Episode

Dorothy Stratten: A Playboy Pinup, a Private Investigator, and a Chilling Murder

Podcast: HOLLYWOODLAND
Published: Aug 10, 2026
Duration seconds: 1989
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From Dairy Queen counter girl to Playboy pinup to murder victim – in just two years. Hugh Hefner called her the next Marilyn Monroe. A major Hollywood director wrote a role in his new film just for her, confident that she would make the leap from centerfold to starlet. But all of that was cut short on August 14, 1980, when a private investigator stumbled upon a brutal murder scene that shook the entertainment industry to its core.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.