Location 8: Hollywood High School

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-established 1903

-famous alum: Laurence Fishburne, Anthony Anderson, Sarah Jessica Parker, Judy Garland

-Garland attended while she was famous

-intertwined with film industry

-mascot = Sheik, pulled from 1921 Rudolph Valentino silent film of same name

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-proximity to film = even more exaggerated legends

-famous ghost sightings on campus

-Garland said to roam halls singing, just as she did in 30s

-that one might be iffy, but understandable why people want to believe it

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-oddest encounters come from less glamourous origins

-pair of HS sweethearts in 90s

-boy is 1 year older and went to college, ended it with GF

-he realized his mistake after moving, but she wouldn’t take him back

-behavior got scary

-he followed her to and from school

-girl got a restraining order

-one day, she shows up early for Saturday rehearsal for musical

-finds him handing from scaffolding on stage in auditorium

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-since then, kids claim to see shadow of body swinging

-maybe their stories are just to scare each other

-but one theater kid had a different encounter

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-around 2012

-girl’s name was Rosemary

-she won the lead in the musical, very excited

-normally an introvert, had never auditioned before

-rehearsals went on and she started getting creepy notes in locker

-always said same thing: “You are mine”

-she reported it, told principals, parents, teacher

-parents involved police, but they couldn’t do anything

-but then: notes started showing up at her house. in her parent’s car

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-family freaked out

-one day, Rosemary missing for a few hours

-found lying between auditorium seats, unconscious

-words “You are Mine” carved into her arm

-rushed to hospital, treated

-police searched belongings for evidence

-found several notebooks filled from first page to last with “You are mine” over and over

-notebooks were in her handwriting

-stashed in her locker: x-acto knife. only her fingerprints were on the handle

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-working theory: Rosemary had been the one leaving notes all along, cut words into her own arm

-maybe just a disturbed girl, but maybe something more nefarious guiding her hand

-recovered but never acted in the play

Key Names and Dates

-establishing 1903

-Famous alum: Laurence Fishburne, Anthony Anderson, Sarah Jessica Parker, Judy Garland

-Mascot: the Sheik, 1921 Rudolph Valentino silent film of same name

-2012/13: Rosemary