Alex Carson
Did you know? Thelma Todd’s Sidewalk Café still stands on Pacific Coast Highway, nearly 90 years after her death. Did you know? Multiple later accounts, including a deathbed confession, suggest Todd’s partner Roland West locked her out, leading her to the garage where she died.
▬Contents of this video▬
00:00 – Intro
00:40 – Who Was Thelma Todd
01:29 – Night at the Trocadero
02:40 – Found in the Garage
04:11 – The Inquest
05:24 – Whispers of a Confession
06:50 – Echoes in Time
08:27 – The Record Revisited
10:10 – Outro
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This video revisits the mystery surrounding Thelma Todd’s final weekend in December 1935, a story that has fascinated Hollywood historians and mystery enthusiasts for nearly a century. It begins with the glamorous dinner party at the Trocadero nightclub, where Todd mingled with some of the industry’s biggest names, and follows her quiet ride home in the early hours of the morning. By Monday, she was found slumped in her Lincoln Phaeton in a hillside garage, a discovery that stunned both the film industry and the public.
The official investigation pointed to carbon monoxide poisoning, but from the very beginning, the explanation seemed too neat. The coroner’s inquest produced contradictory testimony: witnesses who placed her alive well after the supposed time of death, phone calls that suggested she had plans for the following day, and the sensational collapse of Roland West’s estranged wife in the courtroom. The details didn’t line up, and the ruling of “accidental death” did little to settle the growing doubts.
Behind the scenes, whispers of a private confession began to spread, with some insiders claiming West admitted he had locked Todd out after an argument. Later, reports of a deathbed confession only strengthened the belief that the official story was incomplete. What emerges is a tale where police reports, autopsy notes, and courtroom testimony collide with private recollections, political influence, and Hollywood power struggles.
By setting the official record alongside these later accounts, this video asks whether Thelma Todd’s death was simply a tragic accident or whether it was the result of something much more troubling: a combination of control, secrecy, and silence in an industry that often placed reputation above truth.
New Evidence Suggests Thelma Todd was MURDERED – Mystery Solved?
