Without an enemy in the world 21-year-old actress Rebecca Schaeffer had her whole life ahead of her. She was making a name for herself in Hollywood and on July 18, 1989 she was set to audition for legendary director Francis Ford Coppola. High on life, little did Rebecca know that an obsessed fan had other plans for her that fateful day. This episode includes first-hand accounts from a neighbor who saw the killer that fateful day and an exclusive telephone interview with the killer himself. The Stalker Files…Rebecca Schaeffer takes us down the road where a rising star’s life collides with a man hell bent on putting it to an end.    

The Stalker Files is part of the Dark Hollywood collection in The REELZ Files. New podcasts drop each Thursday. Next week, Steven Spielberg gets an unexpected visitor to his own home.

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