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Going West: True Crime

Summer of Hell (ft Holly Madison) // 500

Going West: True Crime

Dark West Productions

True Crime, Society & Culture, News

4.610.2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Tensions were high during the summer of 1983 in Saint Petersburg, Florida, leading it to become known as the “summer of hell” after a rash of murders plagued the city. Two years prior, Playboy had opened the Suncoast Club, the first of its kind in the area. And now, as the city grappled with a potential serial killer, the Suncoast Club’s “Bunny of the Year” contest would result in both the winner and the photographer turning up dead. The bunnies feared they were being targeted, and wondered: who among them could be next? With Holly Madison today, in excitement for her new season of The Playboy Murders on ID, these are the murders of Linda Lansen, Barbara Grams, and Carolyn Merricks.

Transcript

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0:00.0

What is going on true crime fans? I'm your host Heath and I'm your host Daphne.

0:18.8

And you're listening to the 500th episode of Going

0:22.3

West. Hello, everybody. Thank you so much for being a part of this amazing journey with

0:28.2

Heath and I over these last six plus years. We appreciate each and every one of you for sticking

0:34.1

around and listening to Going West still to this day. Now, today is such a special episode, not only because it is our 500th episode of Going West,

0:42.8

but we have a very special guest today, Holly Madison.

0:48.5

Thanks for having me, you guys.

0:50.1

Thank you so much for joining us.

0:51.9

As many of you guys know, Holly starred in the popular TV show Girls Next Door.

0:56.8

She was a Playboy Bunny, and since her time at the mansion,

1:00.1

she's written a memoir about her time there called Down the Rabbit Hole,

1:04.5

exposing her stories of what life was really like behind the Playboy Mansion walls.

1:09.6

And the reason all of this is relevant is because today's case is featured in the episode

1:14.5

Terror at the Sun Coast Club in the brand new season of the Playboy murders on

1:20.3

investigation discovery, also known as ID.

1:23.7

So later, we'll talk to Holly about the case and a little bit more on her experience at the mansion.

1:29.9

So don't miss our interview with her coming right after today's episode.

1:33.9

All right, guys, this is episode 500 of going west, so let's get into it.

1:40.3

Okay. to it. To it. I'm going to

1:48.0

to Tensions were high during the summer of 1983 in St. Petersburg, Florida, leading it to become known as the summer of hell after a rash of murders

2:20.3

plagued the city. Two years earlier, Playboy had opened the Sun Coast Club, the first of its

2:28.4

kind in the area. And now, as the city grappled with a potential serial killer,

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