It all started with a beauty contest..A beauty contest was held in San Francisco, in 1892. The winner would have a statue made of their likeness which would be dubbed "California Venus" and put on display in the 1915 at Saint Louis World's Fair. A girl by the name of Marian Nolan, age 16, won the contest, hands down. She became California's Venus. She became famous for her beauty. Women wanted to be like her, and men wanted her. With her new found fame she tried her hand at acting.. However her roles were mostly small, two line parts. However, she had many male admirers. One such admirer, Edward "Ed Marshuts" Marschuetz was smitten for Ms. Nolan. However, his love was not reciprocated by Maria. He became obsessed and waited for her out side the theater where she preformed. On October 20, 1902, Edward confronted Maria on the street as she was walking home. In frustration she reported hit him with her umbrella. She became free of his grasp and started to retreat when he pulled out a revolver and shot her dead. Seeing his love dead on the ground with blood starting to seep from her body, he put the revolver to his temple and pulled the trigger. There lay the beauty, gone to soon, and the beast who's madness followed her even in death.
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