We Can't Spell "Esotouric is Back on the Bus" Without "U" & Saturday is The Real Black Dahlia

Gentle reader,

Thank you to the many friends old and new who have already purchased tickets to join us tomorrow, our 17th wedding anniversary, as we host the first Esotouric bus adventure since the world shut down in early 2020.

That tour, of course, had to be our flagship The Real Black Dahlia, a 1940s journey from the Downtown fun zone to the then-new westside suburbs, on the trail of a mysterious young woman and the cops, reporters, psychiatrists and true crime freaks who hungered to know her, dead or alive.

Richard, Kim and crime buddy Joan Renner (Deranged L.A. Crimes) conjure up Beth Short’s last night of freedom in Downtown Los Angeles

We’re also grateful to Spectrum News, which has been rebroadcasting their featurette about this tour to celebrate our return to the road. You can watch that here and get a taste for what to expect.

Only a taste, though: we’re changing the tour up to have more time off the bus, and we’ve learned since first giving this tour in 2007 that it is always different—reflecting the changing city, the insights of our thoughtful guests, and something we can’t quite put our fingers on, but which might be the spirits of old L.A. who ride along and shape the experience as only they can.

There are still some seats available for tomorrow’s excursion, and it wouldn’t be the same without “U”—so join us, do!

yours for Los Angeles,

Kim & Richard

Esotouric

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UPCOMING BUS & WALKING TOURS

The Real Black Dahlia Bus Tour (Sat. 6/24) • Echo Park Book of the Dead Bus Tour (Sat. 7/1) • New! The Run: Gay Downtown History Walk (Sat. 7/8) •Westlake Park Walk (Sat. 7/15) • Raymond Chandler’s Los Angeles Bus Tour (Sat. 7/22) • Angelino Heights & Carroll Avenue Walk (Sat. 8/5) • Charles Bukowski’s Los Angeles Bus Tour (Sat. 8/12)