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30. The Hollywood Stalker

2023/8/2
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The episode introduces the risks and burdens that come with celebrity status, focusing on the story of Rebecca Schaeffer, an up-and-coming Hollywood actor who faced a tragic fate due to her fame.

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On this episode of Binged, Payton discusses the case of Hollywood star Rebecca Schaeffer and her deranged fan Robert Bardo. 

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Episode Sources:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_Schaeffer

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Sister_Sam

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_John_Bardo

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samantha_Smith

The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence (1997, Dell Publishing), by Gavin De Becker

The Murder of Rebecca Schaeffer & Other Stories (2021, Draft2Digital), by Samantha Reeder

https://web.archive.org/web/20160915014744/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20120867,00.html

abc.com/shows/2020/episode-guide/2019-04/12-041219-your-biggest-fan

youtube.com/watch?v=Rx43czom6E4

Newspapers.com sources:

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