Episode 105 - The Playboy Murder of Dorothy Stratten
Dorothy Stratten was 19 year old Canadian who had just met Paul Snider, a 26 year old club promotor & pimp during the summer of 1978. The 2 began dating and he told Dorothy she should take some nude photographs which he sent to Playboy.
By August 1978, Paul & Dorothy moved to Los Angeles where she was chosen as a finalist for the 25h Anniversary Playmate hunt.
August 1979, Dorothy was Playboy's August 1979 and her fame grew. She loved to act, and found herself in a few movies. On one of these sets, she met director, Peter Bogdanovich and the two started an affair while filming in NY.
Dorothy was spending more and more time in NY, which left Paul in LA stewing over Dorothy. Dorothy had decided she wanted to separate and divorce Paul.
August 14, 1980, Dorothy arrived at Paul's house around Noon to discuss a divorce settlement. Paul's roommates had left in the morning and arrived some time around 8pm, shocked that Dorothy's car was still out front. They believed the two had rekindled their relationship and left them be in Paul's bedroom.
Around 11pm, Paul's roomates opened the door to Paul's bedroom to find both Paul and Dorothy dead, both by single blasts with a shotgun.
Listen now to reveal the rest of the story of The Playboy Murder of Dorothy Stratten.
Sources
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