Some True Crime stories announce themselves loudly.

This one doesn’t.

It begins quietly — with a late shift, a famous name, and a decision that, on the surface, feels ordinary. But beneath it sits a Murder Investigation that would stretch across years, courtrooms, and headlines, becoming one of the most unsettling Celebrity Crime cases in modern memory.

In this episode of Stories Fables Ghostly Tales, we examine the death of Lana Clarkson and the long road that followed — a case forever tied to Phil Spector, the legendary Beatles Producer, architect of The Wall of Sound, and one of the most influential figures in Music History.

But this is not a story about musical genius.

It’s a story about power, pressure, and what happens when Hollywood’s glow fades into something much darker.

On the night she died, Lana Clarkson was working at the House of Blues — a working actress doing what so many in Hollywood do to stay afloat. By morning, she was dead inside Pyrenees Castle, Phil Spector’s fortress-like mansion, and the world was left trying to understand what had happened behind those gates.

As the case unfolds, this episode guides you through:

• The Hollywood Murders narrative that quickly took shape in the media

• How Forensic Science became central to challenging the initial defence

• Why this case turned into years of tense Courtroom Drama, including a mistrial and a second jury

• How fame, legacy, and public perception collided with evidence and testimony

This isn’t sensational storytelling.
There’s no spectacle here — only careful reconstruction, verified facts, and the quiet weight of accountability.

Because when a case involves a music icon, a guarded estate, and a woman whose life was reduced to a headline, the most important thing is getting the story right.

If you think you know the Phil Spector case — listen closely.
There are details here that rarely receive the attention they deserve.

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Welcome legends to your Research and True Crime Episode!

Skidmore, Missouri is the kind of town you’d usually drive through without ever taking off your sunglasses. One main street, a couple of brick buildings, fields on every side.

And in 1981, that quiet little dot on the map did something unthinkable.

In broad daylight, in the middle of Main Street, the town bully Ken Rex McElroy was shot to death while sitting in his red pickup truck.
Dozens of people were there.
No one “saw” who did it.
No one was ever charged.

In this story, I walk you through:

• Who McElroy was, and how one man could hold an entire town in fear for years

• The shooting of an elderly grocer that should have put him away

• The tense town meeting at the Legion Hall, where people quietly realised the law wasn’t going to save them

• The slow, silent walk down Main Street

• The red truck, the gunshots, and the instant, perfect wall of “I didn’t see a thing”

And because this is Stories Fables Ghostly Tales, we thread it all through one extra chill:

A teenager with a camera.
One photo taken seconds before the shots.
And a strange shape caught in the truck’s window…

Maybe it’s a trick of the light.
Maybe it’s guilt.
Maybe it’s the moment a whole town becomes something it can’t easily explain.

This one isn’t about jump scares or gore.
It’s about fear, power, and what people do when they’ve run out of “proper” options.

If tiny towns, unsolved justice, and the feeling that something is still standing on that empty street at night gets under your skin…

WHAT would you have done mates....let Ken rule your town even though he's almost taken a life? Tell me your thoughts...

Hit play...and...
Welcome to Skidmore.

A black-and-white portrait of Ken Rex McElroy.

Main Street, Skidmore

• A current-day photo of Skidmore’s main drag: cracked road, small storefronts, flat Midwestern horizon. Great for getting the “tiny, worn farm town” feel.

Gratefully yours....Here's to more True Crime Stories legends!

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