The Hollywood scandal almanac: twelve months of sinister, salacious and senseless history

The real-life scandals of Hollywood's personalities rival any drama they bring to life on the silver screen.

The Hollywood Scandal Almanac provides daily doses of high and low crimes, fraud and deceit, culled from Tinseltown's checkered past.

The exploits of silent-era stars Charlie Chaplin and Fatty Arbuckle are recounted, along with the midcentury misdeeds of Frank Sinatra and Marilyn Monroe and the modern excesses of Charlie Sheen and Lindsay Lohan.

This calendar of Hollywood transgressions has a sensational true tale for every day of the year.

Join author Jerry Roberts on a tongue-in-cheek trip down a stormy memory lane filled with sneaky affairs, box-office bombs and careers cut short-sometimes by murder.

It's a collection that proves the drama doesn't end when the credits roll.