In 1952, Veronica Lake fled LA in a fit of madness. She never returned. Decades later, Hollywood had forgotten all about the former star—that is, until a journalist tracked her down. What he found shocked him to the core.

Of all the tragic Hollywood stories—and there are a lot—the story of Audrey Munson may well be the most devastating. Many consider Munson to be the first supermodel, but instead of posing in the latest fashions for the camera, she was standing still for sculptors. It was when Munson tried to parlay her fame into a movie career, however, that things went south. There was no quick crash and burn for Munson, and a devastating series of events led her to a truly dark and unforgettable end.

Before he wore the bucket hat and stumbled into slapstick glory, Bob Denver was a shy kid with stage fright and a dream. From his beatnik start as Maynard G Krebs to his iconic turn as bumbling Gilligan, Denver carved a spot in pop culture history—and there’s way more to him than coconuts and pratfalls.