Unsolved murders are a source of endless fascination, and as unsavoury as it seems to say, that’s especially true when the crime involves a celebrity, and there’s a sordid or salacious element in play, all of which were present and accounted for in the death of Bob Crane.

Best known for his work on the hit TV series Hogan’s Heroes, where he played the title character Robert E Hogan for 168 episodes between 1965 and 1971, the show would mark the high point of his career. Less than a decade after he took his final bow as his most famous character, Crane’s murder opened the floodgates for a string of revelations about his private life that made his death headline news.

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Bob Crane

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