When a beautiful actress accompanies a legendary music producer home, a fatal tragedy occurs. The survivor has one story while witnesses and eventually the state of California have a different one.
May 27
Myth and Murder in West Cork: The Story of Sophie Toscan du Plantier
Sophie Toscan du Plantier was a 39-year-old French producer, wife, and mother who traveled alone to her remote cottage in West Cork just before Christmas 1996. Two days later, she was found dead outside her gate, beaten beyond recognition, in a case that drew in Irish folklore, F ... Show More
1h 46m
May 26
The Final Chapter for Three Infamous Women: Betty Broderick, Raynella Leath, and Claudine Longet [Current Affairs]
Three of our past subjects died this spring. Betty Broderick, who served 35 years for the 1989 La Jolla murders of her ex-husband Dan and his new wife Linda. Raynella Dossett Leath, the Tennessee nurse twice tried in the deaths of her district attorney husband and her second husb ... Show More
9m 49s
May 20
Scandal at the Savoy: Marguerite Alibert & Ali Kamel Fahmy Bey
A tumultuous marriage between an Egyptian “prince” and a French courtesan with ties to the British Royal Family ends in murder at The Savoy in 1920’s London.Sources:1. Rose, Andrew. The Woman Before Wallis. Picador, 2013.2. Lady Killers. 1980.3. Leake, Natasha. “How a Beguiling F ... Show More
1h 34m
Apr 2025
Phil Spector: Music, Madness, and Murder
<p>Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong delves into the case of Phil Spector. Once a legendary music producer known for his unique use of sound, Spector slowly became a figure of mystery – and controversy. Years of erratic behavior and isolation culminated into ... Show More
49m 28s
Jul 2024
The Murder of Julia Martha Thomas
<p>In early March 1879, fifty-five-year-old widow Julia Martha Thomas disappeared from her home in southwest London. Julia often travelled by herself on moment’s notice, so neighbors thought nothing of her absence; however, when several female body parts were discovered in the Th ... Show More
1h 5m
Oct 2024
Introducing: The Execution of Bonny Lee Bakley
<p>On May 4, 2001, Bonny Lee Bakley was found fatally shot in a car on a dark North Hollywood street. The prime suspect was her husband, famed actor Robert Blake. But Bonny, a longtime con artist, had plenty of enemies. She left behind a trail of men she’d scammed, and she had a ... Show More
2m 22s
Jul 2024
The Murder of Bessie Darling
<p>On the morning of October 31, 1933, a gunman burst through the door of Bessie Darling’s home in Foxville, Maryland and shot the woman to death. Police quickly arrested George Schultz, Darling’s boyfriend and business partner, who’d unsuccessfully attempted suicide after shooti ... Show More
44m 7s
Apr 2025
Lori Vallow Daybell's phone calls. Karen Read's retrial set to start. And Houston's "lost boys".
<p>Listen to this week's episode of the Dateline: True Crime Weekly podcast with guest host, Blayne Alexander. In Arizona, the prosecution plays phone calls Lori made to her insurance agent in the days after her husband's shooting. In Massachusetts, a jury is finally seated in th ... Show More
27m 44s