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.
“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.
“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.
“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/