439: Hollywood Demons: Stephen Collins, America's Dad

True Crime Obsessed

True Crime, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.2 • 34.9K Ratings

🗓️ 8 July 2025

⏱️ 73 minutes

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In 1996, actor Stephen Collins was on the top of the world. Known as "America's Dad" (barffff) for his role on the TV show 7th Heaven, Collins, who'd worked as an "oh right, that guy" level actor for most of his career, had finally arrived. But the actor who charmed America had a dark secret: he had sexually abused several children over three decades. And when his secret is revealed, his victims finally get to tell their stories.

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0:00.0	I never had any need for 7th, Heaven.
0:01.9	Total blind spot for me.
0:02.8	I have nothing.
0:03.5	I have nothing.
0:05.3	To anybody's surprise, I never watched one episode.
0:07.9	Yeah.
0:08.3	I had to learn that Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman was also one of those meant to be like wholesome family spiritual shows.
0:13.4	That's what they say in this thing.
0:14.6	I loved that show.
0:15.5	I totally missed that part.
0:16.5	Where was I?
0:17.6	Oh.
0:17.9	I know. Charlie Allen.
0:26.8	Hi, Patrick Hines.
0:28.2	Tell them what's going on over
0:29.1	on Patreon
0:31.4	episodes.
0:32.2	The Body and the Snow thing.
0:33.6	That's five episodes,
0:35.2	five million.
0:35.9	Five episodes, but 49 million hours. It's unbelievable.
0:39.1	They're going to be very long episodes. And reminder, we're covering that documentary, not the
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