Ep.90 – Trials of the Century: Fatty Arbuckle, Part 1
Description
Sarah continues her mini-series on the Trials of the Twentieth Century this week with PART ONE of the State of California versus Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle, accused of the rape and murder of actress Virginia Rappe. In this episode, we discuss the life and careers of Roscoe and Virginia, and the fateful Labor Day party that changed Hollywood forever.
Sources:
- https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2020/09/trials-of-the-century-1900-to-1950/
- https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/10/11/fatty-arbuckle-and-the-birth-of-the-celebrity-scandal
- https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-skinny-on-the-fatty-arbuckle-trial-131228859/
- https://hollywoodforever.com/story/virginia-rappe/
- https://peoplevsarbuckle.com/2021/09/13/100-years-ago-today-bambina-maude-delmont-takes-the-stand-for-the-first-and-last-time-september-13-1921/
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