[William May]

Originally Posted by shellreilly ↗

Scott Michaels from Find A Death did a video on it but could only get so far as it is all locked away...or was at the time of the video.

Yes, there wouldn't have been much to see anyway. My understanding is the swamp they were filming in was drained, filled, and leveled, and the brush in that area was cleared, so it's now just a vacant lot with no distinguishing features. I remember at the time I read about it, that it was 1/2 mile or 3/4 mile from the Magic Mountain Theme Park, and was west and a little north of the park. I remember thinking that if I was at Magic Mountain, I could have seen the site from on top of the Ferris wheel or from the roller coaster.
That was about 10 years ago, so there might even be buildings or a parking lot on the site by now.

[depraved1]

Ive always been a fan of that movie, and of Vic Morrow.


On another topic-
Myself, as well as many other guys,
have had, at some point, the hots for his actress-daughter..
Jennifer Jason Leigh. She was a looker back in the day.
(and a decent actress)

He has another daughter, who died back around Xmas of 2016,
Carrie ann Morrow.
She was a bit of a recluse, often. Stayed inside a lot, in a pretty cool house in NE LA for yrs.
She was a music fan and played guitar, piano & keyboards.
She did struggle with depression, and with drugs (pills).

She received a sizable amount of $$ from Vic’s estate after he died.


RIP Vic.

[Trucked up]

All in the name of entertainment.

[mothmon]

I thought Vic's body was in the water. His remains don't look wet in the pic(s).

[CalHockley17]

Originally Posted by mothmon ↗

I thought Vic's body was in the water. His remains don't look wet in the pic(s).

He was dragged back into the shore with the two kids where they were photographed and put into black bags.

[Jeff4221]

Originally Posted by Lycanthrope ↗

Any photos of the kids bodies as well? Wonder how badly damaged were they?

I read somewhere that the boy was also decapitated, the girl either was crushed under the weight of the copter or it held her underwater until she drowned.

[MikeyP]

Thank you for this. I remember this on the news when it happened, which makes me fucking old. But I've always wondered how grizzly scene....

[Loopville]

Originally Posted by mothmon ↗

I thought Vic's body was in the water. His remains don't look wet in the pic(s).

This picture was hours after the accident, according to the caption.

[mothmon]

I remember seeing an interview with someone that knew Vic and was close to him who was on the set that day. He downplayed just how gruesome it really was and said something like, "When I first saw Vic immediately after the accident, he was lying face up in the water" giving the impression he was relatively intact and still attached to his body but he was clearly decapitated judging by those pics. I think friends of celebrities who died violently and witnessed their demises tend to do this, perpetuate the myth of the almost bloodless corpse. The friend who saw Jayne Mansfield implied she only lost a very small part of the4 top of her skull but actually a good portion of her brain was torn away ("cranial avulsion"). James Deans' friend said he only had a few drops of blood on his boots and his neck and head were at an odd angle but was otherwise appeared normal.

[handyprint]

It would be good if somebody has an uncensored version of the book
and could put a few pictures on.