Episode 15: Dead Man's Curve

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Although the Jan and Dean song "Dead Man's Curve" is based on a section of Sunset Blvd. (near UCLA), Mulholland Drive is the street that comes to mind to most locals when the term "Dead Man's Curve" is used in conversation, due to its hair-pin turn that has claimed many lives. The majority of "curve related" deaths occured back in the days of illegal street racing along this stretch of highway (between Laurel Canyon and Coldwater Canyon) as seen in the the movie "King of the Mountain."

The Friday and Saturday night racing rituals are said to have started sometime in the 1950's and extended all the way into the 1980's, until a minor (who was a passenger of a racing car) died in a fatal collision. The tragic event caught the attention of the public, and in turn, pressured the police to crack down with road blocks, curfews, and an increased presence. Thus, the racing moved out of the hills and into the valley. When filming episode 15, it was discovered that the cameraman had a personal connection to this location. He was a friend and classmate of the young man, whose death sparked the end of this deadly curve's reign of terror.

(Ground-breaking ceremony for Mulholland Drive)

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