Ep. 520 - The Life and Afterlife of Joan Crawford

History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The Mind

Diane Student

Travel, History, Places & Travel, Paranormal, Haunted, Society & Culture, Ghosts

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🗓️ 11 January 2024

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Joan Crawford was an icon of the Golden Age of Hollywood. Her dramatic looks and stunning ability to take on any character, made her a highly sought after actress. The actress' reputation was marred though after her death when one of her adoptive daughters wrote a scathing memoir that became a movie depicting Crawford as a horrible mother who was mentally unstable and abusive. On this episode, we will journey through the life of Crawford. A life that was very complicated. And perhaps this is why there are rumors that Crawford's spirit might still be among us. The Moment in Oddity features Mr. Eat-All and This Month in History features the dedication of the Pentagon.

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Music used in this episode:

Main Theme: Lurking in the Dark by Muse Music with Groove Studios

(Moment in Oddity) Vanishing by Kevin MacLeod
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(This Month in History) In Your Arms by Kevin MacLeod
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Outro Music: Happy Fun Punk by Muse Music with Groove Studios

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Movie Extract by Sascha Ende
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0:00.0	And the History tells the story of the story of the world and of our lives. Sometimes that history goes bump in the night.
0:27.0	Broadcasting from the center of Oddity and the Supernatural in Central Florida,
0:39.0	it's The History Goes Bump Podcast.
0:54.3	Ghost Tours for the Theater of the Mind.
0:56.2	I am your host, Diane.
0:57.7	And this is Kelly.
0:59.1	Kelly, on this episode, we're going to be featuring another one of our life and afterlives.
1:05.0	I think most of our listeners are probably familiar with this actress.
1:09.0	This will give them a hint.
1:10.0	No wire hangers. Hangers!
1:13.0	Joan Crawford!
1:15.0	Wonderful actress!
1:17.0	The end of her life was a bit marred with a very controversial book and movie.
1:21.0	For most people who are Gen Xers like you and I, Kelly, this movie came out when we were kids.
1:26.4	And we didn't see it in the movie theater. You probably saw it on TV like I did.
1:30.0	Indeed. But it left you with an impression of who this Joan Crawford was.
1:34.3	And I was like, wow, this woman was a lunatic.
1:36.7	Well, it didn't portray her well.
1:40.6	But as I got older and I got into the Golden Age of Hollywood and old movies and such, I realized that maybe that movie didn't exactly depict Joan Crawford as who she really was.
1:52.9	So on this episode, we're going to bring y'all the life and after life of Joan Crawford.
1:58.6	She does seem to still be hanging around.
2:01.3	Before we get into that, we want to welcome
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