The Mysterious Death of Natalie Wood (with Daisy Eagan)
WHAT WENT WRONG
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🗓️ 24 October 2025
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
When Natalie Wood drowned in 1981 she was only 43 years old. Thanks to films like ‘West Side Story’, ‘Rebel Without a Cause’, and ‘Miracle on 34th Street’ she was an icon, but she’d been out of the spotlight for almost a decade. Wood was in the midst of filming her comeback, ‘Brainstorm’, when she, her co-star Christopher Walken, and her husband Robert Wagner took their yacht out for Thanksgiving weekend. What happened that night depends on who you ask… and when you ask them.
Join Chris, Lizzie, and special guest Daisy Eagan from Strange and Unexplained for the first episode of our bonus series 'Out of Frame' where we’ll investigate the darker, more obscure corners of Hollywood history. In this episode we’ll find out if Wood’s death sank her final film, or if ‘Brainstorm’ had something to do with her death.
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| 0:05.5 | That's audible.co.ukesl-wondery. Hello, dear listeners, and welcome back to what Went Wrong, except this isn't going to be |
| 0:38.4 | your standard episode. This is the first episode of a new bonus series called Out of Frame, |
| 0:43.5 | where we'll be focusing on the obscure and sometimes dark corners of Hollywood, and also |
| 0:47.9 | taking a little more time to discuss the off-camera lives of some of your favorite on-screen |
| 0:52.5 | stars. Today, we're investigating the mysterious death of Hollywood icon Natalie Wood |
| 0:57.4 | and how it intersects in some very strange ways with her final film, Brainstorm. |
| 1:03.0 | I'm here, as always, with my lovely co-host, Chris Winterbauer, |
| 1:06.2 | but because this is essentially a true crime episode, and we are not true crime experts, we've enlisted |
| 1:12.6 | the help of an actual expert. We have Daisy Egan here with us today of Strange and Unexplained. |
| 1:19.3 | Their show is in the fifth season. It covers true crime and paranormal activity. It's excellent. |
| 1:24.8 | If you have not listened, you absolutely have to. The research is just top notch. I really love the writing. It's excellent. If you have not listened, you absolutely have to. The research is just top-notch. I really love the writing. It's so fantastic. Daisy's also an actor. So kind of preacher-naturally equipped to handle this episode. Daisy, thank you so much for being here with us today. Yeah, thanks so much. I'm so excited. I really love your show. |
| 1:46.0 | It's so fascinating. And as somebody who's made a couple, a couple of pretty small movies, |
| 1:53.0 | it's just fascinating to see sort of the insides of it. And it's true, they are so hard to get made. |
| 1:59.9 | And anything can go wrong at any time. It's a great, great show. I really like it. Well, thank you. We love your show. Good job, you. Thanks. Thanks. You must go listen to Strange and Unexplained if you all haven't. It's really good. Although, honestly, some of your episodes have freaked me out quite a bit. And you have another connection to today's episode, which I believe you've worked with Christopher Walken before. |
| 2:19.5 | I sure did. |
| 2:20.4 | Oh, my God. |
| 2:21.2 | Okay, I can't wait. |
| 2:25.5 | So before we jump in, as I said, we're going to be talking about Natalie Wood, her death, and her last film. |
| 2:31.4 | So, Chris and Daisy, A, what do you all know about Natalie Wood going |
| 2:37.8 | into this? And also, did you get a chance to watch Brainstorm, her final film? |
| 2:43.3 | Daisy, please. Sure. I did watch it. I watched it on Sunday. I had no idea what to expect. |
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