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Back to SearchLucille Ball: Gun Wounds, Refugees, and the Redhead Who Survived the Red Scare
Episode 27
Lucille Ball might have been a natural boundary-pusher, but America's top TV comedienne had some ‘splaining to do when a damning news broadcast unvei…
1 year, 5 months ago
Lucille Ball: Gun Wounds, Refugees, and the Redhead Who Survived the Red Scare
Episode 27
Lucille Ball might have been a natural boundary-pusher, but America's top TV comedienne had some ‘splaining to do when a damning news broadcast unvei…
1 year, 5 months ago
Robert Blake: Child Actors, Killer Roles, and the Murder of Bonny Lee Bakley
Episode 26
Robert Blake was a former child actor and tough-talking TV cop. He was also a tough customer. He talked like a mobster, lived like a cowboy, and was …
1 year, 5 months ago
Jane Fonda: Hailed for Heroism, Accused of Treason, and Targeted by the President
Episode 24
Jane Fonda was so beloved that she was once named the fourth most admired woman in the world. She was also so hated that her face was used for target…
1 year, 5 months ago
George Reeves: Elusive Truth, Absent Justice, and the American Way...Hollywood Style
Episode 23
Superman may be more powerful than a locomotive, but George Reeves, the actor who famously portrayed the Man of Steel on TV in the 1950s, was very mu…
1 year, 5 months ago
George Reeves: Elusive Truth, Absent Justice, and the American Way...Hollywood Style
Episode 23
Superman may be more powerful than a locomotive, but George Reeves, the actor who famously portrayed the Man of Steel on TV in the 1950s, was very mu…
1 year, 5 months ago
Judy Garland: Seconals, Benzedrine, and Dexedrine…Oh My
Episode 23
With a few clicks of their ruby slippers, MGM made 16-year-old Judy Garland a box office giant, but their strict rules nearly killed the budding star…
1 year, 5 months ago
Judy Garland: Seconals, Benzedrine, and Dexedrine…Oh My
Episode 23
With a few clicks of their ruby slippers, MGM made 16-year-old Judy Garland a box office giant, but their strict rules nearly killed the budding star…
1 year, 5 months ago
The Misfits: Car Wrecks, Heart Attacks, Marilyn Monroe, and One of Hollywood’s Most Cursed Films
Episode 22
Glenn Danzig named his punk band after one of the most cursed Hollywood films of all time. The Misfits was where actor Montgomery Clift, permanently …
1 year, 5 months ago
Bob Crane of Hogan’s Heroes: Sex, Lies, Videotape, and Murder
Episode 21
On the surface, the star of one of the most popular television series of the 1960s was a squeaky-clean symbol of America’s innocence. But Hogan’s Her…
1 year, 5 months ago