Bonus Episode: Hollywood’s Origin Scandal Story

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Sep 9, 202653:14Society & Culture

In this week's Wrap Party, Zeth is talking about Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, William Desmond Taylor, Mabel Normand, and the birth of the Hollywood scandal. Plus, dirty recs with Disgraceland's Jake Brennan about scandalous...

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