Mystery
Labor Day Weekend 1921, Roscoe Arbuckle and friends took a trip to San Francisco, at the end of it, one women was dead and Rosco’s career was ruined. Join us this week as we travel back 100 years to discuss the scandal that took down a giant.
Virginia Rappe
Mug shot
One of many headlines
Virginia’s Casket
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Photos:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Rappe#/media/File:The_American_florist_-_a_weekly_journal_for_the_trade_(1921)_(17957015190).jpg
https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fallthatsinteresting.com%2Fvirginia-rappe-fatty-arbuckle&psig=AOvVaw3QqU7TaymzAEAfYxpc-VUd&ust=1637198441093000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAwQjhxqFwoTCLCV_dGdnvQCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAm
https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.smithsonianmag.com%2Fhistory%2Fthe-skinny-on-the-fatty-arbuckle-trial-131228859%2F&psig=AOvVaw0EVM_JaZoHqv7D7c_CjQoG&ust=1637198834546000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAwQjhxqFwoTCMD4v4qfnvQCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAD
https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pinterest.co.uk%2Fmjmorpheus%2Froscoe-arbuckle%2F&psig=AOvVaw0EVM_JaZoHqv7D7c_CjQoG&ust=1637198834546000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAwQjhxqFwoTCMD4v4qfnvQCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAO
Information:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-skinny-on-the-fatty-arbuckle-trial-131228859/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roscoe_Arbuckle
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/10/11/fatty-arbuckle-and-the-birth-of-the-celebrity-scandal
and of course Ancestry.com, MyHeritage.com, Newspaperarchives, FamilySearch.org
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/silent-film-star-arrested-for-murder
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