Fatal Voyage: The Mysterious Death of Natalie Wood Trailer

Fatal Voyage: The Mysterious Death of Natalie Wood is a 12-part audio documentary series that takes a new look at the tragic death of the Hollywood film icon who was found dead off Catalina Island while vacationing with her husband actor Robert Wagner and Christopher Walken in November 1981. The initial coroners verdict: accidental death by drowning. But the coroner was wrong – and the case was reopened by the LA Sheriff’s Dept. Now, for the first time, the real story can be told. With new evidence that may suggest a larger conspiracy, investigative journalist and host Dylan Howard and his team will attempt to crack open the case that has eluded authorities for nearly four decades - before time runs out. Series premieres on 7/20/18 – on the exact day that would have been Natalie’s 80th birthday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

NATALIE: WHO IS NATALIE WOOD - EP1

She was gorgeous, glamorous — and doomed. But who really was Natalie Wood – the Hollywood super-siren who was enormous in life – and even bigger in death? Now, learn the real story, from her early years as a child star to her zenith as red carpet royalty – as well as the story of the L.A. Sheriff’s homicide detective who has made it his cause to bring peace to her soul. In a chilling revelation, Detective Ralph Hernandez reveals new – and explosive – facts about Natalie’s death, including a never-before-heard autopsy report that will change everything you have ever known about the case that has haunted Tinsel town for almost four decades. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

NATALIE: A REBELLIOUS TEEN - EP2

From her earliest years, Natalie Wood was bred for fame and fortune – and also destruction. We’ll chart how her mother, Marie Gurden, would stop at nothing to see her daughter’s name in lights, once even looking away after her daughter’s rape for fear it would anger the studio system that would decide her fate. Ironically, these decisions pushed Natalie on to a path that ended with Robert Wagner — and a tumultuous romance that ended in tragedy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

NATALIE: A MATCH MADE IN HOLLYWOOD - EP3

Natalie Wood and Robert Wagner marry in a fairy tale Hollywood union — but beneath the shiny surface of their romance lurks rage and jealousy. In a fit of envy, Wagner rushes to the home of Natalie’s costar, Warren Beatty, with a gun and the intent to do murder. Nothing happens, although Natalie soon makes a shocking discovery — her husband in a romantic rendezvous with another man! The couple conclude their first marriage — but the deck of fate still had a future reunion waiting in the cards. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

NATALIE: PROFESSIONAL SUCCESS, PERSONAL MESS - EP4

Robert Wagner - all-American boy-next-door or conniving manipulator who’d stop at nothing to achieve Tinsel Town fame and fortune? That is the question we answer by charting the actor’s rise to stardom, as well as examining the havoc such obsessive pursuit left in its wake. As his first marriage to Natalie Wood - some would say one of convenience - lay tattered, Natalie attempts to carry on with her “Splendor in the Grass” costar Warren Beatty. But the devastation left by Wagner - and the end of her romance with Beatty - prove too much, and result in a harrowing suicide attempt recounted here in vivid detail by her sister, Lana. But Natalie emerges stronger than ever from the near-fatal episode and finally takes control of her life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

NATALIE: THE DEVIL YOU KNOW - EP5

Natalie Wood reunites with her first love, Robert Wagner, following her second divorce from director Richard Gregson — and more than a decade after she discovered Wagner rendezvousing with another man. Now, in a world exclusive interview, the starlet’s sister, Lana, recreates the bizarre family dinner at which Natalie reintroduced her first hubby to both her and their parents - plus the chilling reason she gave for reigniting their already failed affair! Meanwhile, Natalie, herself, provides additional insight into why she inexplicably did what she did in passages from a never-before-seen-or-heard diary exclusively obtained by this podcast. Finally, Natalie returns to show business after a hiatus in a move that will seemingly fulfill the fateful words she told Lana at the family dinner. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

NATALIE: THE NIGHT BEFORE - EP6

Robert Wagner, Natalie Wood and her latest co-star, actor Christopher Walken, are moored off the shore of California's Catalina Island on the yacht, Splendour. But envy-stricken Wagner's behavior grows erratic — so much so a "petrified" Natalie begs the ship's captain, Dennis Davern, to take her ashore in a dinghy. Once there, she confides her plans to leave her husband Wagner and desperately flee by way of a sea plane. But her efforts to secure a plane are stymied. Instead, she and Davern return to the yacht — and Natalie's final day of life commences back on board. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Night Of

After confiding her plans to leave husband, Robert Wagner, and failing in a desperate, last-ditch attempt to flee via seaplane, Natalie Wood begrudgingly returns to the Splendour. It was a decision she would not live to regret. Now, in world exclusive interviews, the harbor master and lifeguard on duty describe the chilling moment they recovered the legend’s lifeless body — and a stunning new ear-witness comes forward to recount having heard anguished screams – “Somebody please help me, I'm drowning!” – coming from The Splendour at the same time Natalie vanished from the boat! This the beginning of the end for one of Hollywood’s most storied actresses … but was it murder? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

NATALIE: THE COVER UP - EP8

Natalie Wood is dead — her body washed ashore off California's Catalina Island. But very quickly — perhaps too quickly — the sordid episode is deemed an accident and her husband, Robert Wagner, permitted to move on. Now, "Fatal Voyage" probes the evidence for proof of the cover-up, sinister and sprawling, that many in the know say shut the lid on the death investigation before it could even get moving. Who was to blame? The answer to this question — everyone from the coroner, to the cops, Frank Sinatra and even then-President Ronald Reagan — is truly shocking. Did Ol’ Blue Eyes threaten both the original Coroner and a potential witness in order to keep them quiet … and RJ safe? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

NATALIE: BEVERLY HILLS CAPTIVE - EP9

With his wife, Natalie Wood, dead, Robert J. Wagner desperately tries to control the public narrative of what happened aboard the death yacht, The Splendour, lawyering up and coaching his boat skipper Dennis Davern on what would become his official version of events. Now, in a stunning first person account, Davern opens up about those bizarre and sinister days immediately following the tragedy — dramatically explaining how Wagner held him hostage in his estate with the help of bodyguards and a complex system of magnetic door locks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices