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48 Hours Presents Vanity Fair: Hollywood Scandal

September 15, 2012 7:45 PM

New details in the death of Hollywood legend Natalie Wood - secret tapes about what may have happened that night in 1981 and a captain who may hold the clues. Plus, two more of Hollywood's most enduring mysteries.

48 Hours Presents Vanity Fair: Hollywood Scandal
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by rospel November 24, 2012 3:59 AM EST
Concerning Natalie Wood, rubber dingys make NO sound bumping against a boat and a Hollywood princess wouldnt give a damn about fixing a dingy on someone else's boat. She argued with Robert Wagner and probably wanted to leave on the dingy, so Robert pushed her into the sea, where she died. Chris Walken and Robert Wagner both know what happened.
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by NeraToThee November 3, 2012 6:28 AM EDT
hi im from Australia & love these 48 hour shows...enjoyed the Miranda story however through out the whole story, out of all those investigators, they would not say how Miranda got those exclusive phone numbers...even if they didnt know at least report it as such..as it was so annoying, it didnt give any credibility to the story and viewers are much more savvy in hearing good credible stories,..in other words we the viewer are not silly..give us correct facts thanks
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by dorismarina October 10, 2012 10:18 PM EDT
Since the day that she was buried most of the people in the cemetery said that she was killed because SHE FOUND HER HUSBAND HAVING SEX WITH ANOTHER MAN AND THEY STAR ARGUING WITH THE RESULT OF THE DEAD OF NATALIE, Some people in the cemetery were in the same Party with Natalie and they were the ones who talk about this.
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by guyincourtenay October 8, 2012 2:18 AM EDT
STUPID SHOW...waste of time...nothing new on ANY of the 3 stories.
Vanity Fair...stick to magazines...the tv show stinks.
George Schlatter in an old convertible, driving around Hollywood hills, saying really NOTHING? Absolutely...STUPID.
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by Mystery53 September 29, 2012 5:56 PM EDT
I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT ROBERT WAGNER WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEATH OF NATALIE WOOD. I BELIEVE HE WAS JEALOUS OF CHRISTOPHER WALKEN AND THE RELATIONSHIP HE HAD WITH NATALIE. NATALIE WAS DEATHLY AFRAID OF WATER AND THERE IS NO WAY SHE WOULD HAVE GONE OFF BY HERSELF AND GET OFF THE BOAT. THEY NEED TO RE-OPEN THIS CASE AND HOLD ROBERT WAGNER ACCOUNTABLE FOR THIS. SHE WAS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN AND FABULOUS ACTRESS; AND HE IS SUCH AN ARROGANT *******. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE HIM BEHIND BARS.
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by firewilson September 27, 2012 4:29 AM EDT
miranda grover. sounds like she may be a he and there is a southern twinge to the speech. what miranda said about not being intrusive, where did miranda get the phone numbers from? had to be somehow connected with the business. maybe worked for the studios, or something that dealt with booking talent. nbc? carson? didn't he have those stars on the tonight show? someone really comfortable on the phone, mostly that would be a reporter, back then , right? and that is the type of individual always looking for info. months of phone conversation with numerous famous musicians, mainly, and with a type of scheduled phone conversation, it seemed from the content. the bs with the overseas operator bit, and the bs with sending the phony photo, well, bs is bs. that means what is connected to the whole thing is bs. it was a means to get information out of these guys. probably has everything on tape. i don't like sneaks. can't trust them.
as for stompanado, like, who cares? men like him, women beaters, are no good. it must have been a relief not to have to worry about his violence and bullying. who cares if the family cat did it? no offense to the family, like the son, but if dad is hitting women, well, that is what can happen, sorry, i don't think there is any excuse for domestic violence. when the relationship gets to that point, oh, well... that is that. natalie wood, she was not going to the dingy with fuzzy slippers on. those were her bed clothes. if she was going to have gone into that raft thing, she would have been dressed warmly and in pants, etc. and i seriously doubt that she was tying down the dingy because it bumped against the boat, if, that is, it actually bumped. Why? because it was a noisy night. the way wagners book says, he broke the bottle after natalie had gone to bed, well, if that is true, then , that means the two guys were not chatting peacefully, they were arguing, if it was before natalie went to bed, again, not a quiet night. that is the way dennis describes it. then, dennis claimed to have turned up the music. why the heck would she go out of the cabin, to tie the raft to the boat due to the bumping. no. impossible. i don't believe a word of it. why did dennis listen to wagner and not use the searchlights but instead turn up the music?why didn't the people who heard the help screams go over there to see what the heck was going on? whats up with that? if you are in a boat at night and hear a female voice yelling for help and saying i am drowning, are you going to check it out while calling for the coast guard, or baywatch or whomever you are supposed to contact? to use searchlights and try to help the downing person? thats what i would do and i am not a superhero, just an average ordinary citizen, and that is what i think most people would do, that is, go and try to help if they can. so there is plenty fishy about this story. i think that she was indeed pushed in. and they were are drunk. she came to in the water, and i think she was probably least drunk. thats what i think it was. she did not walk up out of the stateroom and into the water without help. nonsense to the tie theory.
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by dama350 September 20, 2012 12:53 AM EDT
I always thought he killed his wife. I felt an investigation was not done properly, because he was a celebrity. If a lady heard a women yelling for help, then it could have been an accident. The only problem is the people on the boat should have heard her yelling too.

There was a poor investigation of her death.
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by athena8 September 19, 2012 2:14 PM EDT
I remember this story as a little kid. My Mom was well aware as a fan of Natalie Wood that Natalie feared water and there was no way she'd go out in the night on the deck of boat alone or climb or mess with a noisy dingy. Even as a kid I thought something wasn't right. For a while I thought Chris Walken had something to do with it, but it's almost always the husband who is responsible. Even if Natalie and Robert argued and she lost her balance and fell in, he should have helped her and not "taught her a lesson". I hate to think that Robert Wagner, one of my favorite tv actors growing up could be responsible, but my gut tells me he is. Back in 1981, I doubt anyone wanted to think this was anything other than an accident. Times have changed and I hope truth and justice prevail for Natalie.
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by mrgmotwani September 17, 2012 11:09 PM EDT
I've always wondered if Robert Wagner had something to do with her death. Since he is a celebrity, how easy it would be for him to get by with it if he did do something to her.
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by DoniFuhrman September 17, 2012 5:32 PM EDT
Just plum walked right into it!
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