The Wonderland Murders – Newspaper Clippings


You may now read all Wonderland newspaper clippings from one place:

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You can’t make this stuff up. News articles back then had attention to detail.
What Wild Ecstasy by John Heidenry.
April, 1983.
July 3, 1981. Boca Raton News.
UPI Article. Dec. 5, 1982.
UPI Article. 1988.
Source: Press-Courier, July 3, 1981
The Vindicator. Sept. 9, 1988.
Lots of typos in this article. Someone hire a proofreader!!
AP Article. October 1971.
The Union Democrat. March 14, 1988.
Contempt of court.
Click to enlarge image. The Courier, July 29, 1981.
July 2, 1981.
Diles and Nash sit in the holding pen at court
“If you could read my mind…”
AP Article. July 2, 1981.
The Press-Courier. July 3, 1981.
I don’t know if that is John Holmes or some villain from the Old West. Is it even a photo? LOL
The Press-Courier. December 2, 1981.
The Victoria Advocate. July 19, 1996.
Sarasota Herald-Tribune. June 4, 1982.
Best part of researching old newspapers are the classic advertisements! I like that price!
“Live in lover…”
The Press-Courier. Jan. 3, 1974.
The Press-Courier. June 13, 1974
Beder Clifton, the cop who knew and busted Ron Launius in the 1970s.
A page from the Coroner Report
June, 1983
Sarasota Herald-Tribune, December 8, 1981
The Spokesman-Review. March 16, 1977.
Liberace: “You Monster!”
University of Chicago Press, June, 2000. A month before the movie aired, there was another edition of this book printed. I bet that it sells like hot cakes!
Source: LA Coroner Reports
To all of the Wonderland fans, have a Happy Easter!
Marysville-Yuba Appeal Democrat. March 17, 1982.
L.A. Herald-Examiner. July 3, 1981
Milwaukee Journal. February 20, 1990.
Star News. April 29, 1962.
I wish that the folks who run the Wonderland Wikipedia page would clean up their erroneous phony baloney!
More people watched his nationally syndicated television show between 1953 and 1955 than followed I Love Lucy. Even a decade after his death, the attendance records he set at Madison Square Garden, the Hollywood Bowl, and Radio City Music Hall still stand. Arguably the most popular entertainer of the twentieth century, this very public figure nonetheless kept more than a few secrets.
UPI Article. Nov. 23, 1982.
L.A. Herald-Examiner. July 4, 1981.
Holmes Trial
They can’t pin this one on Squeaky! She was in prison at the time.
The Glasgow Herald. Oct 15, 1982.
Lodi News-Sentinel. June 9, 1982.
Page from the Johnny Wadd comic book. Warning: Nudity.
The Palm Beach Post. April 28, 1982.
Oh well, ya gotta go sometime.
AP Article. July 2, 1981.
Lodi News-Sentinenl. July 3, 1981.
Is that photo even Holmes? Ha.
L.A. Herald-Examiner. July 3, 1981.
From the book, What Wild Ecstacy by John Heidenry.