Flipside: The True Story of Bob Crane

On Saturday, May 30, 1964, Bob Crane hosted a four-hour 8th anniversary special of his KNX-CBS radio program. For this special broadcast, he aired clips from many of the interviews he had conducted over the years at KNX. Part 4 of his 8th anniversary special is presented here. Celebrity guests include George Hamilton, Rudolph Friml, Keenan Wynn, Morey Amsterdam, Bette Davis, Jonathan Winters, Otto...

On Saturday, May 30, 1964, Bob Crane hosted a four-hour 8th anniversary special of his KNX-CBS radio program. For this special broadcast, he aired clips from many of the interviews he had conducted over the years at KNX. Part 3 of his 8th anniversary special is presented here. Celebrity guests include Olivia de Havilland, André Previn, Phyllis Diller, Barbra Streisand, Gig Young, Stephanie Powers,...

On Saturday, May 30, 1964, Bob Crane hosted a four-hour 8th anniversary special of his KNX-CBS radio program. For this special broadcast, he aired clips from many of the interviews he had conducted over the years at KNX. Part 2 of his 8th anniversary special is presented here. Celebrity guests include Jule Styne, Charlton Heston, Meredith and Rimi Wilson, Shelley Berman, Marilyn Monroe, Alexander...

On Saturday, May 30, 1964, Bob Crane hosted a four-hour 8th anniversary special of his KNX-CBS radio program. For this special broadcast, he aired clips from many of the interviews he had conducted over the years at KNX. Part 1 of his 8th anniversary special is presented here. Celebrity guests include Jack Lemmon, George Jessel, Gypsy Rose Lee, Soupy Sales, Bob Hope, Dick Van Dyke, Fred Astaire, J...

In this episode, Carol Ford and Linda Groundwater delve into the motivation behind Auto Focus . They examine published quotes by film director Paul Schrader and star Greg Kinnear, and discuss how they and others affiliated with the film felt not just about making the biopic about Bob Crane, but their opinions regarding the Hogan’s Heroes star himself. This episode contains explicit content and is...

In this episode, co-hosts Carol Ford and Linda Groundwater celebrate Bob Crane's birthday. Born on Friday, July 13, 1928, Bob always claimed throughout his life that 13 was his lucky number. Linda and Carol discuss Bob’s birthday, his upbringing in Connecticut, his family and school friends, his inspiration for learning the drums, and some influential experiences from his childhood that shaped who...

On June 13, 2021, the episode Autopsy: The Last Hours of Bob Crane, with Dr. Michael Hunter, premiered on Reelz network. Linda Groundwater was featured in this episode of 'Autopsy' as an expert on Bob Crane as one of his official biographers. In this episode of our podcast, we provide an in-depth review of this 'Autopsy' episode. Special thanks to Robert Scott Crane, who is our featured guest in t...

On Sunday, June 13, 2021, at 9:00 p.m. EDT, Linda Groundwater will appear on 'Autopsy: The Last Hours Of... with Dr. Michael Hunter' in the episode about Bob Crane. In our next episode of Flipside: The True Story of Bob Crane, we will discuss this Autopsy episode. © Carol M Ford Productions, LLC All rights reserved. Selected music is licensed through Epidemic Sound and used with permission. For mo...

In this episode, Carol Ford and Linda Groundwater discuss Bob Crane’s appearance on the Canadian television series 'Celebrity Cooks.' As part of their research for 'Bob Crane: The Definitive Biography,' Carol and Linda talked with three people directly affiliated with 'Celebrity Cooks': owner Derek Smith, talent agent Anne Kear, and stage manager Roger Packer. All three were present on the day of...

In this episode, Carol Ford and Linda Groundwater discuss Bob Crane’s early acting, and specifically, how he grew as an actor on Hogan’s Heroes. Audio clips include a Winston Cigarette commercial aired on Bob Crane's KNX radio show, and segments from Linda and Carol's interviews with actress Arlene Martel and Hogan’s Heroes associate producer and director Jerry London. Audio clips of Jerry London...

On June 29, 1978, Bob Crane was brutally murdered in Scottsdale, Arizona, and to this day, the crime remains officially unsolved. His unsolved murder and the scandal that grew from it have spawned unending media coverage, along with several books, documentaries, podcast episodes, and the movie Auto Focus, all of which provide little clarity about Bob Crane as a human being. In part two of this two...

On June 29, 1978, Bob Crane was brutally murdered in Scottsdale, Arizona, and to this day, the crime remains officially unsolved. His unsolved murder and the scandal that grew from it have spawned unending media coverage, along with several books, documentaries, podcast episodes, and the movie Auto Focus, all of which provide little clarity about Bob Crane as a human being. In part one of this two...

In this episode, Bob Crane biographers Carol Ford and Linda Groundwater discuss the origins of Bob Crane’s biography, their initial motivation to learn the truth about the Hogan's Heroes star, reactions to the project from those who contributed to the book, and some of Linda’s and Carol’s more memorable moments during the research process. © Carol M Ford Productions, LLC All rights reserved. Selec...

In this episode, we begin at the end – with the final days of Bob Crane’s life and an overview of his murder. But we’re going to give you a different perspective of it. From there, we travel back in time to 1928, when Bob was born, and share some profound stories of his early days of growing up in Stamford, CT, and of his love of music and drums. Also included is a rare audio clip of Bob’s stage p...

As we continue working on our first feature episode, we thought we'd produce an "interim" episode to hold you over! In this episode, you'll hear a rare clip of Bob Crane interviewing Marilyn Monroe, as well as a sampling of how Bob "messed with" or enhanced on air radio spots in a Winston Cigarette Commercial. The Winston Cigarettes commercial and Bob Crane’s interview clip with Marilyn Monroe ori...

Bob Crane biographer Carol Ford participated in the 2019 Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia Convention in Hunt Valley, MD (September 12-14, 2019). While there, Carol sold and signed copies of Bob Crane: The Definitive Biography and talked with convention attendees about Bob Crane, Hogan's Heroes, and their thoughts on the book. Several attendees agreed to have their testimonials recorded for this podcast and...

In this episode, hosts and Bob Crane biographers Carol Ford, Linda Groundwater, and Dee Young provide an overview of 'Flipside: The True Story of Bob Crane." Drum cadence in the beginning of this episode is the introduction to the Hogan's Heroes March and performed by Bob Crane. The clip of Bob Crane's aircheck following the cadence is from The Bob Crane Show, which originally aired over KNX-CBS R...