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Hollywood Crime Scene

Episode 364 - Connie Francis Part 2

Hollywood Crime Scene

Rachel Fisher

True Crime, Comedy

4.64.7K Ratings

🗓️ 3 September 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

In part 2 we discuss Connie's ascent into pop music stardom, her date with Don Rickles, and more!


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0:00.0

Can you answer the killer question?

0:02.0

It begins with battling pub quiz teams and ends with a body.

0:06.0

A village pub stands empty and bordered up.

0:09.0

The landlords vanished.

0:11.0

The question, who done it?

0:13.0

Was it the mysterious new team who started winning every quiz?

0:17.0

Or is the truth far darker?

0:20.0

The killer question, the new page-turning mystery from best-selling author Janice Hallett.

0:25.8

Available now in hardback, e-book and audio, read by a full cast.

0:32.3

Hello, welcome to Hollywood crime scene.

0:34.7

This is Rachel Fisher.

0:35.7

This is Desi Jadiken.

0:37.1

Desi, this is part two of Connie Francis.

0:41.1

Yes.

0:41.8

There will be a part three.

0:43.4

Oh, shit. I really thought I was going to wrap it up this week.

0:47.2

Look, I got sidetracked on a Don Rickles thing.

0:51.5

I mean, who doesn't get sidetracked with Don Rickles? He's a complete menace.

0:57.5

Exactly. I mean, he's an episode in and of itself. Oh, my God. Anyway, where we last left off, Connie still hasn't hit the big time. Right. It's like 1957, 1958. She's like on the brink,

1:17.2

basically. And she has also broken up with Bobby Darren. Yes. The love of her life. So like I said last week, my main source for this episode is Connie's memoir Among My Souvenirs.

1:33.9

And let's get started.

1:36.3

In January of 1958, Dick Clark played Connie's newest song, Who's Sorry Now on American Bandstand?

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