Episode 127: Prime Time Crime PT 1

In this first part of a two-parter, Paul and Kate travel to 1978 Scottsdale, Arizona where a woman stumbles upon a murder scene involving her co-star in a local production. Details about the victim and subsequent discoveries in his life quickly make this case quite interesting.

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 Sources:

“Who Killed Bob Crane?: The Final Close-Up” by John Hook

https://www.whokilledbobcrane.com/

“Actor Bob Crane beaten to death” (Associated Press) 1978.

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-la-crosse-tribune-actor-bob-crane-be/139202222/

“The Private Passions of Bob Crane” (ABC News) 2002.

https://abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=123829&page=1

“The Bob Crane Murder Case” (Phoenix New Times) 1993

https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/the-bob-crane-murder-case-part-two-6425966

“THE BOB CRANE MURDER CASE PART ONE” by Paul Rubin (Phoenix New Times) 1993.

https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/the-bob-crane-murder-case-part-one-6425957

“THE BOB CRANE MURDER CASE PART TWO” by Paul Rubin (Phoenix New Times) 1993.

https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/the-bob-crane-murder-case-part-two-6425966

“THE BOB CRANE MURDER CASE PART THREE” by Paul Rubin (Phoenix New Times) 1993.

https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/film/the-bob-crane-murder-case-part-three-6425779

“Who Killed Bob Crane?” by John Hook (The Line Up) 2017.

https://the-line-up.com/who-killed-bob-crane

“The tragic, unsolved murder of Hogan's Heroes star Bob Crane” by Lynette Rice (Entertainment Weekly) 2019.

https://ew.com/tv/2019/08/26/bob-crane-hogans-heroes-unsolved-murder/

“'Hogan's Heroes' star Bob Crane's murder still a mystery despite new DNA tests (Fox News) 2016.

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/hogans-heroes-star-bob-cranes-murder-still-a-mystery-despite-new-dna-tests

“The Bob Crane Case” by Denise Noe (Crime Library)

https://www.crimelibrary.org/notorious_murders/classics/bob_crane/5.html

“'Hogan's Heroes' star Bob Crane was murdered 40 years ago. Why does it still fascinate us?” by John D’Anna (AZ Central) 2018.

https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-best-reads/2018/06/29/hogans-heroes-star-bob-crane-scottsdale-murder-40-years-later/733260002/

“New Trials in Crane Case” by Paul Rubin (Phoenix New Times) 1993

https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/new-trials-in-crane-case-6426089

“Out of Focus?” (Robert Wilonsky) 2002.

https://www.dallasobserver.com/arts/out-of-focus-6393623

“Actor Bob Crane died a gruesome death. Anchor's book takes another look” Randy Cordova (AZ Republic) 2017.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/03/13/new-book-actor-bob-cranes-bloody-murder/99145724/

“Friend acquitted in slaying of Bob Crane” (Tampa Bay Times) 1994.

https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1994/11/01/friend-acquitted-in-slaying-of-bob-crane/

“Bob Crane” (Crime Museum)

https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/cold-cases/bob-crane/

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