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.
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Some stories begin in triumph,but end in silence. A young man, too fragile for the weight he carried, tried to be everything at once—artist, husband, father, lover, worker. And when his own body turned against him,the stones became unbearable. His band was on the brink of conquering the world.
The future stretched wide before him. But the very success others called salvation
felt like a sentence. This is the story of innocence crushed, and a final transmission that still echoes today.
Written by Jonny Hartwell
Voiced by Jonny Hartwell
Music Credit: Reel World Audio.
A iHeart Radio Production
Jonny’s Dead Air Podcast
Written, hosted, and produced by Jonny Hartwell.
A production of iHeartRadio Pittsburgh.
Thanks for listening—and for keeping the light on.
