Dearly Departed Podcast

Mike Dorsey•www.spreaker.com

TV & Film

Film History

True Crime

Hollywood's dark side from historian Scott Michaels & filmmaker Mike Dorsey

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Episodes

Episode 7 - Ramones

We're all revved up and ready to go as we talk about the Ramones! Scott and Mike also have updates on Luke Perry and former Disney Mouseketeer Dennis Day, and talk about 80s action sports movies, Wes Anderson, Nipsey Hussle, CBGB, and more! The poster for David Winters' Thrashin' (1986) starring Josh Brolin. It's "totally insane"! Listen: Scott's favorite Ramones song, I Just Want To Have Something To Do Dearly Departed Podcast host Scott Michaels with C.J. Ramone (left) and Tommy Ramone (right)...

Apr 27, 2019•1 hr 19 min

Episode 6 - Gilligan's Island

We take a fateful trip to Gilligan's Island and talk about the real life fates of the show's creator and 7 main "castaways." We also talk Scott Walker, Bea Arthur, and more! Dearly Departed Podcast host Scott Michaels' photo of Sherwood Schwartz's grave marker Scott Walker (Dezo Hoffman/REX/Shutterstock) Watch: Tribute to Richard Erdman's "Leonard" character on Community Article: Deputy Digby Rowe tackles Charles Manson in court Buy: The Gilligan's Island DVD set (it's also on Amazon Prime) Watc...

Mar 28, 2019•1 hr 4 min

Episode 5 - Rebel Without a Cause

We talk the deaths of Rebel Without a Cause's James Dean, Sal Mineo, and Natalie Wood. And we also discuss Luke Perry, Jan-Michael Vincent, Brody Stevens, Karl Lagerfeld, The Black Dahlia, and more! Scott's The Monkees drum head denying the Manson rumor Video: Comedian Brody Stevens on "The Meltdown" Video: Brody Stevens "The Half Hour" on Comedy Central Link: Read about the Magic Castle Suicide - "He hung himself, and the great irony is that he was really good at rope magic." Link: "Family sear...

Mar 17, 2019•1 hr 18 min

Episode 4 - Walt Disney and Disneyland

We talk about the death of Walt Disney, and also about the Disney theme parks, with a special guest who played characters at Walt Disney World! We also discuss Yvette Vickers, the Black Dahlia, and more! Video: See Scott explore the home of Yvette Vickers before it was torn down! Link: Check out the channel for Ask A Mortician. Video: Watch actor Dick Miller tell Corey Feldman to shut the %#@! up. Video: The cousin of Manson murder victim Gary Hinman speaks out against his killer, Bobby Beausole...

Feb 08, 2019•1 hr 34 min

Episode 3 - The Addams Family

Scott and Mike discuss The Addams Family and the deaths of cast members Carolyn Jones, Jackie Coogan, Ted Cassidy, and Ken Weatherwax. We also talk a little about Carol Channing, the Manson Family, the famous Hollywood Forever Cemetery, and more! Video: Watch a short video of Dearly Departed Tours and Museum's Sharon Tate Birthday Party, with their newly acquired personal effects (Link) Link: Check out LA Woman Tours! Article: Read about Manson follower Bobby Beausoleil getting recommended for p...

Jan 23, 2019•1 hr 6 min

Episode 2 - The Wasp Woman

In this episode we discuss the bizarre murder of B-movie actress Susan Cabot, AKA Roger Corman's The Wasp Woman! Covered in this Episode: IN THE NEWS Article: People Magazine's 1987 write-up on the missed interview between Molly Ringwald and Lillian Gish (Link) Article: Ringwald's defense of the missed interview (Link) "Early in my career I was asked to do an interview with Lillian Gish and I was really excited. But then everything got screwed up, I smashed my finger in a door, the taxi took me ...

Jan 02, 2019•38 min

Episode 1 - Dean Martin, Tiny Tim, and the Death of Santa Claus

The Dearly Departed Podcast explores the dark side of Hollywood history. It is led by famed Hollywood historian Scott Michaels -- who operates LA's Dearly Departed Tours and FindADeath.com, and who has been featured as an expert on E! Entertainment multiple times, as well as in his own documentaries like The Six Degrees of Helter Skelter -- and co-hosted by filmmaker Mike Dorsey (The Six Degrees of Helter Skelter, Murder Rap: Inside the Biggie and Tupac Murders, Demon House). Every two weeks we ...

Dec 23, 2018•40 min

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