The Life and Death of Nancy Spungen

(CW: violence, drug use & Daniela has Covid so her voice goes in and out in this episode!) On Octobr 12, 1978 at the infamous Chelsea hotel in NYC, one of the staples of the punk rock scene, the loud mouthed and bright” baby groupie,” girlfriend of the Sex Pistols Sid Vicious, Nancy Spungen, is found dead at just 20 years old. But who was Nancy Spungen and how did she end up dead, under a sink in her hotel room? In this episode, we are going to take a look at the short and eventful life of Nancy Spungen and tell more of her side of this story through interviews with Nancy’s mother Deborah and excerpts from her book And I Don’t Want to This Life we will gain a broader understanding of Nancy’s troubled childhood, and the sad circumstances leading up to her murder. Sources: Catsoulis, Jeannette (29 July 2010). "Alan G. Parker Revisits Sid Vicious's Worst Moment". The New York Times. McNeil, Legs McCain Gillian, Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk Pareles, Jon (August 22, 1996). "Story of Punk: More the Ugly Gossip Than the Music's Impact". The New York Times. Parker, Alan G., director. Who Killed Nancy? (2009). Documentary. Regier, Hilda. "Chelsea Hotel" in Jackson, Kenneth T., ed. (1995). Savage, Jon (18 January 2009). "Sid Vicious: Little boy lost (Jan 2009 )". The Guardian Sad Vacation (2016) Documentary Sid Vicious Dead, CBS News (1978) Schooner, Karen. The Day Punk Died. (Oct. 17, 2008) NYMag. Spungen, Deborah (1983). And I Don't Want to Live This Life. New York City: Random House Inc. Terry Gross Interviews Deborah Spungen, NPR (1983) Wakeman, Jessica. Flashback: Nancy Spungen Found Dead at Chelsea Hotel. (Oct. 12, 2017) Rolling Stone. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/broadsnextdoor/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/broadsnextdoor/supportBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/broads-next-door--5803223/support.