He was the face of clean-cut charm in the ’80s. Ferris Bueller. WarGames. The kind of star your mom adored. But in 1987, on a quiet country road in Northern Ireland, Matthew Broderick crashed head-on into another car—killing two women instantly.
What followed was a media circus, a controversial verdict, and decades of silence around a tragedy many fans still don’t know happened. In this episode, we unpack the fatal crash, the court case, the public reaction, and how one of Hollywood’s golden boys walked away with a $175 fine.
This is true crime meets celebrity scandal. This is pop culture crime.
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