What Surfaced
Silvana de la OsaInvestigative deep dives into the archive my great-grandfather left behind after working in Rudy Vallée's inner circle - mob ties, a cover-up, and the wife nobody protected. The records exist; they just needed me to surface them.
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In Pursuit of a Minor, As Written By Rudy Vallee
I received a package this past week that was very exciting. Back in May, I had called the LA Superior Courts to get the records of Fay and Rudy’s divorce in 1936. They called about three weeks ago to tell me they were sending me a package,...
“I Know How To Buy Off The Judge”
Content warning for sexual assault.
Welcome back to another installment of “What Surfaced”. I’m still sharing my investigation into my great-grandfather’s 1930s role in the Vallee organization.
In case you missed it, I have publish...
Why I'm Publishing What He Tried to Hide
I’m finally back from my break, and excited to share what I have been hard at work doing: prepping my great-grandfather’s book for publication. And it is finally here!
On August 24th, the eBook version of The Secrets My Great-Grandfather...
A Very Convenient Accident
If you’re new to this story, I’m sharing what happened to my great-grandfather, Ralph de la Osa Sr, in the 1930s. He worked for the first pop star, Rudy Vallee, a man who was known as more famous than the President at the height of Rudy’s f...
The Press Was Always Part of the Plan
It’s another week and today I’m diving into the next chapter in the story that my great-grandfather, Ralph de la Osa Sr, was trying to tell for decades. I’ve recently taken a detour into some research that I uncovered regarding Rudy’s lawye...
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