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Murder: True Crime Stories

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Murder: True Crime Stories

Crime House

True Crime

4.6770 Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

In the 1960s, Bob Crane was the face of feel-good sitcom comedy as the star of Hogan’s Heroes. But while Bob portrayed himself as a devoted family man, he lived a secret double life. When the 49-year-old was found dead in 1978, detectives wondered if Bob’s X-rated hobbies played a role in his murder.

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0:00.0

Hey everyone, Carter Roy here.

0:04.4

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0:11.7

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0:23.3

Crimes of Infamy, the true stories behind Hollywood's most iconic horror villains. Crimes of is a

0:32.2

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0:41.0

New episodes out every Tuesday. This is Crime House.

1:00.8

There are some characters on TV that you feel like you just know. They seem so approachable,

1:08.3

so authentic. It feels like you've been friends with them your whole life.

1:13.2

Robert Hogan was one of those characters.

1:16.6

As the main character in the show, Hogan's Heroes,

1:20.2

he was kind, clever, and charming,

1:23.1

and the actor who played him, Bob Crane,

1:26.0

seemed to be the same way.

1:28.1

In interviews, Bob came across as the perfect family man, a caring husband and father of

1:34.3

three who would rather be in bed by 10 than spend the night on the town.

1:40.1

But when the cameras stopped rolling, Bob was a very different person, one with dark secrets,

1:48.7

and in the end, they may have gotten him killed.

2:07.6

People's lives are like stories, with a beginning, a middle, and an end. But sometimes the final chapter comes far too soon, and we don't always get to know the

2:13.6

real ending.

2:14.6

I'm Carter Roy, and this is Murder True Crime Stories, a Crime House original.

2:21.2

Thank you to our crimehouse community.

2:23.9

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