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Most Famous Hollywood Murder Crimes: True Crime Series, #9
Most Famous Hollywood Murder Crimes: True Crime Series, #9
Most Famous Hollywood Murder Crimes: True Crime Series, #9
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Most Famous Hollywood Murder Crimes: True Crime Series, #9

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Hollywood; playground of the rich and famous, and home to many of the movie industry’s biggest stars. However, beneath the glitz and glamour there exists a murky undercurrent of murder and deception. 

Over the years, Hollywood residents have been witness to a number of unexplained and premature deaths. Many of the film industry’s biggest stars have lost their lives in very mysterious circumstances, and the perpetrators of some of these crimes have never been brought to justice.

This fascinating book will give you a unique insight into some of the most shocking and scandalous crimes ever to take place within the movie industry.

Big names such as Marilyn Monroe, Natalie Wood and Bruce Lee are featured; the author investigates how they died and, perhaps more importantly, who was responsible. Questions are also asked about the way the authorities handled the subsequent criminal investigations. Unfortunately, many cases still remain unsolved, the result being that some individuals have quite literally, got away with murder.

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Release dateDec 9, 2015
ISBN9781516321162
Most Famous Hollywood Murder Crimes: True Crime Series, #9
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Alex Pined

Throwing himself deep into researching the criminal world, Alex Pined has seen and heard it all. Alex is a writer who documents and explains some of the world’s more macabre crimes and has unravelled the most gruesome and shocking discoveries about humanity.  His books aim to throw you deep into the minds of these criminals and psychopaths and uncover the events surrounding their moment of folly. Discover the facts and you will be stunned at the gravity of these crimes.  All events are non-fictitious and his books range from the most terrifying psychopaths and lethal ladies to the world's most daring robberies.

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    Most Famous Hollywood Murder Crimes - Alex Pined

    Introduction

    Hollywood produces films that intrigue, amaze and make you wonder, with twists in the plots that catch you out and surprise you. Yet, behind the movies, there is a great deal of intrigue and even murder in real life. Many Hollywood stars have died under mysterious circumstances, with their deaths never being explained and their killers never caught.

    Who are these famous people who were killed?

    How did they die?

    And who were the people behind their deaths?

    All these questions and more will be answered in this book as you learn about some of the most famous Hollywood murder crimes. Prepare yourself to be shocked and amazed by some of these crimes, and how the killers got away with it or were never found.

    You will learn about stars past and present and how they died, what they police did to investigate, and the results of those investigations. Some of these crimes have been made in to movies, and others are worthy of being made in to a movie.

    David Carradine

    David Carradine, born December 8, 1936, was a popular martial artist and action hero, perhaps best known for his role in the TV series Kung Fu as the warrior monk, Kwai Chang Caine. He appeared in over 100 films and was a very prolific B movie star, even receiving four Golden Globe nominations in his career.

    On June 4, 2009, he was found dead in his hotel room at the Swissotel Nai Lert Park Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand. He had been in Thailand filming a movie called Stretch, and was found naked, hanging by a rope in the closet of the room.

    Immediately people assumed the death was suicide, though after analysis of the evidence and autopsies performed, his death was recorded as accidental asphyxiation as a result of autoerotic asphyxiation.

    Shortly after his death his former wives, Gail Jensen and marina Anderson, both stated that his sexual interests included self-bondage. Anderson stated that David had a very intense side and a dark side to him that that public didn’t see. She stated in her divorce filing that it was the continuation of abhorrent and deviant sexual behavior which was potentially deadly.

    Sadly photographs of Carradine at the scene of his death were released and circulated both online and in newspapers. His family pleaded for privacy so they could mourn their loss in peace.

    On June 13, 2009 his funeral was held in Los Angeles, and he was buried in a bamboo casket at Forest Lawn Memorial Park. Many celebrities attended his funeral, and his grave proclaims him to be The Barefoot Legend, a reference to his character in the TV show, Kung Fu.

    A year after he died, his widow, Annie, filed a lawsuit against the company that were producing his last film for wrongful death, claiming that they had failed to provide the assistance to him that was stated in his contract. On the night of his death, his assistant had left for dinner after being unable to contact him and did not investigate why they couldn’t locate Carradine. He was

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