•2024•45m•TV-MA•Documentary•Crime
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Michael Connelly takes viewers on a wild journey into the twisted story of the massacre at Wonderland Avenue on July 1, 1981 – one of Hollywood's most famous murder cases that has fascinated people for more than 40 years.

StatusEnded
Runtime45m
LanguageEN
First Air DateSep 8, 2024

Episodes

Episode 1 - The Heat of a Cold CaseE151m

The Heat of a Cold Case

Crime novelist Michael Connelly revisits one of the most famous murder cases in the history of Los Angeles, the 1981 massacre at Wonderland Avenue, which involved a colorful cast of characters, including a legendary porn star and a drug kingpin.

Sep 8, 2024

Episode 2 - The Man Who Knew Too MuchE250m

The Man Who Knew Too Much

The last known surviving witness in the case, Scott Thorson, shares what he overheard the night of the murders, as well as the details of his extraordinary life with Liberace, Hollywood elite and the drug underworld of 1980s Los Angeles.

Sep 15, 2024

E351m

Up in Smoke

Scott Thorson tells of building a drug empire in Hollywood in the 1980s while the crack epidemic in Los Angeles explodes, all before being discovered as the missing puzzle piece to the Wonderland case almost a decade after the murders.

Sep 22, 2024

E455m

The Last Man Standing

In 1990, Scott Thorson testifies against the alleged mastermind behind the massacre at Wonderland. The trial doesn't go as planned, and Thorson enters witness protection. What ensues is a stranger-than-fiction series of events… if we believe him.

Sep 29, 2024

Actors

Michael Connelly

Michael Connelly

Self

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