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May 21, 2018 · William Desmond Taylor was shot in his home in the middle of the night and his death – in the midst of a slew of showbusiness scandals – led to the start of people’s interest in the sensationalized inner-workings of Hollywood.
- Kara Goldfarb
Jul 22, 1990 · But despite full-scale investigations in 1922, 1927 and 1941, the Taylor murder remains one of Hollywood’s most scandalous unsolved crimes. Now, more than 70 years after Taylor’s death, Robert...
In Sidney D. Kirkpatrick's book Cast of Killers (1986), largely based on research and interviews conducted by Director King Vidor who was fascinated with the Taylor case, it is theorized that Charlotte Shelby, mother of Mary Miles Minter, killed William Desmond Taylor. The theory is that Shelby dressed as a man slipped into Taylor's bungalow ...
Nov 13, 2009 · 1922. Director William Desmond Taylor is found murdered. Police discover the body of film director William Desmond Taylor in his Los Angeles bungalow. Lieutenant Tom Ziegler responded to a call...
- Missy Sullivan
Feb 9, 1986 · The purported killer was Charlotte Shelby, who supposedly was so enraged by her daughter’s (unrequited) flirtation with Taylor that she shot the director, possibly in her daughter’s presence....
Feb 9, 2016 · Ultimately, he stole $5,000 from Taylor and disappeared, though not without sending a mocking note to Taylor under the latter’s real name, William C. Deane-Tanner. A few days before his death, Taylor began receiving hang-up phone calls.
Apr 27, 2021 · Hollywood film director William Desmond Taylor's career came to a violent end when he was discovered murdered in his Alvarado Court Apartments bungalow with a bullet in his back, per History.
