Danger, Dateline, and the Dabo Girl

Cathy DeBuono was a background actor on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, playing one of Quark’s casino hostesses — known as “dabo girls.” But in real life, she helped expose a Hollywood predator whose scam auditions led to murder. This episode of The Prime Detective follows DeBuono’s close call, the testimony of women like Alice Walker, and the 2006 conviction of Victor Paleologus.

Links:
NBC News: He posed as a Hollywood hotshot. He was actually a ‘master manipulator’ with a dark fantasy

Dateline NBC: The Girl with the Hibiscus Tattoo

Credits:
This episode of “The Prime Detective” was produced and hosted by Grayson Thagard.

Music for “The Prime Detective” is composed by Ben Wise: https://benwise.bandcamp.com/

Artwork for “The Prime Detective” is by Julie Hendrickson.

Website and publishing support thanks to David Moody, Producer: “Let’s Talk About Treks” The Podcast.

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