Horrorwood: True Crime in Tinseltown

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When Yoko Ono lost contact with her daughter, Kyoko Chan Cox, she had no idea it would be more than two decades before they would see each other again. After a bitter custody battle, Kyoko's father, Anthony Cox, disappeared with the young girl and eventually brought her into an allegedly secretive religious cult that kept them hidden from the outside world.

 

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“Kidnapping, Tears and Reconciliation: Inside Yoko Ono’s Decades-Long Saga to Find Her Missing Daughter” by Jordan Runtagh, February 1, 2025, People

 “Yoko Ono’s daughter was kidnapped, raised in cult — and didn’t reunite with her mom for decades” by Alexandra Bellusci, May 24, 2025, New York Post

“A cult kidnapped Yoko Ono’s daughter and she didn’t see her again for 31 years: “We haven’t a clue where she is”” by Paulina Subia, April 15, 2026, Far Out Magazine

“After 20 Years, Yoko Ono’s Daughter Finally Breaks Her Silence” by FactsVerse UK on YouTube

“I Saw Satan: Breaking away from a Boomer Christian cult” by Andrew Marzoni, March 2019, The Baffler

“Yoko Ono” by John M. Cunningham, The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica, Britannica

“Who is Yoko Ono’s daughter Kyoko Chan Cox? John Lennon’s stepdaughter is now an artist, but she was kidnapped by her father as a child and didn’t speak to her mum for nearly 30 years” by Carolina Malis, May 9, 2025, Style

“All About Yoko Ono's Children, Kyoko Chan Cox and Sean Taro Ono Lennon” by Emily Weaver, November 10, 2023, People

“A cult in Iowa helped hide Yoko Ono’s daughter from her for years: ‘We never talked about my mom and John’” by Emma McClatchey, December 16, 2025, Little Village

“Yoko Ono's Ex-Husband, Tony Cox, Reveals His Strange Life Since Fleeing with Their Daughter 14 Years Ago” by Jim Calio, February 3, 1986, Vol. 25, No. 5, People Magazine

“Anthony Cox” on IMDb

“Yoko Ono’s Daughter Vanished for 23 Years — Now the Hidden Truth Is Out” by Almira Dolino, July 2, 2025, So Yummy!

“Vain Glory ~ John Robert Stevens, Violent Intercession, The Walk ~ Documentary by Tony Cox” by @woodsprout from YouTube

 

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In 1994 during a solo trip to New Orleans, 23-year-old Ylenia Carrisi - the granddaughter of Hollywood icon Tyrone Power - walked out the front door of the hotel where she was staying and never returned.

If you have information on the whereabouts of Ylenia Carrisi, you are urged to contact the New Orleans Police Department at 504-658-5315, case number A-36564-94.

 

For further reading:

Al Bano's autobiography - "È la mia vita"

Romina Power's latest book: "Pensieri profondamente semplici: L'abbecedario della mia vita"

 

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Episode Sources:

“She Was 'Italy's Vanna White,' Starring on La Ruota della Fortuna. Then She Vanished During a Trip to New Orleans” by Virginia Chamlee, People, Feb 19, 2026

“Romina Power says her daughter Ylenia is still alive because she hasn't "felt" that she has died” by Joan Callarissa, Ara, Nov 29, 2025

The DOE Network: 1107DFLA - Ylenia Maria Sole Carrisi

The Charley Project: Ylenia Maria Sole Carrisi

“Woman's Vanishing Engrosses a City Redolent of Mystery” by Frances Frank Marcus, New York Times, Feb. 28, 1994

“What happened to Ylenia Carrisi?” by H.L. Arledge, Bayou Justice, July 15, 2023

“Romina Power e Ylenia- Abbi Fede” - Music-Музыка

“Disappearance of Ylenia Carrisi" (America's Most Wanted segment)

“Cypress Psychic Tells Court of Helping to Solve Murder” LA Times, Feb 7, 1988

“Ylenia, Al Bano rompe il silenzio: ’La droga l'ha portata nell’abisso’” la Repubblica, Oct 31, 2006

“Romina Power presenta il libro ‘Pensieri profondamente semplici: L'abbecedario della mia vita’” Libreria Rizzoli Milano, Nov 2025

“Romina Power su Al Bano: Il rancore non fa altro che danneggiare entrambi” by Roberta Mercuri, Vanity Fair Italia, May 31, 2023

“Al Bano: Ylenia suicida per droga nel Mississippi” la Repubblica, Nov 1, 2006

“IL SOSPETTO DI ROMINA ' FORSE L' HANNO VENDUTA’” la Repubblica, Jan 30, 1994

“La verità di Al Bano: Ylenia si drogava è morta nel Mississippi” by Antonio Lodetti, il Giornale, Nov 1, 2006

“Al Bano: con Romina è finita perché fumava troppe canne” Rolling Stone IT, May 18, 2023

Romina Power & Ylenia - Abbi Fede

Al Bano remembers his daughter Ylenia, who passed away in New Orleans - Domenica In 03/05/2026 - Rai

“The Unyielding Hope of Romina Power” Il Messaggero, Nov 23, 2025

“Singer and actress found peace praying the Rosary after her daughter’s disappearance” by Wolfram Kasti, Aleteia, Dec 28, 2021

“High Homicide Rate Leaves New Orleans Fearful” The New York Times, May 31, 1994

“Romina Power a Belve: ‘L'lsd cancella la memoria. Dopo Al Bano non ho più amato’” by Andrea Fiori, Gazzetta, Apr 29, 2026

“A "stab in the heart" live on TV: Al Bano's scream against Romina's accusations” by Fabio Russello, la Sicilia, May 4, 2026

 

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For more than a century New York City's Palace Theatre has stood at the heart of Broadway, hosting some of the biggest names in entertainment. Alongside its remarkable history, the theatre has also earned a reputation as one of Broadway's most haunted venues, with stories of ghostly acrobats, mysterious children, and even the lingering presence of Judy Garland.

 

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“MARTIN BECK DIES; THEATRE VETERAN; Manager, Producer and Actor, Builder of the Palace, Stricken Here at 71 BEGAN ORPHEUM CIRCUIT Headed Variety Group in West for 27 Years--Came to U.S. as Immigrant at 18” from The New York Times Archives, November 17, 1940

“Untold Stories: The Palace Theatre” by Jennifer Ashley Tepper, May 6, 2017, Broadway Direct

“TheatersHistory Of The Palace Theatre On Broadway” by Lisa Williams, ClassicNewYorkHistory.com

“Palace Theatre At TSX Broadway” from Evergreene Architectural Arts

“Palace Theatre” from PBDW

“The Creepiest Stories Of Broadway Ghosts” by Sarah Crocker, January 24, 2023, Grunge

“Palace Theatre Construction Workers Haunted by the Ghost of Spongebob Squarepants” by Rebecca Slaman, January 25, 2022, The Broadway Beat

“New York, NY - The haunted history of Broadway’s Palace Theatre” by ThrHistoricalSociety, October 26, 2016, Cinema Treasures

“New York Ghosts: 5. Palace Theater” from Junket

“The Palace Theatre’s Gang of Ghosts” from Elise’s Ghosts, Murders, and Mayhem, March 8, 2013

“Get to Know Broadway's Scariest Urban Legends” by Emma Diab, October 19, 2023, New York City Tourism

“Do you know which Broadway theatre’s hold the spirits of specters?” by Robert Viagas, Playbill

“Touring Broadway's haunted past” by Frank Dilella, October 27, 2017, Spectrum News NY1

 

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David Huffman stopped by the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego to bring his castmates cookies. It was a gesture of goodwill since he was leaving the production a week early to start work on a TV miniseries. Unfortunately he didn't make it to the start of the series. He didn't even make it to that evening's performance at the Old Globe. Minutes after dropping off the cookies and leaving the theatre, David Huffman was dead.

 

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“Actor Huffman Eulogized at L.A. Memorial” Associated Press, LA Time, Apr 2, 1985

“New Face: David Huffman Ex-Terrific Liar Gives Honesty a Boost in Film” by Leslie Bennetts, The New York Times, July 28, 1978

“Phyllis M. Grennan Is Married To David O. Huffman, an Actor” The New York Times, Dec 31, 1967

“Actor Found Stabbed to Death in San Diego” LA Times, Mar 1, 1985

“Huffman’s Slaying: Strangers Cross Paths and Tragedy Strikes” by Scott Harris & H. G. Reza, LA Times, Mar 14, 1985

“Actor’s Stabbing Death in Park Mystifies Co-Workers, Officials” by Matt Damsker & Daniel M. Weintraub, LA Times, Mar 1, 1985

“Youth, 16, Held in Death of Actor David Huffman” by Scott Harris, LA Times, Mar 13, 1985

“Youth Will Be Tried as Adult in Actor’s Death” by H. G. Reza, LA Times, June 8, 1985

“Youth Convicted of Murder in Slaying of Actor in Balboa Park” by Jim Schachter, LA Times, Dec 7, 1985

“Alien Teen Gets Lengthy Sentence in Actor’s Death” by Jim Schachter, LA Times, June 3, 1986

“Phyllis Huffman, 61; Cast Many Eastwood Movies” by Jon Thurber, LA Times, Mar 5, 2006

“Canadian Couples Take Stand in Huffman Case” by Jim Schachter, LA Times, Dec 3 1985

 

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