New York Post Article

Ace Researcher Derek Tague passes along this article from THE NEW YORK POST from April of 2008 regarding both Christa's case and the 48 HOURS MYSTERY episode.

Broke Freeze Frame

In LET'S GO FOR BROKE, this lovely still appears as a freeze frame that then comes to life as Jackie Broke uses karate moves on her boyfriend.

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A holdover from the CBS 48 HOURS MYSTERY site, here is a brief slideshow of stills of Christa set to music.

Lennie

Here is a rare shot of Christa with Lennie Barrin. Depending on who you talk to, Lennie was either her best friend, a leech, a user, a manipulator, a sidekick, a trusted business partner, a confidante, the man who ransacked her place after her murder or had it done and/or himself a suspect. Possibly all of the above. Lennie Barrin was a flamboyant presence on the NYC gay scene in the seventies and like Christa eventually wound up doing films (as a fashion designer) before long since succumbing to AIDS. A complicated presence in her already complicated life story to put it mildly.

Where is Alex Stevens?

Alex Stevens (seen here on WHAT'S MY LINE? in before and after pics) was the stuntman who played the werewolf on the late sixties-early seventies mega-hit DARK SHADOWS. He also did tons of movie stuntwork. In recent years, he has appeared at DARK SHADOWS reunions and yet no one can seem to find him for me. Can you? Any suggestions? Why? Well, I have now confirmed that Alex Stevens, whose glow-in-the-dark werewolf model graced by night table for many years, is the previously unknown stunt man friend of Christa's who was, in fact, the original, uncredited director of the Haiti sequences in Christa Helm's LET'S GO FOR BROKE. We would love to get his memories of the film but he seems to have relatively recently become hard to find! So any of you DARK SHADOWS buffs who come across this piece, if you can point me toward him, please email me at booksteve@aol.com. Many thanks!

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