Old Blueprints Show That Jack Nicholson And Other Celebrities Used To Have Private Tunnels Connecting Their House And The Playboy Mansion

One of our editors was in the office archives pulling photos for a feature set to run on Hugh Hefner’s birthday. He found some Polaroids from 1977 that showed a large excavation project at The Mansion. We asked the new general manager at The Mansion about these photos. He said, very matter-of-factly, “that’s probably when they built the tunnels in the 70s.”

So, according this blueprint, tunnels were built to the homes of “Mr. J. Nicholson,” “Mr. W. Beatty,” “Mr. K. Douglas” and “Mr. J. Caan.” We’ll go ahead and assume they’re talking about Jack Nicholson, Warren Beatty, Kirk Douglas and James Caan – all of whom lived near the Playboy Mansion during the late 1970s and early 1980s. There are no dates on the architectural schematics, but the dates on the Polaroids were from 1977.

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Well if you were ever wondering how awesome it must have been to be a celebrity in the 70’s and 80’s here you go. Back before the internet and twitter and TMZ following your every move you had guys like Jack Nicholson with a private tunnel connecting his house to the Playboy Mansion. If this was today that would be leaked in what? 2 seconds after construction was finished. TMZ would probably have some ditch digger feeding them inside tips before they even started work. But not back then, different world back then. Can’t imagine the stories some of these guys must have. A fucking private tunnel to the Playboy Mansion, just think about that for a few seconds, and then kill yourself because your life will never be that good. Damn.