Old Timey Crimey #35: William Desmond Taylor - "Dr. Pepper's Misdiagnosis"

We're off to Hollywoodland for a look at the puzzling murder of a man whose name was on everyone's lips, but who few people seemed to truly know. Whodunnit, you ask? Well, it might have been the heartbroken underage starlet, her bonkers mother, or maybe it was the coke dealers!

Along the way, we'll talk horror authors, conspiracy theories, and how sex has apparently REALLY changed in the past century.

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