The Minds of Madness - True Crime Stories The Minds of Madness | Wondery

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.

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It was undeniable, that Eudy Simelane was born to play soccer. From an early age, she gravitated to the sport and by the time she was an adult, was being recognized as one of South Africa's star players.

But while Eudy proudly represented her country with her gifted athletic abilities, she eventually decided to dedicate herself to representing a different community. A community in need of a champion, a strong voice against hate crimes in South Africa. A force that would continue, even into her heartbreaking and barbaric murder.




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Content Consultants:

Dr. Christina Forzani Psy.D

Nicole Engelbrecht - True Crime South Africa Podcast

Karen Lotter

Simone Mathews - Murderous Minors Podcast




Special Thanks:

Dr. Christina Forzani Psy.D




Research & Writing:

Ryan Deininger




Featured Podcast:

True Crime South Africa - https://truecrimesouthafrica.com 




Sources:

History Workshop

SAHO

All Gay Long

Borgen Magazine

The New Humanitarian

Leiden Law Blog

The Science of Hate, Matthew Williams (2021)

New York Times

New York Times #2

Remembering Eudy Simelane

Cause of Death: Woman

Taboo Media

Action Aid

The Guardian

Blacklooks.org

BBC

Eudy Simelane Lecture

Gabrielle Goliath

Human Rights Watch

Triangle.org.za

Mamba Online

International Journal for Equity in Health

Maverick: Extraordinary Women from South Africa’s Past, Lauren Beaukes, Nechama Brodie (2015)

Financial Times

Africa Human Rights Law Journal

The Female Fear Factory

Hate Crime Statistics

More than a name

Weforum.org

Cambridge.org

uchastings.edu

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Introducing the true crime podcast Persona: The French Deception— the story of Gilbert Chikli, one of the greatest con artists of all time. What does it feel like to pick up the phone and scam someone out of $50 million? Host and award-winning journalist, Evan Ratliff, investigates how Chikli successfully duped some of the world’s most powerful people into handing over their fortunes. He explores how Chikli evaded the law for years and became a Robin Hood-like hero. More than just a tale of criminal genius, this is a show about the moment we’re living in right now — the golden age of scammers — and the power of seduction. But what happens when the fantasy we’ve been lured into finally crumbles away?

For all that and more, follow “Persona: The French Deception” wherever you get your podcasts. Or you can listen early on Amazon Music or early and ad-free by subscribing to Wondery Plus in Apple Podcasts or the Wondery app: wondery.fm/MoM_Persona

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“Who are you and what have you done with my wife?” It's the kind of rhetorical question asked in jest, expressing pleasant surprise when someone has a change in behavior or attitude.

But what if this wasn’t a rhetorical question? What if someone believed their spouse had actually been replaced by someone else? An imposter. A lookalike. Suddenly “Who are you and what have you done with my wife” takes on a much darker, and more sinister tone.




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Special Thanks:

Dr. Christina Forzani Psy.D




Research & Writing:

Ryan Deininger




Sources:

Habeas Corpus Appeal

Student Guilty of Wife’s Murder SMH.com

In Fear of the Most Loved Ones

Independent.ie

Uk Telegraph

Otago Daily Times

Ithaca.com 

Caroline’s Personal Bio

No Self Without Self-Delusion

Star Gazette

Star Gazette #2

Barbara Kot Obituary

GQ-induced Psychosis case in France

Capgras Syndrome in Chloroquine Induced Psychosis

Capgras Attempted Murder (cannabis)

Cornell Sun

Cornell Sun #2

Ithaca Journal 

Ithaca Journal #2

Ithaca Journal #3

NZ Herald #1

NZ Herald #2

NZ Herald #3

NZ Herald #4

NZ Herald #5

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NZ Herald #15

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Watch enough crime shows and it doesn’t take long to figure out the steps a killer will take to get away with murder.

They stage the crime scene, they ditch the murder weapon, they fabricate an alibi, and at all costs, make sure to keep their mouths shut until the day they die.

But in the case you’re about to hear the killer takes things a step further by actually manipulating information in the case file. Even making evidence disappear. All while hiding in plain sight for more than two decades.




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Research & Writing:

Ryan Deininger




Sources:

Crime Library

Complaint against LAPD

Stephanie Lazarus Appeal

The Atlantic

LA WEEKLY: ART COP CONFIDENTIAL

LA MAG: IN PLAIN SIGHT

Hot Art, Joshua Knelman (2012)

LAPD ONLINE: Art Theft Detail

Sprocket-Trials.Blogspot

Stephanie Lazarus Police Interview 

Prosecution Statement of Views 

The Lazarus Files, Matthew McGough (2019)

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In the mid-1980s, numerous bodies were discovered along the highways of the American South over the course of several years. They were all women. They all had red hair. And all of them had been murdered.

This is a unique case unlike any other we’ve ever told. Because it involves a podcast host who went beyond what you’d normally expect of a podcaster.




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Research & Writing:

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Sources:

Redhead Murders Wikipedia

Fox 17 Nashville 

NBC News Kentucky

Findagrave.com

Appalachain Unsolved

Johnson City Press

The Evening Times

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