Hollywood Legend’s Daughter And Her Husband Both Found Dead In Parked Running Car
The Most Dramatic Podcast Ever
iHeartPodcasts
4.3 • 3.7K Ratings
🗓️ 21 June 2026
⏱️ 16 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
California officials are trying to determine how the daughter of an Oscar winning director and her husband died after pulling off a California highway with their car still running. 84-year-old Judith Wyler Sheldon and her 86-year-old husband Wylie were on their way to meet friends to attend an annual Shakespeare Theater festival. After they didn’t show up to dinner reservations, police found the couple in their vehicle with the windows down and the fan blowing, both of them, deceased.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:06.0 | Here, that folks. It is Sunday, June 21st, and a mystery. |
| 0:11.6 | After the daughter of one of the greatest directors in Hollywood history has been found dead under some very bizarre circumstances. |
| 0:21.7 | And with that, welcome to this episode of Amy and TJ. |
| 0:24.5 | Yes, this episode that we are recording here on this Father's Day, Robes, |
| 0:28.8 | her dad, I don't know if the story would be a mystery. |
| 0:33.9 | But when you add to the fact, Robes, I say one of the greatest, |
| 0:54.5 | he might be regarded possibly as the greatest director ever. And we're talking about his daughter here, has passed under some very weird circumstances. Yes, and it is remarkable when you see just what movies we're talking about that he directed and won Oscars for. And by the way, on this Father's Day, |
| 1:12.3 | happy Father's Day, baby. Thank you. Thank you. We're just getting our day started. Had a little work to do. This is a story we've been keeping an eye on. The work never stops around here, it seems. But this is, Robs, a hell of a story, a hell of a mystery. And it's sad, and we don't have all the answers just yet. Yeah, and there are actually, you know, I was thinking about on this Father's Day two sons who are grieving their parents and grieving their father and they're not sure why or how they died. |
| 1:21.5 | This is one of the more bizarre scenarios I have ever seen where it's unclear how two people could die at the same time |
| 1:31.8 | with no clear explanation right now. There are some theories, but there's no obvious answer how |
| 1:38.9 | two people die at the same time with no visible injuries that we're aware of. And again, let's add to that, Robes. |
| 1:45.7 | You said, how do two people die at the same time? |
| 1:47.7 | These two were found. |
| 1:48.7 | Yes, it is an elderly couple we're talking about. |
| 1:51.2 | But they were found on the side of the road in their running car as they were on the way |
| 1:58.2 | to an event in another state. |
| 2:00.4 | They're essentially on a road trip. |
| 2:01.6 | Robs, this is a wild story, but we are talking about Judith Weiler Sheldon and her husband, |
| 2:07.2 | Willie Sheldon. Now, these two have been married for quite so time, some time, but Judith, |
| 2:13.0 | Wiler, Sheldon is the daughter of legendary Hollywood director William Weiler. He is a legend. He has the most Oscar nominations for Best Director than anyone in history. Wow. That is above and ahead of guys by the name of Scorsese and Spielberg. This guy has three wins for best director. |
| 2:38.0 | Robes he is in some sort of, if you take a poll of folks in Hollywood who is the greatest director ever, |
... |
Transcript will be available on the free plan in 17 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from iHeartPodcasts, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of iHeartPodcasts and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.

