About this episode

The episode explores the life and legacy of Rudolph Valentino, Hollywood's first male sex symbol, and the ghostly tales surrounding him.

Hollywood made Rudolph Valentino its first great male sex symbol. Death made him immortal. Filmmaker Giovanni Sticco reveals Valentino’s secret fascination with séances, astral projection and the afterlife, his shocking death at 31, the mysterious Lady in Black, reported hauntings, and the single red rose still linking legend to eternity. GUEST: Giovanni Sticco is a filmmaker, producer, director, author, comic-book creator and founder of Hollywood Tower Productions. His work explores horror, science fiction, UFOs, paranormal mysteries and Hollywood’s stranger history. The son of rock-and-roll cult figure Johnny Stark, Sticco is the author of A Single Rose: The Life and Times of Rudolph Valentino and the Lady in Black, blending documented history, family lore and dark fantasy to explore the man behind Hollywood’s first great male superstar—and the mystery that followed him beyond the grave. LINKS: https://www.facebook.com/giovanni.sticco.3 https://www.instagram.com/giovanni_hollywood2008 BOOK: A Single Rose: The Life and Times of Rudolph Valentino and the Lady in Black FOLLOW RICHARD Website: https://www.strangeplanet.ca YouTube: @strangeplanetradio Instagram…

People in this episode

Host: Richard Syrett

Guest: Giovanni Sticco

Topics covered

• Rudolph Valentino
• Hollywood history
• ghost stories
• paranormal
• seances
• celebrity culture

Keywords

• Rudolph Valentino
• ghost story
• Hollywood
• seances
• Lady in Black
• hauntings
• astral projection

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Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Hollywood Tower Productions

Books & works: A Single Rose: The Life and Times of Rudolph Valentino and the Lady in Black

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