Hollywood & Crime - Introducing: The Cotton Club Murder
Episode Date: October 28, 2024On season ten of Hollywood & Crime, seductive cocaine dealer Lanie Jacobs and ambitious variety show producer Roy Radin are desperate to break into the movie business. When they forge an ...alliance with famous power player Robert Evans, it seems they have it made. But a web of deceit and double crosses leads to paying a deadly price. Hosts Tracy Pattin and Josh Lucas guide listeners into the dark underbelly of 1980s Hollywood, where the high-stakes worlds of cocaine trafficking and big-screen dreams were on a crash course with murder. Listen to Hollywood & Crime: The Cotton Club Murder on the Wondery App or wherever you get your podcasts starting December 2nd. Listen early and ad-free on Wondery+ starting November 11th. Join Wondery+ in the Wondery App or on Apple Podcasts.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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It was 1983.
Power suits and perms were all the rage.
Nightclubs pulsed with energy.
And from bedrooms to boardrooms, cocaine was the drug of choice.
One woman was raking in cash to keep that supply chain moving.
Her name was Lainey Jacobs.
But Lainey had her sights set higher.
She dreamed of becoming a Hollywood movie producer.
Enter Roy Radin.
He produced traveling variety shows.
Roy wanted to break into movies, too, and he had deep pockets.
Then legendary movie producer Robert Evans came into the picture,
and he needed to bankroll his next film, The Cotton Club.
With her two new partners, Lainey was set to conquer Hollywood.
That's how it starts.
Before it ends,
from Wondery and the team behind the hit series Hollywood and Crime
comes a gripping tale of ambition, betrayal, and the dark side of moviemaking.
The cops hit a dead end,
and Leeds vanished faster than lines of coke at a party.
Until another murder.
Follow Hollywood and Crime, The Cotton Club Murder on the Wondery app or wherever you get your podcasts.
Listen everywhere on December 2nd.
Or you can binge all episodes early and ad-free on Wondery Plus starting November 11th.
Sometimes chasing your dreams can be deadly.