Hollywood Brat Keeps Dismembered Wife a SECRET, "Asian Fetish?"
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
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3.9 • 7.6K Ratings
🗓️ 25 April 2025
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Sam Haskell IV, 35, is accused of killing and dismembering his wife and her parents, then attempting to dispose of their remains in ordinary black garbage bags.
After Haskell’s arrest, many of his friends and co-workers expressed surprise, not knowing he was married with children. When friends saw the couple out together, Haskell never stopped to introduce Mei and did not greet her either. Tremain Hayhoe, a friend of Sam Haskell IV, joins Crime Stories, explaining that on one of the few occasions Haskell invited him to his home, he barely acknowledged Mei or their newborn son.
Bella Snow also joins Crime Stories, telling Nancy Grace about her dating relationship with Haskell and his pattern of casting Asian actresses
Joining Nancy Grace today:
- Tremain Hayhoe - Friend, Actor, Director, Producer, Writer; YouTube: @hayhoestudios
- Bella Snow - Friend, Digital Creator/ Model; YouTube: @Bellasnow/Instagram: @Bella.c.snow/Tiktok: @Bella.c.snow
- Neama Rahmani - Former Federal Prosecutor, Now a Trial Attorney; President of West Coast Trial Lawyers, Author: “Harvard to Hashtag;" INSTAGRAM: @Neamarahmani, X: @NeamaRahmani
- Dr. Judy Ho - Clinical and Forensic Neuropsychologist, Author of 'The New Rules of Attachment;' and 'Stop Self-Sabatoge;' IG & X: @drjudyho; FB: doctorjudyho
- Bill Garcia - Owner of Bill Garcia Investigative Services; Facebook: Bill Garcia Investigative Services, Instagram @BGISInternational
- Dr. Kendall Crowns - Chief Medical Examiner Tarrant County (Ft Worth), NEW Podcast: "Mayhem in the Morgue" [launching soon], Lecturer: Burnett School of Medicine at TCU (Texas Christian University)
- Gigi McKelvey - Journalist, Host of the Podcast “Pretty Lies and Alibis;" Facebook, IG, TikTok: @PrettyLiesAndAlibis/ X: @PrettiesLiesAlibi
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| 0:00.0 | Crime Stories with Nancy Grace. Did a Hollywood brat keep his dismembered wife a secret from all of his friends? |
| 0:15.7 | And did he have an Asian fetish? Their words, not mine. I'm Nancy Grace. This is crime stories. Thank you for being |
| 0:25.1 | with us. Sam Haskell is an aspiring filmmaker and son of renowned Hollywood executive. Maylee is a |
| 0:32.1 | former model and student at California State. The pair find love and within a couple of years they welcome three |
| 0:38.6 | children to their California home. But things go awry when May suddenly goes missing. |
| 0:43.5 | May is not missing. May is dead. Her torso, her headless torso found in a dumpster by a dumpster diver. She's not missing. That beautiful |
| 0:59.6 | young mom of three was brutally murdered and dismembered. And based on what we are learning, |
| 1:07.0 | she may have been dismembered while still alive. Let that sink in. We're learning a lot |
| 1:14.8 | about the so-called Hollywood brat. I'm always a little suspicious when someone is introduced |
| 1:21.7 | and instead of telling me about themselves, they start telling me how important their dad is. Straight out to G.G. McElvey, |
| 1:32.0 | joining us, host of pretty lies and alibis. G.G., who is Haskell's dad? Excuse me, the fourth. |
| 1:42.0 | Haskell the fourth. Who is Haskell the fourth's father his dad is a |
| 1:46.8 | former Hollywood executive that was |
| 1:49.3 | very successful and it seems like |
| 1:52.0 | his son followed in his footsteps |
| 1:53.8 | wanting to be in the business |
| 1:55.3 | and he comes from a very prominent |
| 1:57.7 | and well-to-do family yeah when you say |
| 2:00.4 | a big agent, |
| 2:03.3 | his dad, Sam Haskell, the third, Emmy Award-winning producer represents, |
| 2:09.4 | was it William Morris, George Clooney, can you get any bigger than that? |
| 2:14.7 | Dolly Parton? |
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