S32E19: Sid and Nancy | Nancy and the End of The Sex Pistols

Trashy Divorces

Hemlock Creatives

History, Comedy

4.5 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2026

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Use code trashy at the link below to get an exclusive 60% off an annual Incogni plan: incogni.com/trashy Nancy Spungen didn't start life with a lot going for her. She was very smart, but also very emotionally disturbed. At 15, she was diagnosed with schizophrenia, and would shortly pick up a heroin addiction, an activity that she would share with her future boyfriend, Sid Vicious. As a couple, they were volatile and violent, drawing Sid's attention further and further from The Sex Pistols, which was rapidly disintegrating on the road in America at the start of 1978. Want early, ad-free episodes, regular Dumpster Dives, bonus divorces, limited series, Zoom hangouts, and more? Join us at patreon.com/trashydivorces! Want a personalized message for someone in your life? Check us out on Cameo! To advertise on our podcast, please reach out to info@amplitudemediapartners.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to trashy divorces. Everybody's favorite good podcast about bad relationships. My name is St.
0:07.2	St. Patrick's Day, everybody. Luck of the Irish. Look of the Irish as we continue our punk rock
0:14.3	trashy exploration. What could be more fitting? It is Alicia, everybody. Thank you for joining us today for part two of Sid and Nancy.
0:24.3	There is a part one. You may or may not have gotten the part one with the fruit-based complications
0:30.2	in podcast land last week. Yeah, if you listen on Apple Podcasts, check your feed because it was
0:36.6	not delivering as it should, most likely.
0:38.9	We think the issue has been rectified for everyone.
0:43.3	What I'm saying is don't begin with this Sid Nancy.
0:46.1	You're going to want to go back to last Wednesday to catch part one.
0:50.2	It was last week that we met Sid talked about his terrible childhood and got him into the sex pistols.
0:57.5	This week, we're bringing in his gal, Nancy Spungeon.
1:01.8	And we're going to end this episode with the end of the sex pistols.
1:06.4	And oh boy, they did not go out quietly.
1:10.3	Stacey, with no further ado, we got to.
1:13.1	We got to go, go, go.
1:31.4	All right, Trash Pandas, this week we get to meet Nancy. Nancy Spungent, and I need to tell you,
1:35.1	she does not enter the story as a passive character.
1:35.6	Okay.
1:47.8	Nancy was born February 27, 1958, in suburban Pennsylvania. She's a Pisces baby, and well, Nancy doesn't really have it easy from day one.
1:49.5	Neither do her parents.
1:58.0	From early childhood, Nancy's behavior was described by both family and medical professionals as extreme.
2:04.0	She was volatile, resistant to authority, and very much prone to explosive emotional shifts. Wow. This is tough for her Papa Frank and her mama Deborah. Deborah, who has talked about
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