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Greystone Mansion What Really Happened in Beverly Hills
Thursday, December 1st, 2011
Tonight is the big gala for the opening of Maison de LUXE. Throughout our install and for almost a century, there have been a lot of rumors swelling about the murders and ghosts at the mansion. I received an email from my good friend Kris this morning. It could not have come at a better time! Please enjoy guest blogger Kris Hurst’s recap of what went down at the haunted mansion.
Greystone Mansion
“I haven’t been able to stop thinking about that house and the murder. I poured through hundreds of pages of police testimony, actual newspaper articles from the period and etc. It’s obvious to me what happened in that house and it’s the exact opposite of what everyone was led to believe. Theodore was gay and Lucy was his “beard” of sorts, as all three of them met at the little gas station that her dad owned and Theo worked at changing tires. They were all close friends before the marriage and that’s how the gas station guy came under employ at Greystone as the valet. Ned Doheny was a total daddy’s boy, hence the house and his life given to him on a silver platter. He did everything he could to appease dear old pops including marrying, having children and ultimately getting into big trouble for delivering a whopping check with Theo to bribe a top official for dads budding oil businesses. They ALL got caught in the middle of scandal, so Ned Doheny concocted this plan to send Theo to an insane asylum just for the duration of the trial, to occur days later. That was a popular thing to do at the time and it would have been one less witness. Well, poor Theo was off cavorting with every gay in town including Ramon Navarro (who was also tragically murdered) and Theo was not down with this plan at all. I can only imagine a big big fight ensued and Theo probably made threats of revealing the true nature of the relationship to Doheny Senior or who knows. Whatever… it was it sent Daddy’s boy who had been loaded up on liquor for days due to the impending trial into a tailspin. My thought is Ned Doheny went nuts because he couldn’t deal with the disappointment to his father of botched bribery, homosexuality and more than likely a general dislike of himself an. So it comes to a head.
Greystone Mansion Bathroom
It all went down in that downstairs bedroom. The one with the elaborate green tiled bathroom that Theo chose himself because he was paying all the contractors at the time. Kaufman didn’t design that bathroom, Theo did.
Ned shot Theo who had a cigarette in his hand from a distance and he went down. Then Ned shot himself at close range, hence the contact wound and bloody face. Theo could not have done it because he had a long distance contact wound. Lucy and the Doctor entered the room and Ned Doheny was still alive probably uttering forgive me. They wiped the gun clean of prints of put it under Theo’s body because of the shame it would cause a devout Catholic family to have someone commit suicide and the fact that they had already set Theo up to be crazy.
Both bodies were entered practically next to each other in a non-Catholic cemetery and the case was hushed up with money. There’s the story. ”
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Gretchen Bonaduce and Crystalarium Host Toy Drive For Children of Fallen Soilders
Monday, November 28th, 2011
Come one, come all. Bring your unwrapped, new toy to enjoy food, drinks and music from Gretchen Bonaduce at Crystalarium, November 29, 2011. 8500 Melrose Avenue, Suite 105, 7-9PM. Plus there’s a silent auction with your chance to win a free consultation ($500) or a signed copy of my book Green Interior Design.
Hope to see you there!!
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Top Interior Designers Selected for Greystone Mansion Showcase
Saturday, July 2nd, 2011
Getting ready to settle into a relaxing Fourth of July weekend, I kicked back and opened the latest issue of LUXE. Then I saw it, my name in the first, official ad for the Greystone Mansion Showcase House. What a way to start the holiday!
LUXE Maison de Luxe has chosen over 20 top leading designers from all over the world to participate in this fall’s show house for the historic Greystone Mansion in Beverly Hills. You can imagine how excited I am to be included. This event is one of the largest and most majestic show houses in the country and is sure to be awe-inspiring.
Lori Dennis
HGTV and my show The Real Designing Women will be following the action, along with celebrity friends like Martyn Lawrence-Bullard, Nathan Turner and Mary McDonald from Bravo’s “Million Dollar Decorator.”
Any reputable showcase designer list would include the old gaurd and this one is no exception. You’ll see legends like Hutton Wilkinson, Jamie Drake, Barry Dixon and Suzanne Rheinstein.
My Fabulous Friend Hutton Wilkinson
Colorful Jaime Drake
Lady Suzzane Rheinstein
Lord of the Manor Barry Dixon
Built in 1928, this Baronial-style estate is over 46,000 square feet with 18.5 manicured acres of land. It’s our city’s most famous palace and certainly rivals those of Rhode Island Coasts.
Show House Tour runs November 4-20, 2011 and Designer Lecture Series are November 4, 11 and 18. For more information, Please visit www.beverlyhills.org/maisondeluxe.
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