Rebecca Schaeffer: The Slaying of a Starlet

Published: May 30, 2022, 11:52 a.m.

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\\nAs actress Rebecca Schaeffer rushed around her apartment to ready for the biggest audition of her career, a disturbed young man was pacing the street below, armed with a gun. Schaeffer\'s senseless death in 1989 would not only shock the nation, but it would also be the catalyst for the country\'s first anti-stalking laws.
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\\n"Crimes of the Centuries" is a podcast from Grab Bag Collab exploring forgotten crimes from times past that made a mark and helped change history.
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