DESCRIPTION:
On this episode of They Walk Among America… Huntington Hartford rubbed shoulders with some of the elites during his “playboy” years throughout the 1950s and 1960s. In photographs, he posed alongside Salvador Dalí and the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. In the wake of his father’s death in 1922, he had become one of the heirs to the estate of his grandfather, George Huntington Hartford, who headed the great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company. At just 12 years old, Hartford inherited $90 million, equivalent to around $1.25 billion today. In 1942, he purchased a 160-acre estate in the picturesque Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles and named it The Pines. On the morning of July 20th, 1959, Henry Brugger and Salvador Senjas were beginning their caretaking shift at the lavish estate. As they worked outside under the sultry summer sun, a man scrambled up Sullivan Canyon, which fronted The Pines. He looked extremely dishevelled as he muttered something about an accident at the cliff ledge…
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‘They Walk Among America’ is a Law & Crime podcast network production.
This episode was hosted by Nina Innsted.
Researched and written by Emily G. Thompson.
Editing and scoring by Kory Hilpmann.
Script editing, additional writing and production direction by Rosanna and Benjamin Fitton.
MUSIC:
Shadow Passage by Cody Martin
As Dusk Descends by Wicked Cinema
Lord of the Dead by CJ-0
Grimly by Wicked Cinema
Music Box by Stephen Keech
Guided by Lincoln Davis
Ghosts by Enoch Yang
Forsaken Ritual by Cody Martin
Only In Winter by Shimmer
Additional musical compositions by Kory Hilpmann.
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REFERENCES:
COURT DOCUMENTS
https://law.justia.com/cases/california/supreme-court/2d/58/385.html
NEWSPAPER ARCHIVE
The La Crosse Tribune, 21 July, 1959
Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph, 21 July, 1959
Los Angeles Mirror, 21 July, 1959
The Tampa Tribune, 22 July, 1959
Tucson Citizen, 23 July, 1959
The Roberts News, 23 July, 1959
The Los Angeles Times, 25 July, 1959
News-Pilot, 29 July, 1959
Evening Vanguard, 29 July, 1959
The Los Angeles Times, 19 January, 1960
Los Angeles Evening Citizen News, 3 February, 1960
The Los Angeles Times, 29 January, 1960
The Los Angeles Times, 3 February, 1960
The Los Angeles Times, 9 February, 1960
Los Angeles Evening Citizen News, 9 February, 1960
The Los Angeles Times, 10 February, 1960
Progress-Bulletin, 11 February, 1960
Evening Vanguard, 16 February, 1960
The Los Angeles Times, 17 February, 1960
The Durham Sun, 18 February, 1960
Los Angeles Mirror, 23 February, 1960
Los Angeles Mirror, 25 March, 1960
The Los Angeles Times, 26 March, 1960
The Los Angeles Times, 7 May, 1960
Press-Telegram, 15 December, 1960
The San Bernardino County Sun, 31 August, 1962
The Fresno Bee, 31 August, 1962
The Los Angeles Times, 15 April, 1965
The Times, 19 June, 1965
Des Moines Tribune, 30 September, 1965
The Los Angeles Times, 30 September, 1965
ONLINE SOURCES
http://www.steinerag.com/flw/Artifact%20Pages/PhRtHartford.htm
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2004/12/hartford200412