Rebecca Shaeffer and Celebrity Stalkers
Criminology
Emash Digital
4.7 • 7.2K Ratings
🗓️ 3 May 2026
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
In 1989, Rebecca Shaeffer was just hitting her stride as an actress. She was coming off a three-year stint on a television show, My Sister Sam, opposite Pam Dawber. Robert John Barbo had been stalking Rebecca, though she was unaware of it. His obsession would end in tragedy.
Join Mike and Morf as they discuss Rebecca Shaeffer and other instances of stalkers targeting celebrities. Stalking is a scary thing and often involves a person who knows their victim personally. But in the case of celebrities, stalkers don't really know their target but often believe they do.
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| 0:00.0 | In the suburbs of D.C., a woman fails to show up for work and is found brutally murdered. |
| 0:06.0 | I wonder which emergency. |
| 0:07.3 | We just walked in the door, and there's blood in the foyer. |
| 0:10.6 | For the next two decades, the case remained unsolved until new technology allowed investigators to do what had once been impossible. |
| 0:19.0 | A new series from ABC Audio in 2020. |
| 0:23.4 | Blood and water. |
| 0:25.2 | Listen now, wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:28.4 | Criminology is a true crime podcast that may contain discussion about violent or disturbing topics. |
| 0:34.3 | Listener discretion is advised. |
| 1:10.2 | Music Listener discretion is advised. Hello, everyone and welcome to episode 408 of the criminology podcast. |
| 1:12.3 | I'm Mike Ferguson. And this is Mike Morford. Morph. What's going on this week, buddy? Not a whole lot. What's new with you? |
| 1:16.8 | It's like 42 degrees here today and I'm not happy about it because- 42? Whoa. Yeah. We're almost |
| 1:22.5 | May, dude, and it's 42 degrees. It's like 82 here. I figured it was. |
| 1:28.8 | I figured it was. |
| 1:30.4 | Let's go ahead and get into our Patreon shoutouts. |
| 1:33.2 | We had new support from Michelle Chappell and Tiffany and White. |
| 1:37.9 | So great new support. |
| 1:39.4 | We really appreciate it. |
| 1:41.0 | Thank you so much, Michelle and Tiffany. |
| 1:42.5 | And thank you to everyone else that's helped |
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| 1:48.9 | slash criminology. So speaking of 42 degree weather morph, you know, we just wanted to remind everybody |
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