Music and Murder: Lana Clarkson and Phil Spector

When a beautiful actress accompanies a legendary music producer home, a fatal tragedy occurs. The survivor has one story while witnesses and eventually the state of California have a different one.

1. “Lana Clarkson (1962-2003) - Find a Grave Memorial.” Find a Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7146900/lana-clarkson. Accessed 1 July 2025.

2. “Phil Spector Slams Prosecutor at Hearing.” TODAY.Com, TODAY, 7 May 2004, https://www.today.com/popculture/phil-spector-slams-prosecutor-hearing-wbna4927208.

3. Smith, Carlton. Reckless. Macmillan + ORM, 2007.

4. Spector. 2022.

5. The Telegraph, 1 Feb. 2003.

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