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Death of a Starlet

Wondery

True Crime, Josh Lucas, Tracy Pattin, Exhbit C, Hugh Hefner, Playboy, Peter Bogdanovich, Hollywood & Crime, Dorothy Stratten, Documentary, Exhibit C, Society & Culture, History

4.6 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 13 September 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Seventeen-year-old Dorothy Stratten is working at Dairy Queen in East Vancouver when a man walks in who will change her life. His name is Paul Snider and around town he’s known as a hustler and a pimp. Paul sees Dorothy as his ticket to Hollywood. As their relationship progresses, Paul tries to convince Dorothy to pose nude to enter a Playboy 25th Anniversary playmate hunt.

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0:00.0	You're listening to the first episode of Death of a Starlet.
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0:15.0	Death of a Starlet by Hollywood and Crime contains depictions of violence and strong language.
0:20.0	Please be advised. It's Thursday, August 14th, 1980.
0:37.0	11 p.m.
0:41.8	Private Detective Mark Goldstein sits alone in his car staring at a nondescript two-story
0:46.8	house on a quiet street in West Los Angeles. The guy who lives in the house hired him to tail his wife.
0:55.0	She's having an affair.
0:57.0	Passing headlights reflect off the windshield and then fade away.
1:01.0	Goldstein unrolls the window and a curl of cigarette smoke
1:05.2	spirals into the night.
1:07.5	He squints at the two cars in front of the house.
1:10.7	They've been parked there since noon. The woman he's looking for must be in there.
1:15.4	But what are they doing inside?
1:18.0	That's the question Goldstein has been asking himself all day.
1:22.4	The two roommates got back a few hours ago and it's been completely quiet since then.
1:30.0	At 11.30 p.m. Goldstein decides to do something. He rarely does.
1:39.2	Inside the house, Steve Kushner and his roommate Patty are sprawled out on opposite ends of the couch when they hear the phone ring.
1:46.0	Patty answers, then passes it to Steve.
1:50.0	Steve Kushner here.
1:52.0	Steve doesn't know the caller is sitting in a car just outside the house.
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