Books and Films
- The 1997 film Boogie Nights, which is loosely based on the life of John Holmes, includes a sequence inspired by the Wonderland murders.
- The Wonderland Murders are depicted in the 2003 film Wonderland, starring Val Kilmer as John Holmes.
- Three Dog Night singer Chuck Negron mentioned the murders in his autobiography Three Dog Nightmare.
- The murders were ranked #7 in an E! Entertainment Television documentary, 20 Most Horrifying Hollywood Murders.
- In 2008, a biography was published on the life and times of John Holmes titled John Holmes: A Life Measured in Inches, including extensive coverage of the Wonderland murders and Holmes' trial that followed. ISBN 1-59393-302-9. (Updated 2nd edition, 2011 ISBN 978-1-59393-674-7)
- In 2010, Holmes' former girlfriend, Dawn Schiller, released a memoir titled The Road Through Wonderland: Surviving John Holmes.
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