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Jonny"s Dead Air Podcast

Jonny’s Dead Air dives deep into the seldom told, the eerie, and the forgotten corners of music history. Hosted by radio veteran Jonny Hartwell, each episode blends storytelling, mystery, and a touch of rock ’n’ roll grit to resurrect stories that deserve another listen. From bands that should’ve been legends to the backstage scandals, strange coincidences, and tragic twists the industry tried to bury, Jonny peels back the layers to reveal the raw, human truths behind the music. It’s part history

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17:52

Script #31 Glitter - The Rise & Fall of Paul Gadd

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2026/03/23

Before the chant echoed through stadiums… there was a man.In the 1970s, Paul Gadd reinvented himself as Gary Glitter — a glam-rock provocateur with towering platform boots, thunderous drumbeats, and a string of hit singles that dominated the British charts. One song in particular would travel farther than the man himself, becoming one of the most recognizable sports anthems in America.For decades, fans stomped and clapped without ever asking who wrote it.But behind the glitter and the roar of the

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23:32

Script #30 Too Loud to Last

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2026/03/16

A hospital room. A failing body. Machines translating a lifetime into numbers.But the man in that bed once commanded arenas.In this episode of Jonny’s Dead Air, we trace the life of the outsider who became one of rock’s most magnetic frontmen. From a lonely childhood in Dublin to the explosive rise of one of the most influential bands of the 1970s, his songs turned street stories into anthems.But success has momentum… and sometimes that momentum never slows down.This is the story of ambition,

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Script #29 The Man on the Bridge

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2026/03/09

A famous disappearance.An unresolved bridge.A man who says he met a ghost.When an American writer receives an email claiming a long-missing rock figure has a message for the living, he expects a prank. What he uncovers instead is a chilling story about myth, mental health, and the unintended consequences of romanticizing despair.This episode explores the life, music, and mysterious vanishing of one of Britain’s most enigmatic lyricists — and asks a dangerous question:What if the story didn’t end the

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14:56

Script #28 Jonny's Dead Air Tribute to Neil Sedaka...

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2026/02/28

When the name Neil Sedaka is mentioned, some listeners may pause. But when the melodies begin — “Breaking Up Is Hard to Do,” “Calendar Girl,” “Laughter in the Rain,” “Love Will Keep Us Together” — recognition is instant.In this special tribute episode of Jonny’s Dead Air, we honor the life and legacy of one of pop music’s greatest architects. From a classically trained piano prodigy in Brooklyn to a Brill Building hitmaker, from teen idol to triumphant comeback king, Sedaka’s melodies shaped

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Script #27 Death and The 27 Club

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2026/02/09

TWENTY-SEVEN is not a myth.It’s not a list.And it’s not a club anyone ever chose to join. In this special episode of Jonny’s Dead Air, the narrator is Death himself—not as a villain, not as a spectacle, but as a quiet witness. From dim hotel rooms to silent apartments, from moments of relief to moments of shock, Death remembers the final hours of five artists whose lives ended at the same age—and under eerily similar conditions.This is not a story about fame.It’s a story about loneliness.Through

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30:18

Script #26 The Return of the Man in Black

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2026/02/02

There was a time when he was everywhere.On the radio. On television. In the culture.And then… the world moved on.This episode tells the story of an icon in his final act — a voice the industry had quietly set aside, rediscovered by an unlikely collaborator who didn’t want hits, trends, or nostalgia. Just the truth.What followed was not a comeback.It was a reckoning.Recorded in quiet rooms and living spaces, these late-life performances stripped away the myth and revealed something far more powerful:

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25:02

Script #25…The Last Ride On Hillcrest Ave

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2026/01/26

Some stories end with applause.This one ends with silence.The Last Ride on Hillcrest Avenue is a cinematic Dead Air episode about freedom, restlessness, and the thin line between motion and loss. It begins in a small Southern town, where music drifts through open windows late at night and the road offers escape when stillness feels unbearable.At its center is a sound that changed everything — not through volume or speed, but through restraint, patience, and feeling. A sound born from family loss,

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17:03

Script #24 Remembering the Ones Who Didn’t Leave

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2026/01/19

On December 3rd, 1979, thousands of fans gathered outside Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati for what was supposed to be the night of their lives. For some, it was.For others, it became a tragedy.In this episode of Jonny’s Dead Air Podcast, a grandson’s love of music unlocks a story his grandfather has carried in silence for decades — a story of friendship, anticipation, survival, and loss surrounding the night that would become known as The Cincinnati Concert Disaster.Eleven people died before the

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12:45

Script #23 The Sign of the Crab PART 2

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2026/01/12

For nearly a decade, the murder of Mia Zapata haunted Seattle — a crime without a suspect, a voice silenced without answers. In Part Two of The Sign of the Crab, the waiting ends.As DNA science finally catches up to a frozen piece of evidence, a name emerges from the system — a stranger no one saw coming. This episode follows the match, the interrogation, the manhunt, and the trial that brought justice to the frontwoman of The Gits.Drawing from court records and investigative reporting featured on

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20:24

Script #23 The Sign of the Crab PART 1

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2026/01/05

In early-’90s Seattle, a band was rising out of the rain-soaked clubs and basement stages — raw, fearless, and powered by a voice that could stop a room cold. That voice belonged to Mia Zapata, frontwoman of The Gits — a group on the brink of breaking through.Part One of The Sign of the Crab traces Mia’s life, the band’s ascent, and the city that shaped them — before following a single summer night that ends in unimaginable violence. As the investigation stalls, suspicion turns inward, years pass

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8:27

Script #22.5 The Band That Wouldn’t Break (Mini-Episode)

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2025/12/29

They had everything—momentum, fame, the future—until fate started taking pieces away.A founding member gone.A drummer nearly killed.A bandmate lost to addiction.Another fighting cancer decades later. This Dead Air mini-episode tells the true story of how this band faced disaster after disaster at the height of their career—and refused to quit.It’s not a story about hits or hair metal.It’s about loyalty, survival, and the brutal moments when a band must decide whether to move on… or move forward

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22:27

Script #22 The Dark Side of Dancing in the Moonlight

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2025/12/22

“Dancing in the Moonlight” is one of the most joyful, carefree songs ever recorded — a soundtrack to weddings, summer nights, and open windows.But its origin is anything but light. In this episode of Jonny’s Dead Air, we uncover the true, harrowing story behind the song — born not from celebration, but from survival. A violent night on a Caribbean island. A brutal attack. A love forever changed. And a songwriter who responded not with vengeance, but with imagination. This is the story of how

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13:40

Script #21 July 18th The Day Bobby Spoke PART 1

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2025/12/12

A grieving brother.A skeptical medium.A séance that was supposed to be just another performance. But when two strangers walk into a dimly lit room on a summer night,a routine reading twists into something far darker—and far more real—than anyone expected. A voice from the past begins to push through. A story nearly sixty years old resurfaces.And the truth behind a young musician’s mysterious deathstarts to claw its way into the light. Part One of this two-part episode sets the stage for a chilling

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20:08

Script #20 The Darkness That Followed Her

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2025/12/08

This episode examines a real case involving psychological decline and missed warning signs. It is not intended to sensationalize violence or mental illness. If you recognize similar patterns in yourself or someone you care about, professional help is available and can make a life-saving difference.In the United States, the official, nationwide mental-health crisis hotline is: 988--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A rising

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Script #19 The Last Light of a Dying Star

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2025/12/01

He reinvented himself for decades… but his final transformation remained a secret. The Last Light of a Dying Star takes listeners inside the shadowed studio where an icon quietly recorded his last album while confronting an illness too devastating to reveal. Through gallows humor, whispered urgency, and a race against the clock, Jonny’s Dead Air Podcast explores how a legendary figure transformed his own death into a final act of creation—while something unseen waited patiently for the last note to

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Script #18 The Final Broadcast

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2025/11/20

Everyone knows the story of Buddy Holly.Most remember the legend of Ritchie Valens.But on a freezing night in 1959, there was a third voice on that doomed flight…a DJ… a jokester… a Texas-sized talent whose laugh once echoed across America.This is his story.Told as a ghostly broadcast from the great beyond, The Final Broadcast is equal parts biography, radio drama, and afterlife confessional.It’s the forgotten chapter of “The Day the Music Died”—a story overshadowed by giants but carried now by the

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17:43

Script #17 Better Than Hendrix

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2025/11/11

He was a genius with a guitar in his hands—raw, fearless, untamed.His band changed the sound of American rock, blending beauty and power in a way no one had ever heard.He should have had a lifetime of music ahead of him. But one night, in a haze of laughter and whiskey, brilliance met tragedy. And the silence that followed still echoes decades later.This is the story of the man some called “better than Hendrix.”Written by Jonny HartwellVoiced by Jonny HartwellMusic Credit: Reel World Audio.A iHeart

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Script #16.5 PAUL IS DEAD - A BBC Investigation (SPOOF)

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2025/11/05

It began as a whisper: Paul is dead.But the deeper investigators dug, the clearer it became… they’d been listening to the wrong word.This is the lost BBC report that uncovers the real story — Paul is Fred.A haunting, hilarious mockumentary full of suspicious accents, unhelpful witnesses, and an unstoppable married couple who somehow saw everything.The mystery that fooled a generation… and a parody that’ll fool you twice.(A 100% spoof episode of Jonny’s Dead Air Podcast — listener discretion and a

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24:54

Script #16 The Mad Man of Macon and the Crown Prince...

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2025/10/28

He was a voice that could move mountains — raw, sacred, and unstoppable.A preacher’s son with a sound that carried the weight of every hymn and heartbreak in America.Just as the world began to listen, fate silenced him in a storm over the Midwest.But one unfinished song would rise from the wreckage to define him forever.This is the story of a man who gave everything to his music…and left behind a melody the world still hums without knowing why. Jonny’s Dead Air Podcast presents: The King of

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Script #15 Jonny’s Dead Air Podcast Tribute to Ace...

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2025/10/21

He was the lightning that gave KISS its spark — a Bronx kid who turned distortion into escape and space into sound. In this haunting Jonny’s Dead Air tribute, we trace the life, rise, fall, and final flight of Ace Frehley — The Spaceman. From the cracked sidewalks of New York to the blinding lights of the world’s biggest stages, his journey is one of chaos, creativity, and cosmic destiny. When the amps finally went quiet, his music didn’t die — it just drifted into the stars.A poetic requiem for a

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