Wednesday, June 03, 2020

The Cotton Club Murders

In our podcast episode called "None of us are free" (link at end of this post) Eugene and I talk about a lot of stuff but we had both just read a true book about a Los Anegeles murder with a cast of Hollywood characters set in the early 1980's. Karen DeLayne Jacobs sometimes called Lanie Greenberger in trial 1991. 
The book we both read was called BAD COMPANY: DRUGS, HOLLYWOOD AND THE COTTON CLUB  MURDER by Steve Wick 

Found out that Law and Order had an episode inspired by the Roy
Radin murder during pre=production of the Cotton Club.
 Robert Evans had the script for THE COTTON CLUB and he gets involved in an affair with Lanie and allegedly was a customer of hers buying cocaine. He was a producer of THE GODFATHER, ROSEMARY'S BABY and CHINATOWN.

 I really want to read his book or see the doc made out of it. Great book cover design.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Karen Laney Greenberger Jacobs is was a cocaine dealer who murdered for money and fame. She was also a pathological liar who created a fantasy, troubled childhood for the sake of gaining sympathy from others. Thankfully she is spending her days rotting in prison where she belongs.

Anonymous said...

Radin seemed to have reaped what he sowed. Not disagreeing with you, however.

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