1 00:00:01,880 --> 00:00:05,520 Speaker 1: Greetings, good people of Hollywood Land. This week we are 2 00:00:05,559 --> 00:00:08,360 Speaker 1: digging into the archive to bring you our episode on 3 00:00:08,440 --> 00:00:13,040 Speaker 1: another beautiful Sharon, not Sharon Tate, but Sharon Stone. In 4 00:00:13,119 --> 00:00:15,319 Speaker 1: this episode, we of course talk about one of the 5 00:00:15,400 --> 00:00:20,280 Speaker 1: most iconic and scandalous scenes in Hollywood history, but perhaps 6 00:00:20,480 --> 00:00:24,400 Speaker 1: more interestingly, we get into a gruesome murder tied to 7 00:00:24,480 --> 00:00:29,560 Speaker 1: Sharon Stone's basic instinct. Sharon Stone is one of those 8 00:00:29,640 --> 00:00:32,360 Speaker 1: actresses you can't look away from when she's up there 9 00:00:32,360 --> 00:00:35,680 Speaker 1: on that screen in a way that makes her impossible 10 00:00:35,680 --> 00:00:38,680 Speaker 1: to describe. And her story is as unique as her 11 00:00:38,760 --> 00:00:42,000 Speaker 1: roles are iconic, and I can only hope that here 12 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:45,080 Speaker 1: in this episode we're able to deliver just a little 13 00:00:45,159 --> 00:00:48,959 Speaker 1: percentage of that magic that makes Sharon Stone so compelling. 14 00:00:49,840 --> 00:00:51,760 Speaker 1: Hope you dig it, and hope you swing by the 15 00:00:51,800 --> 00:00:54,640 Speaker 1: Rap Party bonus episode right after this to discuss this 16 00:00:54,760 --> 00:00:59,320 Speaker 1: episode with Zeth Lundy and myself. Until then, please enjoy 17 00:00:59,720 --> 00:01:06,560 Speaker 1: share Darren Stone in hollywood Land. This episode contains content 18 00:01:06,600 --> 00:01:09,360 Speaker 1: that may be disturbing to some listeners. Please check the 19 00:01:09,360 --> 00:01:14,280 Speaker 1: show notes for more information. Hollywoodland is a production of Double. 20 00:01:13,959 --> 00:01:20,800 Speaker 2: Elvis, Kay Guess, Song Yangy Doo and Walk Do Yandy 21 00:01:20,959 --> 00:01:27,679 Speaker 2: a gain he are Yanni tik bank down that time, 22 00:01:28,480 --> 00:01:35,480 Speaker 2: Statati down tabs use that j'rer poppy bekats. 23 00:01:36,600 --> 00:01:42,000 Speaker 1: The stories about Sharon Stone are insane. She was nominated 24 00:01:42,080 --> 00:01:45,720 Speaker 1: for awards for Best Actress and Worst Actress for the 25 00:01:45,840 --> 00:01:50,600 Speaker 1: same role. She launched a million sexual awakenings with one 26 00:01:50,720 --> 00:01:55,200 Speaker 1: quick display and basic instinct. Her performance in that film 27 00:01:55,760 --> 00:01:59,400 Speaker 1: was so vivid that it inspired stalkers to track her down. 28 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:03,000 Speaker 1: It may have even served as the inspiration for one 29 00:02:03,160 --> 00:02:09,600 Speaker 1: fan to commit murder, cannibalism, and necrophilia. And while investigators 30 00:02:09,639 --> 00:02:12,680 Speaker 1: were busy chasing a killer from one continent to another, 31 00:02:13,520 --> 00:02:16,919 Speaker 1: Sharon Stone tried to outrun the legacy of the film 32 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:21,000 Speaker 1: That the Killer Loved, one of her many great films. 33 00:02:21,919 --> 00:02:23,880 Speaker 1: Unlike that clip I played for you at the top 34 00:02:23,960 --> 00:02:27,600 Speaker 1: of the show that wasn't from a great film. That 35 00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:30,519 Speaker 1: was a fair youth sample from the Library of Congress 36 00:02:30,600 --> 00:02:34,680 Speaker 1: of Matilda Caadu performing Butcher's Boy in nineteen thirty eight. 37 00:02:35,840 --> 00:02:38,720 Speaker 1: I played you that clip because I can't afford the 38 00:02:38,840 --> 00:02:43,320 Speaker 1: rights to a clip from Josh Whedon's See Adventures. And 39 00:02:43,440 --> 00:02:47,080 Speaker 1: why would I play you that specific slice of wormhole 40 00:02:47,240 --> 00:02:51,840 Speaker 1: in Manhattan Cheese could I afford it because that was 41 00:02:51,919 --> 00:02:55,160 Speaker 1: the number one movie in America on May twenty fourth, 42 00:02:55,320 --> 00:02:59,240 Speaker 1: twenty twelve, and that was the day that a gruesome 43 00:02:59,360 --> 00:03:03,880 Speaker 1: murder part martially inspired by the movie Basic Instinct, led 44 00:03:03,960 --> 00:03:08,000 Speaker 1: to an international manhunt and a string of grizzly discoveries 45 00:03:08,080 --> 00:03:18,639 Speaker 1: throughout Canada. On this episode Best and Worst Actresses, Sexual Awakenings, murder, Cannibalism, necrophilia, 46 00:03:19,120 --> 00:03:24,960 Speaker 1: Wormhole in Manhattan, Cheese and Sharon Stone. I'm Jake Brennan 47 00:03:25,560 --> 00:03:59,640 Speaker 1: and this is Hollywood Land. Jenny Bryne was laying into 48 00:03:59,680 --> 00:04:02,920 Speaker 1: the mill room assistant at the Canadian Conservative Party headquarters 49 00:04:02,960 --> 00:04:05,960 Speaker 1: in Ottawa. The new hire was a nephew or a 50 00:04:06,120 --> 00:04:09,480 Speaker 1: cousin of some high ranking party officials. She wasn't exactly sure. 51 00:04:10,200 --> 00:04:13,080 Speaker 1: She didn't care whoever this kid was related to. He 52 00:04:13,280 --> 00:04:17,159 Speaker 1: was falling down on the job, packages to the wrong office, 53 00:04:17,680 --> 00:04:22,520 Speaker 1: letters misplaced and that damn mail card, banging into the walls, 54 00:04:22,760 --> 00:04:26,200 Speaker 1: squeaking down the hallways, and in general making a huge 55 00:04:26,279 --> 00:04:29,840 Speaker 1: racket every afternoon. It was driving her crazy and it 56 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:33,160 Speaker 1: brought the entire office to a standstill every time he 57 00:04:33,279 --> 00:04:37,480 Speaker 1: came through. The new kid just stared at his shoes 58 00:04:37,560 --> 00:04:40,920 Speaker 1: as Jenny continued, Did he know where he was right now? 59 00:04:41,560 --> 00:04:44,119 Speaker 1: He was working at the very seat of political power 60 00:04:44,200 --> 00:04:47,920 Speaker 1: in Canada. Jenny herself led the charge last year in 61 00:04:47,960 --> 00:04:51,640 Speaker 1: the twenty eleven election, when her Conservative Party took the 62 00:04:51,760 --> 00:04:56,320 Speaker 1: majority for the first time in decades. Now, some newspapers 63 00:04:56,400 --> 00:04:59,760 Speaker 1: were calling her the most powerful woman in Canadian politics. 64 00:05:01,760 --> 00:05:04,200 Speaker 1: The way that Jenny made it to the top was 65 00:05:04,279 --> 00:05:07,640 Speaker 1: by making sure that every single detail was done right. 66 00:05:08,760 --> 00:05:11,480 Speaker 1: That's why she was taking the new mailroom assistant to 67 00:05:11,600 --> 00:05:14,920 Speaker 1: task right now. From this mail clerk all the way 68 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:19,400 Speaker 1: up to Jenny's boss, Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Everyone had 69 00:05:19,440 --> 00:05:22,200 Speaker 1: their job to do and if you couldn't do it right, 70 00:05:22,720 --> 00:05:26,000 Speaker 1: then you needed to find something else to do. She 71 00:05:26,120 --> 00:05:28,440 Speaker 1: didn't want to browbeat this poor twenty two year old. 72 00:05:28,920 --> 00:05:31,760 Speaker 1: She wasn't trying to shame anyone. But she wasn't going 73 00:05:31,800 --> 00:05:35,640 Speaker 1: to mince words either. It was real simple, shave up 74 00:05:35,839 --> 00:05:39,960 Speaker 1: or ship out. Do we understand each other? She asked. 75 00:05:40,480 --> 00:05:43,960 Speaker 1: He nodded yes, but kept staring at his shoes. You 76 00:05:44,040 --> 00:05:46,440 Speaker 1: can go now, she said, waving him out the door. 77 00:05:47,600 --> 00:05:50,120 Speaker 1: He reached for the mail cart, but she told him 78 00:05:50,160 --> 00:05:52,920 Speaker 1: to leave it. She couldn't take any more banging down 79 00:05:52,920 --> 00:05:56,440 Speaker 1: the hallway this afternoon. Jenny pushed the cart to the 80 00:05:56,480 --> 00:05:58,839 Speaker 1: corner of her office and shut the door and took 81 00:05:58,880 --> 00:06:03,960 Speaker 1: a deep breath. Damn, what was that smell. She added 82 00:06:04,040 --> 00:06:06,520 Speaker 1: personal hygiene to the list of things to talk to 83 00:06:06,640 --> 00:06:09,760 Speaker 1: this guy about next if she didn't fire him first. 84 00:06:10,960 --> 00:06:14,240 Speaker 1: Jenny glanced at her inbox one hundred and fifty two 85 00:06:14,440 --> 00:06:19,240 Speaker 1: on read messages. The work never stopped, but still she 86 00:06:19,440 --> 00:06:22,039 Speaker 1: was here, at the height of power in Canadian politics. 87 00:06:23,360 --> 00:06:26,360 Speaker 1: Just last week she'd been grinding side by side with 88 00:06:26,440 --> 00:06:29,640 Speaker 1: the Prime Minister as they plotted legislative strategy for the 89 00:06:29,760 --> 00:06:33,800 Speaker 1: upcoming session. Not too bad for a small town Ontario 90 00:06:33,920 --> 00:06:36,600 Speaker 1: girl at all, she thought, as she smiled to herself. 91 00:06:37,880 --> 00:06:40,880 Speaker 1: And while Jenny spent the last week plotting legislative strategy, 92 00:06:41,640 --> 00:06:45,040 Speaker 1: just over one hundred miles away at Montreal, someone else 93 00:06:45,200 --> 00:06:51,400 Speaker 1: was busy plotting as well. Luca Manada gave his trademark 94 00:06:51,520 --> 00:06:54,480 Speaker 1: power into the rear view mirror. Damn, he looked good. 95 00:06:55,160 --> 00:06:59,120 Speaker 1: His close crop blonde hair had that perfectly messy BedHead look. 96 00:07:00,080 --> 00:07:03,520 Speaker 1: Eyes were brooding and sexy. No wonder he had been 97 00:07:03,560 --> 00:07:06,280 Speaker 1: the subject of thousands of blog posts and message board 98 00:07:06,360 --> 00:07:09,920 Speaker 1: comments around the world. So what if he posted them himself. 99 00:07:10,560 --> 00:07:13,760 Speaker 1: When he came to fame, Luca knew you sometimes had 100 00:07:13,800 --> 00:07:17,080 Speaker 1: to fake it till you made it. Luca had tried 101 00:07:17,120 --> 00:07:19,000 Speaker 1: his luck as a model and an actor in New 102 00:07:19,120 --> 00:07:22,520 Speaker 1: York City but struck out. He tried out for Canadian 103 00:07:22,560 --> 00:07:26,520 Speaker 1: reality shows with names like cover Guy and Plastic Makes Perfect, 104 00:07:26,600 --> 00:07:29,800 Speaker 1: but he wasn't selected. He couldn't make it as a 105 00:07:29,880 --> 00:07:34,480 Speaker 1: porn star either. Now he was back in Montreal, almost 106 00:07:34,600 --> 00:07:36,440 Speaker 1: broke and at the end of his rope. When he 107 00:07:36,520 --> 00:07:41,080 Speaker 1: put his plan into action, fame had eluded him, but 108 00:07:41,280 --> 00:07:47,160 Speaker 1: infamy that was another story altogether. He looked at his 109 00:07:47,320 --> 00:07:50,840 Speaker 1: devastatingly handsome reflection in the mirror once more and turned 110 00:07:50,880 --> 00:07:54,560 Speaker 1: his eyes to the road. He passed the Canada Post Office. 111 00:07:54,600 --> 00:07:57,720 Speaker 1: He had already visited twice. Today three times would be 112 00:07:57,760 --> 00:08:01,200 Speaker 1: pushing his luck, so he drove on another dozen blocks 113 00:08:01,240 --> 00:08:05,360 Speaker 1: to the next branch for his delivery. He arrived at 114 00:08:05,360 --> 00:08:09,000 Speaker 1: the post office and carried two small boxes. Inside. The 115 00:08:09,120 --> 00:08:12,040 Speaker 1: place was empty except for the mail clerk behind the counter. 116 00:08:13,080 --> 00:08:15,400 Speaker 1: He walked toward her and put his packages up onto 117 00:08:15,480 --> 00:08:17,800 Speaker 1: the counter, and the mail clerk picked them up and 118 00:08:17,840 --> 00:08:21,200 Speaker 1: weighed them. They were light less than a kilogram each, 119 00:08:22,120 --> 00:08:26,120 Speaker 1: editing fragile liquid or perishable in here. Her tone was 120 00:08:26,240 --> 00:08:29,440 Speaker 1: one of boredom. Lucas's face twisted him too, half a 121 00:08:29,520 --> 00:08:33,160 Speaker 1: grin for a second before he caught himself. No, nothing 122 00:08:33,200 --> 00:08:36,240 Speaker 1: in there like that. He watched or dropped the boxes 123 00:08:36,320 --> 00:08:39,559 Speaker 1: into a large mail cart, grabbed his receipt and rushed 124 00:08:39,600 --> 00:08:42,880 Speaker 1: out the door. Back in the car, he pulled out 125 00:08:42,880 --> 00:08:46,800 Speaker 1: the receipts for his shipments. Two packages to Ottawa scheduled 126 00:08:46,800 --> 00:08:50,480 Speaker 1: to arrive May twenty ninth, and two packages to Vancouver. 127 00:08:51,240 --> 00:08:54,200 Speaker 1: Those would take longer, maybe as much as a week. 128 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:56,920 Speaker 1: He hoped they would make it to their destination, but 129 00:08:57,320 --> 00:08:59,960 Speaker 1: he didn't have time to dwell on it. He needed 130 00:09:00,120 --> 00:09:02,040 Speaker 1: to hurry now if he was going to make his flight, 131 00:09:03,200 --> 00:09:05,400 Speaker 1: And by the time Luca made it back to the apartment, 132 00:09:05,880 --> 00:09:07,640 Speaker 1: he only had an hour to clean the place and 133 00:09:07,800 --> 00:09:09,840 Speaker 1: pack a bag and hail a cab for the airport. 134 00:09:10,600 --> 00:09:13,240 Speaker 1: He was headed for Paris tonight. And when would he 135 00:09:13,360 --> 00:09:17,000 Speaker 1: be back. That was hard to tell. The thought panicked 136 00:09:17,080 --> 00:09:21,000 Speaker 1: him for a moment. To steady himself, he imagined he 137 00:09:21,200 --> 00:09:25,160 Speaker 1: was Catherine Tremmell and basic instinct, would she panic right? 138 00:09:25,240 --> 00:09:30,400 Speaker 1: Now with Sharon Stone, the actress who played Catherine. Hell. No, 139 00:09:31,240 --> 00:09:33,959 Speaker 1: she would flick her hair back, light a cigarette and 140 00:09:34,080 --> 00:09:37,560 Speaker 1: stay one step ahead of the cops. She would be cool, 141 00:09:37,840 --> 00:09:42,640 Speaker 1: calm and in control and sexy as hell. So that's 142 00:09:42,679 --> 00:09:45,000 Speaker 1: what he was going to be. An hour later, his 143 00:09:45,160 --> 00:09:48,520 Speaker 1: bag was packed, his apartment was mostly clean, and he 144 00:09:48,640 --> 00:09:51,319 Speaker 1: was hailing a cab to the airport. It would be 145 00:09:51,480 --> 00:10:04,840 Speaker 1: days before anyone knew he was gone. Back in her office, 146 00:10:05,320 --> 00:10:07,920 Speaker 1: Jenny Bryan tried to chip away at the unending pile 147 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:11,240 Speaker 1: of emails in her inbox, and that fucking smell still 148 00:10:11,320 --> 00:10:14,920 Speaker 1: lingered though she couldn't concentrate. She stood up to open 149 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:17,320 Speaker 1: the office door, but as she walked forward, the stench 150 00:10:17,400 --> 00:10:21,160 Speaker 1: only intensified. It was coming from that damn mail cart, 151 00:10:21,760 --> 00:10:25,640 Speaker 1: the bane of her existence. What was it? An old 152 00:10:25,720 --> 00:10:31,319 Speaker 1: flower arrangement, fruit basket gonebat? The smell of rot was unmistakable. Now. 153 00:10:32,360 --> 00:10:34,040 Speaker 1: She lifted out a few of the boxes, and the 154 00:10:34,120 --> 00:10:37,840 Speaker 1: smell got worse. Whatever it was made her stomach turn. 155 00:10:38,480 --> 00:10:40,800 Speaker 1: She had to get out of here. She kept digging 156 00:10:40,880 --> 00:10:42,800 Speaker 1: until she got to the bottom of the cart. She 157 00:10:42,960 --> 00:10:46,079 Speaker 1: lifted out a small box. It was light and it 158 00:10:46,120 --> 00:10:48,599 Speaker 1: weighed less than a kilogram, and the edge of the 159 00:10:48,640 --> 00:10:53,440 Speaker 1: box was wet soaked in a dark crimson liquid. Jenny 160 00:10:53,520 --> 00:10:55,640 Speaker 1: held the box away from her and tore off the 161 00:10:55,720 --> 00:11:01,640 Speaker 1: top flat. The smell was overpowering. Wasn't rotten fruit or flowers, 162 00:11:02,120 --> 00:11:05,439 Speaker 1: it was something much worse. She screamed so loud that 163 00:11:05,559 --> 00:11:08,600 Speaker 1: the entire office came to a halt. Security was already 164 00:11:08,640 --> 00:11:11,079 Speaker 1: running towards her office when Jenny came bolting through the door. 165 00:11:11,240 --> 00:11:15,080 Speaker 1: Panic on her face. Oh God, Oh God, oh God, 166 00:11:15,320 --> 00:11:19,400 Speaker 1: was all she could manage to say. The blood was everywhere, 167 00:11:20,520 --> 00:11:22,960 Speaker 1: but the contents of the box were hard to identify 168 00:11:23,040 --> 00:11:26,679 Speaker 1: at first. It took police several hours to confirm that 169 00:11:26,800 --> 00:11:31,280 Speaker 1: the object inside, wrapped in bright pink tissue paper, was 170 00:11:31,360 --> 00:12:01,560 Speaker 1: in fact a human foot. A dozen men took their 171 00:12:01,640 --> 00:12:05,800 Speaker 1: places in the dimly lit interrogation room. They huddled together 172 00:12:05,880 --> 00:12:09,640 Speaker 1: and kept their distance from the suspect, alone figure, calmly 173 00:12:09,760 --> 00:12:14,240 Speaker 1: sitting in a chair, legs crossed, cigarette in hand. One 174 00:12:14,280 --> 00:12:16,880 Speaker 1: of them pointed to the no smoking sign, and the 175 00:12:16,960 --> 00:12:21,200 Speaker 1: suspect laughed, what are you gonna do? Arrest me for smoking? 176 00:12:22,320 --> 00:12:25,280 Speaker 1: No response for a moment. Then the men let loose 177 00:12:25,320 --> 00:12:28,440 Speaker 1: a barrage of questions, did you ever engage in any 178 00:12:28,520 --> 00:12:32,040 Speaker 1: sado masochistic activity? Did you ever tie him up? Did 179 00:12:32,120 --> 00:12:36,640 Speaker 1: you use drugs together? Did you kill him? The suspect 180 00:12:36,720 --> 00:12:40,880 Speaker 1: held a thousand yards stare, the zero emotion, just a long, 181 00:12:41,120 --> 00:12:44,600 Speaker 1: slow drag on the cigarette, and then came the response, 182 00:12:45,360 --> 00:12:53,000 Speaker 1: a line practiced hundreds of times, No, I didn't kill him. Cut, cut, cut. 183 00:12:53,360 --> 00:12:57,160 Speaker 1: The film crew wered to life not inside a police 184 00:12:57,160 --> 00:13:00,319 Speaker 1: station on a Hollywood sound stage set up to look 185 00:13:00,440 --> 00:13:04,679 Speaker 1: like an interrogation room. The detectives firing away with the 186 00:13:04,800 --> 00:13:08,680 Speaker 1: questions were actors A list stars such as Michael Douglas 187 00:13:08,840 --> 00:13:13,520 Speaker 1: and veteran character actors like Chelsea Rice, newcomers like Wayne Knight, 188 00:13:13,760 --> 00:13:16,960 Speaker 1: just months away from his signature role as Jerry Seinfeld's 189 00:13:17,040 --> 00:13:22,080 Speaker 1: nemesis Newman, And after a brief discussion with director Paul Verhoven, 190 00:13:22,520 --> 00:13:25,439 Speaker 1: the men all shuffled off the soundstage and they're part 191 00:13:25,480 --> 00:13:29,840 Speaker 1: of the scene completed. A makeup girl sprang towards Sharon Stone, 192 00:13:30,320 --> 00:13:32,280 Speaker 1: the one sitting in the hot seat with the half 193 00:13:32,320 --> 00:13:35,000 Speaker 1: smoke butt in her hand, and applied a few quick 194 00:13:35,080 --> 00:13:38,679 Speaker 1: touch ups to her lipstick. A dozen crew members repositioned 195 00:13:38,679 --> 00:13:40,880 Speaker 1: their cameras and boom mics as they prepared for the 196 00:13:40,960 --> 00:13:45,280 Speaker 1: next shot. A close up the scene was crucial to 197 00:13:45,400 --> 00:13:47,880 Speaker 1: the movie, and if they didn't want this film to 198 00:13:47,960 --> 00:13:51,719 Speaker 1: sending into unintentional farce, it was critical for Sharon to 199 00:13:51,800 --> 00:13:55,120 Speaker 1: project a character that was not only sexy and inviting, 200 00:13:55,240 --> 00:13:59,400 Speaker 1: but cold and calculating as well. She needed to appear 201 00:13:59,520 --> 00:14:03,719 Speaker 1: in control, with an edge of menacing rage boiling just 202 00:14:03,920 --> 00:14:08,520 Speaker 1: below the surface. It was a challenging ask for any actor, 203 00:14:08,640 --> 00:14:12,280 Speaker 1: but for Sharon Stone, the pressure was even greater. She 204 00:14:12,440 --> 00:14:16,520 Speaker 1: was a relative unknown acting opposite a megastar. Michael Douglas 205 00:14:16,640 --> 00:14:19,840 Speaker 1: knew this film was risky. He wanted an established star 206 00:14:19,960 --> 00:14:22,640 Speaker 1: to help carry the load at the box office. He 207 00:14:22,760 --> 00:14:25,400 Speaker 1: even refused to screen test with Sharon until more than 208 00:14:25,440 --> 00:14:28,880 Speaker 1: a dozen other actresses turned the roll down. So when 209 00:14:28,960 --> 00:14:32,200 Speaker 1: she finally got the part, Sharon was determined to do 210 00:14:32,320 --> 00:14:35,600 Speaker 1: whatever it took to nail it. She developed her character 211 00:14:35,760 --> 00:14:40,400 Speaker 1: by digging into painful old memories, her abusive grandfather, her 212 00:14:40,440 --> 00:14:44,880 Speaker 1: beloved older brother arrested for drug trafficking. She rehearsed her 213 00:14:44,920 --> 00:14:48,760 Speaker 1: lines obsessively, so deeply into character that it would take 214 00:14:48,800 --> 00:14:51,800 Speaker 1: her hours after shooting to start to feel like herself again. 215 00:14:55,440 --> 00:14:58,600 Speaker 1: Now Michael Douglas was heading back to his dressing room, 216 00:14:59,200 --> 00:15:01,720 Speaker 1: while Sharon's alone in a room with a dozen male 217 00:15:01,840 --> 00:15:04,640 Speaker 1: crew members, a makeup girl, and a female script assistant. 218 00:15:05,520 --> 00:15:08,440 Speaker 1: The men had already filmed their reaction shots, and now 219 00:15:08,480 --> 00:15:10,520 Speaker 1: it was her job to conjure up the type of 220 00:15:10,560 --> 00:15:13,360 Speaker 1: alluring ice queen that would reduce a room of police 221 00:15:13,400 --> 00:15:18,560 Speaker 1: officers to sweaty horn dogs. Her lipstick was perfect, the 222 00:15:18,680 --> 00:15:22,480 Speaker 1: cameras were in place. Sharon took a deep breath and 223 00:15:22,560 --> 00:15:26,200 Speaker 1: looked toward the director for his cue. The director wasn't 224 00:15:26,240 --> 00:15:29,720 Speaker 1: quite ready for the shot. He whispered back and forth 225 00:15:29,800 --> 00:15:33,120 Speaker 1: with his ad Sharon liked the director when she worked 226 00:15:33,160 --> 00:15:36,200 Speaker 1: with him on the Arnold Schwarzenegger sci fi flick Total Recall. 227 00:15:37,160 --> 00:15:39,200 Speaker 1: From the start, he had pushed her for this role 228 00:15:39,280 --> 00:15:42,760 Speaker 1: of Catherine Trammel, even screen testing with her when Michael 229 00:15:42,800 --> 00:15:46,480 Speaker 1: Douglas refused. He demanded a lot from his actors, but 230 00:15:46,960 --> 00:15:51,840 Speaker 1: he got results, so Sharon trusted his instinct. No pun intended. 231 00:15:53,160 --> 00:15:56,960 Speaker 1: The director of Verhoven finished his whispered conversation and turned 232 00:15:57,080 --> 00:16:01,360 Speaker 1: towards Sharon. Sharon, everything's looking great, he said, but we 233 00:16:01,480 --> 00:16:04,520 Speaker 1: need you to take off your underwear. They're reflecting the 234 00:16:04,640 --> 00:16:09,200 Speaker 1: light and messing up the shot. The room fell silent 235 00:16:09,240 --> 00:16:11,560 Speaker 1: as a dozen pairs of eyes poured down on her. 236 00:16:12,680 --> 00:16:16,520 Speaker 1: Sharon felt a not form in her stomach take off 237 00:16:16,600 --> 00:16:21,360 Speaker 1: her underwear in front of everyone. She hated being put 238 00:16:21,440 --> 00:16:23,520 Speaker 1: on the spot like this, but what could she do? 239 00:16:24,800 --> 00:16:28,960 Speaker 1: Tell Paul Verhoven, the director, to just fuck off, slap 240 00:16:29,040 --> 00:16:31,840 Speaker 1: them across the face, shut down production and earn herself 241 00:16:31,880 --> 00:16:37,680 Speaker 1: a reputation is difficult to work with, No, she worked 242 00:16:37,720 --> 00:16:41,480 Speaker 1: too hard for this opportunity. She was too fully immersed 243 00:16:41,480 --> 00:16:45,600 Speaker 1: in the part to back down. Now. Inside she was screaming, 244 00:16:46,280 --> 00:16:49,840 Speaker 1: but on the outside, she stood up, calmly, slipped off 245 00:16:49,880 --> 00:16:53,280 Speaker 1: the white cotton underwear and handed them to the makeup girl. 246 00:16:54,240 --> 00:16:56,920 Speaker 1: As she sat back down, she saw all those eyes 247 00:16:57,040 --> 00:17:02,640 Speaker 1: staring straight up her dress. Rage boiled just below the surface. 248 00:17:03,320 --> 00:17:07,320 Speaker 1: She could fucking stab someone right now, but instead she 249 00:17:07,560 --> 00:17:11,120 Speaker 1: channeled that emotion into her character, and in the process, 250 00:17:11,840 --> 00:17:18,520 Speaker 1: she created a legendary film villain. When Basic Instinct was 251 00:17:18,600 --> 00:17:21,719 Speaker 1: released in nineteen ninety two, some critics hailed it as 252 00:17:21,760 --> 00:17:25,520 Speaker 1: an erotic, neo noir masterpiece, while others savaged it as 253 00:17:25,680 --> 00:17:30,760 Speaker 1: ridiculously over the top. The film earned Sharon Stone two nominations, 254 00:17:31,280 --> 00:17:34,800 Speaker 1: a combined first, a Golden Globe for Best Actress and 255 00:17:34,920 --> 00:17:39,200 Speaker 1: a Golden Raspberry for Worst New Actress. Fucked the critics, 256 00:17:39,680 --> 00:17:42,679 Speaker 1: audiences loved it. The movie debuted at number one at 257 00:17:42,720 --> 00:17:45,200 Speaker 1: the box office and catapulted Sharon to the upper echial 258 00:17:45,240 --> 00:17:49,920 Speaker 1: lot of Hollywood. Meanwhile, Basic Instinct was continuing to carve 259 00:17:49,960 --> 00:17:53,119 Speaker 1: out a niche in the booming home video market, powered 260 00:17:53,200 --> 00:17:55,880 Speaker 1: in part by teenage boys across the country who could 261 00:17:56,200 --> 00:17:58,600 Speaker 1: time the pause button down to the frame for that 262 00:17:58,880 --> 00:18:04,560 Speaker 1: split second shot of Sharon's vagina, Boys like Eric Clinton. 263 00:18:04,680 --> 00:18:07,960 Speaker 1: Kirk Newman alone in his bedroom on a cold winter 264 00:18:08,119 --> 00:18:13,200 Speaker 1: evening in rural Ontario, obsessively watching Basic Instinct over and 265 00:18:13,359 --> 00:18:17,200 Speaker 1: over again. Born to two film buff parents who named 266 00:18:17,280 --> 00:18:20,880 Speaker 1: him after Clint Eastwood and Kirk Douglas, he loved movies, 267 00:18:20,960 --> 00:18:24,879 Speaker 1: but this was his favorite by far. He stroked the 268 00:18:24,960 --> 00:18:27,200 Speaker 1: white fur of his pet rabbit as he watched the 269 00:18:27,280 --> 00:18:31,120 Speaker 1: interrogation scene again, and he hit pause and rewound the tape. 270 00:18:31,160 --> 00:18:35,480 Speaker 1: When his door suddenly burst open, his mother flew into 271 00:18:35,560 --> 00:18:37,880 Speaker 1: the room. She had that wild look in her eye, 272 00:18:38,280 --> 00:18:40,520 Speaker 1: the one she'd had ever since his dad started hearing 273 00:18:40,640 --> 00:18:44,159 Speaker 1: voices and was committed to an institution. Are you watching 274 00:18:44,200 --> 00:18:47,600 Speaker 1: that damn movie again? He knew better than to answer, 275 00:18:48,520 --> 00:18:50,800 Speaker 1: I told you to clean this rabbit cage. It's filthy. 276 00:18:51,680 --> 00:18:54,000 Speaker 1: She grabbed her son's blonde hair and began to drag 277 00:18:54,080 --> 00:18:57,560 Speaker 1: him out of the house. He pleaded with her to stop, 278 00:18:57,640 --> 00:19:00,359 Speaker 1: but he knew it wouldn't do any good. Pshed him 279 00:19:00,359 --> 00:19:02,440 Speaker 1: out into the front porch and slammed the door shut. 280 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:05,280 Speaker 1: Now a moment later, she returned with the rabbit age 281 00:19:05,320 --> 00:19:07,119 Speaker 1: and tossed it out under the porch next to him. 282 00:19:07,640 --> 00:19:10,120 Speaker 1: She stepped back inside, and he heard the door lock 283 00:19:10,200 --> 00:19:17,119 Speaker 1: behind her. Mom. Please, it's freezing out here. Eric pleaded, 284 00:19:17,240 --> 00:19:20,520 Speaker 1: but there was no response. The sun was going down 285 00:19:20,600 --> 00:19:22,879 Speaker 1: and he knew from experience how cold it would be 286 00:19:22,920 --> 00:19:25,760 Speaker 1: if she forced him to spend the night outside. He 287 00:19:25,920 --> 00:19:29,800 Speaker 1: banged on the front door and no answer. He curled 288 00:19:29,880 --> 00:19:32,560 Speaker 1: up into a ball in the porch and closed his eyes, 289 00:19:33,480 --> 00:19:39,040 Speaker 1: recreating the interrogation scene from memory. Unlike other teenage boys, 290 00:19:39,840 --> 00:19:43,719 Speaker 1: he wasn't interested in ogling Sharon Stone. He didn't want 291 00:19:43,760 --> 00:19:47,480 Speaker 1: to fuck Katherine Tramil. He wanted to be Catherine Tramil. 292 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:51,960 Speaker 1: He wanted that power that control He craved it like 293 00:19:52,040 --> 00:19:55,280 Speaker 1: a drug, and he would do anything to get a hit. 294 00:19:59,200 --> 00:20:01,840 Speaker 1: Eric woke up next morning and shook his stiff arms 295 00:20:01,920 --> 00:20:04,760 Speaker 1: and legs to get the moving. The sun was shining 296 00:20:04,840 --> 00:20:08,960 Speaker 1: down now, thawing out his frozen limbs, and he looked 297 00:20:08,960 --> 00:20:12,240 Speaker 1: over to his rabbit's cage. The animal was slumped over 298 00:20:12,359 --> 00:20:15,840 Speaker 1: on its side, cold to the touch. It didn't move. 299 00:20:17,040 --> 00:20:21,160 Speaker 1: Eric did move within a year. He moved right out 300 00:20:21,160 --> 00:20:24,200 Speaker 1: of his mom's house, and he spent a few years 301 00:20:24,320 --> 00:20:28,160 Speaker 1: wandering aimlessly from job to job or running low level scams. 302 00:20:28,960 --> 00:20:31,240 Speaker 1: He got into trouble with the cops for stealing money 303 00:20:31,280 --> 00:20:34,840 Speaker 1: from a mentally disablableman, and he was accused of sexual 304 00:20:34,920 --> 00:20:38,000 Speaker 1: assault as well, but they couldn't make those charges stick, 305 00:20:39,160 --> 00:20:43,560 Speaker 1: citing significant psychiatric issues. The judge gave him probation for 306 00:20:43,760 --> 00:20:48,600 Speaker 1: charges of fraud, and afterward Eric decided he needed a change, 307 00:20:49,280 --> 00:20:53,280 Speaker 1: a fresh start, so he legally changed his name. He 308 00:20:53,440 --> 00:20:58,760 Speaker 1: called himself Luca Rocco Manota. The world didn't know him, 309 00:20:59,440 --> 00:21:13,359 Speaker 1: but soon they would. We'll be right back after this. 310 00:21:13,600 --> 00:21:23,280 Speaker 1: We're we're where. It was the darkest part of the night, 311 00:21:23,920 --> 00:21:27,560 Speaker 1: just past three am, aside from a coyote howling out 312 00:21:27,600 --> 00:21:31,399 Speaker 1: in the hills. This ritzy West Hollywood neighborhood was dead silent. 313 00:21:32,200 --> 00:21:36,600 Speaker 1: The man was equally silent, Creeping up slowly toward a driveway, 314 00:21:37,080 --> 00:21:40,680 Speaker 1: his face covered by a hood, He followed the shadows 315 00:21:40,760 --> 00:21:43,800 Speaker 1: so that the moonlight wouldn't give him away. He held 316 00:21:43,840 --> 00:21:46,119 Speaker 1: a letter tied to his chest. He was on a 317 00:21:46,200 --> 00:21:50,800 Speaker 1: mission to deliver it by hand this time. He'd written 318 00:21:50,840 --> 00:21:53,359 Speaker 1: so many letters during his frantic cross country drive from 319 00:21:53,440 --> 00:21:56,399 Speaker 1: Ohio to Los Angeles, and all of them had gone unanswered. 320 00:21:57,040 --> 00:22:01,119 Speaker 1: But this one would not be ignored. He loved her. 321 00:22:01,840 --> 00:22:04,560 Speaker 1: She was he answered to his prayers, the woman who 322 00:22:04,560 --> 00:22:07,080 Speaker 1: would quiet the voices in his head, the one who 323 00:22:07,080 --> 00:22:09,679 Speaker 1: would sit beside him as they ruled their future kingdom, 324 00:22:10,440 --> 00:22:13,760 Speaker 1: if he could just get her to answer him. That's 325 00:22:13,840 --> 00:22:17,040 Speaker 1: why the man was seeking up to Sharon Stone's mailbox 326 00:22:17,119 --> 00:22:19,560 Speaker 1: in the dead of night, and there would be no 327 00:22:19,680 --> 00:22:23,159 Speaker 1: way to ignore him now. He fantasized about it as 328 00:22:23,200 --> 00:22:26,119 Speaker 1: he came closer to her mailbox. The look on her 329 00:22:26,160 --> 00:22:28,400 Speaker 1: face when she opened the letter and read his message, 330 00:22:28,960 --> 00:22:33,280 Speaker 1: the fear, the shock, the realization that nothing could keep 331 00:22:33,359 --> 00:22:36,960 Speaker 1: him away from her, not her bodyguards, not the police, 332 00:22:37,680 --> 00:22:41,680 Speaker 1: not even the FBI. He crouched behind a tree and 333 00:22:41,760 --> 00:22:45,440 Speaker 1: took one final glance in both directions. Nothing on the 334 00:22:45,480 --> 00:22:48,480 Speaker 1: street except a few parked cars. He looked up at 335 00:22:48,520 --> 00:22:51,720 Speaker 1: the house's floor to ceiling windows. Every light was out. 336 00:22:52,520 --> 00:22:54,480 Speaker 1: He stepped out of the shadows with the letter in 337 00:22:54,560 --> 00:22:57,800 Speaker 1: one hand. Although his heart was hammering his chest. He 338 00:22:57,880 --> 00:23:02,119 Speaker 1: tried to walk slowly, casually, just in case anyone was looking. 339 00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:06,320 Speaker 1: He opened the mailbox door and slid the letter inside, 340 00:23:06,720 --> 00:23:10,640 Speaker 1: disappeared back into the shadows. He quickly made his way 341 00:23:10,760 --> 00:23:13,280 Speaker 1: to the pickup truck he parked nearby and sped off. 342 00:23:14,400 --> 00:23:17,879 Speaker 1: As he drove, he breathed a sigh of relief. He 343 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:21,520 Speaker 1: actually did it. He pulled it off. Now all he 344 00:23:21,600 --> 00:23:25,920 Speaker 1: had to do is wait. Only seconds later, one of 345 00:23:25,960 --> 00:23:29,040 Speaker 1: the cars parked on the street roared to life. Its 346 00:23:29,119 --> 00:23:33,080 Speaker 1: engine gargled, and its headlights sliced into the darkness. Kristin 347 00:23:33,160 --> 00:23:36,080 Speaker 1: Marshall put it in first, pulled up to the mailbox 348 00:23:36,160 --> 00:23:39,600 Speaker 1: and grabbed the lone letters sitting there. Then she punched 349 00:23:39,640 --> 00:23:41,399 Speaker 1: the gas and made a bee line for the pickup 350 00:23:41,440 --> 00:23:44,639 Speaker 1: truck ahead. She drove with one hand on the steering wheel. 351 00:23:44,680 --> 00:23:46,640 Speaker 1: With the other hand she reached for the glock twenty 352 00:23:46,720 --> 00:23:49,080 Speaker 1: two in her shoulder hoster and flicked the safety off. 353 00:23:50,240 --> 00:23:53,399 Speaker 1: As Sharon Stone's head of security, Kristin Marshall, had been 354 00:23:53,480 --> 00:23:56,280 Speaker 1: tracking this asshole for weeks. She wasn't about to let 355 00:23:56,359 --> 00:24:00,159 Speaker 1: him escape now. Despite what the FBI said he was 356 00:24:00,200 --> 00:24:02,920 Speaker 1: a threat. The local cops claimed the whole thing was 357 00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:05,960 Speaker 1: out of their jurisdiction. Sharon had no choice but to 358 00:24:06,040 --> 00:24:11,480 Speaker 1: turn to private security. Kristin Marshall find this man now. 359 00:24:11,920 --> 00:24:14,720 Speaker 1: Kristin Marshall had him dead to rights, and there was 360 00:24:14,800 --> 00:24:17,560 Speaker 1: no way this dude was shaking her off. She turned 361 00:24:17,600 --> 00:24:19,440 Speaker 1: hard onto the main road and caught a glimpse of 362 00:24:19,480 --> 00:24:22,000 Speaker 1: the pickup just ahead. She eased her foot off the 363 00:24:22,040 --> 00:24:24,040 Speaker 1: guests and stayed at half a block behind as the 364 00:24:24,080 --> 00:24:27,000 Speaker 1: truck cruised out of town. And this went on for 365 00:24:27,080 --> 00:24:29,440 Speaker 1: a few miles before the driver turned off and made 366 00:24:29,480 --> 00:24:32,840 Speaker 1: his way to a nearby campground. Kristen tailed him and 367 00:24:32,960 --> 00:24:36,280 Speaker 1: watched him pull into a campsite. She stopped her car 368 00:24:36,440 --> 00:24:38,760 Speaker 1: on the side of the road and she stepped outside, 369 00:24:39,320 --> 00:24:42,119 Speaker 1: unholstered her pistol and held it in her jacket pocket 370 00:24:42,160 --> 00:24:45,080 Speaker 1: as she walked softly toward him, as softly as he 371 00:24:45,160 --> 00:24:49,040 Speaker 1: had crept through Sharon Stone's neighborhood. The man was just 372 00:24:49,160 --> 00:24:52,720 Speaker 1: about to unzip his tent when Kristen walked up behind him. 373 00:24:55,800 --> 00:24:57,960 Speaker 1: Down on his knees with his hands in front of him, 374 00:24:58,240 --> 00:25:01,640 Speaker 1: he was sitting duck. Kristin put a boot straight into 375 00:25:01,720 --> 00:25:04,560 Speaker 1: his back, and the man sprawled forward and landed on 376 00:25:04,640 --> 00:25:07,159 Speaker 1: his stomach. And she cocked the pistol and trained it 377 00:25:07,280 --> 00:25:11,200 Speaker 1: on his head. Turn around. The man rolled over and 378 00:25:11,280 --> 00:25:14,320 Speaker 1: put his hands above his head. Empty your pockets now. 379 00:25:15,480 --> 00:25:18,640 Speaker 1: He did as he was told, turned his pockets inside out, 380 00:25:19,160 --> 00:25:22,400 Speaker 1: threw his wallet at her. She looked at the Ohio license. 381 00:25:22,440 --> 00:25:27,080 Speaker 1: Inside the name read Philip Burnes. Also in his pocket 382 00:25:27,200 --> 00:25:30,760 Speaker 1: was a handwritten grocery list. Kristin held it up next 383 00:25:30,800 --> 00:25:34,880 Speaker 1: to the letter from the mailbox. The handwriting matched perfectly. 384 00:25:35,960 --> 00:25:38,320 Speaker 1: With one hand, she held her glock to his temple, 385 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:41,080 Speaker 1: and with her other hand she pulled out her phone 386 00:25:41,160 --> 00:25:48,879 Speaker 1: and dialed nine one one. Ever since basic Instinct, people 387 00:25:48,920 --> 00:25:53,720 Speaker 1: were obsessed with Sharon Stone. Crowds chased her after movie premieres. 388 00:25:54,200 --> 00:25:56,359 Speaker 1: Stalkers showed up at the house or at her film 389 00:25:56,440 --> 00:26:00,280 Speaker 1: shoots with scary frequency. No matter how hard she tried 390 00:26:00,280 --> 00:26:03,320 Speaker 1: to move on from that film, tried to play against type, 391 00:26:03,880 --> 00:26:06,000 Speaker 1: like her role as a gun slinging outlaw and The 392 00:26:06,080 --> 00:26:09,000 Speaker 1: Quick and the Dead. She even co produced that one movie, 393 00:26:09,119 --> 00:26:12,240 Speaker 1: casting Russell Crowe in his first American role, then paying 394 00:26:12,280 --> 00:26:15,200 Speaker 1: a young Leonardo of DiCaprio's salary out of her own pocket. 395 00:26:15,320 --> 00:26:19,280 Speaker 1: But still every article written about her seemed to include 396 00:26:19,320 --> 00:26:23,639 Speaker 1: the phrase sex symbol in the first two sentences. The 397 00:26:23,760 --> 00:26:28,080 Speaker 1: pressure was too much. Her marriage crumbled, she briefly lost 398 00:26:28,160 --> 00:26:31,360 Speaker 1: custody of her son, and then in two thousand and one, 399 00:26:32,080 --> 00:26:35,679 Speaker 1: she suffered a near fatal stroke. It took more than 400 00:26:35,760 --> 00:26:39,360 Speaker 1: two years before she could return to acting, and by 401 00:26:39,440 --> 00:26:43,600 Speaker 1: then Hollywood had already moved on. She was depressed at first, 402 00:26:43,720 --> 00:26:47,359 Speaker 1: but Sharon threw herself in a volunteer work and fundraising. 403 00:26:48,040 --> 00:26:53,440 Speaker 1: She took up Buddhism. Now it was twenty twelve, twenty 404 00:26:53,520 --> 00:26:57,119 Speaker 1: years after Basic Instinct came out, and Sharon Stone was 405 00:26:57,240 --> 00:27:01,160 Speaker 1: finally finding ways to move beyond the character of Catherine Trammel. 406 00:27:02,800 --> 00:27:05,399 Speaker 1: The rest of the world, however, found it harder to 407 00:27:05,520 --> 00:27:09,040 Speaker 1: move on, as evidenced by the man that Kristen Marshall. 408 00:27:09,160 --> 00:27:12,480 Speaker 1: Sharon Stones had of security now held on the ground 409 00:27:12,520 --> 00:27:16,000 Speaker 1: as she waited for police to arrive. A crisis had 410 00:27:16,040 --> 00:27:19,560 Speaker 1: been averted. Another crazed fan had been stopped before he 411 00:27:19,600 --> 00:27:24,920 Speaker 1: could cause harm. But meanwhile, across the country, another plot 412 00:27:25,119 --> 00:27:30,160 Speaker 1: was being hatched, another unhinged tribute to Catherine Tramil, one 413 00:27:30,280 --> 00:27:40,200 Speaker 1: that wouldn't be stopped so easily. Luca Manata flipped on 414 00:27:40,280 --> 00:27:44,159 Speaker 1: the television in his drab Montreal apartment. After failing in 415 00:27:44,200 --> 00:27:46,680 Speaker 1: his quest for fame, he spent the last year battling 416 00:27:46,720 --> 00:27:49,960 Speaker 1: the voices in his head and mostly losing. The voices 417 00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:53,760 Speaker 1: were loud, and they were clear. He tried to drown 418 00:27:53,800 --> 00:27:56,800 Speaker 1: them out with the radio, like there were jackhammers outside 419 00:27:56,840 --> 00:27:59,680 Speaker 1: his window or someone snoring next to him in bed, 420 00:27:59,760 --> 00:28:03,399 Speaker 1: but they couldn't be drowned out. The more he cranked 421 00:28:03,440 --> 00:28:06,320 Speaker 1: the dial, the more the voice is cut through, and 422 00:28:06,400 --> 00:28:09,960 Speaker 1: they spoke of horrible things. He took the lives of 423 00:28:10,040 --> 00:28:13,600 Speaker 1: two kittens and posted the video online, and then he 424 00:28:13,720 --> 00:28:15,840 Speaker 1: taunted the cat lovers who tried to find him and 425 00:28:15,920 --> 00:28:19,440 Speaker 1: expose him. Cat people, they should know better, he thought, 426 00:28:20,080 --> 00:28:23,480 Speaker 1: Luca Mananna would not be found or exposed unless Lucmananna 427 00:28:23,640 --> 00:28:26,879 Speaker 1: wanted to be. He put a copy of Basic Instinct 428 00:28:26,920 --> 00:28:29,760 Speaker 1: into his DVD player and watched the infamous opening murder 429 00:28:29,880 --> 00:28:33,280 Speaker 1: scene where Sharon Stone's character stabs her lover with an 430 00:28:33,320 --> 00:28:37,560 Speaker 1: ice pick. He absorbed every detail and then began trying 431 00:28:37,600 --> 00:28:40,440 Speaker 1: to recreate the set in his small two room apartment. 432 00:28:41,520 --> 00:28:44,400 Speaker 1: Rather than the elegant stained glass window used in the film, 433 00:28:44,720 --> 00:28:47,160 Speaker 1: he hung a poster of the movie Casa Blanca above 434 00:28:47,200 --> 00:28:51,200 Speaker 1: his bed. Rather than the ornate wrought iron headboard, he 435 00:28:51,280 --> 00:28:55,360 Speaker 1: bought a cheap, prefabricated imitation. He didn't have an ice 436 00:28:55,400 --> 00:28:59,200 Speaker 1: pick either, but a long screwdriver painted silver made for 437 00:28:59,280 --> 00:29:03,840 Speaker 1: a convincing replica. Luca looked around the room once more. 438 00:29:04,560 --> 00:29:07,400 Speaker 1: It wasn't as grand as he imagined, but time was 439 00:29:07,520 --> 00:29:11,520 Speaker 1: running short and it would have to do. His phone buzzed. 440 00:29:12,040 --> 00:29:15,560 Speaker 1: A grinder notification flashed on the screen. It was time 441 00:29:15,640 --> 00:29:19,840 Speaker 1: to meet. Luca left the apartment and headed toward a 442 00:29:19,920 --> 00:29:23,560 Speaker 1: bar down the street. He was meeting an international university 443 00:29:23,640 --> 00:29:27,800 Speaker 1: student studying in Montreal, someone new to the area, someone 444 00:29:27,840 --> 00:29:31,480 Speaker 1: who wouldn't be missed right away. At least that's what 445 00:29:31,600 --> 00:29:35,800 Speaker 1: Luca hoped. According to this guy's profile, he was looking 446 00:29:35,880 --> 00:29:39,480 Speaker 1: for casual hookups and he was into bondage. In short, 447 00:29:40,040 --> 00:29:43,920 Speaker 1: he was perfect. The pair shared a drink at the bar, 448 00:29:44,560 --> 00:29:48,680 Speaker 1: and Luca turned on his charm. He flashed his trademark pout. 449 00:29:49,360 --> 00:29:53,360 Speaker 1: He flirted shamelessly. Half an hour later, a security camera 450 00:29:53,480 --> 00:29:55,880 Speaker 1: caught a glimpse of them walking into Luca's apartment building, 451 00:29:56,360 --> 00:30:01,240 Speaker 1: arm and arm. The man's name was June and it 452 00:30:01,360 --> 00:30:05,360 Speaker 1: was the last image anyone would ever see of him alive. 453 00:30:23,680 --> 00:30:26,680 Speaker 1: Luca Manada pulled the straps on his backpack tight and 454 00:30:26,800 --> 00:30:29,600 Speaker 1: walked through the front door of the Internet cafe. He 455 00:30:29,680 --> 00:30:32,960 Speaker 1: wore a hat low over his face and sunglasses covered 456 00:30:33,000 --> 00:30:37,200 Speaker 1: his eyes. It was a gorgeous early June day in Berlin, 457 00:30:37,360 --> 00:30:40,600 Speaker 1: but he had no time to admire the weather. He 458 00:30:40,800 --> 00:30:44,320 Speaker 1: was the subject of an international man ount. It took 459 00:30:44,320 --> 00:30:46,920 Speaker 1: a few days, but finally the news of June Lynn's 460 00:30:47,000 --> 00:30:52,040 Speaker 1: murder broke worldwide. In Paris, they call Luca the Butcher 461 00:30:52,120 --> 00:30:56,720 Speaker 1: of Montreal. He loved that. Back home in Canada, the 462 00:30:56,800 --> 00:31:00,600 Speaker 1: newspapers were filling whole pages with breathless accouns of the 463 00:31:00,720 --> 00:31:04,280 Speaker 1: murder and of the grizzly discovery at Conservative Party headquarters 464 00:31:04,280 --> 00:31:08,480 Speaker 1: a few days prior, one of numerous packages containing June 465 00:31:08,560 --> 00:31:12,640 Speaker 1: Lynn's hands and feet that Luca had manned despite all that, 466 00:31:13,280 --> 00:31:17,200 Speaker 1: Luca was not worried. Everything in his plan had worked perfection, 467 00:31:17,920 --> 00:31:21,120 Speaker 1: the plan. The voices had helped him carry out, voices 468 00:31:21,200 --> 00:31:24,440 Speaker 1: that were chatty as fuck, voices that were louder than 469 00:31:24,520 --> 00:31:27,760 Speaker 1: New Order's true faith, playing a full volume on the radio. 470 00:31:27,840 --> 00:31:31,080 Speaker 1: When Luca tied June Lynn, thirty three years old, naked 471 00:31:31,120 --> 00:31:34,760 Speaker 1: to the bedframe, stabbed him repeatedly with the screwdriver he 472 00:31:34,880 --> 00:31:37,800 Speaker 1: made to look like an ice pick, dismembered him with 473 00:31:37,880 --> 00:31:40,920 Speaker 1: a kitchen knife, sliced his neck, and then removed his 474 00:31:41,040 --> 00:31:44,840 Speaker 1: head from his body. Even when the New Order song ended, 475 00:31:45,200 --> 00:31:49,760 Speaker 1: the voices didn't. He uploaded the video online, not gout 476 00:31:49,840 --> 00:31:53,520 Speaker 1: him off, having others watch, having others know what he 477 00:31:53,560 --> 00:31:56,000 Speaker 1: had done, even if they didn't know him by name, 478 00:31:56,840 --> 00:31:59,320 Speaker 1: and they didn't call him Luca yet. They called him 479 00:31:59,320 --> 00:32:03,040 Speaker 1: a cannibal, They called him a necrophiliac. He hoped they 480 00:32:03,120 --> 00:32:07,400 Speaker 1: called him smart, that he had out Katherine Trammel. Catherine Trammel, 481 00:32:08,200 --> 00:32:11,520 Speaker 1: he'd certainly outsmart at the police. They failed to ketch 482 00:32:11,560 --> 00:32:13,880 Speaker 1: him in Montreal. They failed to ketch him when he 483 00:32:13,920 --> 00:32:17,120 Speaker 1: passed through customs at the airport in Paris. They failed 484 00:32:17,160 --> 00:32:18,840 Speaker 1: to ketch him when he was spotted eating at an 485 00:32:18,880 --> 00:32:23,080 Speaker 1: outdoor cafe, and now he had jumped the border again, 486 00:32:23,760 --> 00:32:29,000 Speaker 1: this time a Berlin by bus. At the hostel nearby, 487 00:32:29,520 --> 00:32:32,560 Speaker 1: he gave his name as Current Tramil. He thought it 488 00:32:32,680 --> 00:32:36,720 Speaker 1: was clever, and the voices agreed. Here at the internet cafe, 489 00:32:36,920 --> 00:32:41,080 Speaker 1: he signed into a computer with the name Catherine. After 490 00:32:41,200 --> 00:32:43,960 Speaker 1: plugging in a pair of headphones, Luca pulled up a 491 00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:47,760 Speaker 1: browser on Google and searched his name again. He scrolled 492 00:32:47,800 --> 00:32:51,200 Speaker 1: through pages and pages, looking for more articles to read. 493 00:32:52,040 --> 00:32:53,680 Speaker 1: Every time he found a new one, it gave him 494 00:32:53,680 --> 00:32:57,120 Speaker 1: a jolt of excitement so strong he almost felt sexually aroused, 495 00:32:57,760 --> 00:32:59,719 Speaker 1: and he clicked on a new article from the Canadian 496 00:32:59,720 --> 00:33:03,080 Speaker 1: Brought Casting Company with detailed timeline and a video clip 497 00:33:03,160 --> 00:33:05,880 Speaker 1: of a reporter describing the crime while standing in front 498 00:33:05,920 --> 00:33:09,800 Speaker 1: of Lucas's old apartment building. He was swept away. He 499 00:33:10,000 --> 00:33:13,480 Speaker 1: was elsewhere. He didn't notice the pair of men walking 500 00:33:13,600 --> 00:33:17,480 Speaker 1: up behind him. He hit play again on the video 501 00:33:17,560 --> 00:33:19,400 Speaker 1: clip just as one of the men reached out and 502 00:33:19,440 --> 00:33:23,200 Speaker 1: tapped him on the shoulder. Luca Manada. It was a 503 00:33:23,240 --> 00:33:26,280 Speaker 1: heavy German accent. Luca tried to run, but it was 504 00:33:26,320 --> 00:33:28,800 Speaker 1: too late. They were on top of him. In a second, 505 00:33:29,280 --> 00:33:32,680 Speaker 1: big hands, muscular, pulling his arms behind his back and 506 00:33:32,720 --> 00:33:35,760 Speaker 1: cuffing his wrists together, and they brought Luca to an 507 00:33:35,800 --> 00:33:40,960 Speaker 1: interrogation room. Two investigators walked in. Luca crossed his legs 508 00:33:41,000 --> 00:33:43,800 Speaker 1: and asked for a cigarette. There's no smoking in here, 509 00:33:43,960 --> 00:33:47,479 Speaker 1: came to reply, What are you gonna do? Luca asked him, 510 00:33:48,240 --> 00:33:52,920 Speaker 1: arrest me for smoking? Smoking, smoking, smoking smoking. Sharon Stone 511 00:33:53,040 --> 00:33:56,360 Speaker 1: tried for twenty years to move past Catherine Trammel, but 512 00:33:56,480 --> 00:33:59,360 Speaker 1: people were still obsessed with the character. And how can 513 00:33:59,400 --> 00:34:02,120 Speaker 1: you move past something when people are still obsessing over it. 514 00:34:03,200 --> 00:34:06,160 Speaker 1: Sharon knew it all too well, but now the Canadian 515 00:34:06,200 --> 00:34:09,680 Speaker 1: police were learning it too. Even after he was arrested, 516 00:34:10,239 --> 00:34:12,960 Speaker 1: Luca Manada still found a way to continue his gruesome 517 00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:15,879 Speaker 1: reign of terror. The day after he was taken into 518 00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:19,560 Speaker 1: custody in Berlin, his final two packages arrived at separate 519 00:34:19,600 --> 00:34:24,040 Speaker 1: elementary schools in Vancouver. Each contained part of June Lynn's body, 520 00:34:24,080 --> 00:34:27,920 Speaker 1: wrapped in bright pink tissue paper. The case dragged on 521 00:34:28,200 --> 00:34:33,000 Speaker 1: for over a year. Lawyers argued over Lucas sanity. In 522 00:34:33,080 --> 00:34:35,560 Speaker 1: the end, the jury decided that his gruesome murder was 523 00:34:35,680 --> 00:34:39,200 Speaker 1: clearly the work of a seriously deranged man, but not 524 00:34:39,400 --> 00:34:44,280 Speaker 1: someone who is legally insane. Luca Manada was thus sentenced 525 00:34:44,320 --> 00:34:47,360 Speaker 1: to life in prison, where he serves out a sentence 526 00:34:47,480 --> 00:34:53,040 Speaker 1: for a crime so lurid, so diabolical, so gratuitously violent, 527 00:34:53,400 --> 00:34:55,680 Speaker 1: that it seems like it shouldn't be from real life 528 00:34:55,719 --> 00:34:59,880 Speaker 1: at all. It's a story that ought to be in pictures. 529 00:35:01,320 --> 00:35:19,200 Speaker 1: I'm Jake Brennan and this is Hollywoodland. Hollywood Land was 530 00:35:19,239 --> 00:35:22,239 Speaker 1: created by Years Truly and is produced in partnership with 531 00:35:22,360 --> 00:35:26,280 Speaker 1: Double Elvis. Follow like, rate and review hollywood Land wherever 532 00:35:26,320 --> 00:35:28,080 Speaker 1: you get your podcasts, and get in touch with us 533 00:35:28,160 --> 00:35:31,839 Speaker 1: on social media at double Elvis. If you like hollywood Land, 534 00:35:31,920 --> 00:35:34,719 Speaker 1: check out my other show, the award winning Disgraceland, which 535 00:35:34,760 --> 00:35:36,520 Speaker 1: looks at the world of music through the lens of 536 00:35:36,600 --> 00:35:39,359 Speaker 1: true crime. Just search for Disgraceland or wherever you get 537 00:35:39,400 --> 00:35:46,920 Speaker 1: your podcasts. Good Double that