New York Noir- Ep. 3: The Mysterious Deaths of Sid and Nancy
That's So Fcked Up
Ashley Love Richards
4.5 • 541 Ratings
🗓️ 18 October 2022
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
The infamous Sid And Nancy, hailed punk rock’s Romeo & Juliet, were both dead by the age of just 21. Nancy Spungen, Sid’s groupie turned girlfriend/manager was found mysteriously dead after a night of partying at the Hotel Chelsea. Just a few months later Sid Vicious, bassist and co-vocalist of London's biggest punk band, the Sex Pistols, died of an assumed overdose. What went wrong and who was responsible for the deaths of Sid and Nancy?
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | So couple theories on how Sid died. |
| 0:05.0 | Basically, they know that he overdosed, |
| 0:08.0 | but they don't know if he accidentally overdosed |
| 0:11.0 | or purposely overdosed, |
| 0:14.0 | or was it his mom? |
| 0:19.0 | Plot twist. |
| 0:20.0 | Plot twist, right. |
| 0:39.0 | Hey, everybody, and welcome back to that's so Fugged Up Presents. Hey everybody and welcome back to That's So Fucked Up Presents, New York Noir. |
| 0:45.0 | That's So Fucked Up is a spin-off series of That's So Fucked Up, a podcast about |
| 0:51.3 | cults, murder, and other generally fucked up stuff. |
| 0:54.4 | In That So Fucked Up Presents, each season is like a miniseries where we dive into a |
| 0:59.1 | particular place or topic over the course of four or five episodes. |
| 1:03.3 | This season, we're talking about some of New York's most notorious crimes. |
| 1:08.2 | I'm your host, Ashley Richards, and this is New York Noir. Today we're talking |
| 1:13.4 | about the deaths of Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungeon, better known as Sid and Nancy. And my co-host |
| 1:22.5 | is Kristen Ceevy of Murder She Told, an amazing true crime podcast, which includes deep investigative |
| 1:30.6 | journalism, interviews with fucking victims, law enforcement. |
| 1:37.3 | Who else, Kristen? |
| 1:38.2 | You do a lot of amazing shit. |
| 1:39.6 | Tell them what you do. |
| 1:40.6 | I'm trying to think if there's anything other than like family, friends, law enforcement. |
| 1:45.9 | I don't know. I think that's about it. Like experts? Experts. I do totally talk to experts and like |
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