The Love Triangle of Frank Sinatra, Howard Hughes and Ava Gardner
Ridiculous Crime
iHeartPodcasts
4.5 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 16 December 2025
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner had one of the great love affairs of the last century. But it was actually a love triangle that included the famously-reclusive Howard Hughes. It gets wilder than that –– their love rivalry lasted decades and involved the mafia and the CIA. In fact, the dynamic forever changed Las Vegas and even ended the Rat Pack Era. This one is a wild midcentury tale... and 100% criminally ridiculous!
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.8 | Ridiculous crime is a production of I-Heart Radio. |
| 0:07.9 | And I and... |
| 0:09.5 | Hey, Elizabeth. |
| 0:10.7 | Sarin. |
| 0:11.3 | What are you doing? |
| 0:12.1 | I'm just sitting here in the studio, you know, feeling like a rock star. |
| 0:17.0 | Oh, yeah, with your headphones on and your spankly outfit. |
| 0:20.7 | And a microphone. |
| 0:22.1 | Yeah. |
| 0:24.1 | Where'd you get those leather pants? |
| 0:26.1 | Your mom. |
| 0:27.1 | Oh, I got a question for you. |
| 0:30.9 | Smarty. |
| 0:32.4 | Do you know what's ridiculous? |
| 0:33.3 | I do. |
| 0:34.2 | Ridiculously? |
| 0:34.7 | You better not be my mom. |
| 0:36.6 | This is your mom, man. |
| 0:38.3 | No, this is another in our thread of ridiculously cool. |
| 0:42.4 | Oh, that's cool. |
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