"The Scandalous Screen Siren" Pt. 1: Mae West

A New Year’s Eve at a quiet Florida retirement community ended in horror when Darryl and Sharon Getman were found dead inside their Mount Dora home. Their garage sat empty, and their car was gone. Residents had been talking for days about a stranger wandering the grounds of Water ...  Show more

A year-long neighborhood feud in Florida reached its breaking point on a June night in 2023, when the sound of children playing outside turned into gunfire through a locked front door. Susan Lorincz spent months complaining about the kids next door, calling police again and again ...  Show more

Mae West brings Sex to Broadway but also...gay people?? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

Sultry stage performer, shrewd businesswoman, charming dressmaker… Florence Broadhurst knew the power of bold reinvention. In 1961, on the brink of financial ruin, she took a gamble that created an empire. But the enemies were close behind. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit ...  Show more

In 1935, a young movie star from Massachusetts was found dead in her Los Angeles garage. Thelma Todd had started making waves in Hollywood eight years earlier — but as her star rose, so too did the scandals surrounding her. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.c ...  Show more

Once upon a time, there was a little moppet whose grit and optimism on screen gave the world the courage to endure the Great Depression. But time and fashion are fickle mistresses, and Shirley Temple had to reinvent herself as a star performer - in the world of diplomacy. Learn m ...  Show more