Wondery Presents: The Execution of Bonny Lee Bakely

Crimes and Consequences

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.6 • 859 Ratings

🗓️ 20 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.

CHECK IT OUT HERE: wondery.fm/CandC_TEOBLB

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0:00.0	Hey guys I'm excited to share with you a clip from the wondery podcast series
0:04.8	Hollywood and Crime called the execution of Bonnie Lee Bakley
0:09.2	The Bonnie Lee Bakley story is a fascinating story.
0:13.0	Bonnie was a small town girl and she'd always dreamed of marrying a movie star.
0:17.0	Her obsession with celebrities resulted in nine divorces.
0:22.0	Until Bonnie eventually married famous actor Robert Blake.
0:26.4	But Bonnie learned being close to the spotlight comes with consequences.
0:30.2	Within a year of her marriage, her Hollywood dream came to a tragic end when she was found fatally shot outside of a diner in North Hollywood.
0:38.6	And I remember when this murder happened, it made headlines.
0:41.9	Bonnie's past was troubling and it complicated detectives almost year-long
0:46.8	investigation into her murder, which had the LAPD raking through Hollywood's underbelly of gangsters, drug addicts, and would be hitmen.
0:56.5	Her husband, Robert Blake, remained the prime suspect in her murder, but the media pointed
1:01.6	the finger back at Bonnie.
1:03.4	Basically, they were blaming the victim,
1:05.8	saying that she had it coming.
1:08.5	Brought to you by wondering,
1:09.6	the execution of Bonnie Lee-Bakeley
1:12.0	is a thrilling new chapter in the hit Hollywood and Crime podcast series.
1:16.4	If you love that Hollywood stories and you love true crime, this podcast is for you.
1:21.8	Robert Blake knew Connie spent most of her life
1:24.7	as a con artist and that she dreamed of being famous.
1:28.5	But when Robert Blake reluctantly let Bonnie stay
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