Dearly Departed's Hollywood Tragical History Tour

This is a DIFFERENT tour of Los Angeles, which can be enjoyed by a bored teenager or jaded LA traveler. Great way to see Hollywood and delved into the history of bizarre and well known lives of move stars. Personal narrated tour is enhanced with sounds and snippits of Hollywood. Passenger vans make this tour more personable and comfortable. Stops also give an opportunity for customers to stretch their legs and visit restrooms. Personal experience of narrator made it more interesting. He pointed out all kinds of sites and places giving his own experience.

I enjoyed the tour very much. As someone interested in music history it was really cool to see the places where it happened. I will say if you have young kids, some of the subject matter really isn't appropriate.

This was a very interesting tour about the dark and seedy side of L.A. We covered most of the suicides, drug overdoses and other means of untimely deaths that occured in the Hollywood area to many celebrities over the years. The tour guide Scott Michaels does a great job of describing what occured at each site visited. I would not reccomend the tour for young childred but all in all a great informative tour and was one of the highlights of our trip to SOCAL.

It was so nice to have a guide who was involved and happy to show you what he knows. Scott is excited about trivia and loves to share his knowledge. It is wonderful to see someone with passion about his work..... I would recommend this tour. The tour not only covered the tragic deaths but also Movie trivia, current Hollywood interests, and for people who like houses it was great, Scott might want to check out county records and find out what the taxes and assessed values are on some of the larger homes, it would be another insightful point to add.

This was an awesome experience. It was cool to see all of the out of the norm stuff! The experiences that were shared were awesome! I think the two coolest things were: #1 - The referral to the Parissiene Florist to see the Joe DiMaggio baseball. I almost missed my plane, would have been worth it. # 2 - The field from the movie Grease, my wife filpped at the rather poor pictures. Personally, I can't stand the movie, but I got brownie points. Thanks!!!! Craig

We absolutely loved this tour, and would do it again in a heartbeat. While I was a bit disappointed not to have Scott as our tourguide, the disappointment faded quickly as it became apparent that Richard was absolutely wonderful. Very friendly, and extremely knowledgeable about Hollywood in general, not just in regards to celebrity deaths. Also, the tour included a lot of interesting trivia and several points of interest that did not pertain to famous deaths, so it wasn't like it was all "gloom and doom" - and for the most part, even the parts that were were handled with respect, and a touch of humor. Great for someone who is fascinated with the mystique of celebrity death but not interested in being "grossed out." My only complaint is this: I wish the tour was longer!! I would have gladly spent an entire day riding around Hollywood, checking out the scenes and locations of celebs' "last days" and other interesting locales, hearing any and all of the fascinating stories that Richard and Scott would be willing to share. I wish we had more time in LA - I would love to do the Hollywood Movie Locations tour. I would also be very interested in the Manson tour - but that one I'd do with just my husband and myself - wouldn't bring the kids. Thanks, Scott and Richard - for a wonderful time!!

Great tour. Lots of interesting stories and stops. Good balance of the humorous and the macabre.

Richard was our tour guide and provided an interesting tour...very knowledgable. The only negative about the tour was the van air conditioner doesn't work very well and made the tour somewhat uncomfortable. Enjoyed going by the house where Michael Jackson died. Wished we would have gone by the house where the Tate murders happened and the house where Marilyn Monroe died.

Great overview of LA covering a lot of places; very informative and fun. Nice small van made it accessible to many areas and only a dozen people at a time on the tour seemed to make it easier. Meeting at the Farmers Market area was convenient. The tour seemed very well planned to maximize use of your time; always something interesting to see/hear about along the way. The tour was neither too long nor too short. And the information provided helped over my next few days in LA, as I noticed things I had seen on the tour, which helped me get my bearings. This is a great tour if you are a first time visitor and/or don't have a lot of time but want to see a lot and get a sense of the city. It is not as grim or morbid as some might think, but still shows some of the darker history of the city. On the tour I took, they had just added Michael Jackson's last residence.

My teen daughter and I took this tour as part of our LA getaway. We both thoroughly enjoyed the tour. Our guide, Richard, was extremely knowledgeable about Hollywood. Richard played music, 911 tapes, and spoke throughout the tour keeping our interest for the entire 3 1/2 hours! There was some humor, some horror, and some macabre. There was also time for photos. I highly recommend this tour and look forward to returning to California to do another tour with Dearly Departed. An awesome experience and well worth the time.