61 years after soul legend Sam Cooke was found shot dead in a seedy LA motel wearing only a sport coat and one shoe, the official story of “self-defense” and “kidnapping” has never passed the smell test.

In this explosive Part 1 of a two-episode edition of the show, bestselling author B.G. Rule (One More River to Cross: The Redemption of Sam Cooke) reveals never-before-heard evidence that points to a cold-blooded Mafia assassination orchestrated over money, power, and control of Black music.

• Why the autopsy photos show a brutally beaten body the coroner deliberately downplayed
• How a .22 execution-style bullet (not the motel manager’s registered .38) ended up in Sam’s heart
• Elisa Boyer’s real identity, prostitution arrests, and ties to RCA and the LAPD
• Allen Klein’s hostile takeover of Sam’s catalog and the chilling last words Cooke heard
• Barbara Cooke’s suspicious behavior, the missing millions, and lingering questions about her possible involvement
• Eyewitness accounts claiming Sam was killed in a limousine — not the Hacienda Motel

From corrupt LAPD chief William H. Parker to mobbed-up nightclubs and payola scandals, discover why even as teenage girls in 1964 knew something didn’t add up — and why the truth has been buried for six decades.

If you love unsolved music mysteries like the deaths of Tupac, Biggie, Jimi Hendrix, Otis Redding, or Bobby Fuller, this is the definitive deep dive into one of the biggest cover-ups in rock & soul history.

Subscribe now and don’t miss Part 2 — the conclusion will leave you speechless.

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