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True Murder: The Most Shocking Killers in True Crime History

WHO KILLED BOB CRANE?-John Hook

True Murder: The Most Shocking Killers in True Crime History

Dan Zupansky

News, News Commentary, True Crime, History

4.0 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2017

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Summary



The 1978 murder of actor and American icon Bob Crane remains one of the most high-profile unsolved celebrity murders of all time. Thirty-eight years after his brutal murder in Scottsdale, Arizona, millions around the world still want answers. Was John Carpenter the killer? Or did police arrest an innocent man?



For nearly 40 years, police remained convinced of Carpenter’s guilt. Early DNA testing, decades ago, was unable to positively link Carpenter to the crime. The two friends lived on the edge, sharing a dark obsession—videotaping women during their sexual encounters.



In an unprecedented investigation, reporter John Hook retests the original blood evidence using modern DNA science in a final search for answers. Scientists believe this is the last chance to test DNA from the crime scene— the final close-up—in identifying Bob Crane’s killer.



Hook has exhausted all remaining avenues to unearth answers in this intriguing and haunting cold case. Will he close the book on the Crane murder once and for alll.




Who Killed Bob Crane? is Hook’s first-hand account of a two-year investigation and search for the truth. It’s seen though the eyes of the people who were there—witnesses, detectives, prosecutors, jurors, and family members. John Hook takes readers on an incredible reporter’s journey for an inside look at the sensational physical evidence in a final attempt to learn the truth in Who Killed Bob Crane?: The Final Close-Up-John Hook Follow and comment on Facebook-TRUE MURDER: The Most Shocking Killers in True Crime History   https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064697978510Check out TRUE MURDER PODCAST @ truemurderpodcast.com

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0:00.0

Love talks about you.

0:10.6

You are now listening to True Murder, the most shocking killers in true crime history

0:16.0

and the authors that have written about them.

0:18.8

Gacy, Bundy, Domer, The Night Stalker, BTK, every week, another fascinating author talking

0:26.8

about the most shocking and infamous killers in true crime history.

0:31.0

True Murder with your host, journalist and author, Dan Zufansky.

0:45.3

Good evening.

0:46.8

The 1978 murder of actor and American icon Bob Crane remains one of the most high profile

0:53.2

on solve celebrity murders of all time.

0:56.5

38 years after his brutal murder in Scottsdale, Arizona, millions around the world still

1:02.2

want answers.

1:03.9

Was John Carpenter the killer?

1:06.0

Or did police arrest an innocent man?

1:09.0

For nearly 40 years, police remained convinced of Carpenter's guilt.

1:13.4

Early DNA testing decades ago was unable to positively link Carpenter to the crime.

1:19.5

The two friends lived on the edge, sharing a dark obsession, videotaping women during

1:24.2

their sexual encounters.

1:26.8

In an unprecedented investigation, reporter John Hook retests the original blood evidence

1:31.8

using modern DNA science in a final search for answers.

1:37.0

Scientists believe this is the last chance to test DNA from the crime scene, the final close-up

1:43.6

in identifying Bob Crane's killer.

1:47.5

Hook has exhausted all remaining avenues to unearth answers in this intriguing and haunting

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