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What a Creep

Season 17, Episode 10

The Murder of Johnny Stompanto 

Lana Turner and the Murder of Johnny Stompanato – What a Creep

What a Creep Season 17, Episode 10 The Murder of Johnny Stompanato Lana Turner was one of Hollywood’s most alluring (and controversial) actors in movie history, with star turns in the original The

Lana Turner was one of Hollywood’s most alluring (and controversial) actors in movie history, with star turns in the original The Postman Always Rings Twice, Imitation of Life, and Peyton Place. She was blonde, sexy, and a supposed “maneater” with eight marriages and several lovers. In 1958 she dated the former war hero and current mob hooligan Johnny Stompanato who supposedly treated her terribly. 

Her only child, Cheryl Crane, at 14, stabbed Johnny to death after her mother tried to break off their relationship. Cheryl was acquitted of any wrongdoing (Johnny was a BAD dude) but spent years dealing with her childhood trauma and being the daughter of a movie queen. 

But did Cheryl really kill Johnny, or was she covering up for her mother? 

Trigger warnings: Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, & Murder

Sources:

Vanity Fair April 1999 The Gangster and the Goddess

Lana Turner Wikipedia

Biography.com

Johnny Stompanato  Wikipedia

Cheryl Crane Wiki

People Magazine

All That is Interesting

History 101.com

Los Angeles Times

The Daily Beast

E Mysteries & Scandals March 9, 1998

Cinema Scholars

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