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Adrienne Shelly: Celluloid Dreams, Suicide Coverups, and a Recipe for Murder
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In this episode
Adrienne Shelly found success in the world of independent film…before being found dead in her apartment. They said it was a suicide. Her husband wasn’t convinced. And soon, neither were the cops. A footprint found at the scene of the crime turned the case on its head…and led to new revelations about what really happened inside a Greenwich Village apartment building.
Sources
Who Was… Adrienne Shelly? (Sundance)
Waitress Star Adrienne Shelly Is Murdered in a Staged Suicide (Oxygen)
‘She’s more than just a murder victim’: the life and death of film-maker Adrienne Shelly (The Guardian)
Actress’s Death Is Ruled Murder, and Worker in Building Is Charged (NY Times)
Man Held Without Bail in Murder of Actress (NY Times)
Actress Was Killed in Hanging Meant as Cover-Up, Officials Say (NY Times)
Guilty plea in Adrienne Shelly murder (ABC7 New York)
What Adrienne Shelly Left Behind: A Conversation With Adrienne Director Andy Ostroy (Elle)
Adrienne Shelly's Murder Caused by Construction Noise Complaint (Gothamist)
Greenwich Village Mystery (New York Homicide)
The unbelievable truth (The Guardian)
Credits
Hosted by Jake Brennan.
Written by Molly Quinlan Artwick.
Copy edited by James Sullivan.
Scored and mixed by Sean Cahalin.
Additional music and score elements by Ryan Spraker.
*illustrations by Avi Spivak @avispivak