Episode 44: Hot Sun Oddities: LIVE from the Andres Pico Adobe (Strange Things in the San Fernando Valley)

"Sour Puss" walking the wire blindfolded at Monkey Island, Hollywood. Undated photo courtesy of the California State Library.

Put on your airiest clothes and brave the valley heat for a LIVE discussion from the Andres Pico Adobe of some of the weirdest, strangest and downright did-we-already-say-weirdest things in the San Fernando Valley from the former Graceland imitation Melodyland to the ridiculous Monkey Island. We’ll cover the history of some of the strangest parts of the San Fernando Valley including Melodyland (10:01), Monkey Island (21:10), the Old Trapper Lodge (32:22), the hidden Cold War missiles (41:18), Mother's Grave (48:14) and the haunted Andres Pico Adobe (52:45).