Vintage Porn Poster: Casting Call, 1972

The Grisly Murder of Dorothy Stratten, 1980

Thirty years ago today, Dorothy Stratten, the beautiful 1980 Playboy Playmate of the Year was brutally raped and murdered by her estranged husband, Paul Snider. She was just 20 years old. Stratten’s death remains one of the most tragic and disturbingly heinous acts in all of pop culture history and it still haunts Hugh Hefner to this day.

The above gross-out Playboy parody appeared in the July 1984 issue of Hustler. It depicts the gruesome crime scene and mocks both Playboy readers and the insanely jealous Snider. It’s in poor taste even for Hustler, yet the image is so shocking, it’s hard to look away.

One can only imagine the nightmare that transpired between noon and the late evening of August 14, 1980 in a small Westwood house bedroom not far from the LA freeway. Police records indicate Stratten was raped and sodomized, but it’s unclear if Snider had done so before or after he blew half her face off with a shotgun. There’s evidence she was duct taped to a homemade sex bench at one point during her brutal ordeal, and when Snider was finally finished with Stratten, he blew his own head off with the same shotgun. A housemate of Snider’s discovered the bodies several hours later in a state of rigor mortis and covered with hundreds of black ants.

There have been two films made about Dorothy Stratten, Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story (1981) starring Jamie Lee Curtis, and the excellent Star 80 (1983) starring Mariel Hemingway and Eric Roberts as the controlling Snider. Even more macabre is that Star 80 filmed scenes in the very same house in which Dorothy was murdered. Now, let us never speak of this again.

Come see Paco Camino's new digs!

After three years of posting tons of obscure retro crap and general nonsense stupid shit, Paco Camino is stretching it's legs with the addition of a real website. I'd like to personally thank every loyal Paco Camino follower and anyone that's ever stumbled onto us looking for pop culture relics, but finding idiotic 'Dear Lisa' letters and ridiculous CD Bullshit or Not! quizzes. Don't worry, we'll leave the light on here, but the real party will be over at PacoCamino.com

FEO MATEO

WHAT SORT OF MAN READS PACO CAMINO?

Though it’s cold and lonely in the deep dark night, he can see paradise by the dashboard light. Trying to get all the way around the bases and score with his hot backup singer proved challenging. Would he love her forever? Need her? Never leave her? Make her feel so happy for the rest of her life? Will he take her away? Will he make her his wife? Baby, baby, just let him sleep on it. I know she’s got to know right now! (before they go any further), but damn, it never felt so good, it never felt so right, and they were praying for the end of time. But more importantly, the American Express card. The Paco Camino Man never leaves home without it.

Vintage Ad: U.S. Bongs, 1977

Bullshit or Not! May 11, 2010 Album Releases

Every week dozens of strange bands release CDs with strange titles to attract listeners. Guess which five are legit and which five are bullshit:

1. Wax Fang, La La Land
2. Stinky Toys, Plastic Faces
3. Brain Drill, Quantum Catastrophe
4. Puffy Areolas, In The Army, 1981
5. Stencho-Tronics, Electro-Beatdown
6. Holy Fuck, Latin
7. Shitty City Burnouts, Sunshine City Slurs
8. Micro Farts, Deep Channel Damage
9. Off Duty Doughnuts, Bombs Away
10. Sex Addicts, What Problem?
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Legit!
1. Wax Fang, La La Land
2. Stinky Toys, Plastic Faces
3. Brain Drill, Quantum Catastrophe
4. Puffy Areolas, In The Army, 1981
6. Holy Fuck, Latin
Bullshit!
5. Stencho-Tronics, Electro-Beatdown
7. Shitty City Burnouts, Sunshine City Slurs
8. Micro Farts, Deep Channel Damage
9. Off Duty Doughnuts, Bombs Away
10. Sex Addicts, What Problem?

WHAT SORT OF MAN READS PACO CAMINO?

He’s an opportunist. Despite looking like a greasy dork in his concession stand duds, when this horny surfer has the chance to check out a hot chick, he totally goes for it. Straight out of a scene from a raunchy T&A matinee classic, the Paco Camino Man knows that if Debbie leans back any further, he may see some hair pie. Of course, his boss will totally bitch him out for being a perv, but it’ll all be worth it. Ah, Debbie in her scarlet letter cheerleader uniform. Sure she’s got her eyes on the entire football team, but if Brad here plays his cards right, a milkshake on the house might equal one in his pants come halftime.

Bullshit or Not! May 4, 2010 Album Releases

Every week dozens of strange bands release CDs with strange titles to attract listeners. Guess which five are legit and which five are bullshit:

1. Sex Presleys, Never Mind The Pollocks, We’re The Cod Army
2. Killer Bong, Leipzig Dub
3. Massive Guilt Trip, You’re Standing On My Hair
4. 8 Inch Betsy, Mean Days
5. Sonic Death Pigeon, Your Windshield is Mine
6. Various Artists, String Tribute to Deftones
7. Pool Fulla Badgers, Roadkill Smorgasbord
8. Cesar Puente & the Grass Skirt Cross-Dressers, Nookie Luau
9. Pathology, Incisions of Perverse Debauchery
10. Various Artists, Smooth Sax Tribute to Cannibal Corpse
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Legit!
1. Sex Presleys, Never Mind The Pollocks, We’re The Cod Army
2. Killer Bong, Leipzig Dub
4. 8 Inch Betsy, Mean Days
6. Various Artists, String Tribute to Deftones
9. Pathology, Incisions of Perverse Debauchery

Bullshit!
3. Massive Guilt Trip, You’re Standing On My Hair
5. Sonic Death Pigeon, Your Windshield is Mine
7. Pool Fulla Badgers, Roadkill Smorgasbord
8. Cesar Puente & the Grass Skirt Cross-Dressers, Nookie Luau
10. Various Artists, Smooth Sax Tribute to Cannibal Corpse

Vintage Porn Poster: Sex World, 1978

Bullshit or Not! April 27, 2010 Album Releases

Every week dozens of strange bands release CDs with strange titles to attract listeners. Guess which five are legit and which five are bullshit:

1. Alcoholic Faith Mission, Let This Be Last Night We Care
2. Fleas & Lice, Recipes For Catastrophes
3. Coathanger Abortion, Dying Breed
4. Tard, Disgorging Guttural Regurgitations
5. Atrocious Abnormality, Echoes of the Rotting
6. Sikfuk, Shitfisted Superman: The Man of Stool
7. Execration, Feast For The Wretched
8. Frog Eyes, Paul’s Tomb: A Triumph
9. Engaged in Mutilating, Population: Zero
10. Mouth Sewn Shut, Pandemic Equals Solution
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Legit!
1. Alcoholic Faith Mission, Let This Be Last Night We Care
2. Fleas & Lice, Recipes For Catastrophes
3. Coathanger Abortion, Dying Breed
4. Tard, Disgorging Guttural Regurgitations
5. Atrocious Abnormality, Echoes of the Rotting
6. Sikfuk, Shitfisted Superman: The Man of Stool
7. Execration, Feast For The Wretched
8. Frog Eyes, Paul’s Tomb: A Triumph
9. Engaged in Mutilating, Population: Zero
10. Mouth Sewn Shut, Pandemic Equals Solution
Bullshit!
None! These are all real.