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5 min readThelma Todd was a platinum-blonde Hollywood starlet from the 1920s and 1930s—nicknamed "Hot Toddy," Miss Massachusetts of 1925, and a successful comedy actress who appeared in shorts and full-length features. At the height of her fame, she purchased a long white building along the Pacific Coast Highway, opening a restaurant called the Sidewalk Cafe on the ground floor, living in an apartment on the second, and running a nightclub on the third. On December 16, 1935, at age 29, she was found dead in her car in a garage—not her own, but the garage of her estranged husband, Juel Carmen, who lived a block away. The official cause was carbon monoxide poisoning, ruled "accidental with possible suicide tendencies." But the circumstances were suspicious: she was dressed in a fancy gown and mink wrap, which is unusual for a suicide, and she had been arguing the night before with her ex-husband Pat DiCicco, a man with organized crime connections. The question of whether she was murdered has never been resolved.
A Vision on the Pacific Coast Highway
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- 1 (02:03) **Episode Kickoff & Housekeeping** - Jason welcomes listeners, shouts out patron Rudy Jazz, and runs through upcoming movie nights and the Port Gamble Ghost Conference.
- 2 (07:59) **Listener Email: Bizarre Bub Controversy** - Peter S. sends a tip that the paranormal channel Bizarre Bub leaves out context to make videos scarier, though the footage itself isn't faked.
- 3 (11:10) **Story One: The Ghost of Thelma Todd** - A woman named Jessica has a psychic vision of a platinum blonde screaming "murder" outside a white building on Pacific Coast Highway, later learning it was the ghost of actress Thelma Todd.
- 4 (30:26) **Meditation on Suicide & Legacy** - Jason reflects on the pain of a suicide death versus murder, using the death of Power Rangers actor Jason David Frank as a personal example.
- 5 (40:07) **Story Two: Blake's Dream of the Dying Ocean** - A young man named Blake dreams of an ocean turning from blue to gray to black, wakes with an urge to see his dying father, and holds his hand as he passes.
- 6 (47:49) **Story Three: Abigail's Dream of the Unborn Nephew** - A woman named Abigail dreams of playing with her future nephew at a lake, only for the boy to drown; the next morning she learns her sister-in-law had a miscarriage.
- 7 (53:04) **Closing Thoughts on Dream Phenomena** - Jason ties the episodes together, noting that visitation dreams from the dead are the most common ghost story he hears, but these "premonition" dreams are rarer and more unnerving.
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Show Notes
A ghost seeking justice/More dreams of the dead
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Original Air Date: 9/16/2026
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