Sid & Nancy: A Punk Rock Tragedy

LOVE MURDER

Jessie Pray and Andie Cassette

True Crime, Comedy

4.6 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 11 June 2025

⏱️ 135 minutes

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Summary

When punk rocker Sid Vicious and infamous groupie Nancy Spungen meet in 1970's London, sparks fly -- as does chaos. Within two years, both would be dead, becoming known as punk's tragic Romeo & Juliet. But do we know what really happened that fateful night at the Chelsea Hotel?

Sources:

1. Pollack, Jesse P. Room 100: Sid, Nancy, and the Night Punk Rock Died.

2. Cox, Alex, and Abbe Wool. Sid and Nancy. Directed by Alex Cox, 1986.

3. Dunford, Brett, and Danny Garcia. Sad Vacation. Directed by Danny Garcia, 2016.

4. “Nancy Laura Spungen (1958-1978) - Find a Grave Memorial.” Find a Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/4388/nancy_laura-spungen. Accessed 16 May 2025.

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7. Spungen, Deborah. And I Don’t Want to Live This Life. Fawcett Books, 1984.

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0:00.0	Okay, Jessie, our last episode was an emotional ringer.
0:03.1	What's the story this time?
0:04.6	When punk rocker Sid Vicious and infamous groupie Nancy Spungeon meet in 1970s London,
0:11.9	sparks fly, as does chaos.
0:14.8	Within two years, both would be dead, becoming known as punk's tragic Romeo and Juliet.
0:23.1	But do we know what really went down that fateful night at the Chelsea Hotel? I'm Andy Cassette. And I'm Jesse Prey, and this is Love Murder. Hi Andy. Hi, Jessie. Welcome back everyone to Love Murder. Today, a podcast about gnarly punks,
1:01.6	relationship funks, and love gone fatally wrong. You can find Love Murder on TikTok and Instagram
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1:27.0	tiers of support.
1:28.2	This week, we are super excited to shout out another amazing new set of patrons. So big thank you to
1:34.6	Nicole R. and Myreid O. Heather E. and James K. Lorena W. and Sharon H. Kenna R. and Amber T.
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1:45.1	Thank you all so much.
1:46.9	Also, Andy and I are developing another sticker.
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