The Wonderland Massacre & the Secret History of Hollywood

THE WONDERLAND MASSACRE & THE SECRET HISTORY OF HOLLYWOOD (2024 / Docuseries / MGM+). Narrator: Michael Connelly. Director: Alison Ellwood. Here's my review:

2½ out of 4

Examination of the infamous 1981 multiple homicide in Los Angeles leaves no stone unturned. Four people, brutally slain and one in critical condition, were found in a house on the appropriately-named Wonderland Avenue in the Laurel Canyon section of Hollywood. It was quickly determined the killings were in retaliation for a major robbery of local sleazebag / drug kingpin Eddie Nash. Nash soon becomes the central figure, but porn star John Holmes is implicated also. The case eventually peters out with no convictions of anyone and the docuseries segues to other Nash activities, including those involving Liberace and his young lover, Scott Thorson. As the years drag on, however, the Wonderland massacre continues to hang over the proceedings like lockerroom body odor. Crime fiction author Michael Connelly, who narrated, also appears throughout, interviewing key participants.