Murder In Hollywoodland | The Crime Scene | 1

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

🗓️ 21 August 2024

⏱️ 54 minutes

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The murder of William Desmond Taylor rocks Hollywood. Within hours, everyone has heard the news and is asking the same question: why would anyone want Taylor dead? After examining the crime scene, detectives start narrowing in on the first suspects in this shocking crime.

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0:00.0	You're listening to the first episode of Murder in Hollywood Land.
0:04.0	To continue the journey, you can binge episodes 2 through 7 exclusively with Wondery Plus.
0:09.5	Start your free trial today in the Wonderundery App Apple Podcast or Spotify. In Hollywood, someone. Hollywood.
0:33.0	Someone is lonesome in Hollywood. It's Thursday, February 2nd, 1922.
0:46.2	It's Thursday, February 2nd, 1922.
0:50.4	Shortly after 7 a.m. An unusually cold morning in Los Angeles, California.
0:56.0	But the town will heat up soon enough,
0:59.0	because a body is about to be found over at the Alvarado Court Apartments, home to some of the biggest names in
1:04.5	Hollywood.
1:05.5	You've probably seen some of them in the moving pictures.
1:08.9	Like romantic leading man Doug McClain, who was fast asleep in apartment 406.
1:14.7	Doug is known as the man with a million dollars smile.
1:18.3	His wife Faith snuggled next to him as starred in films too.
1:21.9	She's certainly pretty enough. But Doug's career is on fire. starred in
1:23.0	film's, certainly pretty enough. But Doug's career is on fire right now.
1:26.0	Who knows if her turn will ever come.
1:30.0	Just across from the McClaines in 402A
1:32.0	is the home of actress Edna Proviance.
1:35.0	She's Charlie Chaplin's leading lady, both on and off-screen if you get the drift.
1:41.0	Edna is blonde and luminous, with the kind of chiseled features the camera loves.
1:46.9	She's still in bed too, getting her beauty sleep.
1:51.3	In 402B, actor and screenwriter Fred Fishbeck is up early again.
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