The Wonderland Murders – Newspaper Clippings


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

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Milwaukee Journal. February 20, 1990.
“Live in lover…”
The Palm Beach Post. April 28, 1982.
L.A. Herald-Examiner. July 4, 1981.
AP Article. October 1971.
From the book, What Wild Ecstacy by John Heidenry.
The Union Democrat. March 14, 1988.
Source: LA Coroner Reports
The Press-Courier. June 13, 1974
Diles and Nash sit in the holding pen at court
UPI Article. Nov. 23, 1982.
Best part of researching old newspapers are the classic advertisements! I like that price!
They can’t pin this one on Squeaky! She was in prison at the time.
L.A. Herald-Examiner. July 3, 1981.
I wish that the folks who run the Wonderland Wikipedia page would clean up their erroneous phony baloney!
UPI Article. 1988.
Holmes Trial
“If you could read my mind…”
You can’t make this stuff up. News articles back then had attention to detail.
Sarasota Herald-Tribune, December 8, 1981
The Spokesman-Review. March 16, 1977.
The Victoria Advocate. July 19, 1996.
Beder Clifton, the cop who knew and busted Ron Launius in the 1970s.
The Vindicator. Sept. 9, 1988.
The Press-Courier. July 3, 1981.
The Press-Courier. Jan. 3, 1974.
Lodi News-Sentinenl. July 3, 1981.
UPI Article. Dec. 5, 1982.
Lodi News-Sentinel. June 9, 1982.
Sarasota Herald-Tribune. June 4, 1982.
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!
July 3, 1981. Boca Raton News.
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.
The Glasgow Herald. Oct 15, 1982.
April, 1983.
June, 1983
Click to enlarge image. The Courier, July 29, 1981.
Marysville-Yuba Appeal Democrat. March 17, 1982.
Page from the Johnny Wadd comic book. Warning: Nudity.
Is that photo even Holmes? Ha.
Oh well, ya gotta go sometime.
AP Article. July 2, 1981.
L.A. Herald-Examiner. July 3, 1981
July 2, 1981.
What Wild Ecstasy by John Heidenry.
AP Article. July 2, 1981.
Lots of typos in this article. Someone hire a proofreader!!
A page from the Coroner Report
Star News. April 29, 1962.
Liberace: “You Monster!”
The Press-Courier. December 2, 1981.
I don’t know if that is John Holmes or some villain from the Old West. Is it even a photo? LOL
To all of the Wonderland fans, have a Happy Easter!
Source: Press-Courier, July 3, 1981
Contempt of court.