Carter Roy

And the official story isn't always the truth.

This episode was written and researched by Chelsea Wood.

Fact-checked by Sophie Kemp.

And engineered, video edited, and sound designed by Alex Button.

I'm your host, Carter Roy.

A sea of paparazzi swelled around Lana Turner's mansion, and L.A.

Police Chief Clinton Anderson was right in the thick of it.

The chief was probably annoyed he wasn't the first one there, but it's to be expected for a Hollywood legend's house.

Besides, he had bigger fish to fry.

Inside, someone had been murdered.

To make matters worse, it wasn't Lana that let the police chief inside, but her lawyer and a celebrity fixer, experts in covering up the crimes of the rich and famous.

Chief Anderson was outraged.

From here on out, he knew that anything he saw had to be taken with a grain of salt.

And what did he see?

Lana Turner's mobster boyfriend dead on her bedroom floor, fatally stabbed.

And the killer?

Lana's teenage daughter.

But as Chief Anderson learned later, the fingerprints on the murder weapon were smudged off.

Plus, the victim was killed by some accounts two hours before Chief Anderson arrived.

Chief Anderson likely looked at the movie star, the daughter, and the fixers, wondering, are they telling the truth or are they protecting someone?