The Murder That Shocked The Playboy Empire | Murder Made me Famous | Beyond Crime

The “Playmate Killer,” Paul Snider, was the ex-husband of Playboy Model Dorothy Stratten. Snider was one of the creators of Chippendales, the male strip club chain. But he is most remembered as the killer of Stratten. Their marriage lasted barely a year. When Stratten developed a romantic relationship with acclaimed film director Peter Bogdanovich, Snider’s jealousy led to murder-suicide. Stratten was killed by Snider in the Los Angeles apartment they had once shared. On the same day, Snider killed himself. Police believe he raped Stratten and sexually abused her corpse as his last twisted obsession of the Playmate of 1980
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[@elanierothenberger2467]

How sick that her lover Peter, married her younger sister! 🤮 As for all those men around her, they all used her.

[@Vgvvytvyvvvttfvyfvvyucycf]

Ikr her sister is a bitch for doing that to her

[@jasminspepperpot8156]

Extremely sick. Pervert he was. 🤮

[@jasminspepperpot8156]

All Old perverts! She was stilling herself at 19/20

[@CherryBlossomBlyue]

Most definetly

[@kasphertangho3983]

When being driven by anger,jealousy and thinking you own a person like a piece of stuff,some people would do the unthinkable...Such a sad story for the family and friends of dorothy😢

[@angelann8336]

That director marrying the younger sister is odd 🫢

[@jasminspepperpot8156]

Only 20, so young. Still finding herself and then to be used by all these perverted adults. 😔

[@bethf9589]

Poor, beautiful angelic soul. 😢 she deserved so much more than how the vultures took advantage of. Her soul will live forever and continue to mourn her loss and beauty.

[@LINDACOSTA-fu7ku]

WELL SAID, ❤❤❤❤

[@midnightmadness5307]

So very well said. Amen to Dorothy Rest In Peace.

[@paradisedreaming6363]

This entire story is just so incredibly sad!

[@misstreas84]

What’s so sad? She cheated on him with another married guy, became a homewrecker multiple times and enjoyed selling her body off. Yes she picked wrong and mentally disturbed guy, however she was not innocent and had her own issues. This could have ended differently if she acted and made the appropriate path and decisions .

[@midnightmadness5307]

@@misstreas84 You're a pretty miserable human being aren't you? Wow the comment you've made is such projection of your own character it's terrifying. How dare you judge her? How dare you write such blasphemous trash above, jealous much? Seems to me you are a very insecure and volatile person to make such heinous statements about Dorothy a woman young woman who touched so many souls and hearts. So what's your sick point that people who decide to pose nude and maybe end up in affairs should be murdered????? You are a very sick human being and need to seek help immediately, Shame on you, it's 'things' like you in our world who 'fuck' up society. Seek help again. Pathetic comment, you make me vomit.

[@melindaharrington7588]

Thank you for this documentary. It was made with sensitivity, respect, and honesty. From, Australia ~

[@bethoughtprovoking]

Playmate? Hollywood? Innocence? Doesn’t sound congruent to me.

[@eustab.anas-mann9510]

"You're nobody 'till somebody kills you" -- Christopher Wallace

[@RAZR_Channel]

I'm nobody... and it sounds like I best stay that way... But then through age... I will die a nobody... A Hard choice you have put before me Sir...

[@nemesisprime2993]

You are always somebody, but when bad things happen that brings in the media you get to be known more.

[@RAZR_Channel]

@@nemesisprime2993 Everyone is entitled to their 15 minutes of fame... or infamy...

[@davidlalhmingmawia2388]

In entertainment business, if anyone says, trust me 'DON'T'....Paul did not love Dorothy, he was afraid of loosing a hen who gives a golden egg.

[@scheezy]

What "golden egg" did she have

[@davidlalhmingmawia2388]

@@scheezy ...she was the one who was earning, right.

[@paradisedreaming6363]

@@scheezyallegedly, she was on the verge of superstardom….she had already starred in 3 movies and had done guest spots on several television shows before she was taken….she was the sole provider for the both of them and he wanted her to continue doing that…he was in the US illegally, no green card, no citizenship and other than working under the table, he couldn’t legally earn a living…she was prepared to give him half of her assets (7500.00) which was pretty generous of her considering that while she was filming in NY, he drained their joint bank account and kept all that money for himself, (which he stole from her) sold her brand new Jaguar out from under her (which he stole from her) and sold her Playboy Playmate of the Year plaque (which he stole from her) plus, he was still living in the house which Dorothy had put the down payment on (so she could have also been paying the mortgage on the house he was living in)…..so, in reality, he probably owed her money at the end of it all…but she put all of that aside and was *still* willing to give him half of her assets……for a broken down pimp out of East Van, I’d say she was definitely his golden goose who laid the golden egg by completely financially supporting him and he was not prepared to let her, or the money, go which, sadly and heartbreakingly, ended her young tragic life!!

[@daniel_a3630]

Bro you sent her to Hollywood like what was you expecting that’s where the devil lives 😂😂😂

[@myracurtis7706]

Paul losing out on the success of "Chippendales" left him desperate when he knew he was losing Stratton.

[@amyclare5377]

Thanks for a great upload. Other channels are doing the playboy murder series with Holly M, and I'm not a fan. I like how this one is narrated

[@SukumarDevaguptapuLife-Smiles]

So sad that a young, beautiful talent had to meet her end this way..! Knowing that he was on drug user, it was a big mistake going to personally meet him alone.

[@marlonalvarez3281]

I could not agree more. She should has gone with the police just in case. Sometimes people walk 2 their on tumb.😢

[@paradisedreaming6363]

Right? If she had only taken the advice of all of those surrounding her….those that truly had her best interests at heart….they offered her bodyguards, they offered to meet and deal with Paul themselves so that she wouldn’t have to ever see him nor deal with him again….they offered her whatever she needed to stay safe…..where they all saw how much of a threat Paul was to her, she just didn’t see it….she thought, and told people, that Paul would never hurt her and she wanted them to be friends after the divorce so she decided against everybody’s advice and went over there by herself on that fateful and deadly morning….she was only *20* *years* *old* ffs! Paul Snider destroyed her…literally! There are reports that Hefner SA’ed Dorothy in the grotto/hot tub and so that was one of the reasons that she decided to marry Paul…to stop Hefner from constantly hitting on her and sexually propositioning her….another reason she married him was because she felt that she owed Paul for everything he had done for her, allegedly….had Steve Banerjee not stolen Paul’s idea for the Chippendales maybe he would have had something else to focus on, something else to obsess over….maybe he would have become rich and famous in his own right and wouldn’t have “needed” Dorothy so much to fulfill his goals and ambitions…..who knows, eh? So many what if’s, could haves, should haves….you know, Princess Diana is another one who refused security and also ended up dead, not anything like what happened to Dorothy, but still…if in a situation like Dorothy Stratton, if someone offers you security, take it…it could possibly save your life!!

[@RAZR_Channel]

12:12 - "Get' Her Here"... What a Great position of Power to be in...

[@Nowseemypoint]

Lots of Hollywood directors are predator

[@MsLilac88]

This looks like an interesting murder investigation series. 👍 Dorothy looked so gorgeous. Hope that she rest in peace. 😢

[@Anonymous-zs2os]

Its a lesson to us that if started liking a person its not enough for us to know that he is very rich, look at his character his behavior. Remember that once you are married you cant be happy with all money alone. This story reveals the greatest mistake of the beautiful lady

[@HappyTheMan696]

you should see what this guys brother (Randy Snider) did to his house before he tried to kill his stepson and ex wife.

[@fourfurrypaws9294]

I don't know what to say in this case....

[@kelvindaniels4956]

Never marry a woman with so much growing ambition even if it was you who discovered her, let her go , is not the end of life..

[@paradisedreaming6363]

It was to him though, right? She was his meal ticket, his way out of Vancouver and in to Hollywood….He discovered her, convinced her to pose for the test shots and he sent them to Playboy and she was on the way to superstardom all thanks to him (in his mind)….but, what he obviously didn’t realize was that without her being photogenic, without her own work ethic and without her own networking, she wouldn’t have become anything at all….this poor, young exploited girl….she had it all…looks, ambition, talent, a sweet and loving temperament…what she lacked was simply experience in the industry and experience dealing with men, especially exploitative men like the ones in Hollywood that she encountered….such a brutal and devastating loss to Dorothy, her family and friends! Continue to RIP in heaven where those 3 men cannot hurt you anymore!! Her death, at 20 y/o, is so sad and was so unnecessary…..

[@JesusismyRock773]

@@paradisedreaming6363I do hope she had accepted Jesus Christ as her Lord before she was murdered. That way, she will definitely be in Heaven with Jesus Christ.

[@JacobAzriel]

Infedelity... Tsk, but why did it appear the lady is the good girl here? C'mon people

[@crypton_8l87]

Honestly?? You don't see what a pimp this so called husband is? He couldnt wait to start selling her photos out! 🤮

[@renamullings2944]

She was such a trusting and sweet young lady

[@delanoanthony4084]

Wow..sweet lady cheating on her husband and treating him like she did..but but but..sweet lady. GTFOH

[@albertawheat6832]

I think someone else killed them both...If you research this extensively you'll find some disturbing facts.

[@ttony777cpespective3]

Ask her then husband…

[@oliveoyl1802]

@@delanoanthony4084 Yeah, a 20 yr old is to be blamed for having an affair with a divorced, much older, seasoned director who knew she was married. What, he couldnt fight her off?

[@misstreas84]

@@albertawheat6832 such as?

[@LINDACOSTA-fu7ku]

I think BOTH , two men, took advantage of her, Paul and Peter, 🤮🤮

[@James_black_AU]

I am a man, I`m not crying 😭😭😭

[@hmac163]

What a goblin that Schneider was…edit to add-I wish ppl would stop explaining who Eric Roberts is, he is a good actor, it doesn’t matter who his relative is.

[@chrseu]

...no one is innocent in this story

[@stellaperez1699]

Hmmm I can't take side in this case. She was not innocent in my opinion.

[@Kyra_of_Kerkyra]

RIP, Dorothy, the world would have been so much better with you in it 🕊️🕊️🕊️

[@INTERSTELLAR1111]

👽 ...... ' BEAUTY IS ***NOT AN ACHIEVEMENT .... 🌚

[@crypton_8l87]

So.. you'd call her "an achiever" if she wasn't beautiful?

[@samanthacook2495]

"...Sammy Slick and Joe Blow..." Sounds like Christopher Creep and Nick Nasty were partying at the Playboy Mansion too lol. Took me a while to finally work out where I'd seen Larry Wilcox before. CHiPs was a very popular TV show in New Zealand, back in the day.

[@beyourself2444]

It was popular in my country too, when I was very young.

[@kabirbroadcasting]

Very sad story

[@nemesisprime2993]

Like I'm always saying get to know someone before you get involved with them, get to know about places, people before you go or get involved, because your life is more precious than everything else, and you only have one chance with it to please God and you have to be alive. So don't throw your life away for worldly pleasures.

[@stewartgatsi3180]

Getting to know someone is no guarantee that they won't murder you 20 years down the road. Human beings like many creatures on this Earth are unpredictable.

[@nemesisprime2993]

@@stewartgatsi3180 Listen to and listen good, most people show their true self even before the relationship get closer or marriage so twenty years down road nah that's a relationship already know about. But before you let someone into your life get to know that person and you will see who that person is in a few weeks, or do a check up on them that's what I'm talking about.

[@stewartgatsi3180]

@@nemesisprime2993 Spending two weeks with someone doesn't mean you know someone's intent and true colors. That's a naive approach to life. People can and do lie, and pretend. Happens all the time. So this notion that you can trully know someone is false

[@nemesisprime2993]

@@stewartgatsi3180 This might not be for you weak minded humans but with a psychological gifted prime like me it's easier, all of have to do is listen, watch the person behavior and attitudes etc, then i can tell the kind of person who that person is, listen to what you humans should be paying attention to, you all are not so this is why you all can't read people that easy.

[@stewartgatsi3180]

@@nemesisprime2993 Unless you are clairvoyant, you cannot read everyone's absolute intentions, no matter how good of a human lie detector you are. Behaiviors can be learned, and imitated (it's called acting - there's an entire industry called Hollywood dedicated to that). Your argument has no logic

[@jaybministros7980]

Dorothy has done this to herself. She should've foreseen the consequences of her action.

[@SatieSatie]

what the actual f

[@theranjithjay]

1980- LA- Paul Snider married Dorothy Stratton and one day in 1980 the beautiful playboy model was killed by her estranged husband Paul Snider.

[@midnightmadness5307]

There's a few 'trolls' in here of course, there are always trolls shamefully online. To those of you commenting that this needs to be investigated, Paul had enemies etc...you are horrible people straight up! Let Dorothy's memory be held with respect, may she rest in Peace. It's not rocket science, Paul Snider murdered her...show some decency and don't make this tragic situation worse than it already is. Wow. Stupid and rude and juvenile comments. Grow up.

[@UnknownUser-j3n]

You calling people juvenile for "not going along the ride(of your choice)"?

[@dodgingbullets3503]

Everyone hates Paul but if it wasnt for him, we would never have heard about Dorothy. . . After Paul introduced D to Hollywood, they pushed him out and flushed him like a piece of shyte. Who was the real bad guys in this, Paul or the industry. I believe he really loved Dorothy...jmo

[@anitaschneider1704]

Why didn’t Dorothy take her lawyer with her

[@candidcamera509]

or the police.

[@marinawilliams3599]

She didn't think she was in danger and didn't listen to the warnings.

[@care4animals114]

Girls, please choose your lovers and friends carefully

[@daviebetham936]

Paul afraid of loosing her ..he needs umbrella and money

[@jasminspepperpot8156]

He married her younger sister. 🤷🏽‍♀️🤔 Anything goes in Hollywood.

[@twiggynation.2779]

Don't throw away people who helped you and made, Dorothy thought she could brush him off..

[@shanbenotsanglao3067]

What kind of an innocent person cheats on her husband.

[@nimue4325]

She fell in love and did what was considered the right thing, ask for a divorce. Did you expect her to stay married to this creep who entrapped her? This creep who told her to do whatever it took for him to make money.

[@yasirurooj8749]

@@nimue4325 hey what can you say the creep loved her as well....he brought her to stardom and directors in Hollywood are predators,and even if you consider snieder ASA creep a low life he should have asked for more money in exchange of divorce ,that's Hollywood that's America

[@Dru1111]

Didn’t he tell her to do what she needed to do in order to be successful?

[@emily9695]

You mean what kind of person rapes, tortures and kills someone?? Seriously mate get your priorities straight

[@Muirmaiden]

He cheated on her numerous times.

[@manishabarua1387]

How can u trust someone easily

[@nataliemikhail9136]

Never walk on devil's path...

[@crypton_8l87]

Lolllz 😂

[@christineyetman640]

I think Dorothy in her innocent way felt like she owed this dirtbag Snider something...or actually pitied him in some way...he was a total creep

[@ttony777cpespective3]

No more than Hefner and Bogdanovich!!!

[@elishadoyle8191]

Why does everything come down to being pretty, handsome, beautiful ect? Everyone has their own beauty about them but people on TV try to make it out as if it's some big thing. Take off the make up, hair extensions, false lashes, tan and what ever else is false aswel as camera tricks and you have an average person. The media put too much on having to look a certain way. I really feel bad for Dorothy. She was so young and didn't deserve to die the way she did

[@sharofathalmuratova2142]

Lesson learned: when you play with life don't expect positive consequence

[@tissyj]

👍Well done! Must watch!

[@nemesisprime2993]

The devil will come into your life to get rid of you even if he had to seduce you....be careful humans are you'll die in your sins.

[@mjsfoodcreation8985]

She's young sweet and innocent.

[@kennyking5606]

Nonsense, what's innocent about her

[@reachstar7828]

She is idiot, dumb and any respect for herself and for others. She took advantage of Paul, and she stabbed him in back. Disgusting woman.

[@isabellageo1694]

Yea really???that why those whorre exist and hurting people Caz so naive and stupid like u...shut up cow

[@lindamoore9729]

I would much rather have the life I have with 4 fabulous children who love me unconditionally than all the fame and sadness of Hollywood. As far as I see, they are all losers at life. Beauty fades. A child's love and the love of family does not. Women becoming famous for their nakedness leads to nowhere but sadness and danger, grave danger.

[@glengrieve544]

What a weirdo to go on to marry her younger sister mustn't have been true love 😢

[@davidrinmawia2959]

Nice

[@ccyang7039]

How can your Room Mat Not here Anythink?? 🤦‍♀️🤷‍♀️🤔 Come On! Really? Nah.. I think he knew about because when he got told the story that she was cheating. He might been pissed of Too.. 🤷‍♀️🤔

[@nes123ification]

He was out when the shooting happened. Didn’t you watch it?

[@icecorpuz9300]

So many ads!!

[@queva3062]

Pay eXtra (premium) then you have your peace😃

[@mochaberry8945]

How didn’t the roommate hear those loud gun shots is BS‼️‼️

[@laikiugarland1082]

he has one thousand fault but when your value is gone and is dumped ......

[@ttony777cpespective3]

What I got from this show was that Sachs was the jealous guy…

[@evapangilinan5707]

Why not met on common grounds,,she's not innocent,just trusting

[@klompjes002]

drugs makes crazy

[@UnknownUser-j3n]

Can you not have mention of "leaches in the media". Who are you then?

[@dannysee1]

Colleen Camp is hot, 50 years ago.

[@hirainawhaanga6253]

The devil 😈 in disguise..

[@jeebzareee615]

This case needs to be investigated using latest dna technology. Alot of loopholes are their. Roommate, Peter and Paul's old enemies.

[@midnightmadness5307]

You're a fool omg he murdered her, let her soul rest in peace you are ridiculous how disrespectful to the truth and memory of Dorothy.

[@georgebasister1929]

Dorothy StrattEn.

[@mortiel84]

No sabia que era "Jewish", pero pues claro 😅

[@rajashekharkarajagi6665]

Women and money have tendency to fall in wrong hands!

[@susanarsoniadou]

In terms of farming, pigs get to eat the most delicious pears.

[@daniel_a3630]

Let’s be honest, everyone in this story was intoxicated and high most of the time….no one can be completely innocent we are all sinners

[@yasirurooj8749]

She cheated on her husband........please don't portray her as all innocent

[@moniho6907]

They could have at least got a prettier actress to play dorothy

[@crypton_8l87]

Then she wouldn't be acting for youtube. Anyway there's always that bottle of hair color right?

[@Dru1111]

Such an unnecessary thing to say - you must be (think) you’re stunning.

[@moniho6907]

@@Dru1111 i don't think i know

[@isabellind1292]

They just needed someone who could bat her eyes like crazy!

[@moniho6907]

She cheated in her marriage, i don't know why she is being portrayed as innocent

[@pakde8002]

That's a relative and subjective adjective. Innocent compared to the sleazy characters surrounding her. I mean the guy she was having an affair with ended up marrying her little sister. That's just perverse. A better adjective might be "naive".

[@Joachim4964]

Just because she cheated in her marriage doesn't give anyone the right to murder her!

[@crypton_8l87]

Depends what kind of spouse she "cheated" on. He was selling his own partner's photos.

[@ketoqueenyo2431]

So what?! She deserves to be murdered? Bonehead. 🙄

[@rubenmagtoto6240]

life cut short because she was murdered that makes her a victim people associate although alot of deserving people lead this path like manipulative mass murderers

[@corinleman5607]

😢😢😢😢😢🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@kennyking5606]

She killed herself, what an ungrateful woman

[@Dru1111]

Troll

[@mommyatiny5747]

ulul

[@thespecialant8092]

Sin will kill you

[@punscott1777]

🤞👍🇯🇲

[@noorahmed5649]

she cheated on her husband and is still a hero😂😂

[@hyusuf4280]

Go to hell. Who said she was a "hero"? Most people are calling her the brutalized victim of a pathetic little man who couldn't handle the fact that the woman he wanted to pimp out to Hollywood 'big names' players like Hefner, wanted out of the relationship with him (seeing a better man in Peter Bogdanovich, he wasn't. Bogdanovich was just not a psychopathic rapist and murderer) . I bet you're a Muslim man aren't you? Men everywhere are an existential danger to women, with no empathy for women, esp if those women are thought to "cheat" on their so-called men. But Muslim so-called men like you are a particularly clueless and stupid lot: you see a story about an incredibly unlucky young woman like Dorothy, who was killed in the most horrific way imaginable. Yet all you see is a woman who "cheated" You disgust me. Males like you are exhibit A of this type of loser.

[@stevelindsay220]

He should have taken care of Peter Bogdanovich as well.

[@INTERSTELLAR1111]

👽 ...... NO ONE IS INNOCENT !!!!

[@TheWorldisSoDivided]

Hef wanted her for himself.

[@albertawheat6832]

You are correct.

[@crypton_8l87]

She was his doll. Till he realised she was a real person.

[@narimannourizadeh3693]

Very sad story