Dearly Departed Tours
With celebrity and fame comes a public fascination, even after the celebrity’s death. Dearly Departed Tours takes movie lovers, fans, and interested history buffs around Hollywood, Beverly Hills, and the Sunset Strip to locations where their favorite celebrities passed on. Movie stars, TV personalities, rock stars, and other famous individuals have been featured in the many tours sponsored by this iconic tour company. If your group is at all interested in the macabre history of Hollywood, take a tour with Dearly Departed and discover how dark the City of Angels really is.
Dearly Departed’s most popular tour, Tragical History, tours the homes and locations of celebrity deaths including Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, Bela Lugosi, and the house of the rumored Black Dahlia. If you are curious about the deliberately dark history of L.A., take the Helter Skelter Tour. Visit the sites of the Tate and LaBianca murders perpetrated by the vicious Manson Family, experience the reconstruction of the lives of both murderer and victim, and even take home a piece of the Tate house fireplace.
For movie fans, look into the Hollywood Movie Tour which leads you through memorable filming locations. See where Chinatown, Rebel Without a Cause, Grease, and Terminator were filmed among several others. Learn facts about classics, comedies, and flops from an informative and entertaining guide. If you are a horror buff, visit the filming location of A Nightmare on Elm Street, the original and remake of Halloween, and the Thriller music video with Horror Film Location Tour.
Other group tours include The Nasty Nellie Oleson Tour, following the life and career of Alison Arngrim who played Nellie Oleson on Little House on the Prairie. Find out what it was like being a child star in Hollywood and the people she’s met over the years from Alison herself.