Podcast Categories: True Crime

The Hollywood & Crime series explores notorious true crime stories from the heart of Hollywood, delving into the dark underbelly of fame and uncovering infamous murders, scandals, and unsolved mysteries.

Season 8: The Cotton Club Murder: 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.

Season 7: The Execution of Bonny Lee Bakley – The story of the toxic relationship between actor Robert Blake and his wife Bonny, her shocking murder, and the chaotic trial that followed.

Season 6: Billionaire Boys Club – In 1980s LA, a group of prep school boys, led by Joe Hunt, formed the “Billionaire Boys Club” but spiraled into kidnapping, torture, and revenge.

Season 5: The Wonderland Murders – In 1981, a drug-fueled gang and a crime kingpin were involved in a brutal quadruple murder in the Hollywood Hills.

Season 4: Death of a Starlet – The tragic tale of Playboy Playmate Dorothy Stratten, caught between three men – Hugh Hefner, Peter Bogdanovich, and her husband Paul Snider.

Season 3: The Dating Game Killer – The story of Rodney Alcala, a serial killer who appeared on The Dating Game while in the midst of a cross-country murder spree.

Season 2: Young Charlie – The dark journey of Charles Manson, from his troubled childhood to orchestrating the infamous Tate-LaBianca murders.

Season 1: Murder in Hollywoodland – The investigation into the 1922 murder of famed director William Desmond Taylor, revealing scandalous affairs and underground drug dens. (edited) 

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On November 13, 2022, four students from the University of Idaho are brutally stabbed to death in an off-campus house. After a lengthy investigation and cross-country manhunt, a Ph.D. student from a neighboring university is charged with the crimes. As it turns out, the 28-year-old was majoring in criminology, studying the behavior of killers like the ones he would later be accused of becoming. Did he use his skills to become a real-life Dexter? Were the Idaho victims his first, or was a serial killer hiding in the midst? The producers of The Piketon Massacre explore all sides of the shocking crime in pursuit of the truth.