Adrienne Shelly: Celluloid Dreams, Suicide Coverups, and a Recipe for Murder
About this episode
The episode explores the mysterious death of actress Adrienne Shelly and the subsequent investigation that revealed unexpected evidence.
Adrienne Shelly was an actress, writer, and director whose star was rising when her lifeless body was found in a New York apartment. While the police were eager to rule the death a suicide, the discovery of a footprint near the crime scene turned the investigation on its head. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Topics covered
- true crime
- investigation
- suicide
- murder
- Hollywood
Keywords
- Adrienne Shelly
- suicide
- murder investigation
- New York
- footprint
- true crime
Mentioned in this episode
Places: New York
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