INFAMOUS: Natalie Wood
A Hollywood icon disappears from her yacht under mysterious circumstances and is found floating near a cave hours later, setting off a decades-long mystery… did she accidentally fall into the water that night? Or was something more nefarious at play?
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Episode Source Material
- Autopsy: The Last Hours Of… Natalie Wood (Season 6, Episode 1). Aired January 30, 2016. Accessed July 28, 2024. Peacock
- The Mysterious Death Of Natalie Wood (13-episode podcast). Released November 5, 2020. Accessed July 28, 2024 via Audible
- 48 Hours: Natalie Wood: Death in Dark Water (Season 31, Episode 13). Aired February 3, 2018. Accessed July 27, 2024 via YouTube
- Vanity Fair: Natalie Wood’s Fatal Voyage by Sam Kashner. Published March 2000. Accessed July 27, 2024
- Los Angeles Times: Mystery of the reopened Natalie Wood case by Sam Allen, Richard Winton and Christopher Goffard. Published November 19, 2011. Accessed August 2, 2024
- Brainstorm: An Investigation of the Mysterious Death of Film Star Natalie Wood by Sam Perroni. Published December 21, 2021. Accessed July 28, 2024
- Los Angeles Times: Natalie Wood Clues Sought: Autopsy Performed on Actress by Jerry Belcher. Published November 30, 1981. Accessed July 31, 2024 via Newspapers.com
- Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind (Film). Directed by Laurent Bouzereau. Released January 27, 2020. Accessed July 28, 2024. HBO
- Los Angeles Times: Natalie Wood Autopsy: Drowning Called Accidental by Jack Jones and Jerry Belcher. Published December 1, 1981. Accessed July 31, 2024 via Newspapers.com
- Little Sister: My Investigation into the Mysterious Death of Natalie Wood by Lana Wood. Published November 9, 2021. Accessed July 27, 2024
- Natalie Wood: New coroner’s report, page 5-11 (Case #81-15167) May 20, 2012
- Playboy Interview: Christopher Walken. Published September, 1997. Accessed July 31, 2024 via Tapatalk
- Los Angeles Times: Natalie Wood Found Dead Off Catalina by Ted Thackrey Jr. Published November 30, 1981. Accessed July 31, 2024 via Newspapers.com
- Los Angeles Times: Natalie Wood probe yields no new finding by Richard Winton. Published January 11, 2012. Accessed July 28, 2024
- Vanity Fair: “Natalie Wood’s Death Was Not An Accident”: A New Book’s Shocking Findings by Suzanne Finstad. Published March 11, 2020. Accessed September 30, 2024.
- The Hollywood Reporter: Natalie Wood’s Yacht Captain Claims Robert Wagner Held Him “Hostage” by Evan Real. Published September 26, 2018. Accessed September 30, 2024.
- Page Six: Robert Wagner cleared as Natalie Wood case goes cold by Francesca Bacardi. Published May 27, 2022. Accessed August 2, 2024
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