S1 Ep18: Rebecca Schaeffer: The Slaying of a Starlet

Crimes of the Centuries

Amber Hunt and Audioboom

History, Documentary, Society & Culture, True Crime

4.7 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2021

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

As actress Rebecca Schaeffer rushed around her apartment to ready for the biggest audition of her career, a disturbed young man was pacing the street below, armed with a gun. Schaeffer's senseless death in 1989 would not only shock the nation, but it would also be the catalyst for the country's first anti-stalking laws.

"Crimes of the Centuries" is a podcast from Grab Bag Collab exploring forgotten crimes from times past that made a mark and helped change history.

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0:00.0	Sometimes you just need to get away.
0:02.8	And for the Aglewall family, it was well over June.
0:05.5	They wanted to know exactly what they were getting,
0:08.0	like knowing their kids stay and eat a delicious breakfast for free.
0:11.6	Yes!
0:12.6	And no need to look heavy bags, with free parking at over 500 hotels.
0:17.4	Enjoy the same feeling whatever the trip.
0:19.8	Creme it in, rest easy.
0:21.9	Only available to book at cremierin.com.
0:24.6	A season sees a ply of two kids stay and eat breakfast free with a full-paying adult.
0:36.4	Some crimes are so heartbreaking or shocking that they earn the label crime of the century.
0:44.5	But the stories that made headlines in decades past,
0:47.4	I don't necessarily remember today.
0:52.4	I'm Amber Hunt, a journalist and author.
0:56.2	And in each episode of this show, I'll examine a case that's maybe lesser known today,
1:01.8	but was huge when it happened.
1:05.2	This is crimes of the centuries.
1:20.8	Rebecca Schaeffer had been waiting for a break like this for years.
1:25.4	She rushed around her Los Angeles apartment picking up the right clothes and deciding how
1:30.2	to style her mane of household brunette hair.
1:33.7	She tried to keep her nerves in check.
1:35.9	Frances Ford Coppola.
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