The Bob Crane Murder
I was never a Hogan's Heroes' fan. It is much more slap stick comedy than I tend to enjoy. However, the story of Bob Crane's murder falls right into my fascinations with both true crime and Hollywood. While brushing up on this case, I was reminded of a few other Hollywood crimes (although the Crane case did not take place in California, let alone Hollywood), many of which have been unsolved. But in my tradition of blogging about similar cases I will get to some of those, for now it's about Bob Crane. On June 29, 1978 Bob's body was found in an apartment in Scottsdale, Arizona, he was renting while doing a dinner theater play called "Beginner's Luck" by his co-star Victoria Berry, around noon. According to Berry she had an "appointment" with Bob and that when he did not answer her knocks she found the door unlocked and entered the apartment. Bob Crane was found in his bed with his skull crushed in and a cord wrapped around his ...