Filmmaker John Newcombe says, "probably the most interesting story behind a street is Beulah in la Canada Flintridge."
Newcombe should know. His documentary is called "Rancho La Canada: Then and Now." He says Walter and Beulah Overall were millionaire socialites who settled in Flintridge in the early part of the 20th century.
"Senator Flint, in a very rare move, actually named a street after her. Rumor was that he was having an affair with her."
The Overall marriage survived, at least until after the Second World War.
Then, Newcome says, "In 1947, Walter and Beulah were murdered. Bludgeoned to death on their boat down in Newport Beach, on a yacht. And then the murderers tried to blow the boat up. Four days later, they arrested their only child, Beulah Louise, a U.S.C. student, and her boyfriend."
In what was then the longest murder trial in American history, the jury let them go. The boyfriend became a homeless drifter, then a college professor. The daughter drank herself to death and died at age 36.

(Airdate for this story: 2/2/08)