Eddie Nash - Movies and Books

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  • The character Rahad Jackson (played by Alfred Molina) in the 1997 movie Boogie Nights is loosely based on Eddie Nash.
  • The 2003 movie Wonderland in which Eric Bogosian played Nash, revolves around the Wonderland murders.
  • The 2003 book "Scary Monsters and Super Freaks" (ISBN 1560255633) by Mike Sager contains "The Devil and John Holmes," a chapter about Nash and the Wonderland Murders.
  • The 2005 book "Long Time Money and Lots of Cocaine" by Rodger Jacobs contains a transcript of Holmes' preliminary hearing in criminal court, regarding the Wonderland murder case.
  • Nash is featured prominently in the 2006 nonfiction book "Underworld Secrets" (ISBN 0932438474) written by Jerry Van Hoorelbeke, an associate of Nash in the late 1970s.
  • "Bad Eddie & Other No Good People" is the nonfiction centerpiece of "L.A. Despair: A Landscape of Crimes & Bad Times" (ISBN 1878923161) by John Gilmore, spotlighting Nash, Holmes, L.A.'s drug dealing and the porn business.

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