Gravers In The News
Hollywood Underground Members Profiled by the Media
Grave Sites: The Web gives the curious a window to deaths of the famous
The Kansas City Star (March 2, 2006) - Eric Winkler profiles Jim Tipton's and Scott Michaels' web sites, with photos and a nice plug for Scott's Dearly Departed Tours.
Hollywood Underground: Stalking Celebrity GravesNational Public Radio (August 9, 2005) - Brave Tom Goldman flew in for a day of hunting the underbelly of Forest Lawn Glendale's Great Mausoleum and beyond for his series of stories about people with weird hobbies.
NPR's Tom Goldman records Gail & Jim | Forest Lawn Glendale | July 2005
Gravehunters Liven Up Cemeteries
The Associated Press (July 3, 2005) - a widely published feature article (including USA Today) about Jim Tipton and Find-A-Grave; it also mentions Karen McHale, founder of Hollywood Underground.
Death Hags of the World Unite and Take Over
Unitshifter.com (Summer 2004) - Columnist Amanda By Night and photographer David Cohen joined Scott & Co. on a tour of Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills followed by a Death Hag picnic at Bette Davis Park. Steve Goldstein and Mike Steen are also quoted in this story and their sites are given nice plugs, as is FindAGrave.com.
Scott & Liberace snapped for UnitShifter.com | Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills | Summer 2004
Congratulations to Steve Goldstein for his Beneath Los Angeles site garnering a nod in the April 2004 issue of Los Angeles magazine's "Buzz" column!
Funeral Director to the Stars
The National Enquirer (February 10, 2004) - Mike Steen and his book "Celebrity Death Certificates" gets a two-page spread. Also, Associated Content (March 15, 2005) published an article I wrote about the success of Mike's book.
Til Death Do Us Unite
Baltimore City News Online (February 7, 2001) - Cyberpunk Columnist Joab Jackson writes a colorful piece profiling Scott Michaels and Jim Tipton.
Steve & Melissa with Tyrone Power & Germany's Dagmar | Hollywood Forever | Fall 2000
German TV
Station Unknown (Fall 2000) - Steve, Melissa and I were interviewed at Hollywood Forever Cemetery by the lovely Dagmar, a German television presenter who was visiting the Los Angeles area. I have no idea what station it aired on or the date, and since I don't speak German I can only assume she was kind to us. It's pretty funny to see and hear us being dubbed over. Note: this link is to a 2.55MB .wmv file that Dagmar sent to Steve in March 2001.
More Than A Passing Fancy
Los Angeles Times (October 12, 2000) - Skeptical reporter Martin Miller is won over by HU members during a hunt of Forest Lawn Glendale on what felt like the hottest day of the year.
Martin Miller takes note of Robert Taylor | Forest Lawn Glendale | September 2000
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