Dark Footage

Los Angeles 1928.

Carter Lewis, a Hollywood stuntman and Alastair Sloane, a young Alienist, attempt to apply unproven theories of psychology and criminal science in order to stop a predatory (serial) killer who is filming his murders and sending the footage to some of Hollywood’s most prominent directors.

The two would-be detectives must avoid corrupt city officials, rum running gangsters, and a dark shadowy sect hell bent on protecting the fledgling film industry, all while trying to find a madman and not become victims themselves.

Having more in common with Silence of the Lambs and the Alienist than anything done by Chandler or Hammett, Dark Footage is a complex story woven through real events of prohibition era Los Angeles

Author's Note: The events depicted in the newspaper clippings represent real historic events as reported by the local newspapers at the time. The information contained in the articles is accurate and have been re-imagined and recomposed as being from the Los Angeles Tribune in order to avoid copyright infringement. Thank you for your understanding in this regard.