E! Mysteries & Scandals Season 1 Episodes

Episode 1

Lana Turner

Mon, Mar 9, 1998

What happened on that night in 1958 when Lana Turner's mobster boyfriend, Johnny Stompanato was stabbed to death? Was she responsible or was it her teenage daughter, Cheryl Crane?

Episode 2

George Reeves

Mon, Mar 16, 1998

He was an icon to a generation of children. So it was a shock to many when George Reeves was found dead of a gunshot wound to the head. The media called it a suicide. Others believed it was murder.

Episode 3

Marilyn Monroe

Mon, Mar 23, 199830 mins

Episode 4

James Dean

Mon, Mar 30, 1998

Episode 5

Jayne Mansfield

Mon, Apr 6, 1998

Episode 6

Fatty Arbuckle

Mon, Apr 13, 1998

Episode 7

Thelma Todd

Mon, Apr 20, 1998

Episode 8

Bugsy Siegel

Mon, Apr 27, 1998

Episode 9

Montgomery Clift

Mon, May 4, 1998

Episode 10

Jean Harlow

Mon, May 11, 1998

Episode 11

Charlie Chaplin

Mon, May 18, 1998

Episode 12

Peg Entwistle

Mon, May 25, 1998

Episode 13

Bela Lugosi

Mon, Jun 1, 1998

Gary D. Rhodes, Martin Landau, Vampira (Maila Nurmi) Robert Wise, Jonathan Morrill, and Forrest J. Ackerman are just a few of the people who are interviewed for this episode as they tell the story of Bela Lugosi's quick rise but sharp fall.

Episode 14

William Desmond Taylor

Mon, Jun 8, 1998

Episode 15

The Black Dahlia

Mon, Jun 15, 1998

Mysteries and Scandals examines the murder of aspiring actress Elizabeth Short who was also known as 'The Black Dahlia'. Her gruesomely mutilated body was discovered on January 15, 1947 in a vacant lot. He killer is never identified though suspects include the last man seen with her, a well-known night club owner, and a petty criminal.

Episode 16

Dorothy Dandridge

Mon, Jun 22, 1998

Episode 17

Errol Flynn

Mon, Jun 29, 1998

Episode 18

Howard Hughes

Mon, Jul 6, 1998

Episode 19

The Quiz Show Scandals

Mon, Jul 13, 1998

Good clean fun? Or a cynical attempt by the networks to fabricate high scores in order to entertain bigger audiences, and drive up the ad revenue?

Episode 20

Judy Garland

Mon, Jul 20, 1998

Episode 21

Billie Holiday

Mon, Jul 27, 1998

Episode 22

Buddy Holly

Mon, Aug 3, 1998

End-of-an-era story of America's favourite son dying tragically young in an air-crash in the snow - but could there have been a smoking gun?

Episode 23

William Randolph Hearst

Mon, Aug 10, 1998

What transpired is to this day a mystery. One thing's for certain. Famed Hollywood Producer Thomas Ince was shot on-board William Randolph Hearst's yacht the night of his birthday and soon after died. Who did it? And why?

Episode 24

Ramon Novarro

Mon, Aug 17, 1998

Episode 25

Hank Williams

Mon, Aug 24, 1998

Episode 26

Clara Bow

Mon, Aug 31, 1998

Episode 27

Alla Nazimova

Mon, Sep 7, 1998

Episode 28

Busby Berkeley

Mon, Sep 14, 1998

Episode 29

F. Scott Fitzgerald & Zelda

Mon, Sep 21, 1998

Episode 30

Barbara Hutton

Mon, Sep 28, 1998

Episode 31

Frances Farmer

Mon, Oct 12, 1998

Notorious for her drunken exploits and various stints at mental health facilities, Frances Farmer was subjected to a slew of dark rumors - but here's the truth about her story.

Episode 32

James Whale

Mon, Oct 19, 1998

Episode 33

Harry Houdini

Mon, Oct 26, 1998

Episode 34

Spencer Tracy

Mon, Nov 2, 1998

Episode 35

Joan Crawford

Mon, Nov 9, 1998

Episode 36

Louise Brooks

Mon, Nov 16, 1998

Episode 37

Carole Lombard

Mon, Nov 23, 1998

Episode 38

Rita Hayworth

Mon, Nov 30, 1998

Episode 39

The Vivian Leigh Story

Mon, Dec 7, 1998

Episode 40

John Barrymore

Mon, Dec 14, 1998

Episode 41

Bing Crosby

Mon, Dec 21, 1998

Episode 42

Lenny Bruce

Mon, Dec 28, 1998

Episode 43

Alfalfa and the Gang

Mon, Jan 4, 199930 mins

Episode 44

Ernest Hemingway

Sun, Jan 11, 1998

Episode 45

The Hillside Strangler

Mon, Jan 18, 1999

Serial rapists and killers Kenneth Bianchi and his cousin Angelo Buono Jr. (who was not Ken's blood relative) terrorize Los Angeles, California in the late 1970s, leaving a dozen or more women dead.

Episode 46

Billy Tipton

Mon, Jan 25, 1999

Billy Tipton was a female jazz pianist and saxophonist who found it easier to dress in male attire, and lived as a man, eventually establishing a number of common law relationships with other women and adopting three sons. This story outlines her life and interviews her fellow band members and family, all who were comfortable with her choice and supportive.

Episode 47

Sam Cooke

Mon, Jan 25, 1999

Episode 48

Freddie Mercury

Mon, Feb 1, 1999

Episode 49

Sal Mineo

Mon, Feb 8, 1999

Episode 50

Bobby Fuller

Sun, Feb 15, 1998

Episode 51

Doris Duke

Mon, Feb 22, 1999

Episode 52

Jack Warner

Mon, Mar 1, 1999

Episode 53

Florence Ballard

Thu, Feb 25, 1999