Shocking! Lurid! Tawdry! A History of American Scandals

That Time Lana Turner Watched Her Teen Daughter Stab Her Gangster Boyfriend on Good Friday


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The glamour goddess saw her reputation get a good tawdry tarnishing when her 14-year-old daughter killed her abusive 32-year-old lover with a single stab.

How did Lana Turner end up watching a man die in her pink bedroom? How did her daughter, Cheryl Crane, end up trying to protect her mother? And did Johnny Stompanato know that he was buying his own murder weapon when he helped Lana pick out that set of carving knives a week prior?

Mark digs deep into one of Hollywood's most shocking scandals, one that can best be summed up by the phrase "bruises caused by diamonds."

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Shocking! Lurid! Tawdry! A History of American ScandalsBy Kasey Howe & Mark Peikert

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