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The mysterious death of Brittany Murphy. David Lynch and the real-life brutal murder that inspired Twin Peaks. Steve McQueen’s brush with Charles Manson. The three conspiracies surrounding Marilyn Monroe’s death. The indecent arrest of John Waters. Dennis Hopper’s easy riding and excessive 70s Hollywood. Woody Harrelson’s Dad’s connection to the JFK assassination. The obsessive murder of Dorothy Stratten. Bill Murray’s bust. Chris Farley burning out too soon. Al Pacino’s armed robbery. The s ...
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Embark on thrilling adventures with The Terrifying Lies Podcast, where stories of mystery, intrigue, and unexpected twists await. Dive into an immersive experience with professional sound design and original music and a song. Listen to a new song at the end of each episode to tie it all together. Journey into a world of captivating tales that span genres. Subscribe for new episodes dropped bi-weekly, each designed to entertain, surprise, and inspire. Support this podcast at http://www.patreo ...
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Intimacy & Imitation is a limited podcast series dedicated to uncovering our protective deceptions in the search for genuine connection. In each of the 6 episodes, a single feeling is examined, lifted in gentle hands, and observed from multiple angles. With a blend of poetry, music, and spatial sound design, host Marshall Jacklin invites you on a transformative journey from the art of letting go to the seriousness of joy. For the intended immersive experience, please use headphones.
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Welcome to the Sonic Days Podcast, your gateway to the inspiring and innovative world of audio from Sonic Days! This podcast features a diverse array of presentations and discussions from our annual conference, capturing the essence of the event and bringing it directly to your ears. Each episode offers a unique glimpse into the latest advancements and creative explorations in the field of sound. From in-depth technical workshops and expert panels to thought-provoking keynotes and case studi ...
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Drifting Off With Joe Pera is an evening comedy podcast from comedian Joe Pera and composer Ryan Dann. With low-key jokes, immersive soundscapes, and relaxing phone conversations, Joe’s narration and Ryan’s sound design will help you unwind and perhaps even fall asleep. Featuring guest composers and interviews with interesting folks. Produced by Grant Farsi for Chestnut Walnut. Link to Joe's Shows: https://joepera.com/shows/ Merch: https://joepera.merchtable.com/ Support the show on Patreon: ...
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In Aaru, a land torn apart by a fear of magic, and ruled by brutal mercenaries, two young friends leave the only home they’ve ever known to find the one who could save them all.Carcerem is a completely original audio series featuring a full cast, original music, and immersive sound design.
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Deep conversations, Immersive documentaries, compelling stories and everything in between. Created by sound designer Tom Whalley, SGR is made to make every listen feel special. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Readings of weird fiction and science fiction short stories combined with immersive sound design and music.
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Around Here is an immersive audio series documenting travel, personal experience, wacky cool characters, and chalk full of sound design and music.
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An epic quest to tell the best story possible, in every genre imaginable. 20 Sided Stories is an anthology fiction podcast where Director Sage G.C. and a rotating ensemble of improvisers bring tabletop role playing games to life. We dive into all your favorite worlds and genres using immersive sound design, original music, and gut-busting laughs to create surprising parodies and tell unforgettable stories. But it’s all improvised and there’s no script; a single dice roll can change everythin ...
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A DND podcast about necromancers, psychic wastoids, and the civil servants who take them down. When ghosts, necromancers, and magical monstrosities raise a ruckus in the land of the living, the Skulltenders will answer! Join a cat-lady rogue, an owl with human legs, and their inflexible Gooman chaperone in a hilarious and horrifying tabletop adventure that mixes the thrilling pacing of monster-of-the-week play with the addictive intrigue of a long-term campaign. Professional game-writer Cohe ...
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Rock podcasts and audio fiction plays with snappy characters in a fleshed out aural world from the east coast of Ireland. More than just a radio show, we create full-feature comedy adventures and story-filled rock shows. Original, scripted and with HD sound design. Twisted tales and immersive podcasting. All characters written and performed by Adrian Byrne & Michael Taylor. On all good audiophilic emporia - https://linktr.ee/Moshtalgia
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An immersive audio series about the dreamscape of modern masculinity, for the perplexed gent - and anyone who knows one. The world our fathers and grandfathers grew up in has gone. The old model of masculinity is dead. But what does the new model look like? Man men are trying to work this out. Most men aren’t Man 1.0. But they’re not quite Man 2.0, either. They’re somewhere in-between, muddling along, doing their best. This series is about what that’s like. It’s about the new demands – and t ...
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***All eight season one episodes now available!!*** Nuclear catastrophe has struck Earth, leaving Commander Kelly all alone on a small space station orbiting the planet, without contact. It's been 154 days since the catastrophe. 154 days since communication has been severed. With his resources and fight to go on both dwindling, each episode delivers a new audio log from Kelly. Each entry we learn more about his past, as his present torpedoes into an adventure he never could have imagined. Di ...
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A deep dive into the lives of your favorite artists told by the artists, family, friends, and other artists. We take a look at the stories of the artists who made the music that we love. Told in IMMERSIVE SOUND DESIGN, so that the stories are enveloped in 5.1 stereo sound, giving you sound around the story-telling. These are the stories of our musical heroes told the way they deserve to be told. Season 2: MF DOOM Premieres 10/25!
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The Long Tale! is a refreshing take on traditional storytelling that promotes reading as a fun and an immersive experience. Each episode is designed to bring people together to listen to stories from all around the world. Regardless of age, gender or cultural background, listeners can tune in to reminisce their childhood or discover a tale they had never heard before. written and created by George Ofori-Addo directed by George Ofori-Addo produced by George Ofori-Addo sound design, editing ...
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THE LESSER DEAD is an immersive audio drama about a disparate group of vampires living in the wild-and-wooly world of 1978 New York City. Our narrator Joey Peacock (Jack Kilmer) — an irreverent, eternally-young 19-year-old — introduces us to his unconventional family and its formidable leader, Margaret McMannis (Minnie Driver), who has built a home for all of them under the subways of the city. Margaret’s strict rules have kept them safe and secure for decades... Until one night when Joey's ...
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Aqua Net & Funyuns is a podcast of five different operas connected by dozens of hidden Easter Eggs. Each episode highlights the cliff-hanger nature of serial narratives by alternating between all five operas in “round-robin” style. The serial episodes tell compelling stories with vocals, instruments and immersive sound design. Another One Bites A high school student ditches an anti-drug assembly to smoke pot and hides from a cop in a porta-potty—which becomes a portal to a parallel universe. ...
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Conquest Of Heroes Radio is a podcast with news, updates, interviews, and other information about games in development by Burning Man Studios. Their flag ship title; Conquest Of Heroes Online aims to be an MMO of epic proportions set in a sci-fi militaristic world. Conquest Of Heroes Radio also sports a professionally produced audio book segment that will keep you coming back for more! Complete with music, sound design, and voice acting, these drama segments will immerse you into the world o ...
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A Boundless Theatre podcast production. Be ready. Be listening. And do not be afraid. This is Radio Elusia. What happens when all communication is sanctioned and you can never be sure who is listening? An original scripted thriller about transmission, revolution and pirate radio from producers Boundless Theatre. With an immersive sound design and original music by FATHER, the audience is asked to be ready, be listening and do not be afraid. This is Radio Elusia. Set in the sprawling fictiona ...
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Do you like to travel? Do you like to listen to travel tales from well off the beaten path? "e-travels with e.trules" is a new, personal, idiosyncratic, and literary podcast created by Eric Trules. A longtime Huffington Post blogger and theater Professor at USC in Los Angeles, Trules has traveled our beautiful and problematic planet for decades, staying in Bedouin huts on the Red Sea, riding the rails to "Nose of the Devil" in Southern Ecuador, and meeting his future Indonesian wife on the m ...
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The unlikely story of a child bride who ascends to the heart of Byzantine power. Harboring a treasonous secret that marks her as the enemy of her husband and son, Irene must finally choose her side in the iconoclastic wars. With a haunting score inspired by Byzantine Chant, and featuring the voices of ten women and non-binary performers, ICONS/IDOLS: IRENE is a sweeping story of ambition, sacrifice, and the struggle to make something new out of a shattered world. A twelve-episode musical aud ...
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Creation stories from around the world, dramatised for radio. An immersive audio adventure back to the beginning time… Why are we here, how did we get here and who are we anyway? These profound questions have given rise to creation stories, shared across cultures and societies to help us humans make sense of the world and there are many commonalities between these stories. In the Beginning brings ten of these ancestral tales to life. These stories transport us through the cosmos, into dreamt ...
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An immersive audio experience featuring an extraordinary cast of performers, multidimensional sound, cinematic-quality effects, and a spectacular orchestral score. Written and created by Nicholas Ryan Howard. * * * Narrated by Reid Scott (Venom) and Devin Kelley (Frequency). Performed by Eric Christian Olsen (NCIS: Los Angeles), Troian Bellisario (Pretty Little Liars), Chris Pine (Wonder Woman), Keegan Allen (Walker), Patrick J. Adams (Suits), Sarah Wright Olsen (American Made), Brett Dier ( ...
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Jack Nicholson: Hidden Drugs, Road Rage, and a Shocking Crime
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In some of Hollywood’s best-loved movies, Jack Nicholson played jokers, sailors, inmates – even the Devil himself. But he never played by the rules. He allegedly mooned a crowd of thousands at a basketball game. His bedroom kinks were laid bare in the papers. He fought the MPAA and the LAPD. And in 1994, he attempted to establish his own set of rul…
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Sound as a Mental Phenomenon with Alcina Cortez
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In this episode we’re joined by researcher and curator Alcina Cortez to explore the idea of sound beyond the realm of hearing. She describes how museums can represent sound without using acoustics, engaging visitors through imagination, memory, and suggestion. Recorded live at Sonic Days 2024 Speak by Rikke Rømer Edited by David Søttrup https://son…
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Rock and Roll and Resurrection - Bieber's Finger - Part 9 (of13)
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Trouble erupts as Bieber makes his debut performance on the stage of the Intertran Space Bus Talent Show Back the podcast: https://www.patreon.com/terrifyingliesBy Craig Nybo
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Audre Lorde famously professed that “poetry is not a luxury”, but in a culture where survival demands that every moment be productive, it is a complex statement to accept. Is creativity a blessing or a burden? What does it mean to live a creative life? What is the difference between art and commodity, and what do either have to do with living well?…
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Will Smith: Fist Fights, Jail Cells, and the Slap Heard Round the World
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In 1989, shortly after winning his first Grammy Award at just 20 years old, Will Smith was arrested and charged with assault after a brawl at a popular Philadelphia radio station left one man nearly blind. It almost ended his career just as things were getting started. But Will Smith overcame this challenge, and so many others, to become one of the…
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The Future of Diversity in Audio on a Global Scale
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In this episode, we bring you a panel discussion recorded live at Sonic Days 2024, exploring how to build a more inclusive and diverse global audio industry. Moderated by John Krivit, the conversation features leading voices in the field, Dr. Leslie Gaston-Bird, Marcela Rada, and Dr. Marion Leonard. Together, they discuss the current state of diver…
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Audre Lorde famously professed that “poetry is not a luxury”, but in a culture where survival demands that every moment be productive, it is a complex statement to accept. Is creativity a blessing or a burden? What does it mean to live a creative life? What is the difference between art and commodity, and what do either have to do with living well?…
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Exploring Immersive Sound: The Data Drop Case Study
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In this episode, immersive audio specialist Eric Horstmann takes us behind the scenes of Data Drop, an album currently under Grammy consideration for Best Immersive Album. Recorded live at Sonic Days 2024, Eric walks us through the creative and technical processes involved in mixing the album in Dolby Atmos, sharing practical insights on how immers…
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Tim Allen: Cocaine in Kalamazoo, Life in Prison, and Flipping for the Feds
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Before he was headed to infinity and beyond, Tim Allen was headed to life in prison for a low-level drug deal in Michigan. This is the story about how his first career ended in a life-changing bust, and what he had to do in order to survive and find a way out. This episode contains themes that may be disturbing to some listeners, including discussi…
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Presenting You Must Remember This: Frank Capra
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Today we’re bringing you an incredible episode from You Must Remember This about director Frank Capra. The director of It’s a Wonderful Life, who won five Oscars in the 1930s for films that embodied the pre-World War II notion of American exceptionalism, was pushed into semi-retirement by the early 50s by changes in tastes and political priorities.…
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Rock and Roll and Resurrection: Bieber's Finger Part 8 (of 13)
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Twana and MindeeLee go through with their plan of entering the clone, Bieber, into the Intertran space bus talent show. Support Terrifying Lies: http://www.patreon.com/terrifyinglies Please leave positive reviews for this podcast.By Craig Nybo
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Phil Hartman: Blackmail, an Attempted Presidential Assassination, and a Murder-Suicide
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Before he was deemed “the Glue” by his castmates at Saturday Night Live, Phil Hartman worked as a rock ‘n roll roadie and a graphic designer. He created album covers for the bands Poco and America, as well as the logo for Crosby, Stills & Nash. He did those things as a card-carrying member of the peace and love movement. A movement that was infamou…
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Sound design for automotive with Fredrik Hagman
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In this episode, we explore how sound plays a crucial role in the driving experience Fredrik Hagman, Sound Experience Engineer at Volvo Cars, shares insights into how sound design enhances safety, usability, and user interaction inside the vehicle. From electric and autonomous driving to new mobility solutions, he outlines the evolving role of audi…
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Drifting Off: Live from the Brooklyn Opera House
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The full recording from the 'Drifting Off Live' performance on February 24th, 2024. While the podcast is on hiatus, we figured we'd release this show featuring new material, sections from the podcast performed live, and some sleep pieces from friends, all accompanied by the band, Hour and Ryan Dann. Joe will be in Vegas, SLC, Texas, Tulsa, and Omah…
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Robin Williams: A Manic Mind at Breakneck Speed, an Addiction to Laughter, and the Devil’s Dandruff
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Robin Williams’ manic mind moved at such a breakneck speed that cocaine had the opposite effect than it had on most other people: it slowed him down. Robin’s primary addiction, however, wasn’t cocaine. He was addicted to the dopamine rush of being on a stage, where he could let his mind run wild with free association, and be rewarded with uproariou…
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Breaking Barriers: The Future of Immersive Concert Experiences
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In this episode of Sonic Days Podcast We dive into the future of live sound and performance with a panel on immersive and 360-degree concert formats. This conversation explores why these innovative show formats aren’t yet the industry standard. From technical and logistical challenges to creative hurdles and industry gatekeeping, the panel unpacks …
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Rock and Roll and Resurrection: Bieber's Finger Part 7 (of 13)
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Butch Birch, a stowaway aboard the space bus, acts as his sister Twana's guardian angel. Support Terrifying Lies: http://www.patreon.com/terrifyinglies Please leave positive reviews for this podcast.By Craig Nybo
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Introduction to On-Set Sound with Allan Holmberg
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In this episode, we’re taking a practical dive into the world of on-set sound recording for film and TV. Sound mixer Allan Holmberg shares his decades of experience working in production sound. From boom mics to field recorders, this session is an introduction to the essential tools and workflows used to capture clean, high-quality audio on set. Id…
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Sharon Tate Pt 2: Rape, Drugs, and Murdering New Hollywood
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Sharon Tate’s entanglement with Charles Manson and her husband, filmmaker Roman Polanski, as well as her involvement in some of the long-rumored hedonistic events at her home on Cielo Drive put her at the center of a counter-narrative that explosively disrupts the supposed motive for the Manson family murders. Was Sharon Tate blissfully ignorant of…
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Sharon Tate Pt 1: Wild Parties and Dangerous Company
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Sharon Tate was a sophisticated beauty who literally stopped traffic when she walked down the street. She began her movie career when America was becoming sexually liberated, and despite the ease with which she was made a sex symbol, she aspired to be respected as a serious actress. Decades later, however, she is perhaps best-remembered as one of t…
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Dolby Atmos Mixing - From Headphones To The Studio
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In this episode, John Scanlon takes us into the world of Dolby Atmos mixing — from headphones to high-end studio setups Whether you're working from your bedroom studio or a professional post-production facility, this session shares practical tips for achieving a balanced and immersive Dolby Atmos mix across different playback environments. Learn ho…
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David Lynch: A Brutal Murder, a Corrupt Small Town, and the Secret Origins of Twin Peaks
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In 1908, a girl was brutally murdered in a small town in upstate New York. The town was seemingly idyllic, but beneath the surface, it was crawling with prostitution, orgies, deceit, and corruption. It was fueled by a political machine so powerful it could cover up not just one but multiple murders. The truth behind the murder of Hazel Drew was mea…
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Rock and Roll and Resurrection: Bieber's Finger Part 6 (of 13)
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Twana and MindeeLee continue their plan to resurrect the cloned Bieber's career by training him to sing and dance just like the original and take him to The Pan-galactic Prom Show for the gig of a lifetime. Support Terrifying Lies: http://www.patreon.com/terrifyinglies Please leave positive reviews for this podcast.…
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John Waters: Subversion, Shock, and the Ultimate Outsider
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The films of John Waters were so nasty, so shocking ,and so subversive that shock author William Burroughs called him "The Pope of Trash." But from his beginnings in X-rated art films to cult classics like Hairspray and Crybaby, John Waters created and cultivated his own peculiar niche in film while nurturing the unique company of players who becam…
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Case Study: Prompt - Producing Podcast with AI and new technology
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In this episode, Marcel Mirzaei-Fard, tech analyst and cocreator of DR's tech podcast Prompt, dives into the role of AI in podcast production. In conversation with Finn Markwardt, Marcel shares how AI has become an essential tool for streamlining production while ensuring precision and quality. The conversation also touches on Prompt’s critical per…
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…the Hollywood and true crime spinoff from the award winning music and true crime podcast, DISGRACELAND, and the newest expansion from the folks at Double Elvis. The most dramatic non-fiction stories ever heard come from the world of entertainment. Specifically the dark side of entertainment. The true crime stories from Hollywood; the mysterious de…
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Music and Sound Design for Operation Pellegrino with Oskar Lemke
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In this episode, Oskar Lemke takes you behind the scenes of producing music and sound design for the podcast Operation Pellegrino — a collaboration between Zetland and Third Ear. Oskar shares insights into his creative process, including: The research phase before even opening a DAW Music production and delivery Sound design for Operation Pellegrin…
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Rock and Roll and Resurrection: Bieber's Finger Part 5 (of 13)
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MindeeLee, suspecting that Twana's friend is nothing less than Bieber himself, come back from the dead, pushes her way into Twana's plans. Support Terrifying Lies: http://www.patreon.com/terrifyinglies Please leave positive reviews for this podcastBy Craig Nybo
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James Dean: A Death Foretold, a Gruesome Publicity Stunt, and a Haunted Car
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James Dean died in a high speed car crash at the age of 24, but his legend lives on. Fan clubs held monthly memorial services and wrote movie studios begging for relics of their patron saint. Professional illusionists swore they could resurrect his body. Rumors that Dean survived the deadly crash were spurred on, and in some cases planted, by a fil…
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Charlie Sheen: Tiger Blood, Porn Stars, and the High-Priest Vatican Assassin Warlock
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Not one but two of Charlie Sheen’s Mercedes were found crashed into a ravine off Mulholland Drive on separate occasions. By that point, he was working on running his career off the road for a second or third time, in a haze of alcohol, cocaine, $30,000 one-night stands, awkward dinner dates with porn stars and his ex-wife, livestream rants, LAPD ho…
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Danny Trejo: A Prison Riot, the Gas Chamber, and Becoming Fear
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Danny Trejo holds the record for most on-screen deaths by an actor. His go-to role is the bad guy – the baddest guy. The guy you do not mess with. And for the first 25 years of his life, he was that guy for real. He led a life of violence and drugs that landed him in just about every hardcore prison in California, including Folsom and San Quentin. …
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Drew Barrymore: Curses, Corpses, and a Coked-Up Child Star in the Club
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Drew Barrymore spent her childhood charming audiences on movie screens and cramming cocaine up her nose at the most exclusive clubs in the country. Her breakout role as Gertie in E.T.: The Extraterrestrial rocketed her to such far-reaching fame that she became a regular at Studio 54 when she was only 7 years old. Her early taste for unchaperoned ni…
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Sean Penn: A Prison Escape, The Night Stalker, and Madonna’s True Blue Bad Boy
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In the summer of 1985, Sean Penn’s marriage to preeminent material girl Madonna was an epochal moment for ‘80s-era Hollywood. The bad boy from Bad Boys and the boy-toy pop superstar blissfully brought together the worlds of movies and music on a Malibu bluff overlooking the Pacific. But their subsequent attempt to make a movie together was anything…
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Patty Hearst: Brainwashing, Cyanide Bullets, and an Heiress-Turned-Terrorist
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Before Patty Hearst appeared as an actress in John Waters' movies, she captivated America on the silver screen as a hostage terrorized by the Symbionese Liberation Army. When the newspaper heiress was kidnapped by the radical organization in 1974, the country sympathized with her plight. But after just a few months, the SLA’s guns weren’t pointing …
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Mel Gibson: Sin, Salvation, and Staring Down the Barrel of a Gun
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Mel Gibson is the explosive action star who plunged straight into Mad Max’s Wasteland and straight into insanity. Molded by a violent childhood and an early taste for alcohol, his reputation as a thrill-hungry lunatic extends from movie sets to the director’s chair, where he’s unflinchingly recreated scene of bone-crushing torture and human sacrifi…
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The Black Dahlia (Elizabeth Short): A Gruesome Murder, a Corrupt Police Department, and an Unsolvable Mystery
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In January 1947, the mutilated body of 22-year old Elizabeth Short was found, literally cut in half, in a vacant lot in Los Angeles. Even though hundreds of suspects were investigated and dozens of confessions were made, her murder remains unsolved to this day. In the years since, the case has gotten warm and cold again. Speculation into motive and…
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Armie Hammer: Dirty Texts, Bloodthirsty Fetishes, and a Cannibal Kink
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With his chiseled jawline and matinee idol good looks, Armie Hammer could have been another leading man like Tom Cruise or Brad Pitt. But Armie Hammer was not most movie stars. He wasn't even most people. On the surface, his life was perfectly curated and appeared picture-perfect, with no major public scandals or dirt-digging by the press. But his …
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John Huston: A Duel, a Fatal Car Crash, and Living Hand to Mouth
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Director John Huston lived the adventurous life that was frequently depicted in his movies. As a young man, he was made an honorary lieutenant in the Mexican army. He was nearly shot during a poker game and challenged to a duel in the middle of the street. His thrill-seeking antics soon turned fatal, when he accidentally struck and killed a woman w…
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Paris Hilton, Orlando Bloom, Sofia Coppola, and The Bling Ring
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In the early 2010s, a group of burglars ransacked Hollywood homes like the city was their personal shopping mall. No celebrity was safe from their sticky fingers: Not Lindsay Lohan, not Orlando Bloom, and especially not Paris Hilton, who perhaps lost the most luxury loot of anyone. The thieves pocketed over $3 million dollars' worth of custom coutu…
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The Dating Game Killer: Persuasion, Charm, and a Depraved Murderer at Large
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Rodney Alcala, AKA The Dating Game Killer, was a depraved murderer who eluded authorities for years. He hid his true identity behind charm and persuasion. He worked as a summer camp counselor while on the lam for the savage assault of an eight-year-old girl. He convinced his parole officer to let him take a vacation to the other side of the country…
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Lucille Ball: Gun Wounds, Refugees, and the Redhead Who Survived the Red Scare
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Lucille Ball might have been a natural boundary-pusher, but America's top TV comedienne had some ‘splaining to do when a damning news broadcast unveiled her former ties to the Communist Party. The hysteria of the Red Scare threatened to bury this redhead at the bottom of the Hollywood blacklist overnight. Even when America put rampant McCarthyism t…
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Robert Blake: Child Actors, Killer Roles, and the Murder of Bonny Lee Bakley
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Robert Blake was a former child actor and tough-talking TV cop. He was also a tough customer. He talked like a mobster, lived like a cowboy, and was intimately familiar with the rougher side of life. That rough side of life caught up with him in 2001, when he was charged with murder when his wife, Bonny Lee Bakley, was found shot dead in the front …
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Jane Fonda: Hailed for Heroism, Accused of Treason, and Targeted by the President
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Jane Fonda was so beloved that she was once named the fourth most admired woman in the world. She was also so hated that her face was used for target practice in urinals at military bases across the country. This all stemmed from a ten-day tour she took of North Vietnam in 1972: a trip that would forever cement her as either a patriot or a traitor …
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George Reeves: Elusive Truth, Absent Justice, and the American Way...Hollywood Style
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Superman may be more powerful than a locomotive, but George Reeves, the actor who famously portrayed the Man of Steel on TV in the 1950s, was very much a mortal man. Did George Reeves really take his own life in June 1959, as the official report stated? Was he actually murdered by an impulsive girlfriend? Or was his death a highly orchestrated hit …
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Judy Garland: Seconals, Benzedrine, and Dexedrine…Oh My
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With a few clicks of their ruby slippers, MGM made 16-year-old Judy Garland a box office giant, but their strict rules nearly killed the budding starlet in the process. The studio’s strict diet of chicken soup, uppers, and downers set up teenage Judy for a life fraught with addiction, malnutrition, extreme health complications, and regular visits t…
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The Misfits: Car Wrecks, Heart Attacks, Marilyn Monroe, and One of Hollywood’s Most Cursed Films
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Glenn Danzig named his punk band after one of the most cursed Hollywood films of all time. The Misfits was where actor Montgomery Clift, permanently disfigured from a car accident, tried in vain to restart his stalled career. The director, John Huston, lost the film’s entire production budget at a craps table. The lead actor, Clark Gable, suffered …
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Bob Crane of Hogan’s Heroes: Sex, Lies, Videotape, and Murder
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On the surface, the star of one of the most popular television series of the 1960s was a squeaky-clean symbol of America’s innocence. But Hogan’s Heroes’ Bob Crane lived a secret double life that very few people knew about. His custom-built pornographic paradises were hidden behind the closed doors of his dressing room and apartment. He was obsesse…
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Andy Warhol: Fame, the Future, and Back from the Dead
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Andy Warhol was the first artist to achieve rock star status. He was a Beatle with a silkscreen printer. His work and play space, the Factory, attracted people of all ages; rich and poor, straight and gay, sane and…not so sane. It was in the Factory that he was shot by a would-be assassin. He was rushed to a hospital and pronounced clinically dead.…
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Steve McQueen: Mustangs, Magnums, and Manson's Hit List
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Hustling on the streets of New York. Wagering with a U.S. president over who could sleep with more women. Knocking back beers with Elvis. Waving his gun around at the funeral of Jay Sebring, one of the victims of Charles Manson’s murderous family. The same family that had their sights now set on the King of Cool, Steve McQueen, who needed the speed…
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