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Hollywood & Crime

Eight to Four | 6

Hollywood & Crime

Wondery

Society & Culture, Exhibit C, True Crime, Documentary, History

42.9K Ratings

🗓️ 15 September 2020

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Joe Hunt is brought to justice and put on trial, but the proceedings feel more like a soap opera. There’s a biased judge, a defense attorney who's out of his league, and the son of a TV judge all battling it out. But when the verdict finally comes down, no one will be more surprised than Joe Hunt.

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0:00.0

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0:05.1

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0:06.7

A quick warning.

0:08.1

This series contains adult language and content.

0:11.2

One, two, one.

0:21.2

Ron Levin, Wimpert.

0:23.9

That's how Joe Hunt described it to Dean as they walked down the beach together late one evening in Santa Monica.

0:31.8

Dean Carney had been asking Joe for days to tell him exactly what happened on the final night of Levin's life.

0:38.1

Joe had been reluctant about giving Dean the details.

0:42.1

Perhaps it was unpleasant for Joe to relive Dean thought at first.

0:46.8

But no, that's not possible.

0:49.6

Joe lived for this stuff.

0:52.4

He told the story like he was describing an action movie.

0:58.3

Levin laid face down on his bed in his Beverly Hills duplex with a loaded gun to the back of his head.

1:05.9

He was moments away from taking his final breath and he knew it.

1:11.3

He'd been unusually calm up to that point even after Jim Graham busted into his apartment wielding a gun.

1:18.2

But it was when Jim Graham slapped handcuffs on him that Ron somehow seemed to lose all hope.

1:25.7

Joe got Levin's suitcase and was about to pack his belongings so it looked like he went on his New York trip as planned.

1:32.8

But as Jim held the gun to the back of Levin's head, he got overly excited, impatient.

1:41.4

Jim pulled the trigger.

1:45.1

He fired before Joe instructed him to.

1:48.5

Why did he do that?

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