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Introducing: Run, Bambi, Run

Chameleon

Audiochuck | Campside Media

Documentary, Society & Culture, True Crime, Tv & Film

4.58.8K Ratings

🗓️ 11 April 2022

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

Laurie Bembenek was a Milwaukee police officer and Playboy Club bunny before being arrested for the murder of her husband’s ex-wife, a crime she insisted she did not commit. Nicknamed “Bambi Bembenek,” she became a tabloid fixation, a feminist cause célèbre and, after she escaped from prison, an American folk hero, though she was never exonerated. Journalist and Campside Media co-founder Vanessa Grigoriadis takes a fresh look at the case Diane Sawyer called the "most glamorous murder case of the 1980s.” New episodes out every Monday. Run Bambi Run is an Apple Original podcast, produced by Campside Media. Listen and follow on Apple Podcasts. https://apple.co/RunBambiRun Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello, chameleon listeners! It's Vanessa Cragoriatus, co-host of the first season of chameleon, Hollywood Conquan.

0:06.8

I'm here to tell you about my new show, which is an Apple original podcast called Run, Bambi, Run.

0:13.5

It's sort of a con story, but it involves drugs, sex, murder, and a very reimbunctious organization

0:20.4

the 1980s Milwaukee Police Department. This is a police department like no other police department

0:26.4

you've ever heard of before. Now I'm going to play you a trailer from the show, and I hope you like it.

0:31.8

Please take a minute to search for Run, Bambi, Run. Thanks!

0:36.5

If you enjoy partying, sleeping around, debauchery, and general misbehavior,

0:42.3

I got to tell you something. The 1980 Milwaukee Police Department was the place to beat.

0:48.6

And that's where Bambi, a Sassy 21-year-old recruit, found herself.

0:53.1

Obviously, they were all sleeping together. It was like the biggest,

0:57.5

ridiculous sex party in the world. Talk about it. It was like an incestuous police academy.

1:03.6

It was next. This was fine with Bambi. She was a super hot former model, and she liked all

1:09.3

late parties as much as the next gal. But pretty soon, she discovered the corruption in the ranks

1:15.2

went way beyond naked drunken picnics. It's crazy, fucks. They're doing stuff out there

1:21.2

that's just off the charts, right? Brutal, unnecessary force.

1:25.1

Drug dealing, gambling, and gun running. All sex from prostitutes.

1:29.4

And the chief of police didn't seem to notice any of it.

1:32.9

To put it quite simply, we have no problems.

1:36.1

Unless, of course, you happen to be one of the few women on the force.

1:40.3

Then you were singled out, disciplined, and systematically removed.

1:45.6

And Bambi wasn't having it. She was young and had a mouth on her,

1:49.7

and it spoke up when something went wrong. Oh boy, no, no, not in this male culture.

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