
Venturing upstairs, he came upon Harold, dripping with blood, walking around the second floor in a “very agitated state,” according to a United Press article that ran in several papers the following day. While Judye stayed behind, Marshall headed up to the Perelson residence, where he found Debbie and her older brother, Joel (13), whom he promptly sent outside. In the confusion, Judye managed to escape from her father and the house and raced to the home of a neighbor, Marshall Ross, who called the police. The noise in turn woke the Perelsons’ youngest child, Debbie (11), causing her to run to Judye’s room to investigate the wails. The blow wasn’t fatal, though, and instead awakened the 18-year-old, who began screaming.


He then ventured into the room of his eldest daughter, Judye, and struck her in the head with the same hammer. The doctor first took the tool to his wife’s head, killing her with one blow at approximately 4:30 a.m. Harold Perelson, a successful cardiologist and USC School of Medicine professor, picked up a ball-peen hammer and set about on a murderous spree. But that is exactly what happened in the early morning hours of December 6th, 1959, when Dr. Situated on a quiet, leafy cul-de-sac in the exclusive Los Feliz Hills neighborhood, the sprawling residence might seem an unexpected place for a grizzly near-familicide to occur. Werner could foresee its bloody future when he designed it in 1925. I was so intrigued, I ran right out to see it in person bright and early the next morning! Perched atop a steep hill, the three-story home seems to loom over the road like a real-life haunted house, almost as if architect Harry E. I first learned of the infamous dwelling, the murder-suicide that took place there, and the incredibly strange state the house remained in for the next sixty years from a friend late one night in 2011. Titled The Los Feliz Murder Mansion, it can be listened to via all podcast platforms, as well as on its official website which features myriad photographs, legal documents and footage concerning the home and its bizarre past.
HAROLD PEELER SERIES
A podcast series that deep-dives into the history of the property and its various owners was also just released this past May. Copious articles have been written about the Spanish Revival estate, it was a regular stop on the Dearly Departed Tour until neighbors got irritated with the constant attention and it is a popular pilgrimage for those obsessed with all things macabre. Vice deemed the stately residence the “crown jewel of Southern California murder lore,” and that’s not hyperbole.
HAROLD PEELER PATCH
(334) 699-3888.The Los Feliz Murder House, a landmark for L.A.-based true-crime aficionados, is in escrow yet again! For those who don’t follow such things, the property is one of the city’s most notorious homicide sites, ranking up there with Nicole Brown Simpson’s Brentwood condo and the patch of grass in Leimert Park where the Black Dahlia’s dismembered body was found. Glover Funeral Home of Dothan has been entrusted with the arrangements. 2 brothers Walter Amos Peeler, Malone, FL. 7 grandchildren, Candice Traylor, Christopher Peeler, Kyle Brown, Ashley Gist, Cody Peeler, Casey Brown, Amber Gist, 3 great-grandchildren, Karissa Maus, Kaylee Traylor, Grayson Towns 2 sisters, Emma Ruth Taylor, Malone, FL., Patricia Carol Holland, Dothan, AL.


2 sons Roy Stanley Peeler, Pensacola, FL., Charles Ronald Peeler (Carla), Houma, LA. Survivors include: 2 daughters Barbra Brown, Webb, AL., Cynthia Peeler Gist, Dothan, AL. He was preceded in death by parents 2 brothers, Major Harold Peeler and Robert Allen Peeler. He worked for Green Jordan Trucking in Malone, Florida for 10 years and Summerford Trucking in Ashford, Alabama for 40 years and had been a resident of Webb for the past 2 years. Peeler was born on Jin Jackson County the son of Hubert Jacob Peeler and Ollie Bea Fears. The family will be receiving friends at Glover Funeral Home on Friday, Novemfrom 5 p.m. Saturday, Novemat the Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery in Malone, Florida with Kendall Glover directing. Graveside services will be held at 1 p.m. Roy Hubert Peeler, age 85, a resident of Webb (formerly of Malone, Florida) died Thursday Novemat Extendicare Health and Rehab Center.
