FROM 'PLAYMATE OF THE YEAR' TO MURDER VICTIM IN LESS THAN A YEAR | The Case of Dorothy Stratten
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"Dorothy Stratten was the focus of the dreams and ambitions of three men. One killed her." Today we discuss the murder of 20 year old Playmate Dorothy Ruth Stratten.
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While Playboy and the lifestyle associated with it is shady as hell, the horror that happened to Dorothy was caused by a control freak who couldn't cope with losing that control. It is an awfully sad case.
Playboy was just another example of how Dorothy was objectified her entire life with Paul: she was viewed as a possession by all the men surrounding her, never an autonomous person
Getting into this sort of life is always dangerous. Just like those who seek stardom in Hollywood. The road to fame and glamour is paved with danger. Lots of shady characters .
@Chief Sitting Feather (We'z fake Indigenous!!) She was abused and murdered, she was literally a victim. If you can't see that, there's no helping you.
@NonhyphenatedAmericanlol....a Republican?!?
@ChiefSittingAmerican1 so do you care to explain what she, and any person, can do in order to deserve being murdered? And would make them "not a victim" (obviously not including clear cases or self-defense)
The fact that so many men lust after and try to create their own “Lolita” is utterly disgusting.
Especially as the original text was supposed to be interpreted as darkly satirical exposé on gross humbert types, but the media chose instead to take his side and paint lolita (a literal child) as the villain. So now disgusting men like the killer in this story feel like they're the one being taken advantage of. So messed up.
She sounds like she was surrounded with puffed up, self-important men who cared about her as deeply and as long because of what she could do for them or their image. She deserved better in life.
Hollywood Graveyard featured her grave at least once. She's in an open sunny area and its quite nice.
She was so pretty and seemed really sweet. Sad.
Those of us who were alive 40 years ago remember when this happened. Nobody could believe it. It still haunts us today as much as it did then. You did a wonderful job telling Dorothy's sad story, Gabby. May she rest in peace.
Could you, pretty please, do a video on the case of Starr Faithful, the 1920s socialite and murder victim? There's a pretty good time-line of her last days and hours leading up to her death.
I love your videos and I've been watching you since your Thelma Todd video, specifically. Appreciate your hard work and I'm looking forward to some satisfying solved cases this month. 💜
This is one I have been wanting to see, too. That poor girl was nothing more than a cash cow to her family, who never even bothered to claim her cremains. She was even subjected to a "sex surrogate" her family paid for off the street, and she pined away for a married ship's doctor. An East Coast Beth Short if there ever was one.
Send her an email
I read about this case years ago. Apparently, her husband pushed her into trying out for the magazine, and then people from television and movies started calling and he saw himself losing control of her. Then he did something that was the ultimate act of control. He was a loser from day one.
Hearing about how Paul controlled her and used her for his personal gains reminds me of Linda Lovelace's experience.
It makes you wonder how common this was in the adult entertainment industry, as well as in the mainstream film industry and music industry.
What a sad story. She was so beautiful and sounded so sweet!
Actually the drinking age at that time was 18 in 1979. It wasn't raised to 21 until 1984, so she was able to drink when she worked at the "castle" in LA. Not that being "of age" ever stop anyone from drinking, especially in LA.
At that time, different states had diiferent age limits, and the limit was in fact 21 in California and some other states, though in many other states it was 18. Gabby was right.
Def 21 in CA 1980
@@JJoy-bk8yr yep 21! But I hardly believe that the drinking age limit mattered at the castle! All the illegal drugs, reports of underage sex abuse & beastiality going on, I do not think it mattered what the drinking age is.
She was pimped out!!💔 starting with the mama. and I bet he was with the sister when she was still a minor because he was obsessed with dorothy!
Gabby, first of all, you did an "awesome," investigation presentation of the horrific murder of, Dorothy Stratten. I remember hearing and reading about this case, years ago and I was shocked over this beautiful young woman's death, especially as it related to Hugh Hefner and the Playboy magazines, etc. I've heard over the years about what went on at the Playboy mansion and it didn't surprise me, at all. May the soul of Dorothy Stratten, rest in eternal peace.🌹 Have a fantastic weekend. Take care 🦋
Peter marrying her sister makes me want to puke.
This entire thing makes me need a shower. Icky and disgusting. I'm sorry she was victimized by these horrible predators.
Men, please stop abusing women and then killing them when and are fed up with the abuse and leave you.
@M R That is probably the most disgusting thing someone could post. Congrats on being a man women need to be afraid of.
Hi Gabby it is still so tragic and sad to hear a young and beautiful young lady’s life cut short. I remember the tragic ending of young Dorothy Stratton. She was very beautiful. Hope she Rest In Peace. Too bad her husband killed her. Jealousy is dangerous. Hope you stay safe and well. 🙏
Dorothy had something Paul and the other men around her did not have a deep loyalty. She was even willing to drop her new relationship with Peter and go back with Paul to Canada because despite how he treated her she was still grateful to him and didn't want to hurt him. Was she naive or just a good hearted person who didn't operate the same way they did.
We are all naive in our twenties. I am 21 years old and I can recognize how naive I tend to be. I have just got out of a relationship with a man who does not care about me and made it clear from the start. Still I had hope that he didn’t mean that. Clearly he did. That is how naive I can be.
She seemed so sweet and was beautiful. Unfortunately in this cruel world sweetness and beauty is taken advantage of. Especially by the entertainment industry. These qualities sell and attract fame. I hope she rests in peace and that people stop viewing her as a “women child.” And understand that everyone is capable of being naive. She didn’t deserve death for it.
Thanks for not glamorizing the other two men who used her unlike many youtubers.
Sadly, it seems as though every man in her life saw her as one thing. Whomever dubbed her a unicorn was right. Beautiful, sought after, glamorous, unique... a unicorn.
Wow , great job on this story, I never knew anything about this story . I’m 65 never heard about it. Thank you for doing it , was very emotional during it , I feel so sorry for her and her family.
Dorothy was such a beautiful soul. The men in her life were so self involved that they couldn't see that or feel it.
Way too sweet and gullible for that evil industry
Wow, it is super creepy that Peter married Dorothy's sister.
Very
Whoever these girls parents are: they suck. Bad
I certainly didn't have it all figured out at 20. I'm almost 50 and still don't have it all figured out 😆🙃
57 and still muddling through .......
Omg 😲 I am so horrified I never really paid much attention towards playboy or Hugh Hefner but after hearing this case I am horrified and I just want to vomit profusely 🤢 that poor poor girl. It does remind me Marylin Monroe and even the Epstien case. I was extremely naive at her age. This truly breaks my heart ❤ for her and all the girls. May she forevermore RIP 🙏 🕊 Thank You Gabby so nice to see you again! ❤
That’s why these predatory men go after young girls. Not because we’re more beautiful at 18 vs 25 but because when we’re that young naïveté is typical and we’re not old enough to recognize the manipulation and call them on their crap. It is truly nauseating.
*"..Paul became very controlling.."* oh boy, here we go
Love that you do the older cases. They deserve coverage.
There's a movie called Star 80 it's about Dorothy... R.I.P beautiful angel
I've seen that. Dorothy was played by Mariel Hemingway
Ty RIP 🙏 🕊 Dorothy
Your video is always the best 💯
I'll definitely watch this tonight. Knowing your thorough research, I'm sure I will learn at least a couple of facts I didn't already know! ❤️
Never been a fan of Hefner.
The word "Woman Child" enrages me, its creepy it reminds of the 1800 where men treated women as children while being sexual with them. That word has so much behind and men still do this today
@M R I am talking about this particular case. And yes man child is also a problematic term. It doesn't change the fact the that terms woman child is used as a sexual term where girls and women were/are treated as a child while doing grown up sexual things. No where did I indicate this does not happen to boys ...and you implying that I am whining about a serious subject matter because you feel personal about does not help your argument much. Phycology and history is an amazing thing to thing try it
I was waiting for you to post ❤I'm so happy you've been so active this year
Same here! 😊 🤗🙏
Heard her sad story many times. May she rest in peace. 🕯 Dorothy
Please do the case of bobby green lease 1953
there's an episode of the tcm's "the plot thickens" podcast on peter bogdanovich where he discusses his relationship with dorothy and her murder: th-cam.com/video/qvQ5OcdXJ_Y/w-d-xo.html
Dorothy was such a beautiful woman. She's lovely in pictures, but seeing the video footage of her gives her beauty a whole other dimension. I can only imagine how striking she would have been in person. She probably stopped traffic, even in a town like LA that is absolutely overflowing with beautiful people.
She had such a sweetness and elegance in her voice and mannerisms. It's so sad that she was pretty much just being used for her looks, her body, and her money. Had she lived beyond the age of 20 I feel like she would have progressed beyond playboy and smaller roles and could have had a good career in tv and or movies. I could also see her being a highly paid top model. She had the looks and the height for it.
Her husband was such a selfish and evil piece of human garbage.
Petter sounds like he doesn't wanna take responsibility for his relationship with a married woman. Its not his fault she was killed but he probably thinks it was. And to point he was.
“Hugh denied this” - - - he would, wouldn’t he? 🤔
That documentary was absolutely disgusting and I can't believe Playboy's responses in that documentary..
I am so proud of the women who spoke up though!!!!
People took advantage of Her Like People did with Marilyn Monroe
Awwwww this is heartbreaking 💔💔💔💔💔💔
I've got to say, I am horrifically impressed by Paul, and his seemingly perfect record of being disliked by *everyone.* That's scary.
Thank you for doing this story to set the record straight on the this daker side of Hollywood, domestic abuse, greed, and tragedy. Keep up the good work, you make a difference everytime you post a new video. 😎👍
And creep Hugh was abusive to her as well
The beauty and the beast, and the beast should have been put in a iron maiden, until death.
And rolled down a mountain.
I remember reading somewhere that Hefner was obsessed with Marilyn Monroe and that he bought the plot next to where she was buried so that he could always be near her
Steve Cushner was a doctor, and in 1984 he went to law school. I know this because I was in the same class in law school. I think I pissed him off when I referred to Hefner as a pimp.
Great video as always. Keep on...
her story is as sad and tragic as that actress from 'my sister sam'
Right! Rebecca Schaefer (?) Another horrible and shocking murder.
@@christopherclarke5254 i think that was her name.
Thank you Gabby for covering her. She may have been famous but her voice was small.
She did a wonderful movie call They all laughed. She was just wonderful in it. The book Bogdanovich wrote called The killing of the Unicorn. Bogdanovich puts her death squarely at Hefner's feet if I remember correctly.
This is a good video. Covers the material rather well. I remember this when it happened, since I am only 4 years older than Stratten. But I am going to disagree with you Gabby on one point: Peter Bogdanovich said he should have offered Snider money. I think this would have worked. Snider was all about himself and frankly didn’t give a damn about Stratten except as a ticket to wealth and fame, a ticket that never paid off. Bogdanovich would not have offered Snider a trivial sum, but the kind of money that would have set Snider up for a long time, allowing him to pursue women and fame elsewhere. I don’t know for sure, but my guess is Snider would have taken the money and left her alone, perhaps with a bruised ego, but also with lots of money to go build up his ego elsewhere. Something to think about. Stratten had a bright future, but one self-absorbed, self-obsessed bozo took that away from her. Paul Snider was about as worthless as they come.
Always breaks my heart to hear her story.thanks for covering it
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Nothing like a sock in the pants Paul. Geez.
Bogdonovich married Louise. That was true
Buried not too far from Jeff!
We went to the same school, she was a year above me. She was so pretty but just had that real "girl next door" vibe. ♥️
It's really to bad she couldn't be loved for herself and not power and money, it never stops shocking me how these things turn out for women.
This was excellent, Gabby. So sad.Thank you for your work ❤
Such a heartbreaking story. I learned a lot about the case from this. Just Such a tragic waste.
The whole Playboy scene was so lecherous, honestly sickening. Paul did Dorothy in, but the others would have drained and killed her over the long run.
Often you find out too late that you've been taken advantage of. But it's the choices after that that defines your life.
Lesson learned- never trust blindly. People will take advantage 💜Love and Light💜
Thank you 💜💜💜💜
You look gorgeous in that red wine color! Thank you for covering this case! ❤️
The side swept bangs look great on you.
Thank you for another well made interesting episode.
Yeah, you’re on again!
I remember when this happened.
I was the same age as Dorothy also born in August of 1960.
A heartbreaking tragedy.
So sad that because of someone's obsesion she lost her life al though she was always just possession to him for making money
I saw her biopic years ago.
I am 47, but I was 6 years old when I fell asleep on the couch at my babysitter’s house and woke up with that movie on the TV. She had no idea I had stirred, and I made no sound. I thought Jamie Lee Curtis was beautiful and watched the whole thing. I had nightmares for months!!
Why is it that Beautiful women like Dorothy always, always get hooked up with absolute Trash like him?? I will never understand it. I pray she is surrounded by Angel's.
I don't know how you don't have millions of subscribers, Gabby! You are such an amazing investigative presenter. Such a sad story. Dorothy seemed so sweet and beautiful.
Poor girl was in relationships with sick men
im so early! i love your vids. this was so unnecessary and sad 💔
THERE have been three hit songs about Dorothy. By Prism, Bryan Adams & to hear /see UK's tribute Google Lesley Vickerage - The Story of Dorothy Stratten. Allen David /Steve Flynn Music Videos You Tube." British Major screen star Lesley sings in memory of Dorothy.
"Just a small town in the city lights, the best was yet to come ... What's so good about goodbye when the best was yet to come?"
Hi Hope your well
Can’t believe I have not heard about this one- will never watch a bogdonovich movie again
I remember when I first heard this , so sad such a Beautiful Young Woman.
Hey 👋 Gabby
she was so pretty with a sweet heart, she was amazing
The exploitation of grown women is nowhere near as outrageous as the sexual exploitation currently happening in the US as acceptable. I appreciate the severity of the where the exploitation of Dorothy got her, but we need to keep Playboy in perspective
Gabbyyyy please. Make a vídeo about daniella perez, a famous actress who was murdered when she was 22
This is what narcissist abuse looks like
The human brain is still developing at her age. Nobody should expect someone so young to “have it all figured out”. Especially when they are surrounded by so many older people in powerful positions influencing and taking advantage of her.
I remember the case but I remember the movie Star 80 even more clearly because, when I think of the case, in my mind, I see the actors Mariel Hemingway and Eric Roberts.
Another excellent video. I really love when you give your opinions and thoughts. And you're right that we're all human and all naive in some way.
My daughter was 2 yrs old at the time .
She was a beautiful girl mixed up with the wrong guy .
And as usual nothing good came from it.
She needed protection .
Back then not much was done to stop this kind of stuff .
Your never safe with a control freak !!
Enjoyed your analysis and always appreciate the amount of research you put in. Very interesting and agree with your conclusion. It was a tragedy.
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Hearing about all these predators, blaming the other predators, reminds me of the Spider-Man meme. 😒😒😒 all creeps pointing fingers at the other creeps for being creeps.
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Such a good point about Dorothy being naive because she was so young! She seemed so beautiful inside and out.
I think the whole thing was a set up. He had the money and power to get what hewantedandhewas able to cover up. For her husband who supposedly killed himself,.however, when his body was found, the gun was positioned under him. When you fall after a self inflicked wound, you don't fall on top of the gun. It falls away from you. Someone murdered them both.
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Say what you will about Playboy and Hugh Hefner, I was honestly surprised that he referred her to that accountant which enabled her to take control of her own finances.
Looking beautiful... as always.
Thanks for being you.
Yes I think they all took advantage of her, its sad she didnt have someone in her life to teach her to look out for these types of people. I feel like her mom did at first until she became famous. This is so sad, i own the movie Star 80 and have watched Death of a Centerfold, and i feel they all should be ashamed of themselves of how they used, abused and groomed her. Rip 😢