S8 Ep316: Tarnished Hollywood: Grant and Amanda Hayes and the Murder of Laura Ackerson

Once Upon a Crime

Mar 18 2024 • 45 mins

Amanda Hayes, an actress known for roles on The Sopranos and The Stepford Wives, was convicted of conspiring with her husband, Grant Hayes, to murder Laura Ackerson, his ex-wife and mother of his two children.  The murder  and its cover-up would be one of the most grisly crimes investigators had ever encountered.

Sources:
Bitter Remains, author Diane Fanning, Berkley Books, 2016.

See No Evil: Who killed Laura Ackerson and where are they now?
ID’s See No Evil: Who killed Laura Ackerson and where are they now? (sportskeeda.com)

Amanda Hayes: Deadly Women -
https://deadlywomen.fandom.com/wiki/Amanda_Hayes

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