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Chapter 1: What is the introduction to 'Fatal Beauty'?
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Hi, Georgia.
Hi, David. What do you think the world needs more of?
Well, the world always needs more podcasts. Didn't you used to have a podcast? Not only did I used to have a podcast, Georgia. It's coming back. David Tennant does a podcast with Season 3. It's coming at you. Okay, and who are your guests? Who are my guests? What about Russell T. Davis? What about Jamila Jamil? What about Stanley the Tooch Toochy?
Yeah.
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Chapter 2: Who was found in the Bronco in Oklahoma City?
Alan was discovered partially decomposed four days after he'd last been seen. When the Oklahoma City patrol officers found him between the front seats of his Bronco and traced the registration back to Norman Allen Rarig, they phoned the Dallas PD, wondering if a man by that name had been reported missing. Thank God someone had filed a report. But Allen didn't have an ID on him.
Someone could have stolen his car. Detectives still couldn't be 100% sure that the dead man was him. Why they didn't fingerprint the body and try to figure out his identity that way isn't clear. The Dallas officer had to get creative, so he called up Allen's next of kin, Sandra.
And they asked her, did he have on such and such? And she said, yes. Said, the last time you saw him, did he have on Bermuda shorts and all? And she said, yes.
That's what he was found wearing in Oklahoma City. It was Allen. It was time to break the news. But before the officer could get a word in, Sandra stopped him.
Is it bad news? And they said, yes. And said, well, then call Ron Barnes. And she hung up.
Ron Barnes was one of Allen's oldest pals in Edmond. The police obliged Sandra's request. They figured she'd prefer hearing the horrifying details from a loved one rather than a complete stranger. By morning, the news of Allen's death hadn't just reached Gloria, but his neighbors in Dallas, too. Then the phone rang at the police department in Oklahoma City.
A anonymous person who police called Deep Throat called the Oklahoma police.
Not that Deep Throat, another informant. Turns out, this woman said Sandra had a reputation that preceded her. There was more to this striking brunette than it might seem. In fact, it was an open secret in her little corner of Dallas that she was trouble, dangerous even. Get too close and your days might be numbered.
Sandra became heavily ostracized already in 1982, and Alan Rarig, her third husband, was not aware of this because he had only just moved to Dallas. from Oklahoma the day before he met her.
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Chapter 3: What clues were found at the crime scene?
Check out The Binge channel page on Apple Podcasts or getthebinge.com to learn more. Fatal Beauty is an original production of Sony Music Entertainment. It was hosted and reported by me, Cooper Mall. Catherine St. Louis is our story editor. Jonathan Hirsch is our executive producer. Sound design and mixing by Josh Hahn. We use music from APM and Epidemic Sound.
Our associate producer is Zoe Kolkin. Our fact checker is Naomi Barr. Our production managers are Sammy Allison and Tamika Balans-Kolosny. Our lawyer is Rachel Goldberg. Special thanks to Steve Ackerman, Emily Rosick, Jamie Myers, Eric Miller, Skip Hollinsworth, and Glenna Whitley, whose reporting for D Magazine and The Dallas Observer is an essential piece of the story of Sandra Bridewell.
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