39: Celebrity OBSESSED Stalker Whose Twisted Reality Led To Murder – The Delusional Mind of Robert Bardo

The Criminal Makeup

Danielle Kirsty

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Hey guys! Today we're covering the case of Robert Bardo, who was a very troubled individual who became obsessed with Hollywood actress Rebecca Schaeffer which led to terrible consequences. Hope you enjoy listening! xoxo

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0:44.5	Each episode we dive into the minds of some of the worst criminals in history and today we are going to be talking
0:50.6	about the case of Robert Bardo. So Robert Bardo was a very troubled individual.
0:56.0	From a very young age, lots of things went wrong in his life. And this drove him into living in his own little fantasy world and in this fantasy world
1:05.9	Robert started to become obsessed and I truly mean obsessed with people that he saw
1:11.9	on his TV screen.
1:13.6	One of these people was a young actress called Rebecca Schaefer.
1:17.3	Rebecca was tipped to become the next big thing in Hollywood.
1:21.9	She was this sweet young girl playing a really charming
1:25.4	character on a big TV show and Robert Bardo was sat at home watching this show
1:30.8	and he became absolutely infatuated with her.
1:34.7	He thought that her character was speaking directly to him.
1:38.4	He couldn't separate fiction from reality and he thought that she wanted him back.
1:44.0	Robert was literally the definition of a crazed fan.
1:48.0	He would not rest until Rebecca was his and his alone.
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