Hello I'm Keith Morrison with a special preview of Murder in the Hollywood Hills.

Our latest podcast takes us to Hollywood for a story about a smooth-talking predator who lured young

women with the promise of fame. But most of all is about how a group of

those women banded together to put him behind bars and keep him there.

It was late on a Saturday afternoon when Douglas Kirkland ambled down to the end of his driveway in the Hollywood Hills to check the mail.

To the west, way out over the Pacific, he might have seen a line of bruise-colored clouds puffing themselves up

Looked like they meant business

L.A. was in for some rain

It was at that moment that Douglas his wife Francois who was puttering in the garage looked up and noticed that a young woman

in a white sports car had stopped in front of her husband.

It was a meyartheid and there was a very pretty girl, pretty blonde girl in there with all it's what looked was her entire wardrobe next to her and she looked very frazzled.

Francescoes overheard the girl in the sports car asked Douglas about a house that resembled the castle.

Douglas said he didn't know what she was talking about,

but Francoise did.

And I kind of yelled out to, you know, the castle is that place on Green Valley it's sort of like

at the corner of a little street and it's got you know statues all around it a little

turret and all that that's the. That's what we call the castle.

Relief washed over the young woman's face, along with what, anticipation, anxiety, excitement, all mixed up in those big blue eyes.

Douglas Kirkland knew the look.

For decades, he'd been a celebrity photographer in Hollywood.

He made his reputation taking iconic pictures of stars, and those who had stars in their eyes.

The young woman said thank you and pulled away and as her red taillights disappeared around the bend,

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