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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 Cassera with me. He worked in law

enforcement for 30 years including times as 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 know I I was a movie buff my whole life. I got that bug

from my dad and he was able to identify all those actors in the old movies when

we watched them together. So I was there was a you know I had a neighborhood

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