Final Days | 6
Hollywood & Crime
Wondery
4.6 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 5 January 2021
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
As Dorothy’s career continues to blossom, Paul’s life is falling apart. He embarks on a series of desperate measures to win Dorothy back and hires a private investigator to follow her. As Dorothy pulls farther away, Paul begins to lose control setting them on a catastrophic course.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, Prime Members! You can listen to Death of a Starlit, add free on Amazon Music. Download the app today. |
| 0:07.0 | Death of a Starlit by Hollywood and Crime contains depictions of violence and is not suitable for everyone. Please be advised. |
| 0:15.0 | And don't forget |
| 0:29.0 | Paul Snyder sets it a table on a Brentwood coffee shop drumming as fingers. It's mid morning the first week in July 1980. |
| 0:36.3 | And there's not a cloud in the clear blue sky. |
| 0:39.3 | If only the same could be said for Paul's mood. |
| 0:42.3 | His marriage to Dorothy Stratton is in shambles. |
| 0:46.3 | She wants a separation. |
| 0:48.3 | She didn't even tell him in person. |
| 0:50.3 | She just sent papers through the mail via some lawyer. |
| 0:53.3 | Paul's been trying to call her, |
| 0:55.3 | but the hotel in New York says she's checked out. |
| 0:58.3 | He sure, Peter Bogdanovich, had something to do with this. |
| 1:03.3 | Mr. Snyder? |
| 1:05.3 | A small man stands over his table holding out his hand. |
| 1:08.3 | I'm Mark Goldstein, private investigator. What can I do for you? |
| 1:12.3 | Paul motions to the booth across from him and gets right to the point. |
| 1:16.3 | I need you to help me build a case. |
| 1:18.3 | I think my wife might be having a fair with her director, |
| 1:21.3 | but I need proof. Goldstein nods. |
| 1:24.3 | He's just 26 years old, but he knows the law |
| 1:28.3 | and how to exploit it to a client's advantage. |
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