morbid

For decades, the apparent phenomenon of the so-called 27 Club has captured the public’s morbid fascination.

She subsequently sold the rights to her husband’s novel to Universal Pictures, despite the head of the studio, Carl Laemmle Sr., declaring: “I don’t believe in horror pictures. It’s morbid.”

“That sounds like a morbid thought, but we live in California. There could be an earthquake or a fire at any moment. So when we wake up in the morning, we shouldn’t be upset. ‘

It’s not exactly a morbid mood inside the small, circular library of Wainwright’s home in Laurel Canyon, the October sun shining warmly on the bear rug and floor-to-ceiling books — but the conversation does begin with death.

The 25-year-old visited the mansion on Wednesday on her day off from work and said she was initially drawn to the home by her morbid fascination with true crime documentaries — she had also visited Benedict Canyon in Beverly Hills where the Manson murders happened.