Poltergeist Curse: Paranormal Activity, a Plane Crash, and Murder

DISGRACELAND

Jake Brennan

True Crime, Music, Society & Culture

4.6 • 13.1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 October 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Four different actors from the 1980s horror franchise Poltergeist died within a 6-year span. Dominique Dunne was murdered. Julian Beck succumbed to stomach cancer. Will Sampson suffered from a degenerative disease. And Heather O’Rourke’s death at the age of 12, was deemed “distinctly unusual.” Was it an eerie coincidence...or something more sinister? This episode contains themes that may be disturbing to some listeners, including descriptions of domestic violence and graphic descriptions of violence. To see the full list of contributors, see the show notes at www.disgracelandpod.com. Poltergeist scared the hell out of Jake when he was a kid. What movies scared you in your childhood? Let Jake know at 617-906-6638, [email protected], or on socials @disgracelandpod. Visit www.disgracelandpod.com/merch to see the latest Disgraceland merch and check out the new limited edition Halloween merchandise! To listen to Disgraceland ad free and get access to a monthly exclusive episode, weekly bonus content and more, become a Disgraceland All Access member at disgracelandpod.com/membership. Sign up for our newsletter and get the inside dirt on events, merch and other awesomeness - GET THE NEWSLETTER Follow Jake and DISGRACELAND: Instagram YouTube X (formerly Twitter) Facebook Fan Group TikTok Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Double Elvis.
0:08.0	Disgraceland is brought to you by Disgraceland All Access.
0:11.6	Visit Disgraceland POD
0:13.0	dot com slash membership or just click on the link in the show notes for this
0:16.9	episode.
0:18.9	Disgrace land is a production of Double Elvis. This is a story about a horror movie franchise, but it's also a story about a curse, and freakish events that haunted the sets of three
0:47.5	horror films.
0:49.4	I'm talking about strangulation.
0:51.7	I'm talking about an exorcism. I'm talking about a story where one actress from the
0:57.0	film franchise was brutally murdered and a story where two more actors died
1:02.3	unexpectedly.
1:04.3	It's a story about a horrible plane crash.
1:07.5	A story about the poltergeist curse.
1:12.2	A movie that scared the hell out of moviegoers and a movie with an iconic theme. Great music. Unlike that music I played for you at the top of the show. That was a preset loop from my melotron called
1:27.5	CA Static MK2. I played you that loop because I can't afford the rights to Ebony and Ivory by Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder.
1:40.0	And why would I play you that specific slice of black and white cheese? Could I afford it?
1:46.8	Because that was the number one song in America on June 4th, 1982.
1:53.0	And that was the day of the film franchise, Poltergeist,
1:56.0	launched into theaters,
1:58.0	scaring the hell out of teenagers and little kids like me at the time,
2:02.0	and starting rumors of a cursed film franchise that would claim the lives of many. On this strangulation, exorcism, murder, death and destruction, and the poltergeist curse.
2:19.0	I'm Jake Brennan and this is disgrace land. Oh, Richard Lawson thought it was his lucky day. First he had been able to beat the incoming
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