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Hollywood Crime Scene

Episode 125 - Bobby Fuller

Hollywood Crime Scene

Rachel Fisher

True Crime, Comedy

4.74.5K Ratings

🗓️ 14 January 2020

⏱️ 46 minutes

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This week we explore the mysterious death of musician Bobby Fuller and its connections to the underworld of Los Angeles.

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0:00.0

Hi, welcome to Hollywood crime scene. This is Rachel Fisher. Hi, this is Dessie Jettican.

0:04.7

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Sign up today. Okay, this week we had Alyssa Amy Kimberly Claire Jessa Maya Anna Tracy Carla Hayley

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Filthy glamour cat Brian Laura Alondra Liz Seas Nnowl David Tracy Sophie Joseph Sarah

0:47.4

stripper monologues Anna Sarah Dana Lisa and Shannon. Thanks guys. Thank you guys so much. So, Rachel,

0:58.0

I have no idea what we're doing today. Oh, okay. Well, this is another case that people have asked

1:03.4

us to cover a bunch. So we're finally going to get to it today. And that is the mysterious death

1:08.8

of musician Bobby Fuller who was sound dead at the age of 23 in 1966. Now, Bobby isn't really a

1:16.4

household name today, but he was a rising star at the time of his death. And he had a massive hit

1:21.6

that you all probably know. I thought the law. That's like his big hit. Yeah. Do you know that song?

1:26.8

Of course. I mean, I think I first knew that song from the clash covering it. Same. So, but yeah,

1:32.2

this is the original guy. He was like a real up-and-comer. And yeah. So a few sources they used for this

1:38.7

was a really big guardian article on his death. A website called Ultimate Classic Rock. And excerpts

1:46.3

from his brother's book called I Thought the Law, The Life and Strange Death of Bobby Fuller,

1:52.0

that he wrote with Miriam Lena. His name is Randy Fuller. And there's a lot of reddit conspiracy

1:57.9

boards too, by the way. So I definitely hit those up. Okay. So Bobby Fuller was born in Baytown,

2:05.8

Texas. He was the middle child of three sons. The family eventually settled in El Paso, Texas. And

2:12.1

1956, which is the year that Elvis became big, Bobby got really obsessed with Elvis and Rock

2:18.1

and Roll in general. Soon after, he became a huge fan of fellow Texan Buddy Holly and started his

2:24.3

own band as well as beginning to write his own songs. In 1961, when he was just 19 years old,

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