{"id":47,"date":"2025-10-21T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/letstalkabouttreks.com\/primedetective\/?p=47"},"modified":"2026-04-03T16:10:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T20:10:01","slug":"from-deep-space-to-dateline-cathy-debuonos-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/letstalkabouttreks.com\/primedetective\/podcast\/from-deep-space-to-dateline-cathy-debuonos-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Danger, Dateline, and the Dabo Girl"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Cathy DeBuono was a background actor on <em>Star Trek: Deep Space Nine<\/em>, playing one of Quark\u2019s casino hostesses \u2014 known as \u201cdabo girls.\u201d But in real life, she helped expose a Hollywood predator whose scam auditions led to murder. This episode of <em>The Prime Detective<\/em> follows DeBuono\u2019s close call, the testimony of women like Alice Walker, and the 2006 conviction of Victor Paleologus.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Links:<br>NBC News: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/victor-paleologus-murder-rape-assault-allegations-rcna154604\">He posed as a Hollywood hotshot. He was actually a &#8216;master manipulator&#8217; with a dark fantasy<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dateline NBC: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/dateline\/in-the-news\/watch-dateline-episode-girl-hibiscus-tattoo-now-rcna155599\">The Girl with the Hibiscus Tattoo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default\">Credits:<br>This episode of &#8220;The Prime Detective&#8221; was produced and hosted by Grayson Thagard.<br><br>Music for &#8220;The Prime Detective&#8221; is composed by Ben Wise: <a href=\"https:\/\/benwise.bandcamp.com\/\">https:\/\/benwise.bandcamp.com\/<\/a> <br><br>Artwork for &#8220;The Prime Detective&#8221; is by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/julie-hendrickson-4096332\/\">Julie Hendrickson<\/a>.<br><br>Website and publishing support thanks to David Moody, Producer: &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.letstalkabouttreks.com\/\">Let&#8217;s Talk About Treks<\/a>&#8221; The Podcast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Buy me a coffee:<a href=\"https:\/\/buymeacoffee.com\/theprimedetective\"> buymeacoffee.com\/theprimedetective<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1050\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-47-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/3955803\/content.blubrry.com\/3955803\/Dabo_Detective-9_6_25_6_37_PM.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/3955803\/content.blubrry.com\/3955803\/Dabo_Detective-9_6_25_6_37_PM.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/3955803\/content.blubrry.com\/3955803\/Dabo_Detective-9_6_25_6_37_PM.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/3955803\/content.blubrry.com\/3955803\/Dabo_Detective-9_6_25_6_37_PM.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/letstalkabouttreks.com\/primedetective\/?powerpress_pinw=47-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/3955803\/content.blubrry.com\/3955803\/Dabo_Detective-9_6_25_6_37_PM.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Dabo_Detective-9_6_25_6_37_PM.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cathy DeBuono was a background actor on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, playing one of Quark\u2019s casino hostesses \u2014 known as \u201cdabo girls.\u201d But in real life, she helped expose a Hollywood predator whose scam auditions led to murder. 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