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🗓️ 2 December 2024

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On June 10th, 1983, the decomposing body of a well-dressed man was found in a desolate canyon near Los Angeles. John Doe #94 would soon be identified as missing variety show producer Roy Radin. He'd last been seen after meeting with a mysterious woman in a gold dress. Her name was Lanie Jacobs.

Jacobs and Radin were obsessed with becoming Hollywood movie producers. And when their paths collided, it led them to a tantalizing film deal promising fame and fortune. But then, a twisted script unfolded, plunging them into a million-dollar cocaine and cash heist, a tangled web of lies, and ultimately – murder.

The trail led investigators right to Hollywood's doorstep, linking former golden boy producer Robert Evans to the case and dredging up Radin's own troubled past.

But the case turned ice cold. It would take more than five years of dogged pursuit by the L.A. Sheriff’s Department detectives, a secret undercover witness, and another murder almost 3,000 miles from Hollywood – to unlock the truth.

This is the story of a doomed Hollywood partnership, a grisly murder and the search that stretched across the country for a killer – or killers.

From Wondery, and the team behind the hit series Hollywood & Crime: The Dating Game Killer, The Wonderland Murders, Death of Starlet, and the Execution of Bonny Lee Bakley comes a six part series that dives into the dark side of Hollywood through a shocking murder – fueled by ruthless ambition and desperate dreams. Co-hosted by Tracy Pattin and Josh Lucas.

Listen to Hollywood & Crime: The Cotton Club Murder: Wondery.fm/TCCM_Crimelines

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0:00.0	It's podcast recommendation time, and this is one I know my listeners are going to like
0:05.2	because I've listened to previous seasons of this podcast. And I love the juxtaposition
0:11.2	they play with between Hollywood, which is where dreams are made. It's a seductive city. People go
0:18.2	there to get rich, to be adored, to capture America's heart. But then they are
0:24.3	putting this up against what happens when the spotlight turns off and fame and fortune,
0:29.7	and even lives can disappear in an instant. This season on Hollywood in crime, it is the
0:36.2	Cotton Club murder. When TV producer Roy Radin was found dead in a canyon near L.A. in 1983, there were a lot of questions about his death. The last person to be seen with him was someone named Lainey Jacobs, a seductive cocaine dealer who desperately wanted to be part of the Hollywood elite.
1:00.6	Together, they were trying to break into the movie industry, but things took a dark turn when millions of dollars worth of cocaine and cash went missing.
1:10.5	From Wondry comes the new season of the hit
1:13.0	show, Hollywood and Crime, The Cotton Club Murder. This podcast is hosted by Tracy Patton and Josh
1:20.0	Lucas, and they are going to guide you through the gritty underbelly of Hollywood's golden age,
1:26.2	unpacking a gripping story of ambition and betrayal that led
1:32.0	to a brutal murder. I'm going to play a clip from Hollywood in Crime, the Cotton Club murder,
1:38.3	and as you're listening, go find and follow Hollywood and crime on the Wondry app or wherever you get your podcasts.
1:58.8	Lainey Jacobs had a pounding headache.
2:01.9	A trip to Vegas with friends on a private jet had been the perfect getaway,
2:06.3	but the endless supply of Coke and top shelf liquor caught up with her.
2:11.2	Now all she craved was her own bed and sleep.
2:15.3	It was early Monday, April 4, 1983. Her limo crept through the quiet neighborhood
2:22.4	of Sherman Oaks, California, then stopped in front of her house. Once she was inside,
2:29.7	Laney kicked off her shoes. She headed to the nursery to check on her baby, five-month-old Dax.
2:35.7	Still fast asleep. Even her nanny Miriam hadn't stirred yet. One more task to do before she could
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