Episode 28 – Originally Published in 2017
Trigger warning – discussion about substance abuse, mental health issues, suicide, domestic violence and murder
Suburban Philadelphia native Nancy Spungen was a daughter, a sister, a genius, a rebel and a desperately tortured soul from the time of her birth almost every day until the day she died. Nancy predicted her own death; she struggled with suicidal ideation throughout much of her short life. She obsessed over music, moved to New York and landed the ultimate bad boy. That’s just the surface; Nancy’s life was so much more, so much harder not only on her but her family, her parents, her siblings and especially her mother. This is Nancy’s story, and much of this story includes her life in the Philadelphia suburbs, and her mother Deborah Spungen, and one of the most notorious musicians from the UK punk scene – Sid Vicious from the Sex Pistols.
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