Mon, Feb 13, 2023
This installment outlines the murder of Charles Gold, the former husband of Playboy bunny Carole Gold: When former Playboy bunny Carole Gold's husband Charles "Black Bart" Gold is shot dead at home, the investigation reveals sordid affairs, family infighting and a possible hired hit. The search for the truth ultimately leads to multiple suspects, including some close to home. In the end, Carole Gold and her son from another relationship, Kenneth Ashton Cottini, were charged with hiring a hitman to kill her husband, Charles "Chuck" Gold. In 1992, when Charles Gold, age 51, returned to his Phoenix home from a convention, he was met by a man named Dan Goddard who was lying in wait behind a wall armed with a gun that was fitted with a homemade silencer. In October 1997, Carole, now age 58, received a sentence of life in prison after she was convicted of first-degree murder and conspiracy. Carole's son pleaded guilty to a second-degree murder charge and received a minimum sentence of 18 years behind bars. Another man, Robert Pryor, who arranged the hiring of the hitman Goddard, was sentenced to 20 years in prison. The hired hit man, Goddard, received immunity for testifying against the three other defendants in the case.