Labor Day Weekend 1921, Roscoe Arbuckle and friends took a trip to San Francisco, at the end of it, one women was dead and Rosco’s career was ruined. Join us this week as we travel back 100 years to discuss the scandal that took down a giant.

Virginia Rappe

Mug shot

One of many headlines

Virginia’s Casket

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Photos:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Rappe#/media/File:The_American_florist_-_a_weekly_journal_for_the_trade_(1921)_(17957015190).jpg

https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fallthatsinteresting.com%2Fvirginia-rappe-fatty-arbuckle&psig=AOvVaw3QqU7TaymzAEAfYxpc-VUd&ust=1637198441093000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAwQjhxqFwoTCLCV_dGdnvQCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAm

https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.smithsonianmag.com%2Fhistory%2Fthe-skinny-on-the-fatty-arbuckle-trial-131228859%2F&psig=AOvVaw0EVM_JaZoHqv7D7c_CjQoG&ust=1637198834546000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAwQjhxqFwoTCMD4v4qfnvQCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAD

https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pinterest.co.uk%2Fmjmorpheus%2Froscoe-arbuckle%2F&psig=AOvVaw0EVM_JaZoHqv7D7c_CjQoG&ust=1637198834546000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAwQjhxqFwoTCMD4v4qfnvQCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAO

Information:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-skinny-on-the-fatty-arbuckle-trial-131228859/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roscoe_Arbuckle

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/10/11/fatty-arbuckle-and-the-birth-of-the-celebrity-scandal

and of course Ancestry.com, MyHeritage.com, Newspaperarchives, FamilySearch.org

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/silent-film-star-arrested-for-murder

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Books About Roscoe Arbuckle:

https://www.amazon.com/Frame-Up-Untold-Story-Roscoe-Arbuckle/dp/0688091296

https://www.amazon.com/Room-1219-Arbuckle-Mysterious-Virginia-ebook/dp/B00EBNXLZI/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=fatty+arbuckle&qid=1637112687&s=books&sr=1-1