She murdered him in his car, and then convinced police she had been nowhere near him that night.

Source: http://www.crazydaysandnights.net

Old Hollywood

This B list mostly movie actor was in dozens of movies.

When his wife found out he was hooking up with men, she murdered him in his car, and then convinced police she had been nowhere near him that night.

She even found a “note he wrote,” which gave her an alibi.

David Bacon

Howard Hughes

Greta Keller

Who Killed the Masked Marvel?

Shortly after 5PM on the 12th of September, 1943, a Sedan was spotted driving erratically and meandering through Washington Blvd., barely missing a telephone pole before crashing into a bean field near Thatcher Ave. A man emerged from the wreckage wearing just a pair of white swimming trunks. He was covered in blood and stumbled…

Howard Hughes was a film director who, in 1942, met struggling actor David Bacon, and signed him to a three year contract and brought him to Los Angeles, California. He had intended on Bacon playing Billy the Kid in The Outlaw. However, after a screen test, it became clear that the clean cut man from New England was unsuitable to play the role. For the forthcoming year, Bacon remained under contract for the Hughes Studio where he was considered “ a high-class gentleman” but there was just “nothing for him to do.”

Bacon came from a prominent Boston family; he was the son of Lt. Colonel David C. G. Bacon. He studied at Harvard University before attempting to make it as an actor. While in Los Angeles, Bacon met Austrian singer, Greta Keller, and later on in her life, she would confess that she was a lesbian and that Bacon was gay. Their marriage was what would be referred to as a “beard” and allowed both parties to maintain their façade in Hollywood. According to Keller, Bacon “liked tall blonde boys best.”

In early September of 1943, Bacon finished his role as the Masked Marvel in a 15 chapter movie serial at Republic Studios. During the filming, four of the five actors who were to play the Masked Marvel had been injured during filming a fighting scene. Bacon joked that he will “probably get hurt going home in the car.”

As it turned out, this was an eerie premonition.

Shortly after 5PM on the 12th of September, 1943, a Sedan was spotted driving erratically and meandering through Washington Blvd., barely missing a telephone pole before crashing into a bean field near Thatcher Ave. A man emerged from the wreckage wearing just a pair of white swimming trunks. He was covered in blood and stumbled into the field before collapsing. Wayne Powell of 1022 Harrison St. was the first to rush to the wounded man. “Please help me, please help me,” he said before bleeding to death.

The man was soon identified as David Bacon. – Source