371: The Barbara Graham Murder Case w/ Marcia Clark

Most Notorious! A True Crime History Podcast

Erik Rivenes

True Crime, History, Education

4.7 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2024

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Unwanted and neglected from birth, Barbara Graham had to overcome the odds just to survive. Her beauty was both a blessing and a curse—offering her too many options of all the wrong kind. Her innate sensitivity left her vulnerable to the harsh realities of the street, where she was left to fend for herself before she reached double digits. Her record of petty crimes spoke to a life that constantly teetered on the brink of disaster. But in 1953, a catastrophic twist of fate would catapult her out of obscurity and into the headlines. When a robbery spiraled out of control and escalated into a brutal murder, Barbara became the centerpiece of a media circus. Her beauty enraptured the press, and they were quick to portray her as a villainous femme fatale despite abundant evidence to the contrary—a fiction the prosecution eagerly promoted. My guest is noted criminal lawyer and bestselling author Marcia Clark. Her latest book, "Trial By Ambush: Murder, Injustice, and the Truth about the Case of Barbara Graham" came out on December 1st. Marcia Clark's website: https://marciaclarkbooks.com/ Support the show and ditch overpriced wireless with Mint Mobile’s deal and get 3 months of premium wireless service for 15 bucks a month! https://www.mintmobile.com/notorious Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:30.3	She is the best-selling author of nine legal thrillers and one memoir and has been a practicing criminal
1:38.1	lawyer since 1979. She joined the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office in 1981, where she served as prosecutor for the trials of Robert Bardo, convicted of killing actress Rebecca Schaefer, and very notably O.J. Simpson. Her 1997 book about the trial, without a doubt, was number one on the New York Times bestseller
2:03.1	list.
2:04.2	And she is here today to share details from her latest book about a brutal 1953 murder and
2:11.3	the trial that followed.
2:13.1	It is called trial by ambush, murder,ice, and the Truth about the Case of Barbara
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