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[Holly] Playboy in the '90s
was a huge part
of popular culture.
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It was a mainstream,
acceptable presentation
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of nudity
and female sexuality.
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Just everything they do is
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wow.
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You have all kinds of things
at your fingertips.
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You know,
the sky is the limit.
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[sinister music playing]
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[Holly] But Playboy handles
tragedies by burying them
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and not acknowledging them.
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[Lucia] It's just this
downward spiral.
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And that's when
his behavior
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really starts to get
out of control.
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I remember telling her,
"You really should not
do this.
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I don't think
it's a good idea."
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Several witness
who were later identified
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as hearing what they thought
was a loud argument.
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All the dreams
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aren't necessarily
what's really important.
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All that glitters isn't gold.
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[Corinna] It was very scary.
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If someone is capable
of murder,
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they could murder you.
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[gunshot]
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October 29th of 1991,
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I was in a gun shop.
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And, uh,
an individual came down
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and yelled that there was
a gun fight going on outside
in the street
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next to our building.
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Myself and another
off-duty officer ran out.
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We found two bodies
lying in the street
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with pools of blood
around them
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and spent casings
from the .22 revolver.
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This was in the middle
of the day in public
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so it was
a bewildering moment
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because it involves
a celebrity, uh,
Playboy model.
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Stacy Arthur.
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[indistinct chatter]
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Stacy Arthur
was Playmate of the Month
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in January, 1991.
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When you thought of Playboy,
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you thought
of beautiful women,
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you thought of
nude photography.
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[cheering]
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A lot of women
in the '90s and 2000s,
myself included,
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saw Playboy
as a stepping stone
to a career.
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[Corinna] Oh, my gosh,
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I remember the first time
driving through those gates.
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And I remember
the first time
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I ever laid eyes
on the mansion.
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I thought, "Oh,
this place is spectacular."
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Just everything they do
is wow.
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It's just wow.
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It's kind of like that
like the stars in their eyes.
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And you have celebrities
wanting you,
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you have all kinds of things
at your fingertips.
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You know,
the sky is the limit.
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And I think
Stacy kind of had that
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and she... she thought,
"Wait a minute here.
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This is everything."
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[Holly] The beginning
of Stacy's story was
so incredibly wholesome.
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But there were things
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that allowed this to take
a much darker turn.
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Stacy graduated
from high school in 1986.
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She was rather quiet.
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Uh, beautiful girl.
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Very talented in crafts and...
and ceramic work.
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And then by the spring
of '88,
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she was the manager
of a crafts store
in Bellefontaine.
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My brother Jim
opened a tanning salon
on the second floor.
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And that's where he met Stacy.
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He and Stacy hit it off
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and were soon inseparable.
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She was 19 at the time
and he was 34.
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This would've been
when Stacy and Dad
first got together.
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She has sort of this
woven romance
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uh, with Jim Arthur.
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She had been
previously married,
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had a child
from her previous marriage.
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Jim, he had been married
before as well.
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She meets Jim
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and is very smitten
with him.
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[Danielle] I think they...
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they both were really
happy together
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and that they found
each other.
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[Jana] On June 4th, 1988,
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they got married.
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And that started it all.
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[Stacy] Wait till everybody
gets in here. Get your hair...
Get your head back.
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[Danielle] She was
the only mom I ever knew
for a long time.
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My mom and dad separated
when I was young
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and Stacy adopted me
in 1989.
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Like when she came
into my life,
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I was still very little.
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Like, it was no feat for me
to call her "Mom."
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Because she was there.
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I don't ever remember
not calling her "Mom."
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I think the biggest change
for me was
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not that there was a new woman
in the... in the house,
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as much as Stacy
brought her daughter with her.
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And that was a change
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'cause I had just always had
an older brother.
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- [boy speaking indistinctly]
- [woman] Okay.
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[Danielle] Her hair
was always pretty,
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and she had high heels like,
the really high heels.
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And you know,
as a little girl,
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those are so much fun
to go in the closet
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and try on and attempt
to walk in them
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and fail terribly.
[chuckles]
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[Jana] She was
very photogenic.
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She took some great pictures.
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And then
when they got married,
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she decided she'd like to go
into modelling.
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So Jim became her manager
and her support staff.
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She started out
in a pageant.
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She did win
32 different pageants.
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She had all kinds
of trophies
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and things to show
what she had accomplished.
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[Lucia] He had put her up
for more and more pageants.
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And as she kept winning,
she gained more confidence,
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uh, over time.
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And she won Mrs. Ohio
in, uh, June 1990.
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She was the youngest
competitor,
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uh, and she swept
the competition.
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Um, so that was obviously
a huge highlight
for her career.
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[Jana] Usually,
people did not win
that pageant
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on their first time.
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She was...
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shocked.
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Absolutely shocked
at when they announced
that she had won.
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This would be
her Mrs. Ohio crown.
[laughs]
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Every little girl's dream
is to have a tiara this big
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that's not made of plastic.
[laughs]
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[Jana] Jim saw beyond
what was happening
right in front of her
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and he wanted to help her
reach for the stars.
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He wanted to help
her achieve
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and be the best
that she could be.
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Which led her to Playboy.
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[Holly] A husband
wanting his wife
to be a Playmate
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might seem weird at first.
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Like, why does he want
his wife to be naked
for everybody else to see?
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But based on my experience,
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I've seen husbands
be really excited to have
their wives pose
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and, you know, to them,
it's like a trophy.
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There can definitely be
another side, too.
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It would take
a really secure partner
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to be able to deal with that
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and be confident
and supportive.
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[Jana] So after she won
Mrs. Ohio,
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she continued to model.
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That led her to a gig
in Chicago.
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And while they
were out there,
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they stopped in
at the Playboy headquarters.
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Jim said, "Let's do it
while we're here."
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And she said,
"Sure, let's go."
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I think to outsiders
looking in,
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Playboy looked like
a really glamourous,
upscale world.
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Playboy was such a huge
magazine in the '90s.
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And it was very,
very mainstream.
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I mean, you would see Playboy
have a presence in like,
family movies.
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It was something
that was, yeah,
it's a little bit racy,
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but it was so mainstream
at the same time.
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ForPlayboy
to have a pageant queen
as a centerfold
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was a really big deal.
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That was another thing
that kind of legitimized
the magazine more.
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It's like, oh,
this Miss America type person
could be a centerfold, too.
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[Jana] Jim made arrangements
to get a photoshoot
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and some videotaping done.
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They saw something in her
that they really liked.
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[Holly] Just a month later,
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Stacy was flown out to LA
for her Playmate shoot
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and that's unheard of.
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She was definitely
fast tracked.
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[Corinna] It's your
first taste of celebrity.
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A lot of girls do go on
to become household names.
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I think Stacy wanted that
really badly.
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All of a sudden,
you're the hometown hero.
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And everybody, you know,
wants to meet the Playmate.
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And, "Oh, my gosh,
she did Playboy."
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[Holly] This must've been
a whirlwind for Stacy
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to go from
being from a small town
in Ohio
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and just a month later
you're being flown out to LA,
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you're staying
at the Playboy mansion,
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you're doing this shoot
for a huge magazine.
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They used to put
the Playmates in the bungalows
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if we were doing photoshoots,
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sometimes making appearances
there in LA.
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And have just let
the Playmates stay there.
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It was '91.
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They had me rooming
with Stacy Arthur.
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Probably because
we both came out of Chicago.
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And Stacy asked me
if I wanted to go into
the grotto.
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And I said, "Yeah."
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You know, I may as well.
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It's like a hot tub and cave.
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It was really spectacular.
[laughs]
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[Holly] It's right next
to the pool
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and the pool kind of flows
into it.
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So there's all these hot tubs
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and then there's like,
a little you know,
stream you can swim through
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and like,
tunnels you can swim under.
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It's really cool
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and, of course,
it's also, you know,
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the famous place
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where supposedly
everybody goes to have sex.
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And certainly,
many people did. [laughs]
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[Lucia] It's December of 1990.
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Stacy goes to the USSR
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to compete
in the Mrs. America pageant.
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And that's when
the story breaks
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that she's gonna be
a Playboycover model.
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As they finished up
the Mrs. America pageant,
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which she was
in the top ten,
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Stacy was on the cover
ofPlayboy and the centerfold
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for the January 1991.
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She was one of the few
that were ever selected
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to be on the cover
and the centerfold.
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Marilyn Monroe was one other.
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In the '90s,
the cover of Playboy
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was usually reserved
for a celebrity pictorial.
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Pamela Anderson
is the only other example
I can think of
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who was a Playmate
of the month
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who was on the cover
immediately.
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And that was
a big celebration.
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She was really excited
to be this January 1991.
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It is unusual
to have beauty pageant winners
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pose for Playboy.
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Stacy was the trendsetter.
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She was the first one
of that stature to do it.
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[Jana] It wasn't
against the rules
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'cause nothing was stated
at the time.
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But some of the pageant people
were shocked.
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[Lucia] She really relishes
the attention
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she says, you know,
there's nothing wrong
with it.
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The beauty queen
should be sensual,
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beauty queen
should be out there.
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And, um,
that's something
that really resonates.
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[Holly] It's interesting
how people react sometimes
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to a woman posing nude.
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All of a sudden
it becomes everyone
else's problem.
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Some of them think
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it grants them
some kind of ownership
of you.
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And there's also
a dark underbelly.
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Then you're not
really prepared for that,
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and you don't really see
that dark side
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until you're already in it.
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I definitely think
that Jim had big aspirations
for her.
250
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Well, it wasn't just that
Jim was her husband.
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He was also her manager.
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He was the one
who was booking
all her appearances.
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He was the one, um,
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who was kind of making her
into this star.
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[Danielle] I think in a way
she was a trophy for him.
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If you look at this,
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they look
like different people
in a way.
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I mean, really like,
I'm living life
in the fast lane.
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[Holly] It's a lot
to deal with you know,
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when you have someone
coming from a small town
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and one of them
is all of a sudden
making it big.
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And not only
are they making it big,
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but they're posing nude
in a magazine
for everyone to see.
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So if you get
the wrong type of person
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or somebody who has
the wrong idea about
what's appropriate,
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it can be really dangerous.
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[Corinna] And maybe
when you're younger,
you don't know that.
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You just don't.
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You think you're being kind,
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you think
everybody's being nice.
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You don't wanna believe
there's monsters out there
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or people that snap.
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From my understanding,
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my dad always wanted her
to be a Playboy Bunny.
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And that's how we ended up
where we are.
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I think she did it
out of respect for him.
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Really.
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Wow, a sling for your room!
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She, um, was
very modest I... I believe.
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And we would tell her
how beautiful she was
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and... and she
would think no.
282
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You know, she wasn't good...
good enough.
283
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She was trying
to get a music career started
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in country music.
285
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And she was trying
to get established
in Nashville at the time.
286
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And Playboy had backed her
on that.
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So they were trying
to help her
288
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with the connections
in Nashville.
289
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It was about 18 months
timeframe
290
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that they went from
Stacy's first pageant
291
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to Mrs. Ohio,
292
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to Playboy.
293
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It was all very...
very, very quickly.
294
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But to me,
she was my mom.
295
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Looky here!
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This is Whisky.
297
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Can you say hi to Whisky?
298
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Yes, this is
your new puppy.
299
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She never came off like,
300
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she was, "Oh, I'm all that
and a bag of chips."
301
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Like it just never...
never came off that way to me.
302
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[in high-pitched voice]
...and I want to give you
a kiss.
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[Danielle] I saw her
as what she was.
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You know, a human being
who had to get ready
like everybody else,
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and put one shoe on
in front of the other
306
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just like everybody else.
307
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[Corinna] When I met Stacy,
308
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I felt like
she was very well spoken.
309
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I felt like she was
much more accomplished
than I was.
310
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Especially that you know,
I was just out of high school.
311
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So I thought, "Wow."
312
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And she was Mrs. Ohio
and I looked up to that.
313
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Stacy was on
a really clear trajectory.
314
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And I know
she was probably
thinking about
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Playmate of the Year next.
316
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And then on into
the entertainment industry.
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[Jana] Jim was pretty excited.
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He was proud of her.
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And proud of the work
that she'd done
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and was ready to continue.
321
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[Danielle] My dad
would do her hair
322
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and her nails
and her makeup.
323
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And he just made sure
that everything was perfect.
324
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Picture perfect.
325
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[Corinna] It was always
about taking care of her.
326
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He would call,
"Oh, I understand you're...
327
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you and Stacy
are rooming together."
328
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He was so nice
329
00:15:49,420 --> 00:15:53,050
and just very concerned
about Stacy.
330
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[Holly] It seemed like
he was incredibly supportive,
331
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very secure.
332
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Wanted Stacy to go on
to be Playmate of the Year,
333
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and have a country
music career,
334
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and all those things.
335
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In the '90s,
336
00:16:08,460 --> 00:16:10,530
when Playmates were competing
for Playmate of the Year,
337
00:16:10,730 --> 00:16:13,910
the magazine
always wanted to know
who the readers wanted.
338
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So they would have
this 1-900 number
339
00:16:15,660 --> 00:16:17,080
people could call
to cast a vote.
340
00:16:17,280 --> 00:16:20,330
Like, they would press
a number for whatever month.
341
00:16:20,530 --> 00:16:23,640
But also
there was this component
of it where
342
00:16:23,840 --> 00:16:28,120
callers could elect
to have a conversation
with the actual Playmates.
343
00:16:28,320 --> 00:16:31,290
And actually speaking
to the Playmate over
the 1-900 number
344
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would make the Playmate
seem so much more accessible.
345
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[Holly] "This is news.
346
00:16:37,320 --> 00:16:38,710
This year as in the past,
347
00:16:38,910 --> 00:16:41,840
callers can go on record
by nominating their choices
for Playmate of the Year,
348
00:16:42,040 --> 00:16:44,260
but they can also hear
messages from their favorite
349
00:16:44,460 --> 00:16:46,190
and leave messages
for the ladies.
350
00:16:46,390 --> 00:16:49,980
Playmates will answer
some calls personally."
351
00:16:50,180 --> 00:16:55,570
Stacy was very,
very serious about getting
Playmate of the Year,
352
00:16:55,770 --> 00:16:57,330
and very serious
about Playboy
353
00:16:57,530 --> 00:17:00,360
and it being a catapult
in her career.
354
00:17:00,560 --> 00:17:05,220
So she took that phoneline
very, very seriously
355
00:17:05,420 --> 00:17:07,500
and thought that
that was gonna get her
356
00:17:07,700 --> 00:17:09,530
better standing with Playboy.
357
00:17:09,730 --> 00:17:10,910
[phone beeping]
358
00:17:11,110 --> 00:17:13,400
Fans would call in
and the operator
would punch you in.
359
00:17:13,590 --> 00:17:15,710
And they would pick
who they wanna speak to
360
00:17:15,910 --> 00:17:18,100
and, um,
and put you through.
361
00:17:19,200 --> 00:17:21,740
Mostly young men
that had seen the magazine
362
00:17:21,940 --> 00:17:24,190
and wanted to talk to the girl
in the magazine.
363
00:17:24,390 --> 00:17:25,290
And they would really ask,
364
00:17:25,490 --> 00:17:27,820
"Is this really you?
Why did you pose for Playboy?"
365
00:17:28,580 --> 00:17:29,410
Simple questions.
366
00:17:32,370 --> 00:17:35,330
So these women
were talking to all these
anonymous callers
367
00:17:35,530 --> 00:17:36,670
that they don't know
368
00:17:36,870 --> 00:17:39,980
and they're not trained
to handle these conversations.
369
00:17:40,180 --> 00:17:41,910
So they could've been asking
these women
370
00:17:42,110 --> 00:17:46,020
for any kinds of subtle hints
as to where they lived
371
00:17:46,220 --> 00:17:49,130
or where they might be
during a certain period
of time.
372
00:17:50,030 --> 00:17:53,360
We were all told,
"You don't engage.
373
00:17:53,560 --> 00:17:55,150
You've got to be very careful
with the...
374
00:17:55,350 --> 00:17:57,340
the things that you say
and how you say it."
375
00:17:59,790 --> 00:18:03,260
And they'd get disconnected
if they started trying
to talk dirty
376
00:18:03,460 --> 00:18:04,950
or... or, you know,
377
00:18:05,150 --> 00:18:06,550
anything inappropriate.
378
00:18:07,410 --> 00:18:09,640
The operator would listen in
379
00:18:09,840 --> 00:18:11,750
and disconnect
if anything went wrong.
380
00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:16,640
We made $150
for three hours of...
381
00:18:16,840 --> 00:18:18,600
of being on the phone lines.
382
00:18:18,800 --> 00:18:22,030
And fans paid
$3 a minute
383
00:18:22,820 --> 00:18:24,480
to... to speak
to the girls.
384
00:18:25,580 --> 00:18:26,810
It was interesting
[chuckles softly]
385
00:18:27,010 --> 00:18:28,290
and it was kind of fun.
386
00:18:28,490 --> 00:18:31,750
You could really make
a nice extra chunk of change.
387
00:18:35,030 --> 00:18:37,880
So their finances
are always very variable,
388
00:18:38,080 --> 00:18:38,880
the Arthurs.
389
00:18:39,080 --> 00:18:43,120
They have big expenses,
a lot of travel.
390
00:18:43,320 --> 00:18:46,260
So they start
having money troubles
around this time
391
00:18:46,460 --> 00:18:49,150
where it's not as steady
as they would like.
392
00:18:49,350 --> 00:18:51,880
This was a way, uh,
to keep money coming in
393
00:18:52,080 --> 00:18:54,570
and to keep all the lights on
394
00:18:54,770 --> 00:18:56,130
and all the businesses
running.
395
00:18:59,720 --> 00:19:01,360
[Holly] The centerfold
was always trying
to accomplish
396
00:19:01,560 --> 00:19:03,330
not only beauty
and sexuality,
397
00:19:03,530 --> 00:19:06,120
but a sense of intimacy
with the subject.
398
00:19:06,320 --> 00:19:09,810
So the reader could feel
like they really know
this woman.
399
00:19:10,010 --> 00:19:11,670
And on the back
of the centerfold,
400
00:19:11,870 --> 00:19:14,120
they would have
this data sheet.
401
00:19:14,320 --> 00:19:15,910
So this is in her handwriting
402
00:19:16,110 --> 00:19:19,020
and it would tell you
all kinds of things about her,
403
00:19:19,220 --> 00:19:22,050
from her favorite foods
to what her perfect date
would be
404
00:19:22,250 --> 00:19:25,640
and there are pictures of her
from when she was a teenager.
405
00:19:25,840 --> 00:19:30,710
So the goal
was really for this to be
a fantasy woman.
406
00:19:30,910 --> 00:19:33,500
And they could feel like,
"Oh, this is the girl
next door.
407
00:19:33,700 --> 00:19:36,840
This is somebody
I have a chance with
but she's stunning."
408
00:19:37,040 --> 00:19:41,190
I think it was a bad idea
to have the Playmates
be that accessible.
409
00:19:41,390 --> 00:19:42,980
I'm sure so
many men called
410
00:19:43,180 --> 00:19:45,810
and then felt like
they really knew these people
411
00:19:46,010 --> 00:19:46,950
and it's kind of shocking
to me
412
00:19:47,150 --> 00:19:48,570
that the Playmates
were asked to do that.
413
00:19:48,770 --> 00:19:51,550
I feel like that's kind of
crossing a line.
414
00:19:55,750 --> 00:19:58,890
In March of 1991,
415
00:19:59,930 --> 00:20:04,030
a fan had began
to call Stacy.
416
00:20:05,100 --> 00:20:06,430
His name was
James Lindberg...
417
00:20:06,630 --> 00:20:07,790
[phone ringing]
418
00:20:10,060 --> 00:20:12,330
...and he loved to talk
to the Playmates.
419
00:20:12,530 --> 00:20:14,570
He would call regularly
420
00:20:14,770 --> 00:20:18,190
and stay on the phone
for long periods of time.
421
00:20:18,390 --> 00:20:22,770
James Lindberg
is a 32-year-old man
who lives in California.
422
00:20:22,970 --> 00:20:24,190
He's really a loner.
423
00:20:24,390 --> 00:20:26,400
He doesn't seem to go out
that often.
424
00:20:26,590 --> 00:20:30,740
He you know,
starts calling this line.
425
00:20:30,940 --> 00:20:33,330
[Corinna] I remember
talking to James.
426
00:20:33,530 --> 00:20:35,060
He talked about his grandma.
427
00:20:35,620 --> 00:20:36,880
He's... he's you know,
428
00:20:37,080 --> 00:20:39,130
You know missed his grandma
and loved his grandma.
429
00:20:39,960 --> 00:20:41,670
He wasn't inappropriate.
430
00:20:41,870 --> 00:20:43,810
You know, he didn't say
anything sexual.
431
00:20:44,010 --> 00:20:47,150
It was just the way
he was so emotionally
432
00:20:47,350 --> 00:20:49,190
like serious.
433
00:20:49,390 --> 00:20:52,330
He would you know
didn't have a sense of humor.
434
00:20:52,530 --> 00:20:54,120
I noticed that right away
435
00:20:54,320 --> 00:20:57,150
and I thought,
"That's not right."
436
00:20:57,350 --> 00:21:01,620
He was the only one that made
me feel kind of sad and bad.
437
00:21:02,200 --> 00:21:04,220
In my Playmate issue,
438
00:21:04,420 --> 00:21:07,570
they write up things for the
girls in the magazine.
439
00:21:07,770 --> 00:21:11,260
And the writer mentioned
we used water balloon tourists
440
00:21:11,460 --> 00:21:12,720
in Las Vegas.
441
00:21:16,060 --> 00:21:18,710
And it would make us laugh.
442
00:21:18,910 --> 00:21:21,360
He would say,
"Why would you do that?
443
00:21:21,560 --> 00:21:22,430
I don't understand.
444
00:21:22,630 --> 00:21:24,360
Why would you have done
that to people?"
445
00:21:24,560 --> 00:21:25,880
And I said, "I'm so sorry.
446
00:21:26,080 --> 00:21:27,260
[chuckles] I'm sorry.
447
00:21:27,460 --> 00:21:28,880
Yeah, I feel bad about it.
448
00:21:29,080 --> 00:21:31,120
I feel really bad."
449
00:21:31,320 --> 00:21:32,650
He would get very upset...
450
00:21:34,240 --> 00:21:36,500
and mad,
like turn on a dime.
451
00:21:36,700 --> 00:21:37,890
[telephone ringing]
452
00:21:39,680 --> 00:21:43,400
That's when he started talking
to Stacy more.
453
00:21:43,590 --> 00:21:47,530
They had become friends
in his mind for certain.
454
00:21:47,730 --> 00:21:49,740
[Lucia] James Lindberg
actually set the record
455
00:21:49,940 --> 00:21:51,880
for the most amount
of phone calls.
456
00:21:52,080 --> 00:21:55,570
He had spent
over $15,000.
457
00:21:55,770 --> 00:21:56,880
Just on this phone line
458
00:21:57,080 --> 00:22:00,220
and keep in mind,
this guy was not making
a lot of money.
459
00:22:00,420 --> 00:22:03,720
He worked as a trucker
and he was out of work
for a while.
460
00:22:04,790 --> 00:22:07,240
So this was a huge amount
of cash to him.
461
00:22:11,370 --> 00:22:13,400
And that should have been
a red flag right there.
462
00:22:13,590 --> 00:22:17,600
It's almost like if somebody
was drinking too much at a bar
they might get cut off.
463
00:22:17,800 --> 00:22:19,460
I think with Playboy,
profit was coming first
464
00:22:19,660 --> 00:22:20,960
in that situation for sure.
465
00:22:22,100 --> 00:22:23,500
[Corinna]
Stacy said, "It's okay.
466
00:22:23,700 --> 00:22:27,260
I'm fine. He's fine.
He's harmless."
467
00:22:27,460 --> 00:22:31,150
[Jana] None of us knew
the road that she was going
468
00:22:31,350 --> 00:22:34,410
would lead to the dead end
that it did.
469
00:22:42,510 --> 00:22:44,000
[camera shutter clicking]
470
00:22:45,750 --> 00:22:48,880
[Jana] Stacy's life really
became quite busy
471
00:22:49,080 --> 00:22:53,670
because she was going places
to sign autographs,
472
00:22:53,870 --> 00:22:55,530
she was still modeling,
473
00:22:55,730 --> 00:22:59,910
she was doing some PR work
for Playboy,
474
00:23:00,110 --> 00:23:03,710
where Playmates would
go to car shows or whatever.
475
00:23:03,910 --> 00:23:07,020
So things got a little crazy
there for a while.
476
00:23:07,220 --> 00:23:09,770
I can relate to Stacy's
experience a little bit,
477
00:23:09,970 --> 00:23:13,020
but I didn't have it happen
as fast as she did.
478
00:23:13,220 --> 00:23:14,910
I mean,
she was literally going
479
00:23:15,110 --> 00:23:16,740
from a small town
in middle America
480
00:23:16,940 --> 00:23:19,570
to overnight in LA,
481
00:23:19,770 --> 00:23:21,190
shooting her Playmate layout.
482
00:23:21,390 --> 00:23:23,020
Probably only
a few months later,
483
00:23:23,220 --> 00:23:24,810
you know the magazine
was on news stands
484
00:23:25,010 --> 00:23:28,080
and it's one of the hugest
magazines in the world,
like...
485
00:23:28,280 --> 00:23:30,340
Even I can't imagine
how head spinning
that would be.
486
00:23:32,890 --> 00:23:35,530
[Jana] She flew
to the mansion
487
00:23:35,730 --> 00:23:38,000
or she then would fly
to Nashville
488
00:23:38,860 --> 00:23:40,460
and then back home.
489
00:23:40,660 --> 00:23:43,360
And trying to be a mom
at the same time.
490
00:23:43,560 --> 00:23:46,640
But she would still sit
for hours
491
00:23:46,840 --> 00:23:49,570
talking on the 900 number
492
00:23:49,770 --> 00:23:51,500
where people would call in.
493
00:23:51,700 --> 00:23:53,170
[telephone ringing]
494
00:23:54,620 --> 00:23:58,430
In March, James Lindberg
starts calling more
and more often
495
00:23:58,630 --> 00:24:00,130
and for longer and longer.
496
00:24:01,480 --> 00:24:04,360
They ended up putting in
a time limit
497
00:24:04,560 --> 00:24:07,840
because he spent so long
on the phone to her.
498
00:24:08,040 --> 00:24:09,400
When you wanna be
Playmate of the Year,
499
00:24:09,590 --> 00:24:11,080
you wanna show
you're the hardest worker
500
00:24:11,280 --> 00:24:13,150
and you have the most
positive attitude.
501
00:24:13,350 --> 00:24:14,810
She wanted people
to keep calling
502
00:24:15,010 --> 00:24:15,840
and asking for her
503
00:24:16,040 --> 00:24:18,430
and this person
on the other end of the line
504
00:24:18,630 --> 00:24:20,220
might be getting
the wrong idea.
505
00:24:20,420 --> 00:24:22,290
As long as things didn't get
too inappropriate,
506
00:24:22,490 --> 00:24:26,130
the Playmates were instructed
to just go along with whatever
went on on the phone.
507
00:24:28,620 --> 00:24:32,000
But one time,
James Lindberg got mad.
508
00:24:34,370 --> 00:24:36,430
Don't know
how the conversation started
509
00:24:36,630 --> 00:24:39,240
but he didn't like where
it was going and he got mad
510
00:24:39,960 --> 00:24:41,060
and he hung up.
511
00:24:43,130 --> 00:24:44,770
[telephone ringing]
512
00:24:44,970 --> 00:24:48,260
But then he called back
like a week or so later
513
00:24:48,460 --> 00:24:51,810
and he apologized to Stacy
for his behavior
514
00:24:52,010 --> 00:24:54,020
and then he started
calling her again.
515
00:24:54,220 --> 00:24:56,710
He finds out her favorite
color is pink
516
00:24:56,910 --> 00:24:59,000
and he sends her
70 pink balloons.
517
00:25:00,310 --> 00:25:02,910
He would kind of latch
on to these little details
518
00:25:03,110 --> 00:25:07,200
and then show his love
with sort of an over
abundance.
519
00:25:08,930 --> 00:25:11,640
He knew about her children,
520
00:25:11,840 --> 00:25:14,600
she told him
about her marriage.
521
00:25:14,800 --> 00:25:17,080
They have
this pseudo-friendship
522
00:25:17,280 --> 00:25:20,150
and he thinks that
this is giving him access
523
00:25:20,350 --> 00:25:23,640
that this is his way
of showing his love.
524
00:25:23,840 --> 00:25:25,120
[Holly] It can definitely
get dangerous
525
00:25:25,320 --> 00:25:28,120
to make people feel
like they know a Playmate.
526
00:25:28,320 --> 00:25:29,770
These are her real interests
527
00:25:29,970 --> 00:25:33,120
and it's her real name
usually and...
528
00:25:33,320 --> 00:25:34,950
she's telling people
where she's from,
529
00:25:35,150 --> 00:25:37,570
so it's not like the public
is even connecting
530
00:25:37,770 --> 00:25:39,050
with like a character
in a movie.
531
00:25:39,250 --> 00:25:40,950
Like this is a real person.
532
00:25:41,150 --> 00:25:44,550
I just think it's a really
weird line that gets blurred
with some people.
533
00:25:47,650 --> 00:25:50,000
In late September 1991,
534
00:25:50,890 --> 00:25:51,950
he didn't call.
535
00:25:52,150 --> 00:25:54,430
And she actually finds
his number and calls him
536
00:25:54,630 --> 00:25:56,260
and says, "Are you okay?
537
00:25:56,460 --> 00:25:57,910
Did something
happen to you?"
538
00:25:58,110 --> 00:26:01,400
So you're getting these mixed
messages back and forth.
539
00:26:01,590 --> 00:26:05,710
She considers
it a fan-star relationship,
540
00:26:05,910 --> 00:26:07,360
but to him,
it's something more.
541
00:26:07,560 --> 00:26:10,530
To him, it's,
"She really cares about me."
542
00:26:10,730 --> 00:26:13,220
She gave him
her personal number,
543
00:26:13,420 --> 00:26:15,950
she accepted gifts from him.
544
00:26:16,150 --> 00:26:17,290
She wasn't supposed
to do that
545
00:26:17,490 --> 00:26:19,570
as a Playboy centerfold.
546
00:26:19,770 --> 00:26:22,360
She meant it as a way
to just kind of check in
on him.
547
00:26:22,560 --> 00:26:25,570
But she unwittingly makes
this huge error
548
00:26:25,770 --> 00:26:29,050
where she gives him
her personal number
549
00:26:29,250 --> 00:26:32,060
and now you know he has sort
of direct access.
550
00:26:33,100 --> 00:26:34,720
[Stacy speaking]
551
00:26:40,130 --> 00:26:44,220
Lindberg knew that Stacy
and Jim were headed out to the
Playboy mansion in September
552
00:26:44,420 --> 00:26:46,840
and he requested that Stacy
meet up with him
553
00:26:47,040 --> 00:26:48,000
while she was there.
554
00:26:51,170 --> 00:26:54,500
I remember telling her,
"You really should not
do this.
555
00:26:54,700 --> 00:26:57,500
You should not go meet
with this guy.
556
00:26:57,700 --> 00:26:59,330
I don't think
it's a good idea."
557
00:26:59,530 --> 00:27:02,770
But she may have really
made a connection with him.
558
00:27:02,970 --> 00:27:04,220
[Holly] I definitely think
it's dangerous
559
00:27:04,420 --> 00:27:05,430
to put yourself in a position
560
00:27:05,630 --> 00:27:07,430
where you're never gonna know
who you're gonna meet
561
00:27:07,630 --> 00:27:08,960
or what the boundaries
are gonna be.
562
00:27:09,480 --> 00:27:10,360
She agreed to it
563
00:27:10,560 --> 00:27:11,600
but once
she got to California,
564
00:27:11,800 --> 00:27:13,220
her schedule was too busy.
565
00:27:13,420 --> 00:27:15,020
So it just didn't work out.
566
00:27:15,220 --> 00:27:17,190
[Lucia] They ended up
not meeting
567
00:27:17,390 --> 00:27:19,020
and that was devastating
to him
568
00:27:19,220 --> 00:27:20,810
and he couldn't handle that.
569
00:27:21,010 --> 00:27:24,860
And it starts this,
you know, vicious spiral.
570
00:27:25,410 --> 00:27:27,200
[dramatic music playing]
571
00:27:29,130 --> 00:27:30,620
[James speaking]
572
00:27:42,820 --> 00:27:45,290
It's really this grey line
between
573
00:27:45,490 --> 00:27:47,260
healthy
and unhealthy behavior.
574
00:27:47,460 --> 00:27:49,360
Some people just naturally
575
00:27:49,560 --> 00:27:51,550
can't stop these thoughts
from coming.
576
00:27:52,200 --> 00:27:53,340
[James speaking]
577
00:27:56,510 --> 00:27:59,640
[sighs]
578
00:27:59,840 --> 00:28:04,200
I think Stacy started
to realize that James Lindberg
may have had some...
579
00:28:05,480 --> 00:28:06,810
unhealthy tendencies.
580
00:28:07,010 --> 00:28:09,910
I think every woman
who is in a professional role,
581
00:28:10,110 --> 00:28:12,080
who has
a public facing persona
582
00:28:12,280 --> 00:28:13,600
has had this problem.
583
00:28:13,800 --> 00:28:15,120
And she decides,
"You know what?
584
00:28:15,320 --> 00:28:17,020
I'm gonna put a stop to this."
585
00:28:17,220 --> 00:28:18,440
[Stacy speaking]
586
00:28:20,750 --> 00:28:23,640
I think Stacy was always kind
to people.
587
00:28:23,840 --> 00:28:26,190
She always
saw the good in people.
588
00:28:26,390 --> 00:28:30,120
And believed that people
were good deep down.
589
00:28:30,320 --> 00:28:31,880
The way Stacy worded
that message
590
00:28:32,080 --> 00:28:35,080
makes me think of how
women are always taught
to be people pleasers
591
00:28:35,280 --> 00:28:36,640
and not offend men
592
00:28:36,840 --> 00:28:39,190
and let people down gently.
593
00:28:39,390 --> 00:28:41,260
And I think that's
what she was trying to do.
594
00:28:41,460 --> 00:28:42,860
[Stacy speaking]
595
00:28:48,480 --> 00:28:50,460
[Jana] Jim was always
very protective of Stacy.
596
00:28:50,660 --> 00:28:54,330
He thought he could keep her
safe from anything.
597
00:28:54,530 --> 00:28:58,600
And he definitely wasn't gonna
let this person
actually see Stacy.
598
00:28:58,800 --> 00:29:00,670
And that's when
James Lindberg's behavior
599
00:29:00,870 --> 00:29:02,580
really starts
to get out of control.
600
00:29:09,100 --> 00:29:10,580
[Stacy speaking]
601
00:29:16,310 --> 00:29:18,980
Dealing with men could be very
tricky as a Playmate.
602
00:29:19,180 --> 00:29:22,460
Because you're taught
to not hurt anybody's feelings
603
00:29:22,660 --> 00:29:24,190
and let people
down easily
604
00:29:24,390 --> 00:29:28,290
or say, "Why don't we take
a break rather than
cut it off completely?"
605
00:29:28,490 --> 00:29:31,840
[Jim] I believe that message
probably made James Lindberg
606
00:29:32,040 --> 00:29:33,670
feel even more desperate
607
00:29:33,870 --> 00:29:36,980
that may have
sparked his impulse
608
00:29:37,180 --> 00:29:38,950
to travel from his home
609
00:29:39,150 --> 00:29:42,290
over to where
Stacy Arthur might be.
610
00:29:42,490 --> 00:29:45,120
[Lucia] You have to keep
in mind in 1991,
611
00:29:45,320 --> 00:29:50,950
we didn't even have stalking
as a crime nationally.
612
00:29:51,150 --> 00:29:54,530
So, you know, you would not be
on high alert for this.
613
00:29:54,730 --> 00:29:56,810
[Holly] I've had people
come to my home
614
00:29:57,010 --> 00:29:58,980
or somehow they get
into the gated community
615
00:29:59,180 --> 00:30:01,460
and they're
like knocking at...
banging on the door,
616
00:30:01,660 --> 00:30:02,980
like screaming my name
and stuff
617
00:30:03,180 --> 00:30:04,720
and it can feel really,
really scary.
618
00:30:09,440 --> 00:30:10,980
[Jim] On October 20th,
619
00:30:11,180 --> 00:30:13,020
James Lindberg set off
620
00:30:13,220 --> 00:30:16,240
from Sacramento,
California on a train
621
00:30:17,100 --> 00:30:19,500
and then he traveled
to Cincinnati
622
00:30:19,700 --> 00:30:21,030
where he rented a car.
623
00:30:23,060 --> 00:30:25,580
And drove
to Bellefontaine, Ohio.
624
00:30:29,030 --> 00:30:31,620
And he had checked
into a local motel.
625
00:30:33,060 --> 00:30:35,270
It appeared he went looking
for Stacy.
626
00:30:37,030 --> 00:30:38,720
[eerie music playing]
627
00:30:47,650 --> 00:30:53,190
James Lindberg has been
in this motel
for a few days now.
628
00:30:53,390 --> 00:30:56,120
He's come this far,
he's been frustrated.
629
00:30:56,320 --> 00:31:00,860
This is a guy
who had traveled 2,000 miles
to be there.
630
00:31:03,130 --> 00:31:04,670
[Jim] On October 29th,
631
00:31:04,870 --> 00:31:07,810
he went to a local gift shop
632
00:31:08,010 --> 00:31:10,260
and he bought Stacy gifts
633
00:31:10,460 --> 00:31:13,000
and he went downtown
looking for Stacy.
634
00:31:14,310 --> 00:31:16,340
But ran into Jim,
her husband.
635
00:31:18,310 --> 00:31:21,820
And decided to give him
that gift and ask him
to give it to Stacy.
636
00:31:23,270 --> 00:31:26,510
Lindberg also
wanted to photograph
637
00:31:27,370 --> 00:31:29,260
Stacy and get it autographed.
638
00:31:29,460 --> 00:31:34,360
Lindberg is very set
on accessing Stacy Arthur
639
00:31:34,560 --> 00:31:38,670
and James Arthur
is essentially trying
to swat a fly.
640
00:31:38,870 --> 00:31:40,220
He's like,
"Get lost, buddy."
641
00:31:40,420 --> 00:31:43,310
And, you know,
things escalate from there.
642
00:31:51,620 --> 00:31:53,910
[Jim] Several witness
were later identified
643
00:31:54,110 --> 00:31:56,410
as hearing what they thought
was a loud argument.
644
00:31:57,310 --> 00:31:59,260
[Jana] So Lindberg left
645
00:31:59,460 --> 00:32:02,310
and my brother went back
in his tanning salon.
646
00:32:02,890 --> 00:32:05,150
And he said,
647
00:32:05,350 --> 00:32:07,890
"If this gentlemen comes
looking for me again
648
00:32:08,480 --> 00:32:09,570
or comes in here,
649
00:32:09,770 --> 00:32:12,240
call the police,
because he seems agitated."
650
00:32:14,620 --> 00:32:16,930
So then Jim left the salon.
651
00:32:17,890 --> 00:32:19,980
Went out to get in his car
652
00:32:20,180 --> 00:32:21,510
which was parked
right out front
of the building.
653
00:32:25,060 --> 00:32:27,670
He has some lights
for his tanning bed,
654
00:32:27,870 --> 00:32:29,910
he's putting 'em
in the trunk of his car.
655
00:32:30,110 --> 00:32:32,680
[dramatic music playing]
656
00:32:34,060 --> 00:32:36,640
James Lindberg
is very intent.
657
00:32:36,840 --> 00:32:38,950
His life has culminated
up to this point
658
00:32:39,150 --> 00:32:42,050
and this guy is sort of giving
him the run around.
659
00:32:42,250 --> 00:32:43,810
[Jim] One witness said
660
00:32:44,010 --> 00:32:46,460
Mr. Lindberg
was kind of shifty.
661
00:32:46,660 --> 00:32:50,330
Almost like someone who had
been caught with their hand
in a cookie jar.
662
00:32:50,530 --> 00:32:53,810
[Jana] And he came
running down
from the parking lot yelling
663
00:32:54,010 --> 00:32:56,600
and people were starting
to come out
664
00:32:56,800 --> 00:32:59,000
and look
and see what was going on.
665
00:33:01,410 --> 00:33:03,400
[Jim] Several witnesses
witnessed
666
00:33:03,590 --> 00:33:06,360
Mr. Lindberg produce
a handgun
667
00:33:06,560 --> 00:33:12,810
and fire multiple times
at Mr. Arthur
at very close range.
668
00:33:13,010 --> 00:33:14,790
[gunshots]
669
00:33:17,680 --> 00:33:21,400
This shooting happened
in broad daylight on a street
670
00:33:21,590 --> 00:33:24,880
in front of tons of witnesses,
there's like
two dozen witnesses.
671
00:33:25,080 --> 00:33:27,240
Lindberg shot him
once in the face,
672
00:33:27,930 --> 00:33:29,050
twice in the chest
673
00:33:29,250 --> 00:33:31,020
and when Mr. Arthur turned
away from him,
674
00:33:31,220 --> 00:33:33,240
he shot him three times
in the back.
675
00:33:34,130 --> 00:33:36,750
Jim was dead
almost immediately.
676
00:33:44,410 --> 00:33:46,440
So James Lindberg runs.
677
00:33:48,650 --> 00:33:51,290
He has had all these shots
in the middle of the street,
678
00:33:51,490 --> 00:33:53,120
he runs back to his car.
679
00:33:53,320 --> 00:33:57,330
Mr. Lindberg after shooting
Mr. Arthur
680
00:33:57,530 --> 00:33:59,720
ran into a parking lot.
681
00:34:02,510 --> 00:34:04,950
Witness saw him
raise the gun,
682
00:34:05,150 --> 00:34:08,130
then he pulled the trigger
and shot himself in the head.
683
00:34:19,100 --> 00:34:20,570
I was five.
684
00:34:20,770 --> 00:34:23,600
I had just gotten home
from half-day kindergarten.
685
00:34:23,800 --> 00:34:24,750
Had lunch.
686
00:34:26,370 --> 00:34:29,480
I remember there was a car
that pulled up.
687
00:34:31,100 --> 00:34:33,640
And two guys got out.
688
00:34:33,840 --> 00:34:36,810
And they said, "Hey, I need
to talk to your mom."
689
00:34:37,010 --> 00:34:38,640
Next thing you know,
690
00:34:38,840 --> 00:34:40,410
Stacy goes running
out of the house.
691
00:34:42,240 --> 00:34:44,530
[voice shaking]
Your daddy's dead.
Your daddy's dead.
692
00:34:44,730 --> 00:34:45,930
[sniffles]
693
00:34:55,170 --> 00:34:56,340
[telephone ringing]
694
00:34:58,060 --> 00:35:01,500
[Jana] I remember
when I got to the phone
695
00:35:01,700 --> 00:35:05,060
and they said, "Your brother's
been fatally shot."
696
00:35:06,000 --> 00:35:09,810
And I remember thinking,
"So, is he dead?"
697
00:35:10,010 --> 00:35:14,030
Because the fatal,
it didn't register
for a minute.
698
00:35:14,790 --> 00:35:16,640
[sniffling]
699
00:35:16,840 --> 00:35:19,650
[sobbing] Nothing can ever
prepare you for that.
700
00:35:21,170 --> 00:35:22,650
I remember thinking like...
701
00:35:24,750 --> 00:35:26,930
"How is that possible?"
702
00:35:27,890 --> 00:35:29,930
That my dad's
not coming home.
703
00:35:31,480 --> 00:35:34,270
You can't understand
the finality of it at five.
704
00:35:38,750 --> 00:35:41,440
When somebody's
gunned down
in cold blood,
705
00:35:42,240 --> 00:35:43,770
someone that you love...
706
00:35:43,970 --> 00:35:46,460
That's beyond being
able to describe
707
00:35:46,660 --> 00:35:49,260
the amount of pain
that you go through.
708
00:35:49,460 --> 00:35:52,580
[Jana] I don't believe Stacy
ever thought Lindberg
was dangerous.
709
00:35:53,620 --> 00:35:58,740
And I do believe that Jim
and Stacy both
710
00:35:58,940 --> 00:36:01,860
thought they could handle
whatever came their way.
711
00:36:03,060 --> 00:36:04,650
[indistinct chatter]
712
00:36:08,130 --> 00:36:10,460
[Holly] It wasn't until after
James Lindberg's death
713
00:36:10,660 --> 00:36:14,100
that people realized just how
obsessed with Stacy he was.
714
00:36:16,200 --> 00:36:22,950
He decorated his motel room
with photographs
of Stacy Arthur.
715
00:36:23,150 --> 00:36:27,190
There was a calendar
where he had circled
all her photos
716
00:36:27,390 --> 00:36:30,370
and had a lot of that
hanging around the room.
717
00:36:33,480 --> 00:36:37,360
We had found in the motel
also that he had recorded
718
00:36:37,560 --> 00:36:41,290
many conversations
and had many cassettes
719
00:36:41,490 --> 00:36:44,980
of these conversations
in his possession.
720
00:36:45,180 --> 00:36:48,570
[Lucia] He had 31 tapes
of all of these conversations
721
00:36:48,770 --> 00:36:50,910
that he had with Stacy Arthur.
722
00:36:51,110 --> 00:36:53,290
And they started to get
a better picture
723
00:36:53,490 --> 00:36:57,120
of you know, sort of
the insane [chuckles]
724
00:36:57,320 --> 00:36:58,880
intense jealousy
725
00:36:59,080 --> 00:37:01,440
that he has against
James Arthur.
726
00:37:02,890 --> 00:37:06,190
One of those tapes
was transcripted
727
00:37:06,390 --> 00:37:09,980
and it reads,
"This message
is for Stacy Arthur.
728
00:37:10,180 --> 00:37:12,200
I want her to know
that I'm in love with her.
729
00:37:13,580 --> 00:37:14,770
And that's not a good thing
730
00:37:14,970 --> 00:37:17,510
because she happened
to be married this time.
731
00:37:18,270 --> 00:37:20,190
Kind of goofs me up totally.
732
00:37:20,390 --> 00:37:22,640
And it hurts
that I'm in love with you.
733
00:37:22,840 --> 00:37:26,150
Just know there you are
and here I am
734
00:37:26,350 --> 00:37:27,580
and there your husband."
735
00:37:28,890 --> 00:37:33,190
Lindberg quit his job
in October of '91.
736
00:37:33,390 --> 00:37:36,500
Almost immediately after Stacy
had left him the message
737
00:37:36,700 --> 00:37:38,200
about taking a break.
738
00:37:39,620 --> 00:37:41,770
His neighbors
basically reported
739
00:37:41,970 --> 00:37:43,950
that he was acting
a little bit unhinged
740
00:37:44,150 --> 00:37:46,750
and getting
a little bit less predictable.
741
00:37:49,100 --> 00:37:52,120
It seems to me that he would
in his own logic
742
00:37:52,320 --> 00:37:54,120
would think he'd have to kill
James Arthur
743
00:37:54,320 --> 00:37:55,860
before he could get to Stacy.
744
00:37:57,890 --> 00:38:01,670
[Corinna] Like that catapult
into madness.
745
00:38:01,870 --> 00:38:06,530
A crazy fan goes and kills
your friend's husband.
746
00:38:06,730 --> 00:38:09,260
Your sister Playmate
or like sisters.
747
00:38:09,460 --> 00:38:11,000
That's like a sisterhood.
748
00:38:12,000 --> 00:38:13,190
It was very scary.
749
00:38:13,390 --> 00:38:15,190
If someone's capable
of murder,
750
00:38:15,390 --> 00:38:16,510
they could murder you.
751
00:38:18,510 --> 00:38:23,840
The family and friends
of James Alan Arthur.
752
00:38:24,040 --> 00:38:25,260
Deep inside of us,
753
00:38:25,460 --> 00:38:28,740
there is a feeling of loss
and bewilderment.
754
00:38:28,940 --> 00:38:34,500
Death has come unexpected
and under tragic
circumstances.
755
00:38:34,700 --> 00:38:36,480
[Danielle] Everything
was taken from me that day.
756
00:38:36,860 --> 00:38:37,980
[sniffles]
757
00:38:38,180 --> 00:38:40,580
My dad physically was
taken from me, but...
758
00:38:42,310 --> 00:38:44,150
My brother
was never the same.
759
00:38:44,350 --> 00:38:46,150
My sister
was never the same.
760
00:38:46,350 --> 00:38:47,960
Stacy was never the same.
761
00:38:49,550 --> 00:38:52,440
[Jana]
Stacy was just devastated.
762
00:38:53,100 --> 00:38:54,840
As we all were.
763
00:38:55,040 --> 00:38:57,100
Stacy lost the love
of her life.
764
00:38:58,440 --> 00:39:02,460
She lost her confidant,
her lover, her supporter.
765
00:39:02,660 --> 00:39:03,820
Her everything.
766
00:39:04,720 --> 00:39:07,400
She was 23
when my dad died.
767
00:39:07,590 --> 00:39:11,600
I can't imagine having
three children at 23
768
00:39:11,800 --> 00:39:15,400
and dealing with the trauma
that she was dealing with
769
00:39:15,590 --> 00:39:16,530
with all this.
770
00:39:16,730 --> 00:39:19,310
Like I can't even begin
to wrap my mind around it.
771
00:39:20,370 --> 00:39:23,500
You think certain things
are such a big deal
772
00:39:23,700 --> 00:39:25,910
and in the scheme of things,
773
00:39:26,110 --> 00:39:30,170
especially you know,
your husband
774
00:39:30,650 --> 00:39:32,120
or your family.
775
00:39:32,320 --> 00:39:33,640
That is what counts.
776
00:39:33,840 --> 00:39:37,050
That you know,
the other things don't count.
777
00:39:37,250 --> 00:39:39,170
And she learned that
the hard way.
778
00:39:41,680 --> 00:39:43,640
So, you know,
after Jim's death,
779
00:39:43,840 --> 00:39:45,460
it's just
this downward spiral.
780
00:39:45,660 --> 00:39:48,460
She says that
she was sexually assaulted
781
00:39:48,660 --> 00:39:50,680
by three bodyguards
at the mansion.
782
00:39:51,680 --> 00:39:54,930
Those bodyguards say that
it was consensual.
783
00:39:56,170 --> 00:39:57,840
She sees Playboy
as negligent
784
00:39:58,040 --> 00:40:01,600
and as using women
for mooning their business,
785
00:40:01,800 --> 00:40:04,120
but not taking care
of their safety.
786
00:40:04,320 --> 00:40:07,910
And obviously the safety
of her family around her.
787
00:40:08,110 --> 00:40:11,600
[Corinna] But she was asking
for a substantial
amount of money
788
00:40:11,800 --> 00:40:15,290
and I remember that there was
nothing to stand on.
789
00:40:15,490 --> 00:40:19,400
There was no real clear,
you know, evidence.
790
00:40:19,590 --> 00:40:23,600
But she eventually stops
going forward with that case
791
00:40:23,800 --> 00:40:25,880
and it's dismissed
without prejudice,
792
00:40:26,080 --> 00:40:28,050
but she never refiles.
793
00:40:28,250 --> 00:40:30,150
This is really the beginning
of the end
794
00:40:30,350 --> 00:40:32,290
between Stacy and Playboy.
795
00:40:32,490 --> 00:40:35,220
Playboy handles tragedies
by burying them
796
00:40:35,420 --> 00:40:37,220
and not acknowledging them.
797
00:40:37,420 --> 00:40:38,950
Playboy cut Stacy Arthur off
798
00:40:39,150 --> 00:40:40,930
and it was
as if she had never existed.
799
00:40:45,440 --> 00:40:48,430
When I look at Stacy
and how she was positioned,
800
00:40:48,630 --> 00:40:50,290
to me as somebody
who worked for Playboy,
801
00:40:50,490 --> 00:40:53,810
I see that as she was
a definite frontrunner
for Playmate of the Year
802
00:40:54,010 --> 00:40:55,770
and it's shocking
that she didn't get it
803
00:40:55,970 --> 00:40:57,430
and that's the only reason
I can think of
804
00:40:57,630 --> 00:40:59,460
is they were trying
to distance themselves
805
00:40:59,660 --> 00:41:01,790
and not bring any
more attention
to the tragedy.
806
00:41:03,510 --> 00:41:05,640
[Lucia] She received
all this attention
807
00:41:05,840 --> 00:41:07,460
because of this
horrible tragedy.
808
00:41:07,660 --> 00:41:09,600
She had essentially given
everything to Playboy
809
00:41:09,800 --> 00:41:11,370
and then they spurned her.
810
00:41:12,060 --> 00:41:13,810
All the dreams
811
00:41:14,010 --> 00:41:16,640
aren't necessarily
what's really important.
812
00:41:16,840 --> 00:41:18,650
All that glitters isn't gold.
813
00:41:24,550 --> 00:41:25,650
[Jana] You're never okay.
814
00:41:26,750 --> 00:41:28,550
It's just that time...
815
00:41:29,930 --> 00:41:31,530
heals things a little bit.
816
00:41:31,730 --> 00:41:33,060
But the hole's still there.
817
00:41:34,340 --> 00:41:35,890
You can't fill that hole.
818
00:41:38,410 --> 00:41:43,360
In 2019, Stacy passed away
after a brief illness.
819
00:41:43,560 --> 00:41:46,910
[Danielle] She told me,
"Your dad was the love
of my life."
820
00:41:47,110 --> 00:41:49,440
And she spent the rest
of her life looking
for my dad.
821
00:41:51,100 --> 00:41:52,890
She just searched
for that forever.
822
00:41:54,000 --> 00:41:56,150
"Sure. I'm a dreamer,"
says Stacy.
823
00:41:56,350 --> 00:41:59,240
"I've been dreaming
all my life and I love
storybook endings."
824
00:42:00,240 --> 00:42:02,260
I just think it's so sad
to read about somebody
825
00:42:02,460 --> 00:42:04,190
who had all these dreams
826
00:42:04,390 --> 00:42:06,000
and it all got taken from her.
827
00:42:08,060 --> 00:42:10,570
Stacy wanted
that storybook ending
828
00:42:10,770 --> 00:42:11,720
and she never got it.
64452
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