Original vintage postcard from the Cecil Hotel in California.
The Cecil Hotel is an affordable housing complex in Downtown Los Angeles. It opened on December 20, 1924, as a hotel, but declined during the Great Depression and subsequent decades. In 2011, the hotel was renamed the Stay On Main. The 14-floor hotel has 700 guest rooms and a checkered history, with many suicides and accidental or unnatural deaths occurring there. The Cecil Hotel also has links to serial killer Richard Ramirez.
Handwritten letter and envelope set from Rod Ferrell.
Roderick Justin "Rod" Ferrell (born March 28, 1980) is an American murderer and cult leader. He was a member of a loose-knit gang of teenagers from Murray, Kentucky, known as the "Vampire Clan". Ferrell claimed to be a 500-year-old vampire named Vesago, a character he created for himself after becoming obsessed with the role playing game Vampire: The Masquerade. It was his mother, Sondra Gibson, who first introduced this game to Rod. In 1998, Ferrell pleaded guilty to the double slaying of a couple from Eustis, Florida, becoming the youngest person on death row in Florida at that time. Originally sentenced to death, Ferrell's penalty has since been reduced to life imprisonment.
The Turpin case involved the abuse of children and dependent adults by their parents, David and Louise Turpin of Perris, California, U.S. The ages of the 13 victims ranged from 2 to 29 years-old. On January 14, 2018, one of the daughters, then-17-year-old Jordan Turpin, escaped and called local police, who then raided the residence and discovered disturbing evidence. Given the number of dependents involved, the degree of abuse, and the protracted nature occurring over decades, the story garnered significant national and international news. Experts in family abuse considered the case to be extraordinary for many reasons.
In February 2019, both Turpin parents pleaded guilty on 14 felony counts, including abuse of a dependent adult, child abuse, torture, and false imprisonment. In April, they were sentenced to life imprisonment with the possibility of parole after 25 years.
Original photograph of killer Rod Ferrell.
Roderick Justin "Rod" Ferrell (born March 28, 1980) is an American murderer and cult leader. He was a member of a loose-knit gang of teenagers from Murray, Kentucky, known as the "Vampire Clan". Ferrell claimed to be a 500-year-old vampire named Vesago, a character he created for himself after becoming obsessed with the role playing game Vampire: The Masquerade. It was his mother, Sondra Gibson, who first introduced this game to Rod. In 1998, Ferrell pleaded guilty to the double slaying of a couple from Eustis, Florida, becoming the youngest person on death row in Florida at that time. Originally sentenced to death, Ferrell's penalty has since been reduced to life imprisonment.
Pen drawing with signature from murderer Rod Ferrell.
Roderick Justin "Rod" Ferrell (born March 28, 1980) is an American murderer and cult leader. He was a member of a loose-knit gang of teenagers from Murray, Kentucky, known as the "Vampire Clan". Ferrell claimed to be a 500-year-old vampire named Vesago, a character he created for himself after becoming obsessed with the role playing game Vampire: The Masquerade. It was his mother, Sondra Gibson, who first introduced this game to Rod. In 1998, Ferrell pleaded guilty to the double slaying of a couple from Eustis, Florida, becoming the youngest person on death row in Florida at that time. Originally sentenced to death, Ferrell's penalty has since been reduced to life imprisonment.
Original press photo of Ramon Salcido.
Please note this item has some creasing.
Ramón Bojórquez Salcido (born March 6, 1961) is a Mexican convicted murderer who is currently on death row in Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility. He was convicted for a spree killing that took place on the night of April 14, 1989, in Sonoma County, California, in which he murdered six female family members, including his wife and two of their daughters, and a male co-worker.
This is our personal Heaven’s Skate deck. A limited series of 10 full sized skate decks sold in 2023.
This is the 10/10 deck which was used to film an unreleased promo skate video.
Please note that this deck does have some dings and scrapes. Please see photos for details.
Letter and envelope set from murderer Yolanda Saldívar.
Yolanda Saldívar (born September 19, 1960) is an American former nurse who murdered singer Selena in Corpus Christi, Texas, on March 31, 1995. Saldívar had been the president of Selena's fan club and the manager of her boutiques, but she lost both positions a short time before the murder, when the singer's family discovered that she had been embezzling money from both organizations. In October 1995, Saldívar was found guilty of murder and sentenced to a prison term of 30 years to life. In 2025, she became eligible for parole. Saldívar's petition for parole was denied on March 27, 2025; the next parole review is set for March 2030.
The debut release from John Hinckley. A collection of beautifully lo-fi indie/folk songs reminiscent of artists like Daniel Johnston or Neutral Milk Hotel, telling the story of man coming to grips with his past, and choosing love moving forward to overcome it .
A Sydney woman whose father was murdered by notorious killer Richard Leonard says she is haunted by the fact her father could still be alive if it weren’t for the girlfriend who helped him hide his first victim.
“There is a man in the fridge.”
Those were the words Leonard told his surprisingly unperturbed girlfriend Denise Shipley back in August 1994.
Leonard was speaking of the dismembered corpse of Stephen Dempsey, who he fatally shot through the heart with a bow and arrow after the pair crossed paths near a popular gay beat in Deep Creek in Sydney’s east.
Had Shipley gone to police with this information, taxi driver and loving father-of-six Exxedine Bahmad may not have fallen prey to the psychopathic 22-year-old ex-abattoir worker.
Instead she chose to do nothing, and three-and-half months later would sit in the taxi when Leonard stabbed Bahmad 37 times.
“He (Leonard) showed his girlfriend the body of Stephen and she didn’t run away, she stayed there and that was before my dad died,” Mr Bahmad’s daughter, Diane Barrera, says in an upcoming episode of Nine’s Murder Calls, to be aired on Wednesday night.
“There was another person in the car that day, there was another person that contributed to my dad’s murder and she only got eight years.”
Shipley has since been released from prison, but Leonard is serving life behind bars.
Light and Blue is a small print vinyl record produced by Century Records custom recording in 1963. Recorded by the University Singers of the University of Alabama and recorded on the University of Alabama Campus on November 24, 1963 - this haunting album was notably directed and conducted by Marshall ‘Herff’ Applewhite.
Marshall ‘Herff’ Applewhite would later go on to meet Bonnie Lou Nettles and together found a new religious movement, or cult, in 1974.
Applewhite would notably continue leading the group after the death of Nettles in 1985 - taking them to their eventual end in 1997 under their final operating name ‘Heaven’s Gate.’
This album is in great condition with minimal play and scratching. Please note however there is some minor water damage on the sleeve.
On March 27, 1980, a series of volcanic explosions and pyroclastic flows began at Mount St. Helens in Skamania County, Washington, United States. A series of phreatic blasts occurred from the summit and escalated until a major explosive eruption took place on May 18, 1980, at 8:32 am. The eruption, which had a volcanic explosivity index of 5, was the first to occur in the contiguous United States since the much smaller 1915 eruption of Lassen Peak in California. It has often been considered the most disastrous volcanic eruption in U.S. history.
This documents came from the archives of the Seventh-day Adventists, which were stored on the grounds of the Branch Davidians during the Waco siege.
In 1935, Victor Houteff formed his own offshoot of the Seventh-day Adventists. The General Association of Davidian Seventh-day Adventists - residing in Waco, Texas - would later go on to be ran by Benjamin Roden, and later David Koresh. Koresh would further divide the group to be ran under the name the Branch Davidians.
The Branch Davidians would go on to gain notoriety from the 1993 Waco siege, where the standoff with federal authorities would lead to many deaths on both side - and the subsequent burning of the Davidian compound.
This documents came from the archives of the Seventh-day Adventists, which were stored on the grounds of the Branch Davidians during the Waco siege.
In 1935, Victor Houteff formed his own offshoot of the Seventh-day Adventists. The General Association of Davidian Seventh-day Adventists - residing in Waco, Texas - would later go on to be ran by Benjamin Roden, and later David Koresh. Koresh would further divide the group to be ran under the name the Branch Davidians.
The Branch Davidians would go on to gain notoriety from the 1993 Waco siege, where the standoff with federal authorities would lead to many deaths on both side - and the subsequent burning of the Davidian compound.
Original publicity booklet with lobby cards and articles for the Laurence Merrick film MANSON.
Charles Milles Manson was an American criminal, cult leader and musician who led the Manson Family, a cult based in California, in the late 1960s. Some of the members committed a series of at least nine murders at four locations in July and August 1969.
This documents came from the archives of the Seventh-day Adventists, which were stored on the grounds of the Branch Davidians during the Waco siege.
In 1935, Victor Houteff formed his own offshoot of the Seventh-day Adventists. The General Association of Davidian Seventh-day Adventists - residing in Waco, Texas - would later go on to be ran by Benjamin Roden, and later David Koresh. Koresh would further divide the group to be ran under the name the Branch Davidians.
The Branch Davidians would go on to gain notoriety from the 1993 Waco siege, where the standoff with federal authorities would lead to many deaths on both side - and the subsequent burning of the Davidian compound.
This documents came from the archives of the Seventh-day Adventists, which were stored on the grounds of the Branch Davidians during the Waco siege.
In 1935, Victor Houteff formed his own offshoot of the Seventh-day Adventists. The General Association of Davidian Seventh-day Adventists - residing in Waco, Texas - would later go on to be ran by Benjamin Roden, and later David Koresh. Koresh would further divide the group to be ran under the name the Branch Davidians.
The Branch Davidians would go on to gain notoriety from the 1993 Waco siege, where the standoff with federal authorities would lead to many deaths on both side - and the subsequent burning of the Davidian compound.
This documents came from the archives of the Seventh-day Adventists, which were stored on the grounds of the Branch Davidians during the Waco siege.
In 1935, Victor Houteff formed his own offshoot of the Seventh-day Adventists. The General Association of Davidian Seventh-day Adventists - residing in Waco, Texas - would later go on to be ran by Benjamin Roden, and later David Koresh. Koresh would further divide the group to be ran under the name the Branch Davidians.
The Branch Davidians would go on to gain notoriety from the 1993 Waco siege, where the standoff with federal authorities would lead to many deaths on both side - and the subsequent burning of the Davidian compound.