Raw Video: Interview with Robert Crane on his father's murder

[@mr.balloffur]

The saddest part about his death is they focus so much on the sexual nature of his extracurriculars, they never actually investigated his murder properly.

[@robinluck2922]

The sexual nature of his extracurricular activities is the reason for his murder. No matter the person wielding the tripod....

[@PaulLyndeBlue]

Agreed it sickens me that they only cared about the sex part not the rest of crime.

[@jrnfw4060]

@@PaulLyndeBlue Had they paid more attention to the evidence and really put their heads together, they might have been able to solve it. There was a lot of suspicious stuff surrounding John Carpenter, and the brain matter found in his car was tangible. The reason given for his acquittal was that they only showed a picture of the brain matter, but it wasn't the brain matter itself. I don't know. Seems to me a picture should have been adequate, considering they had found the matter in Carpenter's rental car, and the big question should have been HOW did it get there? Was it planted? Was someone trying to frame Carpenter? Or, did it make contact with the car's interior after John got into the vehicle after killing Bob? There's no getting around that tissue being inside of his car. Yet, the jury still had reasonable doubt. Had the investigators been tending to business, I believe we would have had the answer long ago. There was a sensational story they were trying to push, and that wasn't their job.

[@YourTubeVideoss]

SAD but GREAT - INTERVIEW and PICTURES ! Robert Crane .. Heck Of a Nice Guy !

[@saturdaynightboogiemusictv8569]

Very likable guy just like his dad. RIP.

[@jimmygrant424]

I thought the same thing!!!

[@PaulLyndeBlue]

@@jimmygrant424 I agree with your agree too. I'd love to meet Robert Crane he is just so likeable, talented and all around nice & so positive look on life. ( whether or not his father was murdered.) I still feel it was John & or the Ex-wife

[@parisjackson9310]

It's so nice to see the respect for Bob Crane on here. He deserved a whole lot better than the inadequate police investigation and impugning of his character after his shocking murder.

[@jdmans]

No disrespect to Scottsdale investigators-lab/samples staff-but they messed this up from Day 1

[@mr.balloffur]

Actually there needs to be a lot of disrespect, there's a reason his killer was never brought to justice

[@PaulLyndeBlue]

80% disrespected from them they f***ed up from 1st few minutes walking in as if it was just like "oh look an apartment let's go check on this guy. " (they didn't sterilized anything around there they contaminated anything and everything and didn't even bother to do a through job they just did it as if they were just walking into a building & then stumbled upon a dead person.) What they should have done was listened to her and then got in all their scrubs and then went on with the packing up all the stuff right then and there without letting everything get contaminated right then and there at the crime scene let the crap get contaminated afterwards

[@PaulLyndeBlue]

​@@mr.balloffuromg thank you

[@tomirwin4819]

Great Story & interview. Thanks

[@sugarjoe50]

I just read the son's book, it's worth checking out.

[@judyclark6877]

Rip bob. Crane. Praying. For. The. Family

[@sha11235]

Read his book and loved it.

[@chocloditelensman]

Good interview. Sad

[@raymorley8241]

He may have had issues in his private life but no matter how you slice it.........he will always be Col Robert Hogan and we would have never won the war without him.

[@cadilacdesert]

I grew up in Pinnacle peak/ North Scottsdale in the 70s. The Windmill Dinner Theater in the Sundown Plaza was the edge of town. Most people in town at the time believe Mr. Crane was sleeping with a local married woman and the husband found out. My parents would go dancing at Handlebar Jays and I heard them talking about this.

[@DJRitty]

That would be a natural rumor though...it's what you would think if anyone slightly knew him lol. I think whomever did this was obviously looking for a TAPE. Not john carpenter lol

[@marcusbuckner5582]

Thanks for interview Mr. Crane. Sorry for your loss, but like you said: we move on. Patty (Ingrid) had the motive and anger since Bob was laying pipe everywhere............. great interviewer too!

[@drew9553]

Laying Pipe🙄 What a Fuckin Little Prick you are!

[@roberts4587]

it was carpenter.

[@jacksmith5692]

He must have his Mom's looks. His younger Sister Karen had her Dad's eyes. You look at her and she yells Bob Crane.

[@jacksmith5692]

@Dan Bertucci Exactly!

[@PaulLyndeBlue]

But seriously though is yeah if you seen his mom he's got her face & eyes

[@ItsFazsha]

Bob Crane drove his own car. WOW.

[@joeambrose3260]

Would you let someone else drive your Rolls Royce ?

[@mr.balloffur]

@@joeambrose3260 Actually if I could afford a Rolls-Royce, I'd hire someone to drive it for me

[@PaulLyndeBlue]

Shocker. Vary rarely did someone drive their car if they were super famous.. A bunch of people that are famous do Drive their own car but not that often

[@garthhunt7238]

Great video! Thanks!😊👍

[@cheryldeslegte4541]

Didn't watch the whole interview. I have no doubt that Jr, as a teenager, would have enjoyed and even sought out the photos/videos in the house. He clearly thinks well of his dad as this big fun kid.

[@MarkEliasGrant]

We have lost all sense of decorum in society if you think anyone would enjoy finding their parents perverted stuff. Pretty glad i grew up in a house where I had parents who kept sexual matters private and away from their kids.

[@PaulLyndeBlue]

I would have. It was very hard to understand the thing about his dad being in a relationship still bedding every woman in sight. To be honest with you I'm surprised you didn't do that with a dog. I mean it's kind of difficult but it could be possible.

[@cdes1776]

@@MarkEliasGrant As a kid, I found a stack of magazines by accident. Of course, I looked at one out of curiosity and was thoroughly disgusted. End of story! p.s. I'm a woman.

[@tthomaselli2]

I can't help but think of how creepy that picture on the right-hand side of the screen where the cops take Bob Crane's body out of the apartment must've been to take at 7:00...

[@PaulLyndeBlue]

Agreed

[@PaulLyndeBlue]

The other crime scene photos are just as scary maybe even worse

[@ndan1960]

Messing with crime scene was really bad idea

[@PaulLyndeBlue]

Yeah it was a horrible idea & that's why they couldn't get a good result. People screwed up the crime scene.

[@DJRitty]

A woman or two trying to get a tape back. He let her (or they) in, they had sex, he went to sleep and she searched for the tape. She found nothing, prob got mad and chocked him out then killed him cuz why not - she's going to jail otherwise. Or he came across them searching, a scuffle ensued and one choked him and the other hit him. John didn't do it. He prob got there late that night after the fact, found the body and ran - hence why he was seen at 4 am and the dna in his rental car. Why admit he was there - it would make him the ONLY person at the murder scene lol Some woman did it. Maybe him being late saved HIS life?

[@PaulLyndeBlue]

Uh. Sorry to shoot you down on that last sentence there but. Most likely one of the ladies from a few hours before could have been there. I was tired of this bull crap and decided to write him off or John Carpenter did it because you wouldn't really call Bob Crane's apartment to see if he's okay before the news found out about it.

[@parisjackson9310]

Do you write crime fiction? Sometimes the simplest explanation is the most accurate.

[@Gator1699]

His younger brother looks more like his dad. Check it out.

[@jimmygrant424]

I agree Scotty does look more like dad

[@ericmadsen7470]

@@jimmygrant424 I looked on Google and saw a picture of Robert Scott Crane and can confirm that scott looks more like his father then Robert Crane in this interview. Now, if you put Scott into Bob's Col. Hogan costume it would be uncanny how much Scott looks more like Bob.

[@PaulLyndeBlue]

True

[@parisjackson9310]

Robert Crane Jnr stated that Bob Crane had a vasectomy during his first marriage because he didn't want any other children. I don't think the technology was available to reverse it successfully in the 1970s. So, I wonder how he was conceived.

[@terrimabrey93]

Nice gentleman.

[@MikeHunt90731]

Coolest dad ever!

[@DJRitty]

prob not lol

[@drew9553]

That would be a NO!

[@PaulLyndeBlue]

Agreed

[@joeambrose3260]

5:10 I'm confused. Bob Crane was married twice, to Anne ( who is Roberts' mother) and then Sigrid. Who is "Patty" ?

[@marcusbuckner5582]

Patricia Olson , second wife who went by the name Ingrid Valdis as TV character. Bob Jr, as well as all the kids were left nothing.......all left to Patty.

[@joeambrose3260]

@@marcusbuckner5582 Thanks for clearing that up

[@PaulLyndeBlue]

I feel horrible for Jr here his dad was super amazing on & off film &he got bashed to smithereens in just one go. 😭

[@daleschroeder-jm9gu]

Bob Crane loved women😁 he was awesome playing Robert Hogan😁 to me best show ever 😁thank you Bing Crosby and Desilu for hogans heroes😁

[@PaulLyndeBlue]

SAAAME

[@PaulLyndeBlue]

Bob Sr. We saw him on HH as a huge ladies man got to kiss all the ladies & left little if not none of the girls/kisses for the rest of the crew.

[@allisonrogers1409]

Wow. Zero resemblance. In regards to the crime scene, including the body, how the hell can they tell it was a tripod???? That sounds like a stretch to say conclusively.

[@PaulLyndeBlue]

Dude.... Have you seen any evidence besides the small amount given here? The police folks at the time had 16-20 boxes of evidence & a tripod went missing on the day of the murder... I mean that's the only thing that they can think of there was a tripod bloodstain on the bed in a picture a while back IDK if it's still up there on the internet though.

[@PaulLyndeBlue]

Well back in the day tripods were as thin & as portable as they are now. (Also if you look up on the internet you'll find that there is a pair of blood.arks on the bed sheet that looks like tripod legs

[@wickedboody9868]

The car Carpenter drove had light splatter of blood & skin.

[@PetroniusArbiter2]

See my other reply: blood yes, skin (or subcutaneous scalp tissue?) no. That little blob in the photo could have been a tiny wad of mud, or chewing gum, or any number of other things.

[@cranerobbyrc]

Wow

[@pamelabartos3184]

Bob Crane is in Heaven and his dark past is past forever.

[@PaulLyndeBlue]

It's sad

[@Flightstar]

Again , What year is this interview????????

[@fixedgearfever69]

videoclipits 2016

[@joeambrose3260]

@@fixedgearfever69 WTF ? It was posted in 15

[@allan9603]

@Flightstar, why?

[@PaulLyndeBlue]

​@@allan9603why not?

[@angievincent3416]

He resembles his father very much!

[@PaulLyndeBlue]

Yeah! However his father wasn't bald. I miss Bob

[@parisjackson9310]

@@PaulLyndeBlue He might have gone bald, but he was murdered at 49.

[@growthedistance1437]

There's no sound on this. Can you double check to fix? My sound is working on other clips. Thanks.

[@PaulLyndeBlue]

It's working here. Just turn up the volume significantly & you'll be able to hear it

[@TheViolettowne]

Did the women know they were being videotaped?

[@jszoradi8650]

Like OJ, I'm always fascinated with this.

[@ndan1960]

I watched Combat,F Troop, McHale'Navy,etc

[@anthonyvarricchio1404]

He don’t look like his dad

[@robinqm]

His younger son Scotty looks more like him

[@PaulLyndeBlue]

​@@robinqmspitting image of his dad. Wonder why there is a large difference in looks from Bob Jr & Scotty even though they had the same dad

[@jrnfw4060]

@@PaulLyndeBlue His mouth looks like his dad's but that's about all. The difference in looks could simply mean that he has more of his mother's genes than his dad's, and takes more after her side of the family.

[@parisjackson9310]

@@robinqm How does that work when Robert Jnr stated that Bob Crane had a vasectomy whilst still married to his mother?

[@ShapeOfSecrets]

This is the 2nd time I've tried to listen in - but there's no sound. Can you double check in the editing feature to see if you can fix it please? Thanks.

[@jrnfw4060]

The volume of the sound is very low, but it's there. You have to listen closely. I have my speakers turned all the way up, and even moving the sound bar at the bottom of the video to its maximum, it's still not very loud. I was able to hear everything after playing it twice.

[@bigzach79]

wish i can see KOOL 10 NEWS on bob crane's death

[@Worthrhetime]

Hogan’s hero’s and Rat Patrol… absolutely

[@anthonyvarricchio1404]

What with his eye

[@patriciacurnutt7669]

Maybe stepmother had something do withit

[@diamondleigh7280]

Make me wonder if Jr here is like his dad..... ⁉️ 🤔

[@jimmygrant424]

do you mean does he like "home movies"????

[@ElleCee62978]

Bobby, you know Patti didn’t do it.

[@christinamcilwaine350]

You don't know that

[@robertglass3944]

It looks to me like Bob's wife might have been spending some "quality time" with Tim Conway...

[@PaulLyndeBlue]

Wow.

[@user-qu1hr9qd9y]

Why is he bald?

[@sha11235]

Some men have hair loss, what do you want?

[@Ilovelosangeles]

He takes after his mother's side of the family, you moron. You think sons have to always look like their fathers???

[@anthonyvarricchio1404]

He don’t look like his dad

[@forex922]

milkman

[@PaulLyndeBlue]

Because he had no hair?

[@scarecrow810]

He seems very cavalier about his father's murder.

[@sha11235]

Well, he has come to peace with it. I'm sure it has always bothered him. Read his new book.

[@Ilovelosangeles]

+Scare Crow His father died almost 40 yrs ago. You don't think by now that he's able to conduct himself in a proper fashion for a TV interview? If he was standing there blubbering and crying out loud, you'd complain about that too, now wouldn't you Snowflake?

[@stephenhunt5460]

Well he found out his pop Was a john holmes start up Kit.Dont know exactly when He found out but that will shock pty much anybody.He has said that hes dad played with fire and got burned.Weird stuff this happened just a few years fore Wonderland murders.

[@mr.balloffur]

I wouldn't use the word cavalier, I would say at peace

[@Classic_Rock_Chick]

It’s been over 40 years, so he’s had time to grieve and come to terms with his dad’s murder. I think his attitude is matter-of-fact.

[@patriciacurnutt7669]

Where is bob crane buried

[@joeambrose3260]

Westwood Park, L A

[@PaulLyndeBlue]

In the ground. But also in Westwood: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bob_Crane_grave_at_Westwood_Village_Memorial_Park_Cemetery_in_Brentwood,_California.JPG

[@oldmanfunky4909]

Interview with a murderer? Could be...I mean if we are going to talk about people with a possible motive.

[@christinamcilwaine350]

He had no motive

[@PaulLyndeBlue]

Nobody seems to go "let me ask everyone in Bobs life what they were doing that day b4 & of Bobs murder? Also let me go ask then if they murdered this guy & why. To see if their stories line up." That would take at least 2 years to talk to everyone

[@jrnfw4060]

Well, it does seem a little strange that he was handling a lot of stuff at the crime scene in that apartment. Did he not know at the time that he was helping contaminate possible evidence? Or too much in shock to realize it? Or maybe he just didn't know any better. Anything is possible, and there may have been resentment over the break up of the first marriage. Who knows? He obviously disliked the second wife. But hey, let's not jump to conclusions. At this stage, we simply don't know who killed Bob Crane. Sloppy police work and errors having been made on all sides of that investigation.

[@jrnfw4060]

@@PaulLyndeBlue Most of those folks are probably long deceased by now.

[@briannat1086]

Booo. Just making money off a dead guy. Both books sucky. Why not do a REAL investigative book? Like the Scottsdale PD, even today, still has no interest in solving this case. Pathetic.

[@briannat1086]

@Richard King lol....geez..i could think of several reasons. I've read both books. Worthless. No effort at all...no interest in solving the murder....sounds like EASY MONEY.

[@PaulLyndeBlue]

​@@briannat1086you're just a ray of liquid sunshine aren't you? Really rude comments. I would expect tRump to say those kinds of things. If you don't like Bob Crane then why the F would you watch the video?

[@briannat1086]

@CraigyFergsBlue say what you want.... lived in Scottsdale then...know more about this than most....said nothing about my feelings for Bob Crane.

[@parisjackson9310]

He has a right. He was deprived of inheritance most right-thinking people think he ought to have had. He's the most trustworthy and best person who knew his Dad as an adult that is still living. The other brother was just a little boy when his Dad was murdered and the sisters didn't have that male bond with their father. I read that the little brother apparently ran a website where people could pay to view gruesome autopsy photos and Bob Crane p0rn.

[@machtrebel]

Peter Griffin: You gotta help me, Brian. Teach me how to be a gentleman. Brian Griffin: Well Peter, it's really not that hard. Ah, let's start with polite conversation. For example, "It's a pleasure to see you again. Lovely weather we're having." Now you try. Peter Griffin: It's a pleasure to see you again. After Hogan's Heroes, Bob Crane got his skull crushed in by a friend who videotaped him having rough sex.

[@jimmygrant424]

I even saw the show when that was aired

[@PaulLyndeBlue]

I hate southpark

[@Bobster986]

I think he did it.

[@joeambrose3260]

H is son ?

[@christinamcilwaine350]

He didn't

[@TheDriveInGuys]

My takeaways -- 1. I 'go,' wow. (smh) 2. Crane was good-looking? 3. I always thought he was gay. 4. I haven't a grain of respect for the man. 5. Have/will they test(ed) DNA now? 6. Live by the sword ..... ' nuff said.

[@PetroniusArbiter2]

According to "Murder in Scottsdale," available elsewhere on KZbin, by the time DNA testing became available, there wasn't enough blood from Carpenter's car left over from previous (non-DNA) testing. What little DNA testing they were able to do showed they couldn't rule out that it was Bob Crane's blood, but they couldn't prove it WAS, either. As for the photo of the alleged scalp tissue specimen found in the car, that's all they had when the case went to trial 14 years after the murder: a photo. No definite information about who took the photo, or where, or when, nobody who remembered even seeing the alleged tissue, and no idea what ever happened to it. Just a photo with no contextual information at all.

[@kimberlyyancey67]

aw dont say that he was a good guy he never forced women to fuck him it was just an extreme sexual life he couldnt recognize as an addiction

[@charlessteenburgen]

Dave Lounder Enterprises yeah ???? Well ...that's just like your opinion man ...

[@mariacardenas4665]

Wow

[@kalel311superman9]

wow