Twisted Tour Guide San Diego

<p>Avoid The Tourist Herds.<br><br>What could be more uninspiring than seeing the identical attractions that everyone else has for decades?<br><br>This Twisted Tour Guide escorts you to the places locals don't want to talk about anymore...the same places people once couldn't stop talking about. Long after the screaming headlines and sensationalism has subsided these bizarre infamous and obscure historical sites remain hidden awaiting rediscovery.<br><br>Each visitation site in this guide is accompanied by a story. Many of the narratives defy believability yet they are true. The profiled cast of characters feature saints and sinners (with emphasis towards the latter). Notorious crimes murders accidental deaths suicides kidnappings vice and scandal are captivating human interest tales.<br><br>The photography from each profile showcases the precise location where each event occurred. The scenes can seem ordinary weird and/or sometimes very revealing towards clarifying the background behind events.<br><br>If you're seeking an alternative to conventional tourism this Twisted Tourist Guide is ideal. Each directory accommodates the restless traveler and even resident looking for something unique and different.<br><br>Historical Scandals:<br>Dead Man's Point Old Town's Flawed Jail Hanging A Horse Thief A Rouge Litany of Flawed Mayors The Rainmaker Abraham Lincoln's Love Letters Kumeyaay Forced Relocation Children's Hospital Tainted Blood Strippergate Big Boom Bust and Del Mar Racehorse Fatalities.<br><br>Flawed Personalities:<br>Count Agoston Haraszthy Davis' Waterfront Folly The Future Duchess of Windsor Beach Boy Brian Wilson's Vagrancy Arrest Actor Desi Arnez's Parking Shooting Bird Rock Bandits Fatal Beating Distancing From Aviator Charles Lindbergh Junior Seau Kellen Winslow II Online Influencer Ali Abulaban and Unconventional Dr. Seuss.<br><br>Architecture With A Distinctive Past:<br>Stingaree District The Golden Poppy Brothel U.S. Grant Hotel Cabrillo Monument Escondido Bomb Factory 101 Ash Street Skyscraper and Horton Plaza<br><br>Hospitality and Hauntings<br>Casa de Estudillo Cosmopolitan Hotel Whaley House Villa Montezuma El Cortez Hotel and Del Coronado Resort Hotel<br><br>Financial Sleights of Hand<br>California National Bank Bust Anti-Gambling Crusade C. Arnholt Smith's Crumbled Empire J. David Investments and the Foreign Currency Scam Congressman Randy Cunningham Drug Money Laundering Sting of a Political Fixer Congressman Duncan Duane Hunter and Gina Champion-Cain<br><br>Legacies and Notorious Events<br>Southern California To Phoenix Road Race Balboa Park's Nudist Colony Japanese-American Internment Elvis Presley's 1956 Concert El Cajon Boulevard Drag Racing Riots Del Coronado Bridge Suicides Baseball's Roberto Clemente Abduction Midair Collision of PSA Flight #182 and Cessna aircraft and Menacing Runaway Tank.<br><br>Infamous Murders<br>Ruth Sackett Muir Morse and Goedecke Family Murders Tara Rand Donald Tubach Mobster Frank Bompensiero Robert Alton Harris Torrey Pines Beach Brenda Spencer San Ysidro McDonald's Massacre Broderick versus Broderick John Morency San Diego State Graduate Student Kills His Professors Comic Publisher Todd Loren Charles Keever and Jonathan Sellers Father Louis Gutierrez Heaven's Gate Mass Suicide Santana High School Shooting Serial Killer John Albert Gardner III Ryan Jenkins Trading Places With Your Murder Victim Vanishing McStay Family Death at Speckles Mansion Suburban Bondage Killing Murder and Abduction By A Trusted Family Friend Homeless Serial Killer Poolside Party Shooter and Poway Synagogue Shooting<br><br>Law Enforcement Related Killings<br>Fatal City Jail Fire Hub Loan Shoot Out Grape Street Park Officers Christopher Wilson Jeremy Henwood and Jonathan DeGuzman Demetrius DuBose and Daniel Chong's Isolation Hell.</p>