S2E2: Mansion of Secrets: The Mysterious Death of Rebecca Zahau - Analysis by Dr. Phil

Mystery and Murder: Analysis by Dr. Phil

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🗓️ 13 June 2019

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

In the early morning hours of July 13, 2011, Adam Shacknai calls 911 and reports “I got a girl, hung herself”. That “girl” was his brother’s girlfriend, Rebecca Zahau. Adam Shacknai was reportedly alone with Rebecca at the Spreckels Mansion property on the night she died and was the last person to see her alive. What does he say happened in her final hours? Plus, a scream in the night. What one neighbor says she heard, and why Rebecca’s family say they believe that cry came from Rebecca. This is episode 2 of Mansion of Secrets the Mysterious Death of Rebecca Zahau. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode is brought to you by Network Rail.
0:04.0	It's easy to disappear into your own bubble when you're out and about,
0:08.0	whether you're lost in your thoughts or lost in nature.
0:11.0	The last thing on your mind is the danger of trains at level crossings.
0:16.0	Beware the bubble, stay aware, take care and help us keep you safe at level crossings.
0:23.0	In 2011, the death of 32-year-old Rebecca Zahal,
0:31.0	rocked the beautiful beach side community of Coronado, California.
0:35.0	Coronado was best known for its legendary hotel.
0:39.0	Its extreme wealth and its palatial mansions.
0:43.0	But with Rebecca's death, the city built beside the glittering Pacific
0:47.0	and filled with glittering people had a dark shadow cast over it.
0:51.0	It had all the makings of a high profile case, a beautiful woman, dead at one of the city's most glamorous
0:59.0	estates under gruesome circumstances.
1:01.0	She was nude, bound, gagged and hanged.
1:05.0	Many began to fear the town where nothing bad ever happened had its very own murder.
1:13.0	32-year-old Rebecca Zahal was found hanging nude and bound from a balcony in the mansion's courtyard.
1:18.0	The house belongs to Jonah Shacknye, an Arizona pharmaceutical tycoon.
1:22.0	Zahal's nude body was found just days after her boyfriend's son took a fall at the home that would end his life.
1:28.0	According to family members, Rebecca Zahal was watching over Max at the time.
1:32.0	Zahal had been dating Jonah Shacknye for at least two years.
1:35.0	But police ruled Rebecca's death a suicide.
1:39.0	Despite acknowledging the suspicious circumstances,
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