S2 Ep24: The Murder of Phil Hartman
Crimes of the Centuries
Amber Hunt and Audioboom
4.7 • 4K Ratings
🗓️ 11 July 2022
⏱️ 40 minutes
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"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 | 3am mission statement 4am staffing 5am successful series B 6am wake up and get to work |
| 0:08.8 | Vorgos is a 5am network providing 10 gigas standard for the businesses that prefer to spend their |
| 0:13.6 | nights dreaming rather than worrying Vorgos the business 5am network built by Vorgos for London |
| 0:19.8 | some crimes are so heartbreaking or shocking that they earn the label crime of the century |
| 0:34.5 | but the stories that made headlines in decades past aren't necessarily remembered today |
| 0:40.0 | I'm Amber Hunt a journalist and author and in each episode of this show I'll examine a case |
| 0:49.3 | that's maybe lesser known today but was huge when it happened this is crimes of the centuries |
| 1:11.2 | labeling something a crime of the century is inherently subjective and if I only chose cases |
| 1:17.1 | that everyone agreed deserve the moniker I'd cover nothing or everything there would be very |
| 1:23.3 | few cases involving people of color because let's face it 19th and 20th century media had a |
| 1:29.3 | preference when it came to its victims long story short because it's a subjective label there |
| 1:34.7 | could be some argument over whether today's topic fits the title but then I realized I get to |
| 1:40.0 | choose in this case arguably had one of the biggest effects on me because I was just a college |
| 1:45.7 | intern at a smallish Iowan newspaper when it happened it was huge news then there's no question |
| 1:52.3 | on that and on a personal note I don't know if I'd be a crime writer today if this case had |
| 1:57.0 | never happened for whatever it's worth I would be fine with that if it meant saving any life |
| 2:02.2 | but especially this one anyway let's begin |
| 2:05.6 | when the news hit the Iowa City Bureau of the Cedar Rapids Gazette it was clear from the start that |
| 2:15.7 | most of the young reporters realized the gravity straight away if you're just joining us there is |
| 2:20.6 | sad news tonight concerning comedian Phil Hartman he was found dead in his southern California |
| 2:24.1 | home this morning the victim of an apparent murder suicide Phil Hartman was a household name |
| 2:31.2 | and had been for years most of him knew him as a former Saturday nightlife performer he played |
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