Natalie Wood death mystery episode 3: The new evidence?

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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🗓️ 23 June 2017

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Natalie Wood’s death has been one of Hollywood’s biggest mysteries for over 35 years, but new evidence is emerging. It was ruled an accidental drowning soon after the actress’s body was found floating along a Catalina Island beach in 1981, but the death certificate was changed to “undetermined” based on revelations in Marti Rulli’s book “Goodbye Natalie, Goodbye Splendour.” This episode features Rulli, whose book convinced investigators to reopen the case.

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0:00.0	Natalie Wood was one of the most popular sought after actresses in Hollywood.
0:10.0	This is America's sweetheart. This story is huge.
0:14.3	It was Thanksgiving weekend, 1981, when Wood and her actor husband Robert Wagner went sailing
0:20.0	on their yacht, the splendor. They were joined by actor and friend Christopher Walken.
0:25.3	This is crime stories with Nancy Grace.
0:28.6	The actor notified Captain Dennis Davern that Wood was not on board.
0:32.9	Then I said to Robert Wagner, let's turn on the search light to see if we can see her.
0:37.0	And he says, no, we don't want to do that right now.
0:39.2	Do you believe that maybe Robert Wagner has been hiding the real truth of what happened
0:44.1	that night all these years?
0:45.5	I fully believe that.
0:47.4	We ever see information which we felt was substantial enough to make us take another
0:51.0	look at this case.
0:52.2	It's old information that was never looked at that should have been looked at.
0:57.4	I'm Nancy Grace.
0:58.6	This is crime stories joining us right now is a very special guest.
1:03.7	It's Marty Rooley, co-author of Goodby Natalie.
1:08.8	Goodby splendor which is now available on Amazon and in audio on audible.com.
1:17.9	Marty thank you so much for being with us.
1:20.7	The case against Robert Wagner.
1:24.8	We have heard has been reopened according to sources.
1:29.0	Let me rephrase that not the case against Robert Wagner.
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