Esotouric offers crime bus tour in Pasadena March 17

L.A. neighborhoods get the historic crimes they deserve in Esotouric's March
crime bus weekend

WHAT: Esotouric, L.A.'s most eclectic tour company, reveals the criminal
history of L.A.'s fascinating neighborhoods with the PASADENA CONFIDENTIAL /
EAST SIDE BABYLON crime bus tour weekend

WHEN: "Pasadena Confidential with Crimebo the Clown" tour Saturday, March
17, 12-4pm; "East Side Babylon" tour Sunday, March 18, 12pm-4pm

WHERE: "Pasadena Confidential with Crimebo the Clown" departs from Fair Oaks
and Arlington Street, Pasadena, CA 91105; "East Side Babylon" tour departs
from Philippe the Original, 1001 North Alameda Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012

COST: Pasadena Confidential or East Side Babylon tickets $58/person;.
Weekend pass for both tours $90/person.

INFO: http://www.esotouric.com , 323-223-2767

Ask the average person to name a true crime location in Los
Angeles and you'll hear about Nicole Brown's Brentwood condo, the Manson
Murders scene in the Hollywood Hills, the Black Dahlia's disappearance from
the Biltmore Hotel or Bugsy Siegel's Beverly Hills death house.

But when the crack researchers of Esotouric, L.A.'s most eclectic bus tour
company, go crime hunting, they throw out the map to the stars homes and
cast their eye to less glamorous L.A. neighborhoods that prove to be packed
with bizarre crime histories. True crime buffs have already heard the famous
stories a dozen times before on cable TV, but the forgotten crimes Esotouric
digs up are fresh, fascinating and truly chilling. And now, Esotouric offers
a weekend double feature packed with the weirdest crimes ever committed in
two of L.A.'s most iconic communities: the old money suburb of Pasadena and
the gritty working class neighborhoods on the East Side of the L.A. River.

TOUR #1:
First up, on Saturday, March 17, it's Esotouric's very popular PASADENA
CONFIDENTIAL WITH CRIMEBO THE CLOWN tour, a true crime bus adventure delving
deep into the weird and horrible past of one of L.A.'s most exclusive
suburbs. Our special guest host on this tour is Daily Candy's favorite
strange entertainer, Crimebo the Crime Clown capering as only Crimebo can.

Crime fiends will enjoy a four-hour guided luxury bus tour to the darkest
recesses of Pasadena history, with vintage photos and film clips show to set
the scene. From celebrated cases like the Robert Kennedy assassination
(Sirhan Sirhan was a local Pasadena resident), "Eraserhead" star Jack
Nance's strange end, black magician/rocket scientist Jack Parsons'
death-by-misadventure and the 1926 Rose Parade grand stand collapse, to
fascinating obscurities, the tour's multitude of murders, arsons,
kidnappings, robberies, suicides, auto wrecks and oddball happenings provide
an alternate history of Pasadena that's as fascinating as it is creepy.
Crime Bus passengers will tour the old Millionaire's Row on Orange Grove,
boggle at the shocking Sphinx Murder on the steps of the downtown Masonic
Hall, thrill to the misadventures of one very poorly-behaved (but
beautifully dressed!) chimpanzee and discover why people named Judd and
rocket scientists should think twice before moving to Pasadena. They'll also
enjoy the offbeat charms of Crimebo the Crime Clown as he leads passengers
out onto Suicide Bridge for a personal look down into the gorge that tempted
dozens of tormented souls to their demise. Riders on this eye-opening, funny
and informative tour will forever see Pasadena in a new light. It is highly
recommended for natives and newcomers alike, crime and history buffs and
anyone who likes to seek out the unexpected.

Tour guide Kim Cooper, who researches and writes all of Esotouric's true
crime tours, says, "I believe every neighborhood gets the crimes it
deserves, and Pasadena's dark side is suitably rife with rocket scientists
driven mad by their work, wealthy eccentrics spoiling their pet chimps and
bears, seemingly respectable families misbehaving behind tall hedges and a
general air of genteel psychic decay."

TOUR #2:
Then on Sunday, March 18, a select crew of urban explorers will climb aboard
for EAST SIDE BABYLON, the latest addition to Esotouric's popular crime bus
tour series. Passengers on this unusual bus adventure will discover
fascinating, little-known historic neighborhoods and the grim memories they
hold. With crimes spanning the 20th Century, some hideously gruesome, others
weird and frankly unbelievable, the tour provides a new way of discovering
the city, via crime scenes and oddities that make ordinary houses and
intersections seem to vibrate with a mysterious energy. Come visit Boyle
Heights, where Night Stalker Richard Ramirez was captured and a mad dad ran
amok. Roam the hallowed lawns of Evergreen, L.A.'s oldest cemetery and home
of some memorable haunts and strange burials. Visit East Los Angeles, where
a deranged radio shop employee made mince meat of his boss and bride--and
you can get your hair done in a building shaped like a giant tamale. Explore
the ghastly streets of Commerce, where one small neighborhood's myriad
crimes will shock and surprise. Visit Montebello, for scrumptious milk,
eggnog and cookies at Broguiere's Farm Fresh Dairy washed down with a
horrifying case of child murder. All this, and so much more on EAST SIDE
BABYLON, Esotouric's exploration of L.A.'s most horrifying forgotten crimes
and offbeat oddities.

Upcoming Esotouric bus tour and LAVA special event schedule
Sat Feb 25 - Reyner Banham Loves Los Angeles: The Lowdown on Downtown
Sun Feb 26 - FREE! Victorian Los Angeles Part Two (info at
www.lavatransforms.org)
Sat March 3 - Hotel Horrors & Main Street Vice crime bus tour
Sun March 4 - Inside the Mind of the Arsonist (info at lavatransforms.org)
Fri March 9 - FREE! San Gabriel Mission Archaeological Excavation Tour (info
at lavatransforms.org)
Sat March 10 - Weird West Adams crime bus tour
Sat March 17 - Pasadena Confidential crime bus tour (weekend pass available)
Sun March 18 - East Side Babylon crime bus tour (weekend pass available)
Sat April 7 - Charles Bukowski's Los Angeles (weekend pass available)
Sun April 8 ­ John Fante's Dreams from Bunker Hill (weekend pass available)
Sat April 14 - The Real Black Dahlia crime bus tour
Sat April 21 - Crawling Down Cahuenga: Tom Waits' L.A.
Sun April 22 - FREE!Open House at the historic Stendahl Galleries (info at
lavatransforms.org)
Sat April 28 - Maja's Mysteries: Rapture & Release
Mon April 30- The LAVA Salon at Musso & Frank featuring John Buntin (info at
lavatransforms.org)
Sat May 19 - Raymond Chandler's Los Angeles
Sun May 20 ­ Blood & Dumplings crime bus tour

Esotouric's Richard Schave, Kim Cooper, Joan Renner and Michael "Crimebo the
Clown" Perrick are proud members of LAVA - The Los Angeles Visionaries
Association. http://www.lavatransforms.org

For more info on Esotouric, visit http://www.esotouric.com