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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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24:54

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

Jonny"s Dead Air Podcast ·

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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15:51

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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20:44

Script #14 The Last Ride Part II

Jonny"s Dead Air Podcast ·

2025/10/21

Part II of Jonny’s Dead Air picks up on the Master of Puppets tour, where momentum feels like destiny—and the schedule feels like a sentence. Inside the machine: Cliff Burton—red hair like a warning flare—holding the center while James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, and Kirk Hammett drive Metallica across Europe on diesel, adrenaline, and denial. Load-ins, soundchecks, the soft sermons—earn the heavy, make the pretty cost—and the quiet foreshadow that rides in every night bus.Then Sweden. Fog like a

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19:54

Script #14 The Last Ride Part I

Jonny"s Dead Air Podcast ·

2025/10/15

Before the fame. Before the chaos. Before the name became legend. This is the story of a young musician whose genius outgrew the world around him — a rebel philosopher with a bass in his hands and lightning in his veins. From smoky bars and dirt roads to roaring crowds and endless highways, his journey was fueled by raw talent, deep conviction, and a sound that seemed to tear through the earth itself.But behind every note was a warning — whispered by fate, drowned by volume.Part One of “The Last

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Dead Air Mini: Script #13.5 The Godfather On the Run

Jonny"s Dead Air Podcast ·

2025/10/07

Jonny’s Dead Air Mini takes the dark, atmospheric storytelling of Jonny’s Dead Air Podcast and condenses it into powerful, bite-sized stories—shorter episodes that explore the moments where fame fractures, where success spins out, and where legends meet their breaking point.In this Mini installment, a world-renowned soul icon—once the very heartbeat of a generation—finds himself at the center of chaos. A shotgun. A high-speed chase. A fall from grace that played out in real time across state lines

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16:07

Script #13 The Devil’s Bargain

Jonny"s Dead Air Podcast ·

2025/09/23

This podcast contains discussions of sensitive topics...Listener discretion is strongly advised. While the stories you’ll hear are rooted in real events, not every detail is strictly historical—some moments are dramatized with creative license to bring the narrative to life. Please keep this in mind as you listen.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------At a lonely crossroads in the Mississippi Delta, a

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22:45

Script #12 Wings of Fire - The Story of the Prodigy...

Jonny"s Dead Air Podcast ·

2025/09/22

This podcast contains discussions of sensitive topics...Listener discretion is strongly advised. While the stories you’ll hear are rooted in real events, not every detail is strictly historical—some moments are dramatized with creative license to bring the narrative to life. Please keep this in mind as you listen.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------He was a quiet prodigy—soft-spoken offstage, but a storm

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17:27

Script #11 The Bush Doctor's Long Night

Jonny"s Dead Air Podcast ·

2025/09/17

This podcast contains discussions of sensitive topics...Listener discretion is strongly advised. While the stories you’ll hear are rooted in real events, not every detail is strictly historical—some moments are dramatized with creative license to bring the narrative to life. Please keep this in mind as you listen.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------He wasn’t smooth. He wasn’t sweet. He was sharp—like a

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26:30

Script #10 The Final Transmission

Jonny"s Dead Air Podcast ·

2025/09/16

This podcast contains discussions of sensitive topics...Listener discretion is strongly advised. While the stories you’ll hear are rooted in real events, not every detail is strictly historical—some moments are dramatized with creative license to bring the narrative to life. Please keep this in mind as you listen.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Some stories begin in triumph,but end in silence. A young

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19:59

Script #9 Death of a Cosmic Dancer

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2025/09/11

He was glitter and stomp, a comet in platform shoes, a voice that purred and a sound that shook Europe to its core. For a time, the hysteria rivaled Beatlemania—screams, fainting fans, anthems that stomped through radios and living rooms. But even at his brightest, he carried a shadow, whispering that he wouldn’t live long, that some stars are too quick for calendars. And one night, on a rain-slick road in London, prophecy became truth. This is Jonny’s Dead Air Podcast: Death of a Cosmic

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20:38

Script #8 The Drummer in the Hallway

Jonny"s Dead Air Podcast ·

2025/09/09

He was the hidden heartbeat behind some of the most iconic songs of the ’60s and ’70s. You’ve sung along to his work, tapped his rhythms on the steering wheel, carried his music through every stage of your life—yet you never knew his name. Fame was never meant for him. But his story? It’s one of genius, shadows, and a descent so dark it silenced everything. This episode of Jonny’s Dead Air Podcast takes you behind the music… into the terrifying quiet that followed.Written by Jonny HartwellVoiced by

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20:06

Script #7 Shame on You - The Rise and Ruin of The...

Jonny"s Dead Air Podcast ·

2025/08/28

He was once the brightest star in western swing—an entertainer who leapt from dusty ballrooms to silver screens and finally into America’s living rooms through the glow of early television. His fiddle set dance floors on fire, his smile made him a household favorite, and his biggest hit carried a word that would come to define him: shame. But behind the lights and applause was a storm of paranoia, reckless ambition, and the slow unraveling of a man who could never outrun his demons. Fame faded,

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20:18

Script #7 Shame on You - The Rise and Ruin of The...

Jonny"s Dead Air Podcast ·

2025/08/27

He was once the brightest star in western swing—an entertainer who leapt from dusty ballrooms to silver screens and finally into America’s living rooms through the glow of early television. His fiddle set dance floors on fire, his smile made him a household favorite, and his biggest hit carried a word that would come to define him: shame. But behind the lights and applause was a storm of paranoia, reckless ambition, and the slow unraveling of a man who could never outrun his demons. Fame faded,

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16:22

Script #6 The Voice That Echoed Too Softly

Jonny"s Dead Air Podcast ·

2025/08/26

She started in the shadows, keeping time for someone else’s spotlight. Then a voice—clear as winter light—rose from behind the kit and stopped entire rooms. Fame wanted perfection. Perfection wanted everything. Hotel rooms, dressing rooms, numbers on a scale. Applause got louder; the world got narrower. Family, fans, executives—everyone had ideas for her future, except her. This is the story of a sound so pure it felt impossible… and the cost of chasing “perfect” until it vanished. We’ll trace the

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18:53

Script #5 Blue Slide, Long Shadows

Jonny"s Dead Air Podcast ·

2025/08/22

Bridges gleam. The rivers hum. In a city of steel and a bright blue slide, a teenager builds a universe from basement beats and borrowed time—a slide you think goes on forever, until it doesn’t. Fame arrives like a flood: fun, then fast, then frightening. Friends, tours, headlines; the grin that says “I’m good,” even when he isn’t. This is the rise, the rush, and the after—the sound that shook a city, and the quiet that followed.Written by Jonny HartwellVoiced by Jonny HartwellMusic Credit: Reel

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20:17

Script #4 The Man Who Had a Name

Jonny"s Dead Air Podcast ·

2025/08/21

Before the posters and platinum, he was a neighbor with a guitar—two, actually—spinning front-porch stories into national anthems. A swaggering folk tale climbed to Number One. A private lullaby, sealed like time in glass, became a prayer the whole country knew by heart. And then, in the warm Southern dark, a short runway turned applause into silence. This is the story of the man who kept names in his pocket, loved hard, worked harder, and left an afterglow that refuses to fade. Say it softly—he’s

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23:13

Script #3 The Beat Drops & A Beautiful Hell.

Jonny"s Dead Air Podcast ·

2025/08/19

A young man rose from obscurity with melodies that lit up the world. His sound was luminous, his shows electric—yet behind the curtain, shadows followed close behind. Fame turned him into a product, a brand, an untouchable icon. But the truth was far more fragile: relentless pressure, sleepless nights, and a search for peace that always seemed out of reach. His story isn’t just about music—it’s about the cost of genius, the silence that success can bring, and a tragic ending no one saw coming. This

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20:51

Script #2 The Lost King of Rhythm and Blues

Jonny"s Dead Air Podcast ·

2025/08/15

In the smoky clubs and backrooms of the early 1950s, a voice began to rise.It wasn’t loud or flashy — it was warm, patient, and impossible to forget.In just two years, he became the name whispered in record shops, sung about on street corners, and headlined on marquees across the South. Then, on Christmas night, in a room thick with laughter and music, a single moment stopped everything.Theories spread. Rumors grew. The truth… slipped away into the shadows. This is the story of a star the world

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13:30

Script #1 The Band That Had All the Breaks

Jonny"s Dead Air Podcast ·

2025/08/12

"They had the sound of legends, the blessing of gods, and a future written in gold—until it all vanished."They started with a golden ticket—championed by the most famous musicians in the world. Their songs were flawless, their future unstoppable. But what happened behind closed doors turned their dream into a nightmare, leaving a trail of silence, unanswered questions, and loss that still haunts decades later. This is the story of a band the world should have known… but never truly did.A iHeart

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