12 Notorious Murder Cases That Tore Hollywood Apart

Bob Crane rose to fame in the 1960's as part of the World War II sit-com, Hogan's Heroes. The show ran for six years and Crane became a popular figure as a result. His career following Hogan's Heroes was middling, to say the least until it abruptly ended with his death in 1978.

On June 29th 1978, Victoria Ann Berry, a co-star of Crane's, went to his apartment in Scottsdale Arizona after he failed to show up for work. Berry found Crane dead, with his head bludgeoned and an electrical cord tied around his neck.

The Scottsdale Police Department was said to be ill-equipped to deal with such a high-profile murder investigation and, as such, yielded very few clues from the crime scene. That said, they found a variety of tapes Crane had recorded of himself and a friend, John Henry Carpenter's, sexual encounters with women.

After several back-and-forths, the case was re-opened in 1990 and Crane was arrested two years later. Despite Crane's son testifying against Carpenter, the evidence was deemed circumstantial and he was acquitted (yet died four years later).

To this day Bob Crane's murder has gone unsolved and will stay that way. Proving money and fame cannot guarantee justice.