THIS is the notorious murder mansion where music producer Phil Spector shot dead actress Lana Clarkson.
Rare pics reveal the infamous nine-bedroom Alhambra estate in California – called Pyrenees Castle – which was bought in 1998 by the mogul, who died on Saturday from coronavirus complications.
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The property became a notorious crime scene in 2003 after it was the scene of actress Lana’s killing, which saw Spector sentenced for 19-years-to-life in jail.
Pics from the mock-castle mansion taken in 2010 – the year after he was convicted – show how the remote chateau was still filled with the Beatles producer’s belongings.
The medieval-style home had a full suit of armor and sword on display, as well as a fully-stocked bar and a games room with pool table.
Its 35 rooms even included an Iguana Room, which contained a large aquarium with three lizards – Godzilla, Laurel, and Hardy.
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Music memorabilia from the disgraced ‘Wall of Sound’ architect’s career filled the walls of the 8,600 square foot home.
It included a certification for nine million broadcast performances of ‘You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’ – the Righteous Brothers hit that Spector produced while still in school.
Also visible was a photo frame commemorating legendary Beatle George Harrison’s ‘All Things Must Pass’, which was co-produced by Spector and a note from John Lennon’s wife Yoko Ono.
A keyboard, a jukebox and John Lennon’s favorite battered Gibson guitar were displayed around the hilltop home, which was designed by architect John Walker Smart in 1925.
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Platinum discs from hits such as ‘River Deep, Mountain High’ and movie Dirty Dancing also lined the walls.
The mansion also includes ten bathrooms, two full kitchens, a butler’s pantry, staff quarters, four garages and even a hair salon for Spector – who wore a collection of wigs.
Two offices show papers strewn about – just as Spector had left them.
His and third wife Rachelle’s wedding photographs were placed on top of the bureau where Spector kept the gun that killed Ms Clarkson.
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The house was put on the market for £4million in 2019 as part of his divorce settlement with Rachelle who he married in 2006 while he was in jail and awaiting trial.
Record producer Spector won a Grammy Award, worked with The Beatles and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989.
But all that was overshadowed after he was convicted of murdering B-movie actress Lana, a nightclub hostess he took home after a night of drinking in 2003.
The Los Angeles police found her slumped in a chair in the foyer of the mansion, dead from a single bullet wound to the head.
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Spector maintained Ms Clarkson’s death was an “accidental suicide” and that she “kissed the gun”.
But prosecutors said that he shot her during a drunken row after she refused his demands for sex and other women testified that Spector had threatened them at gunpoint.
He was found guilty following a second trial in 2009.
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