Accounts vary as to how and why Holmes arrived there; according to some sources, Holmes went there himself to try to make himself appear innocent,[16] whereas others claim Holmes was kidnapped by Nash's henchmen when they recognized him walking around wearing some of Nash's jewelry. This film is rated R. WITH: Val Kilmer (John Holmes), Lisa Kudrow (Sharon Holmes), Kate Bosworth (Dawn Schiller), Dylan McDermott (David Lind), Josh Lucas (Ron Launius), Tim Blake Nelson (Billy Deverell), Eric Bogosian (Eddie Nash), Ted Levine (Sam Nico), Franky G. (Louis Cruz), Christina Applegate (Susan Launius), Natasha Gregson-Wagner (Barbara Richardson), Janeane Garofalo (Joy Miller), Carrie Fisher (Sally Hansen) and Faizon Love (Greg Diles). [7], A California police officer described the blond, bearded Launius as "one of the coldest people I ever met". Holmes is unhappy with the cut he is given, even though he did not take part in the robbery and he's in debt to the gang. Ron Launius, Billy DeVerell, Barbara Richardson, and Joy Miller had all been beaten to death with metal objects. Hes plotting his return to L.A., where he plans to finish his second book and then wait for a call from Matt Damon, who he hopes will reprise his role as him in some future Hollywood adaptation of his exploits. Launius, DeVerell, and Lind performed the invasion and robbery, while McCourt waited outside in a stolen Ford Granada and served as lookout. Historica Wiki is a FANDOM Games Community. Mr. Nash was believed to have figured out Mr. Holmes's role, forced him to reveal the robbers' identities and help in the killings. At heart it is a standard cop show whodunit, with Mr. Levine and Franky G. as the dogged detectives trying to sort through the distortions and ambiguities. Thorson remembers hearing the news of Nashs sentencing in October 2001. Nash and Diles faced a mistrial in 1990, and were acquitted in 1991. But when Mr. Nash, appearing on a television news program two weeks ago, was asked if he had ordered the killings, he said: ''No, I did not. Crime author Michael Connelly, creator of the Audible podcast The Wonderland Murders & the Secret History of Hollywood, also struggled to trust what he was hearing from Thorson but found his stories checked out. They bring their loot back to the Wonderland apartment to divide everything up. Menu. He was very distraught, Thorson says. I have to be honest, if I could catch him in a lie, that would have added entertainment value to the podcast. Launius' wife, Susan, survived the attack, although she was left with permanent brain damage and lost part of one finger. Nash was eventually sentenced to 37 months in prison after a RICO conviction that included conspiracy to commit the Wonderland murders, but no one who swung the blunt metal objects the pipes or the hammers was convicted. The Wonderland murders have been the subject of movies, books, and, of course, podcasts. Early life and education[ edit] Barbara Flavin was born in Gardner, Massachusetts, March 25, 1949, the daughter of Evelyn Mary ( ne Kaplan) and John Francis Flavin. Jurors in Mr. Nash's first trial, in 1990, deadlocked 11-1 in favor of conviction; and the federal authorities now say the hold-out juror, a woman who at the time was 18 years old, was paid a bribe on May 15, 1990, by an associate of Mr. Nash. Detective Lange said Mr. Holmes was a drug client and associate of Mr. Nash, and left a door unlocked for the robbers to enter Mr. Nash's residence. Lind is not present during the attacks. In 2001, he reportedly had been wanted by the Colorado Springs Police Department for "assault with a deadly weapon and failure to comply on the original charge of distribution of a Schedule II controlled substance". "[6], Last edited on 26 February 2023, at 21:09, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wonderland_(2003_film)&oldid=1141795244, This page was last edited on 26 February 2023, at 21:09. However, it wasnt until 1990 when Eddie Nash and his bodyguard were both arrested and were accused of their roles in the murder. Neither Holmes nor any of the women are present when the robbery occurs. Just days after the attack, the Los Angeles Police Department investigated the murders and searched the house for evidence. Launius and Susan Murphy, were married in Carson City, Nevada on April 16, 1971. The case sounds like something out of ''L.A. [21][22] Diles died in 1997 from liver failure.[23]. I know Matt Damon. After the sun came up, police found a bloody crime scene inside a house 8763 Wonderland Avenue, the known residence of the Wonderland Gang, a group of drug dealers. | Nash discovers Holmes was involved in the robbery, he has Holmes beaten and finds Holmes' little black book. I know when crack started, so I looked up the timing of all this and I said, Theres no way you could have been smoking crack with Richard Pryor in 1979, and he goes, It wasnt crack. Select the best result to find their address, phone number, relatives, and public records. [19] Holmes died on March 13, 1988, from AIDS complications in Los Angeles. [5], Barbara Lee Easton (married Walter Richardson in 1977 after graduating from Sacramento Cordova high school in 1976) Richardson, who was 22 at the time of her death, was associated with David Lind. He spent 110 days in jail for contempt of court. However, the spirits of the occupants who had been savagely murdered on that July night may also still be out and about. Holmes died on March 13, 1988, from AIDS complications in Los Angeles. 2023 Copyright LA Ghosts. The ''Wonderland murders,'' named after the site, 4763 Wonderland Avenue, where the killings took place on July 1, 1981, proved a potent mix of seamy celebrity, drugs and violence. After a key witness for the prosecution died in an unrelated police shootout, the murder charges against Launius were dropped. Miller and her live-in boyfriend, Billy DeVerell, were the usual residents; Ron Launius and his wife, Susan, were house guests. It was this last line of "business", particularly the armed robbery of Eddie Nash, that ultimately led to the group's sudden and violent end. The prosecutors say the killings were committed in retaliation for a break-in and drug robbery at Mr. Nash's home two nights earlier, in which he was made to kneel and beg for his life, and Mr. Diles was grazed by a bullet. Ron Launius, Deverell, Richardson, and Miller are all brutally beaten to death with striated lead pipes. Holmes takes the guns to Nash, but Nash says the guns are too rare to be sold, as they would be recognized right away and everyone involved would be apprehended. Source: [https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/wonderland-avenue-house.jpg]. Afraid that he is wearing out his welcome, he persuades his hosts to rip off a local nightclub owner named Eddie Nash (Eric Bogosian), and then he betrays them by helping Nash take revenge. He tells Holmes he will kill every person listed in the book, starting with Holmes' mother, if Holmes does not give up the men who robbed him. Played by Val Kilmer as a manic, self-pitying, self-destructive charmer next to whom Mr. Kilmer's Jim Morrison in ''The Doors'' looks like a church deacon, Holmes is a stud who has long since gone to seed. Prior to the murders, five people resided in the home: Ron Launius, Billy DeVerell, DeVerrels girlfriend Joy Audrey Gold Miller, Tracy McCourt and David Lind. In the years following the Wonderland murders, McCourt was reported to have moved to Colorado. Holmes actually went to Nash's three times that morning. [6], Reportedly, at the time of his death,[5] police investigators in California, largely in the Sacramento area, had 27 open homicide cases they believed were perpetrated by Launius. [1] She graduated magna cum laude from Wheaton College in 1971, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology.[2]. He is buried at Santa Rosa Memorial Park in, Tracy McCourt died of unspecified causes on October 18, 2006, aged 57. [10], Joy Audrey Gold Miller was Billy DeVerell's girlfriend and the leaseholder of the Wonderland townhouse. Synopsis. Directed by James Cox; written by Mr. Cox, Captain Mauzner, Todd Samovitz and D. Loriston Scott; director of photography, Michael Grady; edited by Jeff McEvoy; production designer, Franco-Giacomo Carbone; produced by Holly Wiersma and Michael Paseornek; released by Lions Gate Films. The Wonderland Gang was a group of drug dealers involved in the Los Angeles cocaine trade during the late 1970s and early 1980s; their home base was located on Wonderland Avenue in the Laurel Canyon section of Los Angeles, California. Matt Damon played him opposite Michael Douglas in the 2013 HBO movie Behind the Candelabra, based on Thorsons tell-all book by the same name about his relationship with the famous pianist. Barbara Richardson (ne Flavin; born March 25, 1949) is the former First Lady of New Mexico and the wife of Bill Richardson, the 9th United States Secretary of Energy . Ratings Friends & Following All five occupants were known for dealing drugs while using themselves. [5], Roger Ebert gave the film a mediocre review, granting it two out of four stars, and saying: "True crime procedurals can have a certain fascination, but not when they're jumbled glimpses of what might or might not have happened involving a lot of empty people whose main claim to fame is that they're dead. But that may not mean that some of the spirits of the Wonderland house are not done telling the story of what really happened here. For something to become a really big media event, you need the idea that it could happen to anybody, he says. Technical Specs. Copyright 2023 Penske Business Media, LLC. David Lind died of a heroin overdose in 1995 while Tracy McCourt died of unknown causes in 2006. The girlfriend of John Holmes, Dawn Schiller, is on the streets and picked up by a holy roller after Holmes leaves Schiller in a hotel room. (Nash had befriended Holmes because of Holmes' notoriety as the porn film phenomenon Johnny Wadd.) Mr. Cox is not really interested in the truth behind the murders or in generating sympathy for anyone touched by them. [17], Around 3:00 AM, on July 1, two days after the Nash robbery, it is believed Holmes, Diles, and a number of unidentified men entered the Wonderland house and bludgeoned to death Launius, DeVerell, Miller, and Richardson; the weapons were believed to be either hammers or striated metal pipes. In 2003, a film titled Wonderland was based on the events surrounding the murders. One was Boogie Nights starring Mark Wahlberg and Burt Reynolds. While there had been no arrests even to this day, the place still might be haunted with a spirit or two that may tell the story of what actually happened. I was scared, he says. [citation needed], David Lind, ordinarily a resident of the Sacramento area, came to Los Angeles in the summer of 1981 at Launius' behest, to aid in their growing drug-distribution business. After the trial ended in a hung jury, they were retried the following year and were later acquitted. Source: [https://i.imgur.com/KesSu82.jpg]. The killings occurred in an era of notorious Los Angeles criminals, including the Skid Row Slasher, the Hillside Strangler and the Night Stalker. In the years following the Wonderland murders, McCourt was reported to have moved to Colorado. Barbara Richardsons income source is mostly from being a successful . Send us a tip using our anonymous form. David was dating a 22-year old woman, Barbara Richardson who sometimes went by the name 'Butterfly.' It was in prison that David Lind met Ron Launius. [18], Although neighbors would later report having heard screams, no phone calls were placed to the police until 4:00 PM on July 1, over 12 hours later, when furniture movers working at the house next door heard Susan Launius moaning and went to investigate. The next morning, Ron Launius, Lind, and Deverell carry out the robbery, while wheel-man Tracy McCourt waits outside in a car, serving as lookout. [citation needed] Launius' brazen and fearless nature led both to his dominance in the drug trade as well as his demise, stemming from the events leading up to his death in the Wonderland Murders. Barbara Lee Richardson was born in Sacramento, California in 1958, and she became the girlfriend of Aryan Brotherhood biker David Lind. All five occupants were known for dealing drugs while using themselves. LA Medical Examiner's autopsy report, 81-8538, conducted immediately after the Wonderland Murders. Barbara Richardson Owner of Hungryscarecrow, creators of clean label, gluten-free bread mixes. On June 29, 1981, the Wonderland Gang, comprising Ron Launius, Billy DeVerell, David Lind, Tracy McCourt, and their associate, John Holmes, conspired to launch a home invasion and robbery upon Eddie Nash, a reputedly powerful organized crime figure who usually referred to himself in the third person as "The Nash". Wonderland is a 2003 American crime drama film, co-written and directed by James Cox and based on the real-life Wonderland Murders that occurred in 1981. The next morning, while in a motel room, Dawn sees a newscast that states four people were murdered at a rowhouse on Wonderland Avenue, the same one she had earlier been at with Holmes. Barbara Richardson was born on 1951. Running time: 104 minutes. Kilmer plays the role of John Holmes, a famous pornographic film star and suspected accomplice in four grisly murders committed in a house at 8763 Wonderland Avenue, in the Laurel Canyon section of Los Angeles. Early in the morning of the robbery, Holmes visited Nash's mansion ostensibly to party and to buy drugs, but on his way out, left the patio door to the kitchen unlatched. Lind's position in the drug underworld was and remains murky due to allegations by rival drug dealers that he worked as a police informant. I'm Barbara Richardson, assistant general manager of customer service, communications and marketing at Metro. He is buried at Congregation Emanuel Cemetery in. Followed around by his patient girlfriend, Dawn (Kate Bosworth), and her pet chihuahua, he pinballs around Los Angeles County looking for drugs and finding trouble. Connelly thinks the fact that the killings revolved around the cocaine trade help. Recalling his experiences with Liberace and Nash, he talks as if hes recounting the plot of a movie youre already familiar with, dropping names and referring to tangential events without context. Also active in efforts to combat domestic violence, she helped to open a shelter for abused spouses in a corner of the state where such services had been nonexistent. While there probably had been tenants coming in and out, its unknown at this point whether they can confirm if the place was indeed haunted. [citation needed]. He is currently single. She was the sole survivor of the attack suffering severe head injuries, amnesia, and a severed finger. Neither Lind nor Holmes seems to be a very reliable informer or an especially admirable character, and the movie, though fascinated by the druggy, amoral milieu, holds each man at arm's length. All of this is told through competing versions of the story related to a pair of grim-faced homicide detectives (Ted Levine and Franky G.) by Holmes and by David Lind (Dylan McDermott), a glowering ex-convict who participated in the robbery and escaped Nash's revenge. Facebook gives people the. John Holmes and the Wonderland Murders also did a segment that was released in 2000 around the time of Nash's trial. Barbara Lee Richardson was born in Sacramento, California in 1958, and she became the girlfriend of Aryan Brotherhood biker David Lind. We will discuss the Wonderland House and the infamous murder that took place nearly 40 years ago and how it might be haunted even to this day. Ron Launius They proceeded to beat John Holmes. Specifically at the time of the murder, Lind testified in court that he was at a motel in the San Fernando Valley, consuming drugs with a male prostitute. On July 1, 1981, a group of Nash's henchmen (including Holmes), led by Diles, gains access to the apartment at Wonderland Avenue. He is not dating anyone. Prosecutors believed Nash had forced Holmes to help Diles murder the people in the house on Wonderland Avenue as revenge for a robbery. As a result, she suffered permanent amnesia and had a part of her skull and portions of a finger surgically removed. Here, oddly enough, his rival is also named Nash. While prosecutors were attempting to paint Holmes as one of the willing participants of the murders, Holmes attorneys were able to prove that Holmes was not involved with the murders, but rather a victim who was forced to allow the assailants entry into the home to carry out the attack. Ron Launius, Billy DeVerell,. After the members recovered, Holmes was worried that the patio door may have been locked again, so he returned to Nash's a third time, purchased some crack cocaine, ensured the door was unlatched, and notified the gang that the home was ready for invasion. When questioned, neighbors said the drug-fueled Wonderland parties often included loud, violent screaming and disruptive noise, so when they heard the murders occurring, they simply believed another party was taking place. Movies. Mr. Nash, 71, was arrested at noon on Friday at his condominium in Tarzana, a suburb northwest of Los Angeles. Anyone can read what you share. Following the robbery, Holmes ended up back at Nash's home. Drug gang in Los Angeles (1970's & 1980's), Not to be confused with the Wonderland Club, an online child pornography ring busted by, Cass Paley, quotation in the director's cut of. [citation needed], The two bedroom split-level house was leased in Joy Miller's name. Well it's only the beginning baby L.A. in the summer anything could happen right. Barbara Easton Richardson. [Police] would have to investigate it, but I think theres a couple people still alive.. One time, he thought hed caught Thorson lying about smoking crack with Richard Pryor. On the afternoon of July 1, 1981, Los Angeles police responded to a distress call on Wonderland Avenue and discovered a grisly quadruple homicide. Launius, DeVerell, McCourt, and Lind had invaded the home of Eddie Nash, a known organized crime boss, and nightclub owner. Holmes, Nash, and Diles were each tried for the murders. In the early morning hours of July 1, 1981 an unknown number of male assailants had entered the home. The house located on 8763 Wonderland Avenue in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Laurel Canyon. Accounts vary as to how and why Holmes arrived there; according to some sources, Holmes went there himself to try to make himself appear innocent, whereas others claim Holmes was kidnapped by Nash's henchmen when they recognized him walking around wearing some of Nash's jewelry. Discover Barbara Richardson's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Holmes volunteers to draw them a map to plan the robbery, since he has visited Nash's house frequently. You can buy "Wonderland" on Apple TV, Amazon Video, Vudu, Microsoft Store, Redbox as download or rent it on Apple TV, Amazon Video, Vudu, Microsoft Store, Redbox online. His net worth has been growing significantly in 2021-2022. David Lind testified in the preliminary hearing for John Holmes in 1982 that Miller and Richardson attended the planning meetings of the Nash robbery. [5] Another officer commented, upon hearing of Launius' death, "I suppose they won't need many pall bearers". It is currently the last production to adapt the original stories (as Tim Burton's 2010 film was written as a sequel) and was first broadcast on NBC and then shown on British television on Channel 4. The murder victims belong to a group of addicts and small-time dealers whose endless, hectic parties gain a certain sleazy cachet from Holmes's presence. Since the event occurred in the early morning hours, no phone calls were made to the police until at least 12 hours after the fact. | Eddie Nash died of unspecified causes on August 9, 2014, aged 85. Lind and McCourt were not present at the home due to the murders since Lind was at a nearby hotel consuming drugs with a friend while McCourt was at an apartment that he apparently rented for himself. [2], The Wonderland Gang mainly trafficked in the burgeoning cocaine trade of the era, but despite its role as the most influential and feared cocaine distributorship of its time in Los Angeles, some of its members were heroin addicts. Schiller eventually calls Holmes to come and get her. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. 1976 J John Weg 95 followers More information Wonderland victim. He is also a newly free man, speaking to Rolling Stone from Las Vegas in his first interview since getting paroled from Nevada State prison. [9], David Clay Lind was a biker, heroin addict, and member of the Aryan Brotherhood who befriended Launius when the two men served time in prison together. Barbara Easton Richardson. Browse 278 barbara richardson stock photos and images available, or start a new search to explore more stock photos and images. As they were handcuffing both men, Lind accidentally shot Diles in the back after Launius bumped into him, injuring the bodyguard. [5][11] Holmes claimed this did nothing to reduce her opiate usage. After a key witness for the prosecution died in an unrelated police shootout, the murder charges against Launius were dropped. Attempting to get back in the gang's good graces, Holmes suggests robbing Nash's home. However, the events of the next several days would reveal this was a Pyrrhic victory, precipitating a chain of events that led to the demise of the gang. In 2001, he reportedly had been wanted by the Colorado Springs Police Department for "assault with a deadly weapon and failure to comply on the original charge of distribution of a Schedule II controlled substance". He is not homophobic. That year, however, Launius was convicted of smuggling heroin and cocaine across the US/Mexico border and eventually served three years of an eight-year sentence in a federal prison. All Rights reserved. [3] The men entered the property through the sliding glass door Holmes had left unlocked, and confronted Nash and his bodyguard, Gregory Diles, pretending to be police officers. FILM REVIEW; A Film Stud Who Loses His Luster Is Sent to Graze on Seedy Pastures, https://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/03/movies/film-review-a-film-stud-who-loses-his-luster-is-sent-to-graze-on-seedy-pastures.html. : While the Wonderland murders still remain unsolved to this day, many of those who were connected in some way are no longer living. Detectives were questioning Holmes about what happened, with the latter giving little to no information about the incident. Lind and Launius had become friends while in prison and promised to deal drugs together upon their release. It was unclear whether or not the occupants of the home were already dead by the time they arrived to pick up what Nash requested. The next major character introduced is David Lind. There's Something About Bill: Stand By Your Man, http://colby-sawyer.edu/assets/pdf/Barbara-Richardson.pdf, "Along for the ride, but choosing her role | Concord Monitor", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Barbara_Richardson&oldid=1103637668, All articles with bare URLs for citations, Articles with bare URLs for citations from March 2022, Articles with PDF format bare URLs for citations, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 10 August 2022, at 10:59. Specifically, he was at a drug kingpins house when the man gave the order for one of Los Angeles most infamous mass killings: the Wonderland murders, where four people were beaten to death in a house in Laurel Canyon. So Im here to defend Matt Damon., If you ask Thorson now nine years sober all of his troubles can be traced to his time with Liberace, or Lee, as he sometimes calls him. Aside from their drug dealings, some of the occupants were known for committing robberies and burglaries throughout Los Angeles. Holmes arrives at the apartment, and they have sex and snort cocaine in the bathroom. The robbery was seemingly successful, having yielded a lucrative haul for the gang; they absconded with more than $1.2 million ($3.6 million today) worth of cocaine, heroin, quaaludes, cash, the antique guns, and jewelry. [11] Nash asked to pray for his children but was instead forced to open his safe. Top 250 Movies Most Popular Movies Top 250 TV Shows Most Popular TV Shows Most Popular Video Games Most Popular Music Videos Most Popular Podcasts. It has nonstop drug use, frequent violence and some sex, though not as much as its main character's profession might lead one to expect. https://allthatsinteresting.com/wonderland-murders, https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-04-14-me-1912-story.html. He said hed have them all on their knees, teach them a lesson, and that theyd never steal from him again, Thorson said on the stand. Diles compels Holmes to deliver blows to Launius. As First Lady of New Mexico, she formed the New Mexico Immunizations Coalition in April 2003. In Mr. Cox's film the particulars of the crime -- five people attacked with lead pipes in a house in Laurel Canyon, four of them fatally -- remain in some doubt, as does the extent of Holmes's responsibility. The gang hurls racial epithets at Nash and Diles and walks away with over one million dollars in cash, jewels, and drugs. [Liberace] then threw me out later because he said he created a monster., Liberace is also the reason Thorson found himself at the home of big-time L.A. drug dealer Eddie Nash in the wee hours of July 1st, 1981. https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/wonderland-avenue-house.jpg. Lind claimed she was his girlfriend, though he was 20 years older than her, and she was married. Recent examples include Paul Schrader's ''Auto Focus,'' in which the celebrity (and victim) was the ''Hogan's Heroes'' star Bob Crane, and Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato's ''Party Monster,'' in which the celebrity (who in real life pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter) was the New York club kid Michael Alig. He is a member of famous with the age 71 years old group. Holmes was acquitted in 1982, but died in 1988 from complications related to AIDS. Diles died in 1995. By the time Holmes had become involved with the group, Miller had been arrested seven times, been treated for breast cancer, and six months before had had a double mastectomy. Susan Launius is beaten but survives, and is questioned by Nico and Cruz in her hospital bed. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Barbara Richardson Bedford, Texas Also known as: barbara.richardson.39 Animal Rescue Clarkstown High School South Barbara currently lives in Bedford, TX. Mr. Holmes was accused of playing a role in both crimes and being the link between the two camps. The robbery was an inside job set up by Holmes, who was a close associate of Nash's, and whom Nash regularly referred to as "my brother". They had discovered that an untold amount of cocaine and other valuables were stolen, totaling about $1 million. | In 1990, Nash was charged in California state court with having planned the murders, and Diles was charged with participating in the murders, but both men were acquitted in 1991. Pin on Wonderland Murders, True Crime Explore Save From i.pinimg.com John Holmes Wonderland victim. The police investigation that followed uncovered two versions of the events leading up to the brutal murders - both involving legendary porn actor John Holmes. The weapons used by the killers were believed to be a combination of hammers and metal pipes. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. Around 3:00 a.m. on July 1, 1981, two days after the robbery, an unknown number of unidentified men entered the Wonderland Avenue townhouse and bludgeoned to death Launius, DeVerell, Miller, and Barbara Richardson (Lind's girlfriend who had been visiting). 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