Wondery Presents: The Execution of Bonny Lee Bakley

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Kimberly and Katie - ADWDL

True Crime, Comedy, Tv & Film

4.6 • 5.2K Ratings

🗓️ 21 June 2022

⏱️ ? 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. Listen by subscribing to Wondery Plus in Apple Podcasts or the Wondery App: http://wondery.fm/ADWD_TEOBLB Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi everybody, this is Kimberly and this is Katie and we're here to tell you about a small town girl
0:06.5	Bonnie Lee
0:08.2	Bakely you might have heard of her. She always dreamed of marrying a movie star her obsession with celebrities resulted in
0:15.3	Not eight but nine divorces. Wow until Bonnie eventually married famous actor Robert Blake
0:22.1	Yes, that is what we are talking about. Oh, I know this story
0:26.0	We covered this story for a Patreon a long time ago and I knew there was more to the story and so I'm so excited for this podcast to delve into it
0:35.9	Yes, Bonnie learned being close to the spotlight comes with consequences
0:41.0	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
0:49.7	Bonnie's
0:50.7	Troubling past complicated detectives almost year-long investigation into her murder which had the LAPD
0:57.6	Raking through Hollywood's underbelly of gangsters drug addicts and would be hit men
1:03.2	And if I'm not mistaken the son of a Hollywood movie star
1:08.1	Her husband Robert Blake remained the prime suspect in her murder
1:12.0	But the media pointed the finger back at Bonnie saying she had it coming
1:17.3	And she had it coming. Thank you for giving me back up. I appreciate it from
1:22.9	Wondry the execution of Bonnie Lee bake Lee is a thrilling new chapter in the hit Hollywood and crime podcast series
1:31.0	Robert Blake knew Bonnie spent most of her life as a con artist who pretty much just dreamed of being famous
1:37.1	But when Robert Blake reluctantly let Bonnie stay in his guest house
1:41.5	It began the role he'd become most famous for and
1:45.4	An accused murderer
1:48.1	She cues
1:49.3	You're about to hear a preview of the execution of Bonnie Lee bake Lee
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