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Mystery of the Spanish Kitchen Haunts Hollywood History
Los Angeles legends swirl around the Spanish Kitchen on Beverly Boulevard, a restaurant opened in 1938 and closed mysteriously in August 1961 after owner John Carreto and his wife Pearl vanished from public view. Today vandalism and rumors of a haunting persist, while the reclusive Pearl Carreto stayed hidden above the shuttered eatery for years.
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Los Angeles
Jean Harlow
Buster Keaton
Bob Hope
John Carreto
Lou Grant
Beverly Boulevard
Carrero
Pearl
Pearl Carrero
John Woo