Description
The 4-part documentary event “Secrets of the Chippendales Murders” gives a look beyond the bright lights into a dark world of drugs, arson, a love triangle and a murder.
Chippendales was a nightclub that aimed to allure and please women with its scantily clad male dancers and vivacious music, and quickly advanced toward a pop culture phenomenon, until it came crashing down. Through exclusive interviews, never-before-seen crime scene video and declassified FBI surveillance audio, the limited series unravels the hidden tale of how sex, jealousy, arson, hefty-bags filled with cash and mafia shakedowns all led up to one of the most outrageous murders in American history.
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Episode 1: “The Perfect Man” Air Date: March 14th 2022: In the 1980s, Chippendales was a worldwide phenomenon. At the center of its meteoric growth are Steve Banerjee, who left India to live the American dream, and Nick De Noia, a children’s television producer with a talent for turning beefcakes into Broadway-esque dancers. Their partnership built an empire but behind the bright lights and scantily clad dancers was a dark world of drugs, murder, and unbridled ambition.
Episode 2: “Strip the Layers” Air Date: March 21st 2022: The bigger Chippendales gets, the more problems it faces. Among them: mobsters, disgruntled dancers, churchgoers, and Nick De Noia and Steve Banerjee. The two masterminds behind the show grow obsessed with their fortunes before a shocking murder leaves NYPD detectives at a loss.
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Episode 3: “The Show Must Go On” Air Date: March 28th 2022: The NYPD investigates multiple leads into the murder of Nick De Noia. Possible motives include a love triangle, insurance fraud, and an angry boss–all of which lead nowhere. Years later, the FBI gets a tip from a hitman named “Strawberry” who blows the case wide open.
Episode 4: “The Naked Truth” Air Date: April 4th 2022: The FBI teams up with down-and-out actor Ray Colon who leads federal agents on an international manhunt for the man behind Nick De Noia’s murder. However, even after the mystery is solved and the killer is behind bars, the show is far from over. Soon to follow is a shocking death and the discovery of tens of millions of dollars secretly hidden in Switzerland.
ALL COMMERCIALS PROFESSIONALLY EDITED OUT OF ALL EPISODES
Total Running Time is 3 Hours (approximately)
Angela Buzzoni (verified owner) –
MVR has the BEST collection of music videos and documentaries that I have ever found. This rare, 4 episode Chippendales documentary has the most information on not only the Chippendales business itself, but the people involved with its creation and the dedicated employees who worked hard to make it succeed. It includes a portion of the program dedicated to the senseless 08/14/1980 murder of Playboy Playmate Dorothy Stratten at the hands of her estranged husband, Paul Snider. Documentaries about Dorothy on physical media is EXTREMELY rare.
I’ve been searching for many years and I didn’t find anything until I found MVR. Little known fact, Dorothy gave the Chippendales creator, Steve Banerjee, the idea to have the men wear the neck and wrist collars to match the Playboy Bunnies. (For an even further, in depth documentary on Dorothy Stratten, I highly recommend the “Secrets Of Playboy” documentary, available from MVR). The Chippendales documentary covers the 04/07/1987 murder of Nick De Noia, a man who went from producing programs for children to, among other things, choreographing the dance routines for the Chippendales men. Unfortunately, he also took advantage of the Chippendales creator Steve. The business and personal relationship of these 2 men got so bad, Steve hired a drug addict to kill Nick for $25,000. This program includes insightful interviews with Chippendale dancers, previous employees, talk show host Phil Donahue and first responder police officers as well as members of Nick De Noia’s family and Steve Banerjee’s son. This is a real life murder mystery that took the police and the FBI many years to solve. There is plenty of archive film footage of the dancers, talk show interviews, crime scene photos, undercover wire tap footage and even includes an archive interview with Steve Banerjee himself. This is a valued addition to my DVD collection that I highly recommend to anyone interested in the subject matter. So glad I could finally find this on DVD her at MVR! Thank you