1 00:00:00,980 --> 00:00:03,140 Speaker 1: Happy Monday, everyone out there in Hollywood land. It's the 2 00:00:03,160 --> 00:00:06,529 Speaker 1: good doctor, Dr. Lundy Esquire, and welcome to The Working Week, 3 00:00:06,570 --> 00:00:09,890 Speaker 1: which means another peek into our archive of stories at 4 00:00:09,910 --> 00:00:12,969 Speaker 1: the intersection of Hollywood and true crime. Today, we've got 5 00:00:12,990 --> 00:00:16,670 Speaker 1: our fully scripted and sound design episode on Jane Mansfield, 6 00:00:16,730 --> 00:00:21,599 Speaker 1: who tragically died 59 years ago in 1967 at the 7 00:00:21,739 --> 00:00:25,640 Speaker 1: age of 34. Whether she was filming Hollywood's first major 8 00:00:25,720 --> 00:00:29,020 Speaker 1: nude scenes or posing against a backdrop of satanic skulls 9 00:00:29,100 --> 00:00:33,370 Speaker 1: and pentagrams, Jane Mansfield lived for exhibitionism. As a leading 10 00:00:33,430 --> 00:00:36,630 Speaker 1: sex pot of the 1950s, she was a genius, a bombshell, 11 00:00:36,750 --> 00:00:39,989 Speaker 1: and a mother in an industry that demanded women be single, dumb, 12 00:00:40,110 --> 00:00:43,490 Speaker 1: and blonde. When people whispered that Jane lived in Marilyn 13 00:00:43,510 --> 00:00:46,130 Speaker 1: Monroe's shadow, she fled to the Church of Satan and 14 00:00:46,150 --> 00:00:48,970 Speaker 1: started dancing in the shadows with its founder, Anton LaVey. 15 00:00:49,450 --> 00:00:52,490 Speaker 1: Her final headline sensationalized the myth of how she lost 16 00:00:52,510 --> 00:00:54,730 Speaker 1: her head in a car crash and blamed her death 17 00:00:54,830 --> 00:00:57,930 Speaker 1: on a satanic curse. But even decades after that fatal 18 00:00:57,970 --> 00:01:01,080 Speaker 1: road trip, there's still plenty about Jane that still warrants 19 00:01:01,400 --> 00:01:04,959 Speaker 1: showing off. I hope you dig this episode on Jane Mansfield, 20 00:01:05,020 --> 00:01:06,780 Speaker 1: and then I hope you join me again here on 21 00:01:06,860 --> 00:01:09,440 Speaker 1: Wednesday for the wrap party, where I'll respond to your 22 00:01:09,480 --> 00:01:12,669 Speaker 1: voicemails and messages, and later on Friday for a new 23 00:01:12,709 --> 00:01:14,870 Speaker 1: installment of The Screening Room, in which I'll do a 24 00:01:14,910 --> 00:01:18,490 Speaker 1: deep dive into the 2018 Ari Aster film, Hereditary. 25 00:01:21,170 --> 00:01:24,330 Speaker 2: This episode contains content that may be disturbing to some listeners. 26 00:01:24,890 --> 00:01:29,500 Speaker 2: Please check the show notes for more information. Hollywoodland is 27 00:01:29,580 --> 00:01:30,940 Speaker 2: a production of Double Elvis. 28 00:01:32,630 --> 00:01:39,890 Speaker 3: The stories about Jane Mansfield are insane. She stripped down 29 00:01:40,190 --> 00:01:47,080 Speaker 3: for the very first nude scene in a major motion picture. 30 00:01:56,620 --> 00:02:00,100 Speaker 2: She wowed the pants off men as Hollywood's leading sexpot. 31 00:02:00,900 --> 00:02:03,200 Speaker 2: And then she scared the pants off of them when 32 00:02:03,260 --> 00:02:07,380 Speaker 2: she publicly bonded with Anton LaVey, founder of the Church 33 00:02:07,420 --> 00:02:11,680 Speaker 2: of Satan. Magazines condemned her and called her Satan's slave. 34 00:02:12,280 --> 00:02:16,130 Speaker 2: Jane called it a good opportunity for publicity. She was 35 00:02:16,169 --> 00:02:19,010 Speaker 2: a genius, a bombshell, and a mother in an industry 36 00:02:19,050 --> 00:02:23,210 Speaker 2: that demanded women be single, dumb, and blonde. She died 37 00:02:23,250 --> 00:02:26,450 Speaker 2: in an accident so gruesome and so bizarre. that it's 38 00:02:26,510 --> 00:02:31,190 Speaker 2: easy to suspect supernatural forces were involved. But before that 39 00:02:31,310 --> 00:02:36,929 Speaker 2: fatal road trip, Jane Mansfield made great films. Unlike that 40 00:02:37,010 --> 00:02:38,970 Speaker 2: clip I played for you at the top of the show, 41 00:02:39,610 --> 00:02:42,380 Speaker 2: that wasn't a clip from a great film. That was 42 00:02:42,440 --> 00:02:45,220 Speaker 2: a fair use sample from the Library of Congress of 43 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:51,080 Speaker 2: Viola Brown performing Drive Old Satan Away from 1939. I 44 00:02:51,120 --> 00:02:53,560 Speaker 2: played you that clip because I can't afford the rights 45 00:02:53,620 --> 00:02:57,370 Speaker 2: to Robert Aldrich's The Dirty Dozen. And why would I 46 00:02:57,430 --> 00:03:01,950 Speaker 2: play you that specific slice of proto-suicide squad cheese, could 47 00:03:02,010 --> 00:03:05,880 Speaker 2: I afford it? Because that was the number one movie 48 00:03:05,900 --> 00:03:11,000 Speaker 2: in America on June 29th, 1967. And that was the 49 00:03:11,040 --> 00:03:17,060 Speaker 2: day that 34-year-old Jane Mansfield lost her head. In this episode, 50 00:03:17,419 --> 00:03:24,570 Speaker 2: nude scenes, supernatural forces, gruesome accidents, and Satan's showgirl, Jane Mansfield. 51 00:03:25,430 --> 00:03:29,060 Speaker 2: I'm Jake Brennan. And this is Hollywoodland. 52 00:03:29,139 --> 00:03:38,160 Speaker 4: Anton LaVey maneuvered the blades with caution. His scissors moved 53 00:03:38,180 --> 00:03:41,760 Speaker 4: through the page like a hot knife through devil's food cake. 54 00:03:57,560 --> 00:04:00,660 Speaker 2: Cutting excess paper away from the sacred image in his hands. 55 00:04:01,520 --> 00:04:04,880 Speaker 2: A photograph of him posing for a German magazine in 56 00:04:04,920 --> 00:04:09,000 Speaker 2: front of Marilyn Monroe's mausoleum. A damn good photograph, if 57 00:04:09,040 --> 00:04:12,400 Speaker 2: he said so himself. It was printed in black and white, 58 00:04:12,930 --> 00:04:17,029 Speaker 2: just like Anton's wardrobe. Just like the inside of Anton's home, 59 00:04:17,589 --> 00:04:22,430 Speaker 2: where he toiled away now. He called it the Black House, a.k.a. 60 00:04:22,490 --> 00:04:26,310 Speaker 2: the headquarters for the Church of Satan, Anton's own invention. 61 00:04:27,270 --> 00:04:30,789 Speaker 2: The church's raven black exterior called to the goth prototypes 62 00:04:30,890 --> 00:04:33,830 Speaker 2: on the streets of San Francisco. This is the place 63 00:04:33,890 --> 00:04:37,170 Speaker 2: for you to indulge, to explore, to take a walk 64 00:04:37,270 --> 00:04:42,479 Speaker 2: on the weird side. The devil wasn't actually present at 65 00:04:42,500 --> 00:04:45,000 Speaker 2: the Church of Satan. And that wasn't what Anton's new 66 00:04:45,040 --> 00:04:49,360 Speaker 2: religion was about. People always got that part wrong. Satanism 67 00:04:49,400 --> 00:04:53,460 Speaker 2: was about worshipping the self. It honored the dark desires 68 00:04:53,540 --> 00:04:56,520 Speaker 2: lurking at the bottom of your heart. the lustful thoughts 69 00:04:56,600 --> 00:05:00,200 Speaker 2: that most people were too afraid to acknowledge, let alone share. 70 00:05:01,339 --> 00:05:05,040 Speaker 2: Jane Mansfield wasn't afraid to share anything with Anton LaVey. 71 00:05:05,720 --> 00:05:09,029 Speaker 2: That silver screen sexpot was born to walk these black halls. 72 00:05:09,790 --> 00:05:13,190 Speaker 2: Anton made her a high priestess in his church, even 73 00:05:13,250 --> 00:05:16,310 Speaker 2: if Jane denied her title to the papers, said she 74 00:05:16,370 --> 00:05:19,029 Speaker 2: wasn't a member of his black circle, and reminded the 75 00:05:19,070 --> 00:05:22,560 Speaker 2: tabloids that she was born a Methodist, called herself Catholic, 76 00:05:22,600 --> 00:05:28,140 Speaker 2: and had ties to Orthodox Judaism through her beau-slash-lawyer. Anton 77 00:05:28,180 --> 00:05:31,320 Speaker 2: knew better. Jane would never fully divulge just how much 78 00:05:31,380 --> 00:05:34,980 Speaker 2: Anton taught her between these walls. She learned in the shadows. 79 00:05:35,800 --> 00:05:38,659 Speaker 2: Anton taught her about the nature of paradise and hell, 80 00:05:39,300 --> 00:05:44,380 Speaker 2: about casting spells and practicing rituals. Jane certainly believed enough 81 00:05:44,400 --> 00:05:46,990 Speaker 2: to call Anton every morning for a happy spell that 82 00:05:47,050 --> 00:05:50,529 Speaker 2: enchanted the day ahead of her. And their worlds collided 83 00:05:50,570 --> 00:05:55,130 Speaker 2: many times. often with a photographer trailing behind them. Sometimes 84 00:05:55,210 --> 00:05:57,770 Speaker 2: it was the same German photographer who snapped these very 85 00:05:57,830 --> 00:06:00,860 Speaker 2: shots of Anton at Marilyn's grave that he was holding tonight. 86 00:06:01,700 --> 00:06:04,680 Speaker 2: Anton made the final snip across the top of the page. 87 00:06:05,540 --> 00:06:09,359 Speaker 2: A chill crawled up his spine. Something was wrong. He 88 00:06:09,400 --> 00:06:12,460 Speaker 2: turned the magazine page over. A photo of Jane was 89 00:06:12,520 --> 00:06:15,500 Speaker 2: on the opposite side. He had just clipped her head 90 00:06:15,700 --> 00:06:20,950 Speaker 2: clean off. Another chill seized him. Yes, something was very wrong. 91 00:06:21,800 --> 00:06:25,000 Speaker 2: The phone rang. Must be Jane. Calling for a belated 92 00:06:25,080 --> 00:06:27,880 Speaker 2: happy spell. And there was nothing happy about what the 93 00:06:27,920 --> 00:06:31,110 Speaker 2: voice on the other end had to say. It wasn't Jane. 94 00:06:31,550 --> 00:06:37,050 Speaker 2: It was a reporter. Jane Mansfield was dead. Cause of death? 95 00:06:37,070 --> 00:06:39,190 Speaker 4: Decapitation. 96 00:06:42,750 --> 00:06:45,660 Speaker 2: Jane Mansfield arched her back over the lip of the bathtub. 97 00:06:46,140 --> 00:06:48,800 Speaker 2: Suds dribbled past her shoulders and down her chest, but 98 00:06:49,180 --> 00:06:52,240 Speaker 2: not too many suds. Act natural, the director told her, 99 00:06:52,580 --> 00:06:56,580 Speaker 2: but put on a show. Jane can do both simultaneously. Easy. 100 00:06:57,190 --> 00:06:59,050 Speaker 2: She stretched her arms into the air for a few 101 00:06:59,110 --> 00:07:02,050 Speaker 2: more seconds and let the camera linger on her assets. 102 00:07:02,670 --> 00:07:05,090 Speaker 2: And then she slipped back under the hot water. Just 103 00:07:05,110 --> 00:07:08,770 Speaker 2: her torso, not her chest. Jane wasn't being paid to 104 00:07:08,810 --> 00:07:13,560 Speaker 2: be modest today. Thank God for champagne. Liquid courage carried 105 00:07:13,600 --> 00:07:16,040 Speaker 2: her through her first nude scene for this movie, and 106 00:07:16,460 --> 00:07:19,320 Speaker 2: it would get her through this one, too. The movie 107 00:07:19,340 --> 00:07:22,760 Speaker 2: was called Promises, promises. And the director said it was 108 00:07:22,820 --> 00:07:26,480 Speaker 2: a sex comedy. He assured Jane it wasn't porn. But 109 00:07:26,500 --> 00:07:28,320 Speaker 2: he also said he wanted to get as close to 110 00:07:28,360 --> 00:07:31,800 Speaker 2: porn without crossing the line. Jane had her own line 111 00:07:31,840 --> 00:07:35,060 Speaker 2: she drew with the camera crew. She'd go topless and 112 00:07:35,120 --> 00:07:37,440 Speaker 2: they could shoot her stomach, sure, but they weren't to 113 00:07:37,500 --> 00:07:40,309 Speaker 2: let that camera lens wander an inch below her hips. 114 00:07:40,930 --> 00:07:44,210 Speaker 2: That's the boundary that Jane was comfortable with. Well, what 115 00:07:44,230 --> 00:07:48,190 Speaker 2: her husband was comfortable with. Because Jane Mansfield was not 116 00:07:48,230 --> 00:07:51,020 Speaker 2: ashamed of being naked. If the public wanted to ogle 117 00:07:51,060 --> 00:07:53,920 Speaker 2: her figure, she wasn't stopping anyone. And they were going 118 00:07:53,940 --> 00:07:57,020 Speaker 2: to peek whether or not Jane felt comfortable anyway. Strangers 119 00:07:57,100 --> 00:08:00,120 Speaker 2: eye-fucked her before she even bought her first bra. Before 120 00:08:00,160 --> 00:08:02,740 Speaker 2: she was even a teenager. And not just men, either. 121 00:08:03,260 --> 00:08:05,680 Speaker 2: Other girls couldn't keep their eyes and hands off Jane's 122 00:08:05,720 --> 00:08:09,990 Speaker 2: forbidden fruit. Jane never rejected the attention. She leaned into it, 123 00:08:10,260 --> 00:08:13,000 Speaker 2: took pride in it. As a teenager, she kept a 124 00:08:13,050 --> 00:08:15,350 Speaker 2: tally of how many boys she kissed in her diary. 125 00:08:15,960 --> 00:08:20,060 Speaker 2: Every day had its own tally. Every day. Jane's mother 126 00:08:20,100 --> 00:08:23,520 Speaker 2: told her that sexual attraction was something to hide. Bullshit. 127 00:08:24,120 --> 00:08:26,480 Speaker 2: No one was holding their desires from her, that was 128 00:08:26,520 --> 00:08:29,380 Speaker 2: for sure, and she definitely wasn't about to suppress herself 129 00:08:29,440 --> 00:08:33,510 Speaker 2: to appease any prudes. Jane had sex appeal, in spades. 130 00:08:34,030 --> 00:08:38,230 Speaker 2: Kind people paid for, repeatedly. Jane learned that when she 131 00:08:38,270 --> 00:08:41,690 Speaker 2: was studying at the Dallas Institute of Performing Arts. She 132 00:08:41,750 --> 00:08:44,380 Speaker 2: stripped down for some photos before her big acting break 133 00:08:44,390 --> 00:08:46,240 Speaker 2: so she could put food on the table for her daughter. 134 00:08:46,929 --> 00:08:48,830 Speaker 2: And that gig led to paid work as a nude 135 00:08:48,890 --> 00:08:51,690 Speaker 2: model in a woman's sculpting class. And by the time 136 00:08:51,750 --> 00:08:54,410 Speaker 2: Jane broke into Hollywood, she wielded her body like a 137 00:08:54,490 --> 00:08:58,390 Speaker 2: weapon of mass seduction. So yeah, let them look. And 138 00:08:58,429 --> 00:09:00,860 Speaker 2: if people wanted to pay Jane for it, even better. 139 00:09:02,640 --> 00:09:05,780 Speaker 2: Jane was getting two paychecks for today's shoot. One from 140 00:09:05,800 --> 00:09:09,620 Speaker 2: the movie studio for $ 150, 000, and plus another check for 141 00:09:09,620 --> 00:09:12,780 Speaker 2: $ 25, 000 from Playboy for the pictorial they were shooting while 142 00:09:12,800 --> 00:09:16,640 Speaker 2: Jane writhed around topless on set. The money was secondary 143 00:09:16,679 --> 00:09:20,500 Speaker 2: for Jane. The real payoff would be relevance. After all, 144 00:09:20,800 --> 00:09:24,370 Speaker 2: Jane Mansfield was making history. She was doing something Marilyn 145 00:09:24,390 --> 00:09:28,150 Speaker 2: Monroe couldn't do. Marilyn dropped dead before she had the chance. 146 00:09:28,809 --> 00:09:30,510 Speaker 2: Jane was going to be the first star to bear 147 00:09:30,530 --> 00:09:33,630 Speaker 2: it all in a major motion picture. Jane could have 148 00:09:33,750 --> 00:09:37,760 Speaker 2: easily taken Marilyn's place, could have, except suddenly production companies 149 00:09:37,800 --> 00:09:40,500 Speaker 2: didn't want a Monroe stand-in such as Kim Novak or 150 00:09:40,540 --> 00:09:43,490 Speaker 2: Mamie Van Doren to be their leading role. By the 151 00:09:43,550 --> 00:09:47,010 Speaker 2: early 60s, the era of ditzy blondes was done so. 152 00:09:47,580 --> 00:09:50,420 Speaker 2: Jane Mansfield wasn't a ditz, but she had the act 153 00:09:50,460 --> 00:09:54,440 Speaker 2: down pat. She boasted a squeal that sounded like steam escaping. 154 00:09:54,850 --> 00:09:57,190 Speaker 2: She could sing and twirl in frilly outfits better than 155 00:09:57,250 --> 00:10:00,290 Speaker 2: any vapid airhead. Then take a Barb Jo. at her 156 00:10:00,350 --> 00:10:03,210 Speaker 2: expense in the next scene like it was nothing. You'd 157 00:10:03,250 --> 00:10:06,170 Speaker 2: never know that she had an IQ of 163. That's 158 00:10:06,220 --> 00:10:08,430 Speaker 2: genius level, by the way. And you'd never know she 159 00:10:08,480 --> 00:10:11,760 Speaker 2: was first chair violin in school when she was only 14, 160 00:10:11,760 --> 00:10:15,459 Speaker 2: and that she spoke French and German and Italian. That's 161 00:10:15,500 --> 00:10:18,700 Speaker 2: just good acting. But no one wanted Jane Mansfield to act. 162 00:10:19,250 --> 00:10:22,890 Speaker 2: They wanted her to exhibit, just like she was doing now, 163 00:10:23,270 --> 00:10:26,890 Speaker 2: in the bathtub. Because no one showed off like Jane Mansfield. 164 00:10:27,790 --> 00:10:31,820 Speaker 2: 20th Century Fox disagreed. Jane churned out a few mega-hit 165 00:10:31,860 --> 00:10:34,460 Speaker 2: movies for them in the 1950s, like The Girl Can't 166 00:10:34,500 --> 00:10:38,300 Speaker 2: Help It and Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? Fox started 167 00:10:38,360 --> 00:10:41,829 Speaker 2: loaning Jane out to film companies overseas, collecting hundreds of 168 00:10:41,880 --> 00:10:45,170 Speaker 2: thousands of dollars for the arrangement, while Jane only received 169 00:10:45,210 --> 00:10:48,980 Speaker 2: her standard salary. That was the first red flag. Fox 170 00:10:49,020 --> 00:10:52,300 Speaker 2: made the split official shortly thereafter and released Jane from 171 00:10:52,320 --> 00:10:57,410 Speaker 2: her contract in July of 1962. Their loss. Hadn't they learned? 172 00:10:57,970 --> 00:11:00,809 Speaker 2: People were always going to look at Jane Mansfield. So 173 00:11:00,830 --> 00:11:02,870 Speaker 2: let them look and charge them while you're at it. 174 00:11:03,970 --> 00:11:06,630 Speaker 2: Jane tossed back another flute of champagne and spread out 175 00:11:06,670 --> 00:11:09,530 Speaker 2: in the tub for another take. All eyes were on her. 176 00:11:10,450 --> 00:11:12,490 Speaker 2: Just the way it was meant to be. 177 00:11:19,520 --> 00:11:26,710 Speaker 4: Jane Mansfield was a modern Aphrodite. She stacked a 41-inch 178 00:11:26,809 --> 00:11:30,089 Speaker 4: bust on top of a 22-inch waist, or so she claimed. 179 00:11:46,950 --> 00:11:49,189 Speaker 2: She was a bombshell who could blow away any man 180 00:11:49,230 --> 00:11:52,700 Speaker 2: to bits. But no one would touch her. They'd look, sure, 181 00:11:52,720 --> 00:11:57,220 Speaker 2: but they wouldn't reach out. Not anymore. Promises Promises made 182 00:11:57,360 --> 00:12:00,040 Speaker 2: damn sure of that. The movie vowed to make Jane 183 00:12:00,100 --> 00:12:04,810 Speaker 2: even more notorious. Jane Mansfield was notorious, all right. Notorious 184 00:12:04,850 --> 00:12:09,110 Speaker 2: for creating scandals in courtrooms across the country. Now see 185 00:12:09,470 --> 00:12:13,330 Speaker 2: all of Jane Mansfield, the promotional poster declared. That was 186 00:12:13,370 --> 00:12:16,239 Speaker 2: a lie. The film crew followed Jane's strict orders about 187 00:12:16,280 --> 00:12:19,550 Speaker 2: not panning below her waist. The photographers at Playboy had 188 00:12:19,590 --> 00:12:23,450 Speaker 2: other ideas. Her spread in the June 1963 issue bared 189 00:12:23,490 --> 00:12:26,030 Speaker 2: it all. Her tits, her ass, hanging over the edge 190 00:12:26,050 --> 00:12:28,870 Speaker 2: of the tub, the sleek curve of her hips. It 191 00:12:28,910 --> 00:12:31,430 Speaker 2: was the best-selling issue in the magazine's history at the time, 192 00:12:31,770 --> 00:12:34,850 Speaker 2: with over two million copies sold. Not even Marilyn did 193 00:12:34,870 --> 00:12:37,380 Speaker 2: those numbers when she was alive. And when the issue 194 00:12:37,400 --> 00:12:40,099 Speaker 2: was banned in parts of Europe, the English black market 195 00:12:40,120 --> 00:12:44,430 Speaker 2: kept a steady supply in circulation. Jane Mansfield was the 196 00:12:44,490 --> 00:12:46,929 Speaker 2: talk of the industry, and not in a good way, though. 197 00:12:47,410 --> 00:12:51,209 Speaker 2: Promises Promises was banned in Pittsburgh, nearly banned in Cleveland. 198 00:12:51,809 --> 00:12:54,450 Speaker 2: Jane was condemned on the floor of various state legislatures 199 00:12:54,490 --> 00:12:57,910 Speaker 2: for her scenes riding around nude in bed. Hugh Hefner, 200 00:12:57,960 --> 00:13:01,520 Speaker 2: for his part as Playboy's publisher, was arrested for distributing 201 00:13:01,580 --> 00:13:05,320 Speaker 2: obscene literature. The same public that snapped up those nude 202 00:13:05,360 --> 00:13:09,100 Speaker 2: photos condemned Jane for her exhibitionism. They knew that only 203 00:13:09,140 --> 00:13:11,720 Speaker 2: desperate women took their tops off, and Jane must be 204 00:13:11,800 --> 00:13:15,370 Speaker 2: pretty desperate because... She was stripping down on screen and 205 00:13:15,410 --> 00:13:18,950 Speaker 2: in real life. But movies were never Jane's cash cow. 206 00:13:19,450 --> 00:13:21,590 Speaker 2: It was the nightlife that brought in big bucks for 207 00:13:21,630 --> 00:13:24,850 Speaker 2: bucks and blondes like herself. Jane earned her coins with 208 00:13:24,910 --> 00:13:27,910 Speaker 2: club appearances and by flirting with crowds in real time. 209 00:13:28,660 --> 00:13:31,320 Speaker 2: Her deal with the Dunes Hotel in Los Angeles earned 210 00:13:31,400 --> 00:13:35,320 Speaker 2: her $ 35, 000 a week, way more than Fox ever paid her, 211 00:13:35,760 --> 00:13:38,459 Speaker 2: even at the height of her stardom. Jane developed a 212 00:13:38,500 --> 00:13:42,470 Speaker 2: saucy new act after Promises Promises. A striptease number called 213 00:13:42,770 --> 00:13:46,270 Speaker 2: Satire on the Strip. But no one was laughing. The 214 00:13:46,290 --> 00:13:49,210 Speaker 2: number torpedoed her reputation as a movie bombshell and sank 215 00:13:49,250 --> 00:13:55,929 Speaker 2: her to a lower level of celebrity. Jane Mansfield was overexposed. 216 00:13:56,380 --> 00:13:59,920 Speaker 2: Not just her body, her whole life. She wrote the 217 00:13:59,960 --> 00:14:04,280 Speaker 2: blueprint for reality TV stars throughout the 1950s and 60s. 218 00:14:04,940 --> 00:14:07,480 Speaker 2: Jane saw it as her solemn duty as a celebrity 219 00:14:07,520 --> 00:14:09,719 Speaker 2: to share every detail of her life with the public. 220 00:14:10,470 --> 00:14:12,810 Speaker 2: And if there weren't any snappy headlines about Jane in 221 00:14:12,830 --> 00:14:15,310 Speaker 2: the papers at any given time, well, let's just say 222 00:14:15,370 --> 00:14:19,000 Speaker 2: she'd get the ball rolling and the typewriters clacking. Jane 223 00:14:19,040 --> 00:14:23,400 Speaker 2: walked her pet ocelots down Hollywood Boulevard. Yes, I mean ocelots, 224 00:14:23,540 --> 00:14:26,700 Speaker 2: as in the medium-sized spotted wild cats, and yes, Jane 225 00:14:26,740 --> 00:14:30,950 Speaker 2: Mansfield kept wild cats as pets. She went shopping in 226 00:14:31,030 --> 00:14:34,550 Speaker 2: nothing but a leopard print bikini, invited photographers inside her 227 00:14:34,590 --> 00:14:37,510 Speaker 2: pink palace on Sunset Boulevard like an episode of Cribs. 228 00:14:38,510 --> 00:14:41,680 Speaker 2: And Jane ushered them through her Mediterranean-style mansion, complete with 229 00:14:41,720 --> 00:14:45,300 Speaker 2: metallic gold ceilings and walls lined with plush pink carpet. 230 00:14:46,240 --> 00:14:49,540 Speaker 2: They snapped photos of her pink satin curtains, an office 231 00:14:49,660 --> 00:14:52,760 Speaker 2: with padded red vinyl for walls, a heart-shaped bathtub with 232 00:14:52,820 --> 00:14:57,979 Speaker 2: gold faucets, a heart-shaped swimming pool, heart-shaped everything. Newspapers ran 233 00:14:58,040 --> 00:15:01,460 Speaker 2: roughly 2,500 photographs of Jane between September of 1956 and 234 00:15:01,500 --> 00:15:08,120 Speaker 2: May of 1957. Journalists dedicated 122,000 lines of text to 235 00:15:08,160 --> 00:15:11,550 Speaker 2: her glamorous lifestyle in the same time frame. But by 236 00:15:11,570 --> 00:15:15,630 Speaker 2: the mid-1960s, the princess of publicity was starting to lose 237 00:15:15,670 --> 00:15:18,990 Speaker 2: her grip on the crown. People knew too much about 238 00:15:19,050 --> 00:15:23,030 Speaker 2: Jane's knack for inventing her own stories. When Jane went 239 00:15:23,090 --> 00:15:25,330 Speaker 2: missing in the Bahamas and was found wrecked on an 240 00:15:25,450 --> 00:15:29,180 Speaker 2: island after a boating accident, people wondered, When Jane mourned 241 00:15:29,240 --> 00:15:31,820 Speaker 2: one of her chihuahuas, a dog she said was Catholic, 242 00:15:31,900 --> 00:15:34,800 Speaker 2: and buried her in a bronze casket in a public ceremony, 243 00:15:35,260 --> 00:15:38,960 Speaker 2: people wondered. They wondered what was real. Yet no one 244 00:15:39,020 --> 00:15:41,600 Speaker 2: wondered about the state of her film career. It was 245 00:15:41,720 --> 00:15:44,990 Speaker 2: clear that Jane Mansfield and her pink-clad curves were just 246 00:15:45,070 --> 00:15:48,470 Speaker 2: a relic of the 1950s. She wasn't even invited to 247 00:15:48,490 --> 00:15:53,110 Speaker 2: the 1966 San Francisco Film Festival. That didn't stop her 248 00:15:53,150 --> 00:15:56,910 Speaker 2: from attending. Jane wasn't there for the celebrity's. She was 249 00:15:56,970 --> 00:16:00,450 Speaker 2: in San Francisco for the characters, the free thinkers who 250 00:16:00,490 --> 00:16:03,460 Speaker 2: were shocking the world from the Bay Area. She heard 251 00:16:03,500 --> 00:16:06,410 Speaker 2: about one particular man who wore the pants in counterculture. 252 00:16:06,900 --> 00:16:13,600 Speaker 2: The man who wore the horns, rather. Anton LaVey. 1966 253 00:16:13,600 --> 00:16:18,620 Speaker 2: wasn't 1966. Not to Anton LaVey, it wasn't. It was 254 00:16:18,680 --> 00:16:22,000 Speaker 2: year one. The first year of the Church of Satan. 255 00:16:22,720 --> 00:16:26,250 Speaker 2: A time for new beginnings. Anton shaved his head to 256 00:16:26,330 --> 00:16:29,110 Speaker 2: honor the moment. He wanted to look like an executioner. 257 00:16:29,810 --> 00:16:31,630 Speaker 2: He was here to strike down everything that had been 258 00:16:31,670 --> 00:16:34,790 Speaker 2: holding you back, to unleash the desires you'd kept hidden. 259 00:16:35,290 --> 00:16:39,930 Speaker 2: The Church of Satan stood for greed, selfishness, freedom, sexual freedom. 260 00:16:41,550 --> 00:16:44,550 Speaker 2: He set up his church on California Street in San Francisco. 261 00:16:45,170 --> 00:16:48,430 Speaker 2: The Church of Satan was shiny, black, and new. It 262 00:16:48,490 --> 00:16:52,750 Speaker 2: needed followers. Anton LaVey needed more eyes on it, and 263 00:16:52,830 --> 00:16:57,550 Speaker 2: so did Jane Mansfield. Jane's publicist approved of her meeting Anton. 264 00:16:57,910 --> 00:17:00,090 Speaker 2: He thought the local columnist could have a field day 265 00:17:00,110 --> 00:17:04,010 Speaker 2: with their introduction. Jane and Anton linked up at the 266 00:17:04,010 --> 00:17:08,240 Speaker 2: 1966 San Francisco Film Festival somehow. The details of their 267 00:17:08,320 --> 00:17:11,359 Speaker 2: meeting are shrouded in mystery, but the details of the 268 00:17:11,440 --> 00:17:14,420 Speaker 2: curse that Anton put on her family, well, that's just 269 00:17:14,500 --> 00:17:19,860 Speaker 2: public record. Jane's chauffeur rolled up to the address that 270 00:17:19,920 --> 00:17:25,350 Speaker 2: Anton gave her, 6114 California Street, San Francisco. The driver 271 00:17:25,390 --> 00:17:27,730 Speaker 2: didn't need to check the street number. The Church of 272 00:17:27,750 --> 00:17:30,250 Speaker 2: Satan's macabre aura lured him right to the front door. 273 00:17:30,910 --> 00:17:35,550 Speaker 2: Barbie was about to enter the Black House. But Barbie 274 00:17:35,570 --> 00:17:39,550 Speaker 2: wasn't alone. Jane's road manager was fascinated by Satanism too 275 00:17:40,150 --> 00:17:44,050 Speaker 2: and decided to tag along. The third guest wasn't so rapt. 276 00:17:44,730 --> 00:17:49,090 Speaker 2: He was borderline furious. Sam Brody was Jane's lawyer first 277 00:17:49,230 --> 00:17:52,670 Speaker 2: and then her boyfriend, never her husband. Jane already had 278 00:17:52,730 --> 00:17:55,659 Speaker 2: three husbands and she divorced them all. She met Sam 279 00:17:55,700 --> 00:17:58,280 Speaker 2: when he helped her split from the last one. Sam 280 00:17:58,300 --> 00:18:00,219 Speaker 2: didn't have to worry about that guy anymore. He had 281 00:18:00,260 --> 00:18:04,859 Speaker 2: a new problem. And this one looked like Bela Lugosi 2.0. 282 00:18:04,859 --> 00:18:09,139 Speaker 2: Jane wandered through Anton's labyrinth of occult curiosities. Candles molded 283 00:18:09,180 --> 00:18:12,180 Speaker 2: in the shape of skulls. A human skeleton trapped behind 284 00:18:12,240 --> 00:18:15,680 Speaker 2: a glass case. A tool for hypnosis likely for Anton's 285 00:18:15,760 --> 00:18:19,540 Speaker 2: course on ESP and telecommunication. No item was off limits. 286 00:18:20,960 --> 00:18:23,330 Speaker 2: Anton walked Jane to the stone altar at the heart 287 00:18:23,350 --> 00:18:27,120 Speaker 2: of his satanic chapel. Anton married couples here. He would 288 00:18:27,160 --> 00:18:30,470 Speaker 2: baptize his own daughter here. Women lay naked here on 289 00:18:30,510 --> 00:18:34,190 Speaker 2: this very altar for rituals and ceremonies while other naked 290 00:18:34,230 --> 00:18:37,649 Speaker 2: women gathered nearby. Anton would stand in the middle of 291 00:18:37,710 --> 00:18:41,369 Speaker 2: his flock, fully clothed in a satin shirt and flowing cape, 292 00:18:41,770 --> 00:18:45,149 Speaker 2: with a satanic pendant dangling from his neck, plus the 293 00:18:45,190 --> 00:18:49,450 Speaker 2: fake horns. He always wore the horns. He would stand 294 00:18:49,510 --> 00:18:51,310 Speaker 2: over a naked vixen on the altar and run a 295 00:18:51,369 --> 00:18:54,020 Speaker 2: sword down the length of her body. And that kind 296 00:18:54,060 --> 00:18:57,899 Speaker 2: of objectification might have turned some women off. Not Jane Mansfield. 297 00:18:58,380 --> 00:19:02,219 Speaker 2: The church's motto of indulgence instead of abstinence called out 298 00:19:02,260 --> 00:19:06,590 Speaker 2: to her. Her career was built on indulgence. Indulging audiences 299 00:19:06,650 --> 00:19:09,450 Speaker 2: in their desires. Indulging the public with the details of 300 00:19:09,490 --> 00:19:13,209 Speaker 2: her life. These days, she liked to indulge in diet 301 00:19:13,270 --> 00:19:17,679 Speaker 2: pills and alcohol, too. Jane listened to Anton intently. She 302 00:19:17,700 --> 00:19:19,800 Speaker 2: was amazed at how much of his teachings lined up 303 00:19:19,840 --> 00:19:23,950 Speaker 2: with her own philosophies. Sam was amazed as well. Amazed 304 00:19:23,990 --> 00:19:26,700 Speaker 2: that anyone could ever believe this crock of bullshit. Amazed 305 00:19:26,720 --> 00:19:28,780 Speaker 2: that so many books could fill so many shelves and 306 00:19:28,820 --> 00:19:32,820 Speaker 2: still be all totally bogus. Looky here, it's Vampire Ken 307 00:19:32,840 --> 00:19:36,320 Speaker 2: with Malibu Barbie, what a pair. The sight made Sam sick. 308 00:19:36,960 --> 00:19:40,180 Speaker 2: He examined the so-called sacred items lining the altar, picked 309 00:19:40,200 --> 00:19:42,470 Speaker 2: them up and waved them around in a mock ceremony 310 00:19:42,490 --> 00:19:45,310 Speaker 2: like the Pope blessing a congregation in Rome. And they 311 00:19:45,330 --> 00:19:48,369 Speaker 2: were made-up relics for a made-up religion. Sam let out 312 00:19:48,410 --> 00:19:51,020 Speaker 2: a witch cackle and lit one of the skull-shaped candles. 313 00:19:51,740 --> 00:19:54,960 Speaker 2: You shouldn't have done that, Anton appeared behind Sam instantly 314 00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:57,640 Speaker 2: to say. And he spoke with a growl and blew 315 00:19:57,700 --> 00:20:01,020 Speaker 2: out the candle. You don't know what you've done. Sam 316 00:20:01,090 --> 00:20:04,030 Speaker 2: laughed in Anton's face. He knew exactly what he had done. 317 00:20:04,410 --> 00:20:06,030 Speaker 2: He lit a mound of wax in the shape of 318 00:20:06,070 --> 00:20:09,530 Speaker 2: a skull. Big fucking deal. The mound of wax, though, 319 00:20:09,960 --> 00:20:14,760 Speaker 2: To Anton, it had a special purpose. Destruction rituals. Curses. 320 00:20:15,340 --> 00:20:18,699 Speaker 2: All gnarly shit. And Sam just thrust himself in the 321 00:20:18,740 --> 00:20:21,020 Speaker 2: middle of it. I don't know what's going to happen 322 00:20:21,040 --> 00:20:24,160 Speaker 2: to you now, Anton said. I only hope I've put 323 00:20:24,220 --> 00:20:28,159 Speaker 2: it out in time. But Anton did know what was 324 00:20:28,200 --> 00:20:31,409 Speaker 2: going to happen. He pulled Jane aside to break the news. 325 00:20:32,130 --> 00:20:36,550 Speaker 2: Sam's foolish actions set in motion an unstoppable curse. The 326 00:20:36,590 --> 00:20:39,930 Speaker 2: curse was coming for him. Maybe not today. And maybe 327 00:20:39,950 --> 00:20:44,230 Speaker 2: not tomorrow, but within a year, Sam Brody will be dead. 328 00:20:45,210 --> 00:20:47,580 Speaker 2: Anton said that Jane better keep her distance from him. 329 00:20:48,290 --> 00:20:54,600 Speaker 2: She wanted to make it out alive. We'll be right 330 00:20:54,640 --> 00:21:03,700 Speaker 2: back after this word, word, word. Jane Mansfield was ready 331 00:21:03,740 --> 00:21:07,379 Speaker 2: to unleash the beast. She purred and balled her fists 332 00:21:07,460 --> 00:21:11,800 Speaker 2: in the claws. The backdrop of today's photo shoot was exotic. 333 00:21:12,680 --> 00:21:15,399 Speaker 2: Jane was on display at a private zoo called Jungleland 334 00:21:15,440 --> 00:21:19,100 Speaker 2: in Thousand Oaks. Jane devoured the wild theme and grew 335 00:21:19,180 --> 00:21:22,609 Speaker 2: animalistic with her poses. And never mind that her children 336 00:21:22,619 --> 00:21:25,550 Speaker 2: were nearby or that she was in public, Jane made 337 00:21:25,609 --> 00:21:29,810 Speaker 2: love to the camera anytime, anywhere, especially when publicity opportunities 338 00:21:29,869 --> 00:21:34,170 Speaker 2: popped up. Her six-year-old son, Zoltan, dawdled in the background. 339 00:21:36,520 --> 00:21:39,230 Speaker 2: Zoltan just wanted to see one lousy lion, like the 340 00:21:39,290 --> 00:21:42,330 Speaker 2: one that Anton LaVey kept as a pet. Anton's lion 341 00:21:42,369 --> 00:21:44,500 Speaker 2: was so well-trained that he even let it sleep with him. 342 00:21:44,930 --> 00:21:47,930 Speaker 2: Zoltan begged his mother to meet the lion. But Sam 343 00:21:47,990 --> 00:21:51,240 Speaker 2: Brody wasn't having it. Anton LaVey wasn't the only guy 344 00:21:51,260 --> 00:21:54,399 Speaker 2: in California with a jungle cat. The well-trained animals at 345 00:21:54,440 --> 00:21:57,980 Speaker 2: Jungleland would do just fine to appease a six-year-old. So 346 00:21:58,060 --> 00:22:00,840 Speaker 2: Sam brought Jane and Zoltan to the lion's den on 347 00:22:00,900 --> 00:22:05,980 Speaker 2: November 26, 1966. Jane seized the opportunity to snag some 348 00:22:06,020 --> 00:22:08,879 Speaker 2: headlines and post for a handful of photographs on site. 349 00:22:09,590 --> 00:22:13,170 Speaker 2: But Zoltan was about to steal the spotlight. He inched 350 00:22:13,330 --> 00:22:16,609 Speaker 2: towards the zoo's roaming lion. There was no cage or 351 00:22:16,650 --> 00:22:20,189 Speaker 2: metal fence protecting him. All that separated Zoltan from the 352 00:22:20,230 --> 00:22:23,370 Speaker 2: lion's jaws was the seven-foot chain it was tied to. 353 00:22:24,230 --> 00:22:27,330 Speaker 2: Even that didn't work for long. The lion lurched at 354 00:22:27,369 --> 00:22:30,260 Speaker 2: Zoltan and scooped his head into its mouth. Its jaws 355 00:22:30,359 --> 00:22:33,140 Speaker 2: clamped down on Zoltan like a vice, and his skull 356 00:22:33,240 --> 00:22:36,800 Speaker 2: splintered into pieces. Teeth slashed his cheeks and neck and 357 00:22:36,880 --> 00:22:40,619 Speaker 2: punctured his internal organs. Blood coated his neck, and by 358 00:22:40,660 --> 00:22:43,719 Speaker 2: the time the zoo staff pried Zoltan free, he was 359 00:22:43,820 --> 00:22:48,240 Speaker 2: chewed up like a ragdoll. Medics rushed into the operating 360 00:22:48,270 --> 00:22:51,290 Speaker 2: room at Conejo Valley Hospital. Surgeons did their best to 361 00:22:51,330 --> 00:22:54,609 Speaker 2: stitch Zoltan back together and decompress the skull fracture, but 362 00:22:55,050 --> 00:22:59,420 Speaker 2: nothing was guaranteed. When doctors administered a breathing tube, Jay 363 00:22:59,460 --> 00:23:02,480 Speaker 2: knew it was time. The time to make a deal 364 00:23:03,100 --> 00:23:08,889 Speaker 2: with the devil. Anton LaVey could feel Mount Temapias growing 365 00:23:08,930 --> 00:23:11,970 Speaker 2: in front of him. He sensed it spouting forth from hell, 366 00:23:12,330 --> 00:23:15,530 Speaker 2: through the crust of San Francisco, and reaching up toward 367 00:23:15,570 --> 00:23:18,310 Speaker 2: the storm above him. He could barely see through the 368 00:23:18,330 --> 00:23:21,800 Speaker 2: downpour behind the wheel of his coroner's van. He let 369 00:23:21,820 --> 00:23:25,939 Speaker 2: the mountain's energy guide him toward its peak instead. Anton 370 00:23:25,980 --> 00:23:28,900 Speaker 2: composed a spell as the van scaled the mountain, His 371 00:23:28,960 --> 00:23:34,290 Speaker 2: incantation had to be precise, powerful, demanding. Otherwise, his brother 372 00:23:34,350 --> 00:23:38,950 Speaker 2: Satan might not spare young Zoltan's life. Jane called Anton 373 00:23:39,010 --> 00:23:42,150 Speaker 2: in tears earlier that afternoon. She begged him to throw 374 00:23:42,170 --> 00:23:46,050 Speaker 2: some magical muscle behind her son's fragile condition. Anton could 375 00:23:46,109 --> 00:23:48,929 Speaker 2: even sense the impending disaster when he gazed into his 376 00:23:49,010 --> 00:23:54,450 Speaker 2: mental crystal ball. Zoltan, outlook not so good. Anton heard 377 00:23:54,490 --> 00:23:57,030 Speaker 2: the earth speak to him. Stop now. He could drive 378 00:23:57,070 --> 00:23:59,480 Speaker 2: no farther. Anton would have to hoof it for the 379 00:23:59,520 --> 00:24:01,850 Speaker 2: rest of his journey. He parked his van at the 380 00:24:01,880 --> 00:24:04,330 Speaker 2: highest point in the road and let the mountain's energy 381 00:24:04,410 --> 00:24:07,990 Speaker 2: surge through his footsteps. Lightning struck within Anton when he 382 00:24:08,050 --> 00:24:12,590 Speaker 2: reached the peak. It was time. Anton held out the 383 00:24:12,630 --> 00:24:15,510 Speaker 2: sides of his cape like bat wings. He gazed into 384 00:24:15,550 --> 00:24:19,440 Speaker 2: the storm, challenged it. Icy rain soaked the satin shirt 385 00:24:19,480 --> 00:24:22,199 Speaker 2: and clung to his skin. And the cold didn't deter him. 386 00:24:22,540 --> 00:24:25,520 Speaker 2: And the power of Satanism could conquer anything, like tempest 387 00:24:26,119 --> 00:24:29,400 Speaker 2: or death. The words spilled from Anton like a man 388 00:24:29,460 --> 00:24:32,700 Speaker 2: speaking in tongues. He hurled his incantation into the fog 389 00:24:32,740 --> 00:24:35,550 Speaker 2: that surrounded him. Anton did not ask Satan to spare 390 00:24:35,570 --> 00:24:37,320 Speaker 2: Zoltan's life. He commanded it. 391 00:24:37,790 --> 00:24:38,030 Speaker 4: Now. 392 00:24:39,030 --> 00:24:42,070 Speaker 2: The clouds didn't part, the rain didn't slow, and the 393 00:24:42,130 --> 00:24:46,580 Speaker 2: winds didn't stop howling. Nothing happened on Mount Timopaios. But 394 00:24:46,619 --> 00:24:51,359 Speaker 2: things changed quickly at Kaneo Valley Hospital. Zoltan underwent another 395 00:24:51,400 --> 00:24:55,050 Speaker 2: emergency surgery that day. Doctors worked for six hours to 396 00:24:55,109 --> 00:24:58,900 Speaker 2: remove his spleen, which was punctured beyond repair. Zoltan didn't 397 00:24:58,940 --> 00:25:02,180 Speaker 2: recover overnight, but the doctors finally came to a conclusion. 398 00:25:02,680 --> 00:25:07,480 Speaker 2: He was going to live. Zoltan's recovery deepened the connection 399 00:25:07,550 --> 00:25:12,050 Speaker 2: between Jane and Anton, however you wanted to label it. Friends, peers, 400 00:25:12,310 --> 00:25:16,770 Speaker 2: teacher and student. According to Anton's authorized biography, lovers might 401 00:25:16,830 --> 00:25:19,619 Speaker 2: even be an accurate description. I won't get into how 402 00:25:19,660 --> 00:25:22,090 Speaker 2: Jane supposedly asked Anton to send her an incubus in 403 00:25:22,109 --> 00:25:23,889 Speaker 2: the middle of the night. I won't go there. It's 404 00:25:23,930 --> 00:25:26,450 Speaker 2: too fucking weird. She was a sensual woman. But there's 405 00:25:26,530 --> 00:25:28,450 Speaker 2: no way she asked the founder of the Church of 406 00:25:28,490 --> 00:25:30,370 Speaker 2: Satan to conjure a demon, send it to her room, 407 00:25:30,410 --> 00:25:32,410 Speaker 2: and command it to crawl into her bed, under her sheets, 408 00:25:32,730 --> 00:25:35,379 Speaker 2: place its scaly hands on her hips, and... You get 409 00:25:37,400 --> 00:25:40,379 Speaker 2: the idea. 1967 was the year the darkness of Satanism 410 00:25:40,460 --> 00:25:44,460 Speaker 2: blended with the blushing pinks of Jane Mansfield's stardom. Jane 411 00:25:44,500 --> 00:25:48,139 Speaker 2: took Anton to San Francisco restaurants like Ernie's, Trader Vic's, 412 00:25:48,200 --> 00:25:51,600 Speaker 2: and the Blue Fox. Anton escorted Jane to the dark 413 00:25:51,640 --> 00:25:55,100 Speaker 2: parts of the Bay, abandoned brickworks near San Quentin Prison, 414 00:25:55,420 --> 00:25:58,700 Speaker 2: the lavitated mansions, empty of human life but full of 415 00:25:58,810 --> 00:26:03,090 Speaker 2: tragedy from past generations. Anton described himself as being Jane's 416 00:26:03,150 --> 00:26:06,230 Speaker 2: sorcerer on call. That's a quote. It was a pop 417 00:26:06,270 --> 00:26:09,600 Speaker 2: culture crossover straight out of a Tim Burton movie. except 418 00:26:09,700 --> 00:26:12,290 Speaker 2: even Tim Burton wasn't old enough yet to conjure up 419 00:26:12,330 --> 00:26:17,169 Speaker 2: a story this strange. Magazines printed photos of Anton and 420 00:26:17,210 --> 00:26:21,370 Speaker 2: Jane together throughout 1967, the most famous of which come 421 00:26:21,410 --> 00:26:24,330 Speaker 2: from Anton's visit to the Pink Palace that summer. A 422 00:26:24,390 --> 00:26:28,600 Speaker 2: well-known German paparazzo followed the pair around Jane's supersized ballhouse. 423 00:26:29,200 --> 00:26:32,220 Speaker 2: He snapped photos of Anton cradling one of Jane's chihuahuas, 424 00:26:33,020 --> 00:26:36,419 Speaker 2: of them talking by the heart-shaped pool, of Anton testing 425 00:26:36,480 --> 00:26:40,490 Speaker 2: out Sam's exercise equipment, of the religious ceremony that took 426 00:26:40,590 --> 00:26:46,419 Speaker 2: place under Jane's own roof. Jane Mansfield kneeled on the 427 00:26:46,480 --> 00:26:50,699 Speaker 2: lion skin rug while Anton LaVey stood before her. He 428 00:26:50,780 --> 00:26:54,020 Speaker 2: slowly lowered a sword onto Jane's head. He let it 429 00:26:54,100 --> 00:26:58,760 Speaker 2: rest on her blonde beehive. Three disembodied heads watched the scene. 430 00:26:59,400 --> 00:27:01,590 Speaker 2: The head of a lion still attached to the rug, 431 00:27:02,010 --> 00:27:04,629 Speaker 2: the skull on the table in front of Jane, and 432 00:27:04,690 --> 00:27:08,380 Speaker 2: another skull that she held close to her chest. After 433 00:27:08,410 --> 00:27:11,639 Speaker 2: the ceremony, Jane and Anton knocked back a drink in 434 00:27:11,680 --> 00:27:16,660 Speaker 2: metallic chalices. No one knows what happened during the ceremony, 435 00:27:16,700 --> 00:27:19,939 Speaker 2: but they knew it did, in fact, happen. Because there 436 00:27:19,980 --> 00:27:23,480 Speaker 2: were pictures of it plastered in magazines, easily available to 437 00:27:23,500 --> 00:27:26,679 Speaker 2: the public. And the spectacle was show business at its best. 438 00:27:27,240 --> 00:27:30,200 Speaker 2: A sorcerer and a sex goddess practicing Satanism for all 439 00:27:30,240 --> 00:27:33,600 Speaker 2: to see. This was the level of entertainment the public 440 00:27:33,660 --> 00:27:38,790 Speaker 2: craved in 1967. Anton LaVey conspiring with Jane Mansfield was 441 00:27:38,850 --> 00:27:43,280 Speaker 2: shocking and unexpected, maybe even bone-chilling. It was nothing like 442 00:27:43,320 --> 00:27:45,460 Speaker 2: the striptease that Jane was still performing to keep her 443 00:27:45,500 --> 00:27:48,700 Speaker 2: pink wallet fat. Her cabaret was in its final act. 444 00:27:49,160 --> 00:27:53,580 Speaker 2: Sloppiness now overpowered Jane's sex appeal. She pivoted between bottles 445 00:27:53,600 --> 00:27:56,770 Speaker 2: of bourbon, fistfuls of uppers, and tabs of LSD to 446 00:27:56,810 --> 00:28:01,370 Speaker 2: keep her loose. The chemicals made her loopy instead. One evening, 447 00:28:01,790 --> 00:28:04,290 Speaker 2: Jane sang the same song twice in a row before 448 00:28:04,330 --> 00:28:07,810 Speaker 2: she toppled over the footlights of the stage. She received 449 00:28:07,850 --> 00:28:10,169 Speaker 2: her first round of booze when she walked through the crowd, 450 00:28:10,570 --> 00:28:12,929 Speaker 2: plopped herself in a gentleman's lap and thrust one of 451 00:28:12,970 --> 00:28:17,730 Speaker 2: her breasts into his mouth. Jane Mansfield, bonafide dumb blonde 452 00:28:17,790 --> 00:28:24,659 Speaker 2: at last. Her reputation was even tanking overseas. Jane's 1967 453 00:28:24,660 --> 00:28:27,520 Speaker 2: visit to Ireland invoked the wrath of the Catholic Church 454 00:28:27,960 --> 00:28:31,919 Speaker 2: when a bishop demanded his congregation boycott her performance. The 455 00:28:31,940 --> 00:28:36,560 Speaker 2: venue eventually canceled the show. Jane Mansfield wasn't a sex 456 00:28:36,600 --> 00:28:39,820 Speaker 2: bomb anymore. She was just a bomb, a flop, a 457 00:28:39,860 --> 00:28:42,550 Speaker 2: flash in the pan. She clung to whoever would still 458 00:28:42,590 --> 00:28:45,930 Speaker 2: book her, even if it meant heading to towns like Biloxi, Mississippi. 459 00:28:46,490 --> 00:28:49,350 Speaker 2: A joint there called Gus Stevens' Supper Club booked Jane 460 00:28:49,370 --> 00:28:53,010 Speaker 2: for repeat performances. Paid her in cash. It wasn't the 461 00:28:53,050 --> 00:28:56,280 Speaker 2: Sunset Strip, but it would do it. When Jane packed 462 00:28:56,300 --> 00:28:59,840 Speaker 2: her bags for Biloxi, Sam insisted on tagging along. He 463 00:28:59,880 --> 00:29:02,180 Speaker 2: didn't care that he was still recovering from a car crash. 464 00:29:02,610 --> 00:29:06,770 Speaker 2: Two crashes, actually. One totaled his new Maserati. Another wrecked 465 00:29:06,790 --> 00:29:09,610 Speaker 2: his Mercedes. And the accidents left him with a cracked 466 00:29:09,690 --> 00:29:12,990 Speaker 2: rib and a broken leg. Both incidents were less than 467 00:29:13,010 --> 00:29:35,770 Speaker 2: a week apart. The curse was closing in. Anton LaVey 468 00:29:35,870 --> 00:29:39,470 Speaker 2: faced the congregation in the Black House. A familiar face 469 00:29:39,510 --> 00:29:43,000 Speaker 2: was missing. one forever wearing a smile and a low-cut 470 00:29:43,100 --> 00:29:46,240 Speaker 2: pink dress. He reached deep inside of him for the 471 00:29:46,280 --> 00:29:49,140 Speaker 2: courage to preach. He thought about the devotion of his 472 00:29:49,200 --> 00:29:52,880 Speaker 2: friend and high priestess, Jane Mansfield. He wondered what she 473 00:29:52,920 --> 00:29:55,160 Speaker 2: could have been capable of if she only could have 474 00:29:55,200 --> 00:29:58,310 Speaker 2: learned more from him. He wondered if she felt terror 475 00:29:58,420 --> 00:30:01,170 Speaker 2: earlier that week, or if she faced her final moments 476 00:30:01,310 --> 00:30:04,880 Speaker 2: with bravery. He wondered what might have gone through her 477 00:30:04,910 --> 00:30:12,080 Speaker 2: head right before the tractor-trailer tore it off. The fog 478 00:30:12,120 --> 00:30:16,100 Speaker 2: was thick. Ronnie Harrison squinted to see the freeway. He 479 00:30:16,140 --> 00:30:20,120 Speaker 2: had precious cargo in his family's Buick that night. Jane Mansfield, 480 00:30:20,640 --> 00:30:24,120 Speaker 2: certified sex goddess, dozed in the front seat next to him. 481 00:30:24,820 --> 00:30:27,500 Speaker 2: Sam Brody slept to her right. Three of her children, 482 00:30:27,850 --> 00:30:30,230 Speaker 2: and a few of Jane's chihuahuas huddled in the back seat. 483 00:30:31,040 --> 00:30:33,390 Speaker 2: Ronnie needed to drive Jane from his dad's club in 484 00:30:33,410 --> 00:30:37,140 Speaker 2: Biloxi to New Orleans by sunrise. Jane had an interview 485 00:30:37,180 --> 00:30:41,320 Speaker 2: booked with WDSU, a local TV station. The Big Easy 486 00:30:41,380 --> 00:30:45,140 Speaker 2: was just a quick 90-minute spin down the I-10. It 487 00:30:45,200 --> 00:30:48,600 Speaker 2: wasn't so quick tonight, though, with fog smeared across the windshield. 488 00:30:49,300 --> 00:30:53,460 Speaker 2: Only it wasn't fog. The haze coating the highway was 489 00:30:53,580 --> 00:30:57,140 Speaker 2: mosquito spray. A pesticide truck was making the rounds on 490 00:30:57,200 --> 00:31:01,740 Speaker 2: June 29, 1967, keeping the mosquito population in check during 491 00:31:01,790 --> 00:31:06,950 Speaker 2: a sticky Mississippi summer. The fog lowered visibility, lowered Ronnie's guard. 492 00:31:07,530 --> 00:31:09,430 Speaker 2: He didn't see the tractor trailer in front of the 493 00:31:09,470 --> 00:31:12,570 Speaker 2: Buick until he was underneath it. The hood of the 494 00:31:12,610 --> 00:31:15,600 Speaker 2: car fit square between the truck's back tires. The rest 495 00:31:15,640 --> 00:31:20,100 Speaker 2: of the Buick didn't. The tractor trailer peeled back the 496 00:31:20,140 --> 00:31:22,540 Speaker 2: Buick's roof like the lid of a can, taking the 497 00:31:22,580 --> 00:31:25,800 Speaker 2: top off Jane's head with it. The crash ripped everything 498 00:31:25,840 --> 00:31:29,900 Speaker 2: above Jane's eyebrows clean off, fractured her skull. She died 499 00:31:29,960 --> 00:31:33,800 Speaker 2: on impact. Sam and Ronnie, too. Ronnie was pinned between 500 00:31:33,820 --> 00:31:37,260 Speaker 2: the seat and the steering wheel, skull split open. Sam's 501 00:31:37,300 --> 00:31:40,680 Speaker 2: face was disfigured beyond the point of recognition. A necklace 502 00:31:40,820 --> 00:31:44,500 Speaker 2: dangled from his corpse. A medallion of St. Christopher, used 503 00:31:44,540 --> 00:31:50,390 Speaker 2: for protection while traveling. Luckily, all of Jane's children in 504 00:31:50,430 --> 00:31:54,010 Speaker 2: the back seat survived. The photos from that night are harrowing. 505 00:31:54,530 --> 00:31:58,310 Speaker 2: Blood and brain matter splattered on mangled metal. Jane's corpse 506 00:31:58,410 --> 00:32:00,250 Speaker 2: covered by a sheet on the side of the highway. 507 00:32:00,790 --> 00:32:03,040 Speaker 2: One of her dead chihuahuas not far from her body. 508 00:32:03,840 --> 00:32:08,380 Speaker 2: These pictures misrepresent Jane's final moments. One particular shot of 509 00:32:08,460 --> 00:32:11,160 Speaker 2: blonde hair caught in the Buick windshield created the illusion 510 00:32:11,200 --> 00:32:15,940 Speaker 2: that Jane was decapitated. In reality, she was scalped. But 511 00:32:15,980 --> 00:32:18,720 Speaker 2: the truth never got in the way of a juicy story. 512 00:32:19,440 --> 00:32:23,940 Speaker 2: The final headlines about Jane Mansfield, princess of publicity, failed her. 513 00:32:24,650 --> 00:32:27,489 Speaker 2: The news got it wrong when they memorialized her. They 514 00:32:27,510 --> 00:32:29,850 Speaker 2: got it wrong when they called Anton for a comment. 515 00:32:30,730 --> 00:32:33,150 Speaker 2: Anton waited to grieve with the community at the Church 516 00:32:33,170 --> 00:32:36,850 Speaker 2: of Satan. Fans of Jane Mansfield, the actress and public 517 00:32:36,910 --> 00:32:39,960 Speaker 2: figure gathered in her home state of Pennsylvania earlier that 518 00:32:40,000 --> 00:32:44,540 Speaker 2: week to bury her. Fans of Jane Mansfield, Satan's showgirl 519 00:32:44,600 --> 00:32:48,040 Speaker 2: and the inquisitive and Belgian seductress gathered in the Black House. 520 00:32:48,960 --> 00:32:51,320 Speaker 2: One member of the congregation dimmed the lights in the chapel. 521 00:32:51,960 --> 00:32:54,260 Speaker 2: Anton shuffled the words in his head once again, just 522 00:32:54,320 --> 00:32:57,600 Speaker 2: as he'd done on his way to Mount Tumafias. That's 523 00:32:57,620 --> 00:33:00,060 Speaker 2: when the lights along the black walls began to flare. 524 00:33:00,580 --> 00:33:05,160 Speaker 2: They flashed once, twice, over and over again, five times total. 525 00:33:05,880 --> 00:33:08,410 Speaker 2: Some gathered in the chapel swore they saw pink hearts 526 00:33:08,450 --> 00:33:12,710 Speaker 2: appear in the light bulbs. And suddenly, Anton found the words. 527 00:33:13,590 --> 00:33:18,990 Speaker 2: He praised Jane's love of life, her unhinged sensuality, her hedonism. 528 00:33:19,640 --> 00:33:22,080 Speaker 2: He asked higher powers to bless her by allowing her 529 00:33:22,120 --> 00:33:23,940 Speaker 2: memory to live on in the hearts of the living. 530 00:33:24,820 --> 00:33:28,130 Speaker 2: It was just like any other memorial service. Right until 531 00:33:28,150 --> 00:33:33,370 Speaker 2: the end. Hail Satan, the congregation cried out. Hail Jane. 532 00:33:34,370 --> 00:33:38,580 Speaker 2: And then, Anton LaVey closed the memorial with five last words. 533 00:33:39,440 --> 00:33:43,920 Speaker 2: And so it is done. I'm Jake Brennan, and this 534 00:33:44,480 --> 00:33:45,320 Speaker 2: is Hollywoodland. 535 00:33:58,430 --> 00:34:01,430 Speaker 5: Hollywood Land was created by Years Truly and is produced 536 00:34:01,490 --> 00:34:05,350 Speaker 5: in partnership with Double Elvis. Follow, like, rate, and review 537 00:34:05,410 --> 00:34:07,650 Speaker 5: Hollywood Land wherever you get your podcasts and get in 538 00:34:07,690 --> 00:34:11,000 Speaker 5: touch with us on social media at Double Elvis. 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