Within a city, building structure or even landscape terrain there exists calamities, secrets and unexplainable mystery. One may never fully know or comprehend what has subsequently become concealed discreetly from public view. Paranormal activity lurks within the vacuum.
Consequences from evil acts, vice and scandal may become whitewashed and ignored over generations, yet never fully obliterated. This edition documents events, personalities and tragedies that have resisted contemporary amnesia. Their reappearance and intrusion is rarely welcomed by those presently inhabiting the former space. Simply ask anyone who cohabitates with an unsettling spiritual presence or apparition.
Their collective experiences are both vivid and real. Tread lightly and never casually dismiss the presence of spiritual matters unseen but sublimely present.
Haunted and Paranormal Locations:
Pico House, Sanders and Innes House, Times Mirror Square, Colorado Street Bridge, Valhalla Memorial Park, Cecil Hotel, Greystone Mansion, Hacienda Arms Apartment, Olive Day's Brothel, Hollywood Sign, Ross Anderson's Hacienda, Actresses Lupe Velez, Marilyn Monroe, Pier Angeli, Margaux Hemingway and Carol Landis' Residences, Gangster Mickey Cohen's Residence, Howard Hughes Collision Sites, Actors George Reeves, Herve Villechaize, Pete Duel, Sal Mineo, Verne Troyer, Hugh O'Connor, Haing Ngor and Roman Novarro's Residence, Los Feliz Murder Mansion, Lenny Bruce Residence, CHP Newhall Shootout Site, Hollywood Landmark Hotel, Symbionese Liberation Army Shoot Out, Beverly Hills Plaza Hotel, Darby Crash's Overdose House, Wonderland Killings, Chateau Marmont Hotel, Van Cleef & Arpels, Viper Room Hollywood, Heidi Fleiss Brothel, North Hollywood Bank of American Heist, Dee Dee Ramone's Apartment, Phil Spector's Pyrenees Castle, Musicians Michael Jackson, Keith Emerson and Del Shannon's Residence, Meritage Salon Rampage, Promoter Don Cornelius Residence, Beverly Hills Hilton, Vincent Thomas Bridge, Johnny Lewis' Meltdown, Dead Man's Point, Casa de Bandini, Whaley House, Villa Montezuma, Del Coronado Hotel, Stingaree District, San Diego City Jail, Hub Loans and Jewelry, Del Coronado Bridge, Torrey Pines Beach, Cleveland Elementary School, San Ysidro McDonald's, San Diego State University Engineering Department, Heaven's Gate, Santana High School, Spreckels Mansion and Chabad of Poway
Serial Killer Murder Victim Sites:
Charles Manson, Golden State Killer, Efren Saldivar and Robert Durst
Infamous Murder/Death Sites:
Police Captain Walter Auble, Chalres Crawford, Black Dahlia, Bugsy Siegel, Mabel Monohan, Johnny Stompanato, Barbara Finch, Sam Cooke, Raymond Washington, Dorothy Stratten, Dominique Dunne, Sol Salomon's Family, Marvin Gaye, Ron Levin, Mickey and Trudy Thompson, Rebecca Schaefer, Joe and Kitty Menendez, Nicole Brown-Simpson and Ronald Goldman, Notorious B.I.G., Ennis Cosby, Phil Hartman, Bonnie Lee Bakley, Bruce Pardo Extended Family, Ronni Chasen, Ruth Sackett Muir, Morse and Godecke Families, Tara Rand, Donald Tuback, Frank Bompensiero, John Mayeski and Michael Baker, Police Officers Timothy Ruopp, Kimberly Tonahill and Christopher Wilson, Dan and Linda Broderick, Todd Loren, Charlie Keever and Jonathan Sellers, Father Louis Gutierrez, Emery Kauanui, Jasmine Fiore, John Watson and Ana Abulaban
Vickers, Marques: -
Visual Artist, Writer and Photographer Marques Vickers is a California native presently living in the San Francisco Bay Area and Seattle, Washington regions.
He was born in 1957 and raised in Vallejo, California. He is a 1979 Business Administration graduate from Azusa Pacific University in the Los Angeles area. Following graduation, he became the Public Relations and ultimately Executive Director of the Burbank Chamber of Commerce between 1979-84. He subsequently became the Vice President of Sales for AsTRA Tours and Travel in Westwood between 1984-86.
Following a one-year residence in Dijon, France where he studied at the University of Bourgogne, he began Marquis Enterprises in 1987. His company operations have included sports apparel exporting, travel and tour operations, wine brokering, publishing, rare book and collectibles reselling. He has established numerous e-commerce, barter exchange and art websites including MarquesV.com, ArtsInAmerica.com, InsiderSeriesBooks.com, DiscountVintages.com and WineScalper.com.
Between 2005-2009, he relocated to the Languedoc region of southern France. He concentrated on his painting and sculptural work while restoring two 19th century stone village residences. His figurative painting, photography and sculptural works have been sold and exhibited internationally since 1986. He re-established his Pacific Coast residence in 2009 and has focused his creative productivity on writing and photography.
His published works span a diverse variety of subjects including true crime, international travel, California wines, architecture, history, Southern France, Pacific Coast attractions, fiction, auctions, fine art marketing, poetry, fiction and photojournalism.
He has two daughters, Charline and Caroline who presently reside in Europe.
