With the close of the series on Lana Turner and Movie Star and the Mobster, we are sharing news about the new tenth anniversary edition of the book Movie Star and the Mobster. In this episode we talk about the legacy of Lana Turner and the release of the updated edition of the title that…

As we close out this series, we look back at the tragedy, scandal and the book Movie Star and the Mobster. Lana Turner would survive the terrible night on North Bedford Drive in Beverly Hills, but her life – and the life of her daughter – would never be the same.

Trying to put the tragic events and scandal behind her Lana lands a movie role that changes her life and finds that her career isn’t over after all.

The scandal rocks all of Hollywood and makes headlines around the globe. Authorities schedule and inquest into the tragedy and Lana Turner takes the stand to tell her side of the story.

Lana finds a home in Beverly Hills for her and her daughter. With her career in question, she finds work as an independent artist, but it’s her romance with Johnny that’s creating the most drama in her life.

Johnny becomes jealous over Lana’s love scene with Sean Connery on the set of ‘Another Time, Another Place’ and begins to become more violent toward his movie star girl friend.

Lana Turner and Johnny Stompanato were doomed from the start of their ill-fated romance. He wanted a glamorous and rich movie star on his arm, and she wanted a big strong protector. Her daughter was the wild card they didnt plan on.

Shocked by the sudden turn of events, Lana Turner faces the biggest scandal of her life. The events are even more dramatic than her films. As Johnny Stompanato lays dead on the floor a series of events take place that would be talked about for decades.

Step back in time to April 1958 and into the rented Beverly Hills home of actress Lana Turner. A fight is underway between her and her lover, John Steele (aka Johnny Stompanato). The door opens, a sudden action and a death occurs. This is where we begin with Homicide in Lana Turner’s Pink Bedroom. (From…

We revisit a topic from the past – Movie Star and the Mobster. In April 1958 Lana Turner’s lover, Johnny Stompanato, is stabbed to death inside her plush pink bedroom in Beverly Hills. It became the scandal of the 1950s and was the basis for the book, Movie Star and the Mobster. The book won…