John Lennon was a musical genius and one of the most beloved cultural figures of the twentieth century. His songs inspired dreamers to imagine, his search for the truth gave power to the people. But some thought he dreamed too much. Others thought he was too powerful, so he was followed, he was threatened, he was declared a danger to the United States, and in nineteen eighty he was assassinated. Blood on the Tracks returns with season two The John Lennon's Story,
premiering Thursday, August nineteen. Blood on the Tracks is part true crime, part historical fiction, part spoken word, low five beat noir, brought to you by me Jake Brennan, host of the award winning music and true crime podcast Disgrace Land. Season one of Blood on the Tracks, the Phil Specter Story, followed the pop chart rise and murderous fall of the most notorious record producer of all time, Phil Specter, through
the eyes of the people closest to him. Season two of Blood on the Tracks, as the John Lennon Story, will focus on the former Beatles final decade in America, told by the fictionalized voices of David Bowie, Harry Nilson, Richard Nixon, Phil Spector, Yoko Ono, Mark David Chapman, and more. It is a tale full of paranoia, police raids, kidnappings, wire taps, lost weekends, extortion, and murder. This evening, John Lennon arrived at the emergency room at Roosevelt Hospital. You
were unable to restore the life of Mr Lennon. There's a special agent, Jim Steele with the Federal Bureau of Investignation. Okay, subject is Lennon John Winston. Oh no, this information protains to a period ending September. Interview. Subject is Moon John. I like to think everything I just told you happened in that ferry order, because the stories just work well together. That way, I could have just told it all in reverse. All I know is that the more John and hung
around the rest of us, the crazyer he became. Relationships with John could be strange. John no longer wanted me around, I guess. So we made a deal and both got what we wanted. I got ninety grand from a capital records exact and exchange for handing the tapes over, and John got to move on without me. We simply weren't prepared for what was coming and When it hit, it
seemed to come out of nowhere. Just like John Lennon, This podcast sounds like nothing you've ever heard before because you can't push the needle into the red without leaving a little blood on the tracks. Listen to Blood on the Tracks starting on August nineteenth on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever did your podcasts