Overview

One way or another, the Hollywood police have been kept busy with murders on their ground. There are numerous theories about the killings of Thelma Todd, Jack Healy (Three Stooges), Elizabeth Short, alias The Black Dahlia, Bugsy Siegal and Johnny Stompano. The files of William Desmond Taylor, Raymond Navarro and Sal Mineo are also re-opened. Femmes fatales are often deadly for the man's wallet or reputation -- these ladies killed for real. From Calamity Jane, gang boss Ma Baker and New York madame Polly Adler to axe-murderess Winnie Ruth Judd and others, we look at the Black Widow Spider syndrome. Rare archival footage and many hitherto unseen interviews, film, video clip tapes, and photographs are included in this hour-long program.

Top Cast

Marilyn Monroe

(archive footage) (uncredited)

Elizabeth Short

(archive footage) (uncredited)

Mary Miles Minter

(archive footage) (uncredited)

William Desmond Taylor

(archive footage) (uncredited)

Thelma Todd

(archive footage) (uncredited)

Lana Turner

(archive footage) (uncredited)

Tallulah Bankhead

(archive footage) (uncredited)

Bugsy Siegel

(archive footage) (uncredited)

Larry Fine

(archive footage) (uncredited)

Ramon Novarro

(archive footage) (uncredited)

Ted Healy

(archive footage) (uncredited)

Mabel Normand

(archive footage) (uncredited)