Although Olalla today is a beautiful and vibrant community, stepping back to the early 1900’s reveals a darker time for some of its residents who lived at a famous Olalla health retreat known to locals as Starvation Heights. During the early 20th-century, its owner and operator Dr. Linda Burfield Hazzard used starvation as a method to cure illness and reportedly killing 40 victims. Gregg Olsen, an Olallan local who became a New York Times Best Selling Author, wrote about the story of the Starvation Heights. A movie about the story is expected in the near future.