In September 1932 Lillian Millicent “Peg” Entwhistle climbed up to the top of the Hollywood Sign. She then jumped off the letter ‘H’ to the ground below killing herself instantly.
Peg was an aspiring actress, and had gone through a tough divorce. She had only one notable film credit, a supporting part in the film Thirteen Women. This was the 1932 version, not the one R. Kelly made in his apartment.
Peg left a suicide note that shed a little light into her depression, but of course, no one knows exactly what she was thinking as she jumped.
Still, she did achieve immortality, and the most SPECTACTULAR SUICIDE EVER (that is until 1985 when pro wrestler Adolf ‘The Wet Hand’ Sizzor leaped to his death from the top of Andre the Giant.)
If Peg did indeed jump because of her lack of success in Hollywood, she tragically jumped just a little early. A day after she jumped, it is reported, that she received a letter offering her the lead in a show about a woman who COMMITS SUICIDE!
Some may call that ‘irony’, others would call it ‘type casting’, and still others would call it a ‘homonym.’
Those people are just stupid.
But, that is not the end of the story, after all I promised you a GHOST, not just a depressing story about suicide!
After Peg’s death hikers and park rangers in the area of the Sign have reported sightings of a woman dressed in 1930’s clothing who would disappear before their eyes!
She has been described as a very attractive, blond woman, who seems very sad.
Could this be Peg’s ghost?
Or, just a woman who is sad because her clothes are hopelessly out of style?
Also, people have reported smelling gardenia perfume in the area, the same perfume Peg would wear!!! WOW, that is some long lasting perfume! I have to put on my cologne every day! This lady has perfume that has lasted about 75 years! On top of which, it can cover the awful odor of decomposing flesh!
I don’t blame you if you are skeptical of THAT claim. Why would someone report smelling perfume to anyone?
911: What is your emergency?
MAN: Help! I smell Old Spice!
911: What is your location?
MAN: I am outside a Pottery Barn in San Jose.
911: We will send someone to investigate that, sir.
Ironically the man outside the Pottery Barn was later offered the lead in a commercial about a man WHO WEARS COLOGNE!!!!
Over the years, there have been many other sightings of Peg.
Adolf ‘The Wet Hand’ Sizzor was never thought of again.
Coming soon: Alterations of the Hollywood Sign!
I remember THE WET HAND. He was at Wrestlemania IV!
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ReplyDeletePeg was an aspiring actress, and had gone through a tough divorce. She had only one notable film credit, a supporting part in the film Thirteen Women. This was the 1932 version, not the one R. Kelly made in his apartment.
OH SNAP!!! TELL ME YOU DID NOT JUST GO THERE!! I WAS READING THAT THINKING, "I HOPE HE DOESN'T GO THERE!!" AND YOU DID!!! I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU WENT THERE!! OH SNAP!!! IS THERE ANYPLACE YOU WON'T GO???
Gene Hackman is so cool the Hollywood Sign commits suicide by jumping off of him!!
ReplyDeleteYou know what would be AWESOME?? If Evel Knievel was jumping from the Hollywood Sign at the same time as Peg Entwhistle, but because this was 1932, he couldn't use a motorcylce and used one of those old-timey 1920s motorcycles with the giant front wheel. And he made the jump without dying. And then he was offered a movie deal to star in a film about a gutsy daredevil who would do anything for publicity, but he turned it down because his agent worried about typecasting. Instead Knievel opted for a film in which he played a singing race car diver named Rick, and his cousin, Rob and both guys were competing for the same girl. However she was dating the winning race car driver, who was also a snob. But his heart of gold and singing ability forced her to see through the snob and decide to be on her own, rejecting both Rick and Rob. However, Rick and Rob learn the vaulable life lesson of being's oneself and not trying to impress women with fancy stories, lies, prentending to be rich or a great race driver. Rick and Rob grow closer at the end. Oh man that would be SSSWWWWWWEEEEEEETTTTT!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteIs it just me or does Peg look an awful lot like an older Hilary Duff?
ReplyDeleteHmmm....I wonder if her suicide was sponsored by the letter H?
ReplyDeleteThirteen Women?? ...... More like Thirteen OSCARS!!!
ReplyDeleteOnly that he's doing the opposite of getting people fit. Watch a few music videos from 80s pop mavens on You - Tube to get inspiration for your outfit. She wrote songs for other musical groups, for instance The Pussycat Dolls, New Kids on the Block and for Britney Spears.
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