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Welcome everyone to a brand new episode of the most notorious podcast, I'm Eric Rivenes. I am

very excited to have Bill Casera with me. He worked in law enforcement for 30 years, including

time as a sergeant for the Monterey County Sheriff's Department. He has also written five books,

specializing in old Hollywood biographies. Today he is here to talk about the life and mysterious

death of Ted Healy and to address the long running belief by many that Healy was murdered. His

book is called Nobody's Stooge, Ted Healy, a biography of the stage and screen star who gave birth to

the act that became the three stooges. So great to have you on the show. Thank you so much.

There's my pleasure, Eric. Thank you for having me on your program.

Absolutely. So before we get into Ted Healy, I'm wondering if you could share with us how you

became so enamored with these old Hollywood stories.

I was a movie buff my whole life. I got that bug from my dad and he was able to identify all

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