The Execution of Bonny Lee Bakley - BONUS - Wondery

Morning Cup of Murder

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

4.7 • 723 Ratings

🗓️ 23 June 2022

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

On May 4, 2001, Bonny Lee Bakley was found fatally shot in a car on a dark North Hollywood street. The prime suspect was her husband, famed actor Robert Blake. But Bonny, a longtime con artist, had plenty of enemies. She left behind a trail of men she’d scammed, and she had a volatile relationship with Christian Brando, the troubled son of movie star Marlon Brando. Not since the O.J. Simpson case had the eyes of the nation been so fixated on a homicide. The search for Bonny’s killer took detectives on an eleven-month odyssey across the country and through Hollywood's underbelly of hustlers, drug addicts, and would-be hitmen. It would be the most expensive murder investigation in LAPD history to date. This is the story of Robert and Bonny’s toxic relationship, her shocking murder, and his chaotic trial. Did actor Robert Blake kill his wife? Or was the murder someone else's vendetta? From Wondery, and the team behind the hit series Hollywood & Crime (The Dating Game Killer, The Wonderland Murders, Death of Starlet) comes a six-part series about love, obsession and fame gone wrong. Co-hosted by Tracy Pattin and Josh Lucas. Listen by subscribing to Wondery Plus in Apple Podcasts or the Wondery App: http://wondery.fm/MCOM_TEOBLB Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:08.0	obsessed with celebrities and dreaming of marrying a movie star.
1:12.1	Dreams that led to nine divorces.
1:15.0	Then Bonnie meets and Mary's famous actor, Robert Blake.
1:18.9	However, Bonnie soon learns that being close to the spotlight comes with some consequences.
1:24.2	And within a year of their marriage, her Hollywood dream came to a tragic end when she was found fatally shot outside of a diner in North Hollywood.
1:32.5	Bonnie's troubling past complicated the almost year-long investigation into her murder, which had the LAPD raking through Hollywood's underbelly of gangsters, drug addicts, and would-be hitmen.
1:43.9	But her husband, Robert Blake, remained
1:46.8	their prime suspect. A man who the media rallied behind and pointed their finger back at Bonnie
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