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The Fall of Fatty
Episode 138

The Fall of Fatty

True Weird Stuff · Tony Garcia

November 15, 20251h 36m

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<p>Today's True Weird Stuff - The Fall of Fatty</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <div> <div> <div>In 1921, Roscoe &ldquo;Fatty&rdquo; Arbuckle was one of Hollywood&rsquo;s biggest stars&mdash;beloved, bankable, and untouchable.&nbsp;But a wild party at San Francisco&rsquo;s St. Francis Hotel changed everything. When young actress Virginia Rappe fell mysteriously ill and later died,&nbsp;Arbuckle was accused of murdering her, igniting one of the first major celebrity scandals in American history.&nbsp;The tabloids turned the tragedy into a feeding frenzy, but the truth of what really happened that night remains murky over a century later.</div> </div> </div> <div>&nbsp;</div>