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The Execution of Bonny Lee Bakley

by 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.

You can binge all episodes of Hollywood and Crime: The Execution of Bonny Lee Bakley exclusively and ad-free on Wondery+. Find Wondery+ in the Wondery App or on Apple Podcasts.

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In the first episode of The Execution of Bonnie Lee Bakley, you learned about Bonnie Lee Bakely’s grisly murder scene in Studio City. Very quickly, police zero in on their prime suspect: her famous husband, actor Robert Blake. The press goes crazy for the salacious crime of the decade. But some who knew Bonnie Lee weren’t so sure. After all, she’d spent most of her life as a roaming con artist, amassing a laundry list of enemies along the way.

If you want to hear the rest of The Execution of Bonnie Lee Bakely, You can binge the rest of this seven-part true crime series exclusively on Wondery Plus.

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The Execution of Bonny Lee Bakley has 27 episodes in total of explicit content. Total playtime is 7:46:45. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on February 22nd 2023. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on May 16th, 2024 07:10.

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