"Every horrible day in history has a much happier day before it." --Andy Ostroy
On Halloween night in 2006, Adrienne Shelly was having a blast chatting with friends and helping little kids try to bust open the ghost-shaped piñata hanging in her NYC apartment. She and her husband Andy were hosting a party and enjoying the trick-or-treat holiday with their toddler, Sophie.
Adrienne was also waiting to hear if her most recent film, "Waitress," which she not only wrote and directed but also acted in, had been accepted into Sundance. Sadly, she would never find out. The next day...Adrienne was dead.
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Episode Sources:
“Adrienne” on HBO Max
“Greenwich Village Mystery” Oxygen True Crime: New York Homicide, Season 2, Ep. 15
“Who Was… Adrienne Shelly?” by Vanessa Zimmer, November 30, 2022
“Who is Adrienne Shelly’s daughter Sophie Ostroy?” by Amber Peake, December 2, 2021
“Indie Film Sweetheart Adrienne Shelly” by Timothy Rhys, August 1, 1996
“The Unbelievable Truth” by Gaby Wood, July 15, 2007
“With ‘Sudden Manhattan,’ Adrienne Shelly Writes and Directs Her Future” by Deirdre Guthrie
“Husband: Actress-wife's death suspicious” WABC
“Slay suit nixed” by Dareh Gregorian, July 7, 2011
“‘ROT,’ BASTARD!” By Laura Italiano, New York Post, p. 19, March 14, 2008
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