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The Prosecutors

279. The Death of Natalie Wood -- I Want to Be Loved Like That

The Prosecutors

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True Crime, Talk Radio

4.38.8K Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2024

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Summary

Natalie Wood was a super star, America's first sweetheart. But her incredible career is overshadowed by her mysterious death. Did Natalie Wood simply drown, a fortune teller's prophecy come true? Or was something more sinister involved? Check out our other show The Prosecutors: Legal Briefs for discussion on cases, controversial topics, or conversation with content creators Get Prosecutors Podcast Merch:   https://www.bonfire.com/store/prosecutors-podcast/   Join the Gallery on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/4oHFF4agcAvBhm3o/   Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ProsecutorsPod   Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/prosecutorspod/   Check out our website for case resources: https://prosecutorspodcast.com/   Hang out with us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@prosecutorspod

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0:00.0

For years, Tim Ballard has been championed as a modern-day superhero.

0:05.0

The first time I saw one of the kids from the video, and it changed my life.

0:10.0

He was the face of Operation Underground Railroad, a movement that inspired hope around the world by rescuing children from human traffickers.

0:18.0

However, Ballard's crusade to save innocent lives has always hidden a darker

0:23.3

secret. Oh, I think he's a pathological liar. Beneath the accolades and the applause, a dark

0:30.6

storm has been brewing. I mean, I can't find a time that he's told the truth about anything.

0:36.7

Shocking allegations of sexual misconduct have surfaced,

0:41.2

casting a shadow over his once unquestioned reputation.

0:46.7

I am host Sarah James McLaughlin,

0:48.8

and in this new season of The Opportunist,

0:51.0

we explore the rise and the fall of Tim Ballard.

0:54.8

Join us this October for Tim Ballard, Unmasking a Hero.

0:58.6

Subscribe to a new season of the Opportunist Now,

1:01.2

wherever you get your podcasts. I'm Brett, and I'm Alice, and we are the prosecutors.

1:32.3

Natalie Wood gave her heart to James Dean, but she married Robert Wagner.

1:38.3

Forty years after her suspicious death, the question remains, was it an accident or was she murdered? Hello, everybody, and welcome to this episode of the prosecutors. I'm Brett, and I'm joined as always by my movie star co-host, Alice.

2:19.7

Hi, Brett.

2:21.0

That was a very nice descriptor.

2:22.8

It's definitely not about me because there's a reason that we have great faces for a podcast.

2:29.8

That's true.

2:32.4

You know, the YouTube channel barely gets any attraction.

2:34.7

There's a reason for it.

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