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Into The Dark

49. The Life and Death of Bob Crane

Into The Dark

OH NO MEDIA

True Crime

4.84.7K Ratings

🗓️ 13 December 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Payton delves into the tragic demise of the renowned personality Bob Crane, exploring how a haphazard investigation may have allowed the perpetrator to evade justice. Episode Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Crane The Murder of Bob Crane (1993, Crown Publishers), by Robert Graysmith archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=20010904&slug=bobcrane04 phoenixnewtimes.com/news/crime-reporters-notebook-6421838 ew.com/tv/2019/08/26/bob-crane-hogans-heroes-unsolved-murder/ imdb.com/title/tt0070716 youtube.com/watch?v=cbmtFYRoNM0 youtube.com/watch?v=UedIG2xguMI youtube.com/watch?v=jDyPYAP8o48 youtube.com/watch?v=d35vGmsuxtE youtube.com/watch?v=Nw5buq-aBHY Newspapers.com sources: newspapers.com/image/336116049 newspapers.com/image/320531499 newspapers.com/image/312200033 newspapers.com/image/225914435 newspapers.com/image/12001408 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

You're listening to an back to the podcast it's December it's Christmas time it's

0:27.8

the holidays I hope you are having such a good month I know we are over here at Oh no media. I'm Payton

0:35.4

Moreland and I think I'm just going to jump right into it today. It is always

0:39.4

shocking when a celebrity is murdered.

0:43.0

From John Lennon to Phil Hartman to Rebecca Schaefer,

0:47.0

whose murder we covered on Binged back in August,

0:50.0

to Selina, the senseless murder of a celebrity can often feel like a personal loss, the loss of a loved one.

0:58.5

We feel we know public figures.

1:01.1

In fact, sometimes we see the faces of some in the public eye more clearly and more often than we do people in our social circle.

1:09.0

If you were a child of the 80s and 90s, you probably looked at Arnold Schwarzenegger's face for an equal number of hours to time spent with a given friend.

1:18.0

So when a famous person dies, there's a good chance their case is going to get more attention than that of your average

1:26.0

citizen. So it's a real headscratcher when the death of a notable person goes unsolved. And today's story I'm going to be up front is an

1:36.8

unsolved case, but investigators feel they have a good idea of who's responsible. Maybe you know the story already, maybe

1:46.0

you don't. Chances are if you're someone who likes tuning into old reruns on stations like TV

1:51.4

Land, you're familiar with the TV sitcom Hogan's Heroes from the 1960s.

1:58.2

And today's episode is about the star of that old TV show Bob Crane. So when he was growing up in Waterbury, Connecticut in the 1930s and 40s,

2:08.9

Bob Crane had what most would describe as a relatively normal and happy childhood.

2:15.1

His parents, Alfred and Rosemary Crane, provided a stable home for him and his older brother,

2:20.0

Al Jr.

2:21.4

Bob's father worked as a pharmacist and his mother took care of the household.

2:26.0

Bob discovered a passion for the arts very early on in his life.

2:30.8

He developed interests in music and entertainment when he was still just in grade

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