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When police arrived they discovered Perelson’s 42-year-old wife Lillian dead in her blood-soaked bed. She had been killed with the same hammer Perelson used to attack Judye. The murder weapon, empty pill bottles, and a copy of Dante’s “Divine Comedy” lay next to his body. It was later revealed he had died from an overdose of barbiturates. I have always appreciated those photographers who go the extra mile to make these places still look hauntingly beautiful, although the subject matter is dark and the glory of the estates or establishments long since diminished.

A Photographer's Final Glimpse Inside the Los Feliz Murder Mansion in All Its Creepy Glory

What followed was two years of legal disputes, in which Harold demanded $100,000 in damages (nearly a million in today's dollars). The legal fees for the case, as well as the Perelsons’ previous investments in the development of the device, ate away at the family finances. In a cruel twist, Harold was only awarded about $24,000—a disappointing sum compared to what he was expecting.

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My poor mum came along and nearly had a panic attack at every turn [and] couldn't wait to leave. I found it hard thinking about the murder, not knowing which bedroom would have been considered the master. The reality is that the family that owned the place throughout the second half of the 20th Century never lived there, but they used it to store clothes, appliances, furniture, and Christmas presents. It's entirely possible that none of the stuff that was in there taking up space was a bona fide artifact for any self-respecting murder museum. But if you were one of hundreds who showed up at night and looked through the window like Jem Finch trying to get a glimpse of Boo Radley, it was creepy as hell just the same. According to one of the more popular legends, the Perelsons’ Christmas tree and wrapped gifts still sat in their living room, rotting away among dusty furniture.

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I remember clicking on a link [that said] "The first photos inside the Los Feliz Murder Mansion!" and [being] just utterly shocked. There were photos of places that I did not even recognize in the least without the flood of objects. It made me feel a twinge of sadness, like all of that history was just swept away.

But I couldn't get anyone to confirm that Enriquez does still visit, or that—at 81—he's still alive. I tried the LAPD office in Los Feliz, where officers told me they hadn't heard of any "Los Feliz Murder Mansion." The only people who definitely still visit the place are internet randos. After working together for 11 years, however, Schustack allegedly tried to steal the design to cut Harold out of the deal.

Bass, speaking to reporters during a budget briefing Monday morning, again thanked officers for their quick response. In 2015, Hunter and three others were accused of beating a man with a hammer inside a van in Norfolk County, Massachusetts. He was facing several charges including attempted murder, kidnapping and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. In the episode, Bagans and Frazier attempt to puncture that seal, with "a lockdown-style type of investigation, where the complete house is sealed -- we are gonna padlock the back door and we're gonna listen."

It was later revealed that civil rights attorney and truTV personality Lisa Bloom and her husband Braden Pollock were the new owners. The couple apparently planned to renovate it and removed everything from the inside. Back inside the house, Harold had decided he was done with his spree.

The Perelson children were passed into the custody of their aunt. Soon thereafter, the house at 2475 Glendower Place was essentially abandoned. It was sold in a probate auction to Emily and Julian Enriquez, neither of whom lived on the property. Decades passed, and the house gained a reputation for being virtually untouched since the murders.

But take off the mask, and it seems that the house’s ghost is none other than a “very kind” Catholic millionaire hoarder named Rudy Enriquez, who once owned the house, according to Astenius’ podcast. No one knows what exactly prompted Dr. Perelson to commit those atrocities fifty years ago. Some have speculated financial woes, while others have dug up old, unconfirmed rumors of Dr. Perelson having been secretly hospitalized.

The house was sold via probate auction to a different couple, Emily and Julian Enriquez. However, if they moved in, they didn't stick around long enough to make the house a home. He didn't move in either, though he did apparently use the home for storage, which could explain the various post-1959 items trespassers claimed to have seen when peering through the windows. Plenty of murder houses, as they're charmingly called, have recovered from the grisly acts that have unfolded within their walls.

Ross would later say that he entered the house to find Perelson swallowing a number of pills, then settling down on Judye's bed. The Perelsons two younger children, ages 13 and 11, were unharmed. The handsome Spanish Revival mansion at 2475 Glendower Place in wealthy Los Feliz has long been one of Los Angeles's creepiest mysteries. If the story was just that a doctor had killed his wife with a ball-peen hammer, then himself with Nembutal and pills, it'd still get passed around among neighborhood kids.

All three Perelson children survived the incident, though none have been mentioned in the media since. No members of Mayor Bass' family were hurt during the break-in at the Los Angeles property known as Getty House. BOSTON – Ephraim Hunter, the man police say broke into the home of Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass over the weekend, was previously convicted in a violent Massachusetts attack.

He returned to the master bedroom, where his wife was still sleeping. According to the coroner report, he struck her so hard with the hammer that it left an inch-wide hole in her skull. Lillian, however, didn’t die immediately—she continued to breathe a little longer. Emily Enriquez died in 1994 and her son Rudy, who lived in Washington Heights, inherited the house.

A fixer-upper, sure, but hardwood floors, plenty of space, sweeping views of the city, and a quiet neighborhood not too far from common conveniences. In other states—and especially other countries—having someone die in a house probably isn't such a big deal. In 2009, the Times reexamined the house and its legend, because neighbors were getting annoyed by the mansion turning into a place for—no joke—goths to have picnics and hookers to bring johns. But this national landmark of sorts might be in danger of being razed sometime in the next few years if no one steps up. "When the owner dies, I am sad to say that is probably what will happen," she wrote in an email. He inherited the house from his parents, Emily and Julian Enriquez, a couple from Lincoln Heights who bought the house at a probate auction in 1960.

The exterior of the mansion is in slow decay, and the local neighbors have had to pitch in to help maintain the property. For the next 50 years, the Los Feliz murder mansion would remain completely untouched and uninhabited by anyone. According to CBS Los Angeles, while Bass was running for mayor but still a member of the United States House of Representatives in late 2022, her home was burgalized by at least two people armed with guns. Bass became mayor in 2023 and has lived at the home with her family since. Hunter was one of four people who police arrested in 2015 when a man was beaten with a hammer in Millis. Hunter was found guilty in 2016 and sentenced to 5-7 years in Massachusetts state prison.

The LaBianca House, where members of the Manson family murdered the couple that lived there in 1969, was ultimately sold and lived in again. The Wonderland House, once a known drug house where four people were murdered by an unknown killer in 1981—no one was ever convicted despite some pretty key suspects, including porn star John Holmes—has new occupants. But the house on Glendower has been mostly vacant for over 50 years.