Byron Fast articles

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When Thelma Todd’s boyfriend wanted to open a gambling den on her property, she said “over my dead body.” His response? “That can be arranged.”

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Tippi Hedren is one of Hollywood’s most reluctant actors, and after what she went through with Alfred Hitchcock, she had good reason to be.

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Jean Harlow’s platinum blonde looks made her one of Hollywood’s most desirable actresses—but behind closed doors, her life was a tragedy.

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Elsa Lanchester kept her husband’s secret tucked away for years. And then one day, she just didn’t care anymore—and revealed everything.

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Linda Blair, once the possessed girl in The Exorcist, now devotes her life to rescuing and rehabilitating lost and abandoned animals.

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Though infamously reclusive, Syd Barrett kept detailed diaries. None of them exist today because he burned them in a grief-stricken mental breakdown.

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Jean Harlow’s platinum blonde looks made her one of Hollywood’s most desirable actresses—but behind closed doors, her life was a tragedy.

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On The Surface, His Life Was Picture PerfectFor less than two years in the early 1960s, many Americans looked to John F Kennedy as a shining example of what a president should be. But behind...

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Between some really great films, Madsen made a lot of duds. And when he needed to keep his family fed, Madsen went a few steps even lower.



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