Inside Greystone Mansion: Money, Murder, and the Movies

2026-03-25 23:41

From blog Atomic Redhead

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Inside Greystone Mansion: Money, Murder, and the Movies

Looming over the luxurious city of Beverly Hills sits Greystone Mansion, a sprawling estate built by Los Angeles’ first oil tycoon family, the Dohenys. It is also home to one of Beverly Hills’ earliest scandals. Typically Greystone keeps its doors closed, with only a handful of exceptions. Thankfully my friend, Kristen, was able to secure tickets for one of the days they are open for self-guided tours! Edward Laurence Dohney was born in 1856 in chilly Wisconsin, and soon enough he listened to the call of the sunshine state, and in 1892, he became the first to find oil in Los Angeles. Dohney married Carrie Louella Wilkins, and they had two...

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