Wondery Presents: The Execution of Bonny Lee Bakley

Moms and Mysteries: A True Crime Podcast

Not Your Mom Media

True Crime, Society & Culture

4.6 • 8.4K Ratings

🗓️ 22 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/MandM_TEOBLB Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Bonnie Lee Bakeley was a small town girl with big dreams of marrying a movie star.
0:04.1	She was obsessed with celebrity and celebrity culture and this obsession eventually resulted
0:08.6	in nine separate divorces.
0:11.0	That is, until Bonnie met and married the famous actor Robert Blake.
0:14.7	However, Bonnie quickly learned that being that close to the spotlight comes with consequences.
0:19.6	Within just one year of her marriage to Robert Blake, Bonnie's Hollywood dream came to a
0:23.4	tragic end when she was found fatally shot just outside a diner in North Hollywood.
0:29.0	But Bonnie's troubling past quickly complicated things for detectives who spent almost a year
0:33.3	investigating her murder.
0:35.2	The LAPD had to rake through Hollywood's underbelly of gangsters, would-be hitmen, and more
0:40.0	unscrupulous characters.
0:41.9	But her husband, Robert Blake, remained the prime suspect in her murder, but the media
0:46.3	was quick to point the finger back at Bonnie by saying that she had it coming.
0:50.3	From Wendry, the execution of Bonnie Lee Bakeley is a thrilling new chapter in the hit Hollywood
0:54.9	and crime podcast series.
0:56.7	Robert Blake knew that Bonnie's spent most of her life as a con artist who dreamed of being
1:01.0	famous.
1:02.0	But when Robert Blake reluctantly let Bonnie stay in his guest house, it began the role he
1:06.6	become most famous for, an accused murderer.
1:09.6	You're about to hear a preview of the execution of Bonnie Lee Bakeley.
1:13.8	While you're listening, follow the execution of Bonnie Lee Bakeley on Apple Podcasts, Amazon
1:18.2	music, Spotify, or you can listen ad-free by joining Wendry Plus in the Wendry app.
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