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Murder in the Hollywood Hills

Introducing: Murder in the Hollywood Hills

Murder in the Hollywood Hills

NBC News

Dateline Nbc Podcast, Nbc, Keith Morrison, Dateline Nbc, News, Murder In The Hollywood Hills, Dateline, True Crime, Society & Culture, Nbc News

4.2 • 691 Ratings

🗓️ 15 March 2024

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

In Dateline’s latest podcast, Keith Morrison takes us to the city of dreams for the story of a smooth-talking predator who lured young women into a nightmare with promises of fame and fortune. It’s the story of how he evaded justice for years. But most of all, it’s the story of a group of women who banded together to lock him up for good. Beginning Tuesday, March 26th you can listen to the latest episodes of Murder in the Hollywood Hills, completely free. To begin listening now, subscribe to Dateline Premium on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.

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0:00.0

They'd gone to the mall to kill some time, maybe do a little bargain hunting, only to find that they were the haunted ones.

0:13.0

So I venture into the Macy's and start looking at some sweaters when this man approached me.

0:20.0

He told me he really liked my legs. I was wearing shorts.

0:25.6

He was a tall, handsome stranger.

0:28.1

He was very charming. He was very well-spoken, and he looked good.

0:34.6

With a pickup line that was hard to ignore.

0:36.9

He was working closely with the James Bond movies,

0:42.9

and that he were looking for new people,

0:45.5

people who weren't so recognizable to be James Bond girls.

0:49.8

How fun would that be to be a Bond girl?

0:51.9

I think every girl has a dream about that.

0:54.8

Our latest podcast takes us to Hollywood, where the young and beautiful dream of being discovered,

1:02.6

where predators promise to make dreams come true. A lot of these men are extreme con artists,

1:10.0

and they're very good at what they do.

1:12.1

Young women seem to sort of be so desperate to be discovered that they'll go through anything to a photo shoot.

1:19.6

This is the story of how one of those young women was lured to her death by that smooth-talking man at the mall.

1:27.6

I remember very distinctly the helicopter shot from above where the body was discovered.

1:35.7

It's the story of how the justice system had multiple chances to stop that from happening and failed.

1:42.8

I said this guy has done this before.

1:44.7

He'll do it again, and he will kill someone.

1:48.5

Because he almost killed me.

1:50.7

It's about plea bargains and backroom deals.

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