Dearly Departed Tours

This is a great tour with a lot of character! Brian's impressive knowledge was only surpassed by his charm. A truly great experience for a couple locals and my visiting parents.

Thought it was lots of fun and a morbid delight! One of best afternoons spent on our trip. Would love to do again.

I went on the tour with my sixteen year old daughter, and we are both SoCal natives, and we had a great time on the tour. I would definitely recommend it to tourists and locals. The tour guide, Brian Donnelly was awesome and he also pointed out other interesting landmarks not just the ones about dead celebrities, which I thought was really cool. It is awesome learning more about my city and as Mr. Donnelly said getting a chance to see how your city is represented to the rest of the world. I would love to take another one of their tours especially the Manson tour, as I was very impressed with this one.

Good Tour

Very fun, fast paced tour! The guide was funny and full of information. Highly recommended!

Fantastic and information filled trip. Driver was fantastci and really out going ..... had a blast!

I have been on a couple of Dearly Departed tours with Brian Donnelly and he has always done a fantastic job so while in town with the family thought we would try the movie tours. We were certainly not disappointed as we went to many sites where clips of movies some famous and some not so famous were filmed. I can't imagine anyone putting more effort into his touring work than Brian does with his knowledge of the subjects being covered. I would like to see a "Dearly Departed 2 tour" sometime in the future with new topics and sites.

Scott was the best! This was a great tour that was done with respect shown to the victims and their families. Scott was very informative and a great guide. He was open to all questions and comments. Highly Recommended!!!

We were looking for an offbeat tour that would appeal to two teenage girls, a mother in law and my wife and I. This tour fits the bill and the tour guide Brian was non stop with the action and information. I lived in Los Angeles all my life and heard about most of the events seen in the tour but to actually visit and get an in depth perspective is truly enlightening. We had fun. My 13 year daughter did get a little disturbed by some of the events but I told her it only happens in Hollywood... sigh.

All of the positive reviews are correct. 5 stars all the way. Even if you think you know everything, you will learn something new. Nothing but the facts and a tour that blows the others away.

I highly recommend the Dearly Departed tour. The tour offers a most unique look at LA, while also showcasing the more usual sites and interests. The 2.5 hour tour actually lasted closer to 3 hours and the additional time was most appreciated. Founder Scott Michaels has compiled a detailed history into the underbelly of LA and our tour guide Brian Donnelly was most knowledgeable and highly entertaining adding his own rich and historic perspectives. The ordering process on Zerve was flawless.

We've been wanting to take this tour for sometime and we finally did it. Brian was our tour guide and he gives the tour with so much vigor and gusto. He also provided little known tidbits of tinseltown. The tour was approximatley 2.5 hours, when it was over, we wanted more! Kudos to Scott and Brian!

Remember that name, it will be on your Dearly Departed Final Exam. I live in L.A. and had been wanting to take this tour forever. Not getting any younger, I thought I should do it before I join the Dearly Departed myself. Our tour guide was Brian, and it's downright scary how much he knows about Hollywood scandals, deaths and sleaze. But scary in a GOOD way! Also, free Tootsie Rolls! Enthusiastically recommended for everyone except the squeamish and small children...unless you parental units want to be explaining terms like "autoerotic asphyxiation" to Buddy and Sis.

This was a team building trip to L.A. for my staff; can't imagine a better time than this! The entire group had a great time, saw plenty of things they'd never seen in L.A., AND had an entertaining tour guide. This group is the best! My third tour with them...and there will be more!

Awesome tour! Bryan was very knowledgeable and entertaining. I highly recommend this tour (it'll surprise you).