Horrorwood: True Crime in Tinseltown

• The Complicated Life & Death of Nancy Spungen - Part 1

  There was nothing simple about Nancy Spungen, punk rock fanatic and girlfriend of "The Sex Pistols" bassist Sid Vicious. Her life was a revolving door of psychiatric clinics, prescription-happy physicians and an undiagnosed mental illness stemming from a traumatic birth. The details of her death have remained a topic of discussion for decades. Police say it was a murder and Sid is the one to blame, but did he do it?   Episode Sources: “And I Don’t Want to Live This Life: A Mother’s Story of Her Daughter’s Murder” by Deborah Spungen, 1983 “ABO Incompatibility in a Newborn: Why Blood Type Matters in Pregnancy” by Alicia Stevens, MD and Karla Robinson, MD, GoodRx, Apr 3, 2023 “My New York: Sid & Nancy” by Reed Tucker, New York Post, Jul 25, 2010 “Flashback: Nancy Spungen Found Dead at Chelsea Hotel” by Jessica Wakeman, Rolling Stone, Oct 12, 2017 “The Not So Lonesome Death of Nancy Spungen” by Ann Bardach, SoHo Weekly News, Oct 26, 1978 “‘He Said He Was Going To Kill’” by David Hershkovits & Lesley Vinson, SoHo Weekly News, Oct 19-25, 1978 “Nancy and Sid: A punk mystery story” by Deborah Orr, The Independent, Oct 11, 2003 “Sid’s Way: The Life and Death of Sid Vicious” by Keith Bateson & Alan Parker, 1991 “Freedom, festivity and dead by sunrise: Inside Sid Vicious’s drug-fuelled last party” The Independent, May 28, 2024 “The Day Punk Died” by Karen Schoemer, New York Magazine, October 17, 2008 “1978: Sex Pistol Vicious on murder charge” BBC, Oct 12, 1978 “The Jaw-Dropping Story Behind Sid and Nancy, Punk Rock's Most Tragic Romance” by Natalie Finn, E News, Nov 6, 2021 “When I Lived Across the Hall From Sid Vicious” by Donna Florio, Literary Hub, Mar 9, 2021 “Who Killed Nancy?” dir. Alan Parker, 2010   Join our Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/horrorwoodpodcast   Follow us! IG, FB, FB Group, Twitter, TikTok   Send us an email: [email protected]   Creeptastic theme music by: Nicholas Davio - nicholasdavio.com, @mr.nick.davio, @huron_coast   Privacy Policy

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• Drama Duel: Benjamin Jonson vs. Gabriel Spencer

  Welcome to the life of Benjamin Jonson—widely regarded as the second-best playwright of the Elizabethan era and ALWAYS in competition with Shakespeare. Before rising to literary fame, Jonson was part of the Admiral’s Men acting troupe in London, where he found himself caught in deadly dramas on and offstage. In 1598, he killed actor Gabriel Spencer in a duel—an encounter that turned fatal with a man already known for his violent streak.   Episode Sources: “The Revels Plays: The Alchemist” by Ben Jonson, edited by F.H. Mares, Manchester University Press, copyright F.H. Mares 1967, published by Methuen & Co., pg. xvii - xxvii, accessed through Google Books May 2, 2025 “Ben Johnson A Life” by Ian Donaldson, Published by Oxford University Press, copyright Ian Doanldson 2011, accessed through Google Books May 2, 2025 “A History of London’s Prisons” by Geoffrey Howse, published by Grub Street Publishers, accessed via Google Books on May 2, 2025 “Middlesex County Records” from Middlesex County Record Society, accessed through Google Books on May 2, 2025 “Playwright Ben Jonson Duels to the Death” by Mathew Lyons, Volume 73, Issue 9, September 9, 2023, History Today “Elizabethan playwright Ben Jonson once beat a murder charge by translating some Latin” by Olivia Rutigliano, February 21, 2020, Lit Hub “Ben Jonson’s Murder Charge” by Mike Paterson, November 21, 2018, London Historians’ Blog “Isle of Dogs, The” from Lost Plays Database “Psalm 51, New International Version” from BibleGateway “Category: Gabriel Spencer” from Lost Plays Database “Gabriel Spencer” from Find A Grave “Ben Jonson and Shakespeare” with Greg Doran, Shakespeare birthplace trust “Gunpowder, treason and Jonson” by Rosalind Miles, November 20, 2005, Prospect “Privy Council” The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. Encyclopedia Britannica, 1 Apr. 2025 “Benefit of clergy” by The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Sep. 2007 Join our Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/horrorwoodpodcast   Follow us! IG, FB, FB Group, Twitter, TikTok   Send us an email: [email protected]   Creeptastic theme music by: Nicholas Davio - nicholasdavio.com, @mr.nick.davio, @huron_coast   Privacy Policy

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• Everything You Didn't Need to Know About "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory"

  We're talking today about the beloved children's classic that features a demonic recluse who delights in the torture of children, while his enslaved factory workers are forced to sing and dance in unison. Believe it or not I actually love this film. Come with me, Misfits. It'll be a scrumdiddlyumtious good time!   Episode Sources: “Pure Imagination: The Making of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” by director Mel Stuart with Josh Young, 2002 “The Real Story Behind Roald Dahl’s ‘Black Charlie’” by Maria Russo, The New York Times, Sep 22, 2017 “The Troubled History of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” Yesterworld Entertainment, Mar 10, 2022 “Gene Wilder obituary: Willy Wonka and Blazing Saddles star who grew to dislike the business of ‘show’" by Tom Vallance, Independent, Aug 29 2016 “30 Deliciously Surprising Facts About 'Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory’” by Haley Adams Raymond, Good Housekeeping, Dec 12 , 2023 “My life as an Oompa Loompa: 'Willy Wonka was my first and favourite film’” by Rusty Goff, The Guardian, July 27, 2005 “Berry Happy” by Michelle Tauber, People, Jan 22, 2001 “‘Willy Wonka’ at 50: Child Stars Recall the Making of the Film” by Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, June 30, 2021 “Strange Stories From Behind The Scenes Of Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory” by Erin McCann, Ranker, Apr 24, 2024 “Pure Imagination: The Story of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” documentary “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory hero 'was originally black’” by Haroon Siddique, The Guardian, Sep 13, 2017 “The Strange Case of ‘The Miracle’” by Bosley Crowther, The Atlantic, Apr 1951 “A Century in Exhibition – The 1960s: The Collapse of the Studio System” Box Office Pro, Aug 12, 2020 “Cadbury faces fresh accusations of child labour on cocoa farms in Ghana” by Jon Ungoed-Thomas, The Guardian, Apr 3, 2022   Join our Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/horrorwoodpodcast   Follow us! IG, FB, FB Group, Twitter, TikTok   Send us an email: [email protected]   Creeptastic theme music by: Nicholas Davio - nicholasdavio.com, @mr.nick.davio, @huron_coast   Privacy Policy

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• The Murder of Adriana Piñon

  As a teenager, Adriana Piñon took night classes in addition to her regular high school curriculum so that she could graduate early and focus on her acting and modeling career. At 17 she landed a gig as a recurring extra on "The Young and the Restless," and after her 18th birthday producers informed her they were upgrading her to a speaking role. Adriana was elated, but tragically someone robbed her of that dream before she got to have her moment in the spotlight.   Episode Sources: “Man who murdered actress gets 40 years to life” San Diego Union-Tribune, May 15, 2003 “Death by Fame: The Young and the Jealous” Investigation Discovery, S3, E1, Jan 13, 2025 “Two Held in Killing of Aspiring Actress, 19” LA Times, Mar 31, 2002 “Aspiring Actress Shot to Death in Family Home” LA Times, Feb 02, 2002 “Adriana Piñon Murder: Where are Hugo Ariel Jimenez and Brian Aquino Now?” by Naman Shrestha, The Cinemaholic, Jan 12, 2025   Join our Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/horrorwoodpodcast   Follow us! IG, FB, FB Group, Twitter, TikTok   Send us an email: [email protected]   Creeptastic theme music by: Nicholas Davio - nicholasdavio.com, @mr.nick.davio, @huron_coast   Privacy Policy

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• The Murder of Pasinetta Prince

  Pasinetta Prince was conquering the theatre world one starring role at a time. In February of 2006 she was in rehearsals for August Wilson's "Seven Guitars" at the esteemed John Beasley Theatre in Omaha - her hometown. Tragically, her life ended in a brutally violent way in her very own home.   Episode Sources: “Suspect Arrested for Murder of Omaha Actress” by Meghan Youker, Fox42, June 23, 2009 “DNA Evidence Helps Police Make Arrest in 2006 Murder” by Meghan Youker, Fox42, June 24, 2009 Conversation between Patrick and Kozelichki STATE v. BAULDWIN (2012) “The Final Bow” Anatomy of Murder “Nightmare Next Door: Murder in Omaha” Season 9, Ep 8, 2015 “Pasinetta Prince Murder: Where is Patrick Bauldwin Now?” By Viswa Vanapalli, The Cinemaholic, June 30, 2022 “Bauldwin to Serve Sentence of Life Without Parole” by Jenny Nowatzke, Fox42, Nov 17, 2010 "Prince Family Reacts To Guilty Verdict” KETV NewsWatch 7, Sep 14, 2010 “Omaha man denied new trial in murder case” by Margery A. Beck, Lincoln Journal Star, Apr 20, 2012 “October 25-26, 1997 | The snowstorm that changed Omaha's landscape” by Joseph Meyer, 3 News Now, October 25, 2023 “Former officer plans to be private eye” Lincoln Journal Star, Nov 25, 2003 “Charges Dropped in Ammons Case” The Daily Nebraskan, Nov 6, 1998 “John Beasley Is Ready for the Role of a Lifetime” by Leo Adam Biga, American Theatre TCG, Sep 6, 2022 “Go-To Character Actor John Beasley Lived His Purpose” by Leo Adam Biga, American Theatre TCG, June 06, 2023   Join our Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/horrorwoodpodcast   Follow us! IG, FB, FB Group, Twitter, TikTok   Send us an email: [email protected]   Creeptastic theme music by: Nicholas Davio - nicholasdavio.com, @mr.nick.davio, @huron_coast   Privacy Policy  

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