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What a Creep

The Murder of Spider Sabich by Claudine Longet (with some Andy Williams thrown in!)

What a Creep

Margo Donohue

True Crime, Entertainment News, News, Comedy

4.61.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 June 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

What a Creep
Season 30, Episode 1
“The Murder of Spider Sabich by Claudine Longet”

In the glamorous but turbulent world of 1970s Aspen, ski champion Vladimir "Spider" Sabich was a star athlete with movie-star looks and a lifestyle to match. A member of the U.S. Ski Team and 1968 Olympian, he became a professional skiing sensation and a fixture of Aspen's social scene. In 1972, he began dating French singer and actress Claudine Longet, the ex-wife of crooner Andy Williams

Their relationship was passionate but volatile, marked by frequent arguments and jealousy. On March 21, 1976, Sabich was fatally shot in the bathroom of his home by Longet, who claimed the shooting was accidental and occurred while he was showing her how to use a .22-caliber pistol. Sabich, just 31 years old, died en route to the hospital.
What happened during his trial is the stuff of legend! 

Sources for this episode 


Trigger Warnings: Murder 
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Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to What a Creep, the show with Margotonio and Sonia Mansfield, talking about creeps from the past to the present.

0:08.4

This is your quick guide to the biggest creeps, jerks, assholes, and losers, the best of the worst.

0:14.6

From two nice ladies who want the world to be a little less creepy.

0:28.5

Welcome back to What a Creep.

0:29.5

This is Margo Donahue.

0:32.8

And my cohort in creepitude, as always, is the amazing Sonia Mansfield.

0:33.6

Hey, Sonia.

0:35.2

Hello, my friend.

0:36.4

Hello, my friend.

0:42.4

It is the first day of summer when we are recording this, the longest day of the year.

0:46.1

Feels like the longest year of the century.

0:48.4

Oh, yeah, of the decade, at least.

0:49.7

It has been so far.

0:53.9

But, you know, we are the show that talks about creeps from the past or the present.

1:07.6

This is what we do. We hope to be something of an escape or at least something like you can vocalize out loud your Utsy feelings about the way the world is. That's what we're trying to do.

1:11.0

And just so you know, if this is your first time listening, we always end the show with somebody who is not a creep. So you won't leave totally depressed. Today, our creepy

1:16.7

story is a Hollywood showbiz story. And it's a murder from the 70s. And you're just not going to

1:25.2

believe it. It goes some crazy twists and turns,

1:27.6

and we're really excited to talk about it.

1:29.0

I don't know about this one.

1:30.7

Sonia doesn't know anything about this one.

1:32.6

New to me.

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