Pasadena Confidential Crime Bus Tour Sat 11/25

WHAT: Pasadena Confidential Crime Bus Tour
WHEN: Sat 11/25, 1pm-6pm
COST: $47/person including snacks

Following on the heels of their sold-out Real Black Dahlia, Nightmares of Bunker Hill and Halloween Horrors Crime Bus tours, the 1947project bloggers turn their jaundiced gaze to Pasadena, betting that the fashionable suburb's shaded avenues concealed a litany of historic horrors.

The bet paid off, and crime fiends can now enjoy a five-hour guided luxury coach tour to the darkest recesses of Pasadena history. From celebrated cases like the RFK assassination, "Eraserhead" star Jack Nance's strange end, black magician/rocket scientist Jack Parsons' death-by-misadventure and the 1926 Rose Parade grand stand collapse, to fascinating obscurities, the tour's 70-plus murders, arsons, kidnappings, robberies, suicides, auto wrecks and oddball happening sites provide a alternate history of Pasadena that's as fascinating as it is creepy.

Crime Bus passengers will tour the old Millionaire's Row on Orange Grove, thrill to the shocking Sphinx Murder on the steps of the downtown Masonic Hall, wonder about the unknown fiend who sneaked past a little girl to poison her father's beer, hear several strange tales from the annals of the Hotel Green, discover why people named Judd should think twice before moving to Pasadena, and explore the racist spirit of the early 20th century through two forgotten stories: that of a Chinaman with leprosy whose suicide by hanging was treated as a novel entertainment by hundreds of citizens, and the case of wealthy mulatto Archie Hill, who shot a white trolley ticket-taker dead for shortchanging him.

Passengers on this eye-opening, funny and informative tour will forever see Pasadena in a new light. It is highly recommended for natives and newcomers alike, crime and history buffs and anyone who likes to seek out the unexpected.

For more info on the blog or Crime Bus tour, visit
http://www.1947project.com