Episode #287 | 9.22.26

Bobby Fuller: Who Killed Bobby Fuller?

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How did Bobby Fuller die? Ask four different people and you’ll get four different answers. Wikipedia will tell you that Bobby’s death was an “accident”. The LAPD will tell you Bobby committed suicide. YouTube will tell you a lot of things with big, dumb sensationalized thumbnails, but in the end, won’t really tell you anything at all. The rock ‘n’ roll history books––all but one anyway––will tell you that Bobby Fuller’s death is an unsolvable mystery. They’re wrong. Bobby Fuller’s death is completely solvable, and by the time you finish listening to this episode you’ll know exactly how Bobby Fuller died, who killed him, and why.

Sources

He Fought the Mob: The True Story of Bobby Fuller, by Ron Smith

THE END OF THE INNOCENCE: Who Killed Bobby Fuller? (SPIN Vol. 7 No. 1)

New Book Explores Bobby Fuller’s Mysterious Death (NPR)

I Fought The Law: The Life and Strange Death of Bobby Fuller, by Miriam Linna and Randell Fuller

Take a Walk on the Dark Side: Rock and Roll Myths, Legends, and Curses, by R. Gary Patterson

Unsolved Mysteries with Dennis Farina - Season 6, Episode 2 (ghostarchive.org)

Bobby Fuller: The mysterious death of counterculture’s ‘next big thing’ (Far Out)

Bobby Fuller Four: I Fought The Law, Story Of A Band (Loudersound)