Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle & Virginia Rappe Scandal 1921

What a Creep

Margo Donohue

True Crime, Entertainment News, News, Comedy

4.6 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 July 2024

⏱️ 88 minutes

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What a Creep
Season 26, Episode 1
Fatty Arbuckle: The First Movie Star Scandal

The Fatty Arbuckle scandal in the 1920s significantly impacted Hollywood and the career of comedian Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle. He was accused of raping and accidentally killing an aspiring actress named Virginia Rappe during a party he hosted. After three trials, Arbuckle was acquitted, but his career suffered, and he was blacklisted in Hollywood. Rappe’s cause of death was never properly explored, and her legacy is that of a victim who was devoured by her craving for adulation and fame.

Trigger Warnings: SA
Sources:

· Smithsonian: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-skinny-on-the-fatty-arbuckle-trial-131228859/
· The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/10/11/fatty-arbuckle-and-the-birth-of-the-celebrity-scandal
· YouTube “Hats Off Entertainment” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsrIlnZwzHw
· BBC News: https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-14640719
· Thought Company: https://www.thoughtco.com/fatty-arbuckle-scandal-1779625
· History.com: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/silent-film-star-arrested-for-murder
· Found SF: https://www.foundsf.org/index.php?title=Fatty_Arbuckle_Scandal
· Forty Quarts of Liquor by Dave Zuda
· The Casual Criminalist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08G18wZ12Sk
· Virginia Rappe Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Rappe
· Room 2019 by Greg Merritt
You Must Remember This: Fatty Arbuckle (2018)
· Crime Library: https://web.archive.org/web/20150210053306/http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/classics/fatty_arbuckle/3.html
· People Vs. Arbuckle: https://peoplevsarbuckle.com/2023/09/09/september-9-1921-virginia-rappes-last-terrible-horrible-no-good-very-bad-day/
· PBS: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/the-sexual-assault-case-that-shocked-hollywood-almost-a-century-ago
· The Independent (UK): https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/who-was-virginia-rappe-the-true-story-of-the-rising-career-and-shocking-death-of-a-1920s-star-and-the-fatty-arbuckle-trial-b405039.html

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0:00.0	Ah, she's brilliant. Miss, I finally got plans out the group chat. We get it. Four votes for a festival,
0:05.9	three for a city break. It's hard to adhere to everyone's needs. There's Betty with her
0:09.6	oversized tent. Sarah and her six foot eight boyfriend.
0:13.0	All right.
0:14.0	Roger Junior and his dog, Roger Senior.
0:16.0	And don't get us started on Mel.
0:19.0	But, like a marriage counselor, she's the one keeping things together.
0:22.0	All aboard Miss I finally got plans out the group. a marriage counselor, she's the one keeping things together.
0:22.6	All aboard Miss, I finally got plans out the group chat.
0:25.6	Keep everyone's plans alive when you travel with us.
0:28.0	P, and Dau Ferris, there is another way.
0:30.6	Welcome to What a Creep, the show with Margotanoi and Sonia Mansfield talking about creeps from the past to the present.
0:38.0	This is your quick guide to the biggest creeps, jerks, assholes, and losers, the best of the worst.
0:45.0	From two nice ladies who want the world to be a Crepe, this is Margot-Donahue and my cohort in Crepe
1:00.3	is the amazing Sonia Mansfield. Hey Sonia.
1:03.4	Hello my friend. Hello my friend we are the podcast that talks about creeps from the
1:08.4	past to the present. Today we have an old- timey creepy Hollywood tale.
1:14.3	We love those stories because they're usually very over the top.
1:20.4	People with the Riz getting into all kinds of crazy shit. I can't wait. It's going to be good. But we're always looking for ideas for the show for guests and also if this is your first time listening we always
1:34.4	end the show with somebody who is not a creep so we're always looking for
1:38.2	suggestions you could start off by our Facebook group now we have a basic Facebook page but that's where people
1:45.1	go to complain about our language. We rarely check it. Just so y'all know, just to
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