Trashy Divorces
A comedic podcast about bad relationships, hosted by Alicia and Stacie. Every Wednesday and Sunday, they explore stories of marital misconduct and love gone wrong, blending biography, pop culture, history, and politics. The show has been described as a mix of Vanity Fair, Town & Country, and a country music song.
Episodes
677. Alan Dershowitz | Early Career and Divorce
Alan Dershowitz is in many ways the sort of person that Alicia would describe as a spider in the spiderwebs we indulge in. He's represented Patty Hearst, Mike Tyson, and OJ Simpson - all three TD alums - and has also managed across his career to push boundaries when it comes to legal ethics and attacks on opponents. Unfortunately, Alan's first wife learned what it's like to be against him in a cou
676. Coco Chanel | Another War, Spy Career, and a Comeback
In the conclusion of the life and times of Coco Chanel, we travel through the years 1936 to the end of her life in 1971, and a little beyond too. With the passing of time, more has come to light about Coco’s affair with a German spy, and her associated work with the Nazis through WW2. Surprisingly, there are no real consequences ultimately from this time, and after laying low for a while, Coco has
675. Coco Chanel | The 1920s, Fragrance, and Love Nests
In this continuation of the life and times of Coco Chanel, we take the legendary designer through the Roaring 20s to the mid-1930s. This was an action-packed time in her life, including even more expansion into a fragrance line, an entrée into London high society, a few high-profile love affairs, two bad business deals, and a love nest in Scotland as well.
Ride along for this decade plus in her l
674. Coco Chanel | Tragedy, Nuns, and Boy Capel
In today’s story, we begin our investigation into Coco Chanel, legendary fashion and fragrance designer, with a little fascism on the side. Her life was long and complicated. Today’s episode includes Coco’s story from childhood through the close of 1919, including tragedy, so many nuns, and the beginning of her fashion career. Also included are her first two powerful lovers, Etienne Balsan and Boy
673. Taylor Frankie Paul & The Public Lives of the Mormon Wives
As we close out our check-in with the TFP cinematic universe, we round out her most recent legal hearing and then take a look at what's up in the lives of her fellow Mormon Wives cast members.
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672. Taylor Frankie Paul Goes to Court
Let's drill down on what's happening in the legal machinations between Taylor Frankie Paul and Dakota Mortensen. First of all, their long-suffering judge has appointed a Guardian Ad Litem to represent the interests of their child - and Dakota spent weeks not paying his share of that bill. Dakota also has new legal representation: the same lawyer used by Tate Paul, Taylor's ex-husband, as he seeks
671. Taylor Frankie Paul's Dog Days of Summer
It's a reality TV summer at TDHQ, and we can't stop following the Taylor Frankie Paul saga. If you'll recall, we recently covered her rise to fame as a TikTok personality, and how her cohort became Hulu's The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives. Now, her legal dramas are continuing to mount, with her ex-husband seeking custody of their two children, while ex-boyfriend Dakota Mortensen continues to have p
670. Dorit and PK Kemsley | Trouble Never Stops
In the decade since she joined The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Dorit Kemsley has been through some things. There are the robberies, but also lawsuits, debts, and a public course of dealing with PTSD - something that her husband PK pretty openly found annoying. Put it all together and it's no surprise that their marriage hit a breaking point.
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669. Dorit and PK Kemsley | Trouble From the Start
We are pleased to report that the Housewives curse is alive and well! Real Housewife of Beverly Hills Dorit Kemsley has hit the ultimate rough patch with her husband of a decade, the potentially shady British businessman Paul 'PK' Kemsley. What was initially billed as a separation in 2024 became what was billed as an amicable divorce filing in 2025, but things have gone sharply downhill from there
668. The Mad-Lib That is Roald Dahl's Grandson's Life
As she was idly scrolling Bluesky a few days ago, Alicia (@alicianwonderland.bsky.social) came across the ultimate Mad-Lib of a skeet: "roald dahl's grandson is a former london-based journalist who once freelanced for the daily dot and then married princess raiyah of jordan during covid but then got divorced and moved to the US where he became a cop in south carolina and just married an american t
667. Sarah Ferguson's Windfall? (Trashy Royals Crossover)
Alicia - at the prompting of a listener - started to deep dive into Andrew and Sarah's adult daughters when she learned that an old boyfriend of Sarah's, who has also been an ally and patron over the decades, has died at the age of 88. Paddy McNally and Sarah dated for a few years beginning when she was 20 and he was 42. He also amassed a fortune of $800 million or so, and Royal watchers suspect t
666. Patricia Neal and Roald Dahl
Today we're revisiting our 2022 story of the tragic marriage of actress Patricia Neal - whose true love was Gary Cooper - and children's book author Roald Dahl - whose true love was his mistress. Rarely have two people been unhappier or more beset than these.
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665. Listener Letters | My Meemaw Was Killed By Moonshiners
Listener Miah writes in with a banger of a story about her mother, her mother's many divorces, and her father's car. This one goes lots of places, each one trashier than the next. Do you have a trashy divorce story you'd want featured? Let us know at trashydivorces@gmail.com.
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664. John Daly, Bad Boy of Golf
When a rookie came out of nowhere to win the 1991 PGA Championship, it catapulted John Daly, then 25, to the height of fame and fortune. His unusual look, powerful drives, and decidedly anti-country club vibe made him a fan favorite - but not an uncomplicated one. His drinking, smoking, gambling, carousing, and four marriages and divorces are a testament to the complexity, as we dive into one of t
663. The Scandalous Candy Mossler | The Rest of the Story
We have come to the end of our Scandalous Candy Mossler series, and nothing quite tops the last decade of her life. Stacie joins Alicia for this mad lib of a story. What happens after Candace Mossler stakes through first degree murder charges in 1966? We progress through a whole decade of stories and spiderwebs, including the end of the affair with Melvin, another husband in the mix, a business em
662. The Scandalous Candy Mossler | The Trial
You might think with all the evidence available that convicting Candy Mossler and Melvin Lane Powers for the murder of Jacques Mossler would be a cinch. Turns out justice can be bought with high powered attorneys and a compliant jury. The whole world was watching this trial go down in early 1966, and no one could have predicted the outcome.
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661. The Scandalous Candy Mossler | Getting Caught
Candy Mossler and her nephew Melvin, deep within their incestuous love affair, make some new plans for Candy to be out of her marriage to Jacques, and with a way to keep all the millions. These lovers are not exactly a top notch criminal operation as by July 1965, both will be indicted for capital murder. It's a scandal that's about to grip the nation, but how do the two get caught? All this and m
660. Dumpster Dive | More Ken Paxton, Margaret Qualley and Jack Antonoff, Kristi Noem's Mom, Prince Harry Visits His Dad, Kathy Griffin is Dating Again, Divorce Rates by Profession, and Yet More Taylor Frankie Paul and Dakota Mortensen
The Trashy Divorces Cinematic Universe has been busy, and we don't want you to miss a thing! In the Dumpster this week: Ken Paxton gallivants his way through voter fraud allegations, Margaret Qualley and Jack Antonoff call it quits after three years, Kristi Noem's mom talks to the Daily Mail, Prince Harry and family hang with his dad, Kathy Griffin is living that cougar life, some professions tend
659. The Scandalous Candy Mossler | Melvin to Murder
In this next installment of the Candy Mossler series we meet her new lover (and nephew too) Melvin Lane Powers. This illicit relationship is an open secret in Houston and hits a few skids once her husband Jacques discovers the scandal. None of it ends well, for Jacques anyway.
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658. The Scandalous Candy Mossler | Origins to Jacques
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657. Founding Father Gouverneur Morris
Trash Pandas, there are a lot of ways to leave the world, but we don't recommend the way that American founding father Gouverneur Morris did it. In this 2020 encore for America's 250th birthday, we celebrate one of the forgotten men of the country's origin.
His story is trashy enough that you wonder whether Benjamin Franklin occupying the "questionable morals in a founder" spot edged him out. Sti
656. Willie Nelson
In this holiday episode, we go all the way back to 2020 to celebrate a true American, and maybe the OG Trash Panda, the iconic Willie Nelson. Willie may have had three divorces and some side romps along the way, but we have yet to encounter a subject who is so at peace with the Trash Candy he’s bequeathed to the world, nor as generous to those he may have hurt along the way.
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655. Texas AG Ken Paxton
It is with no joy that Stacie reports on the public corruption catastrophe that is one Ken Paxton, current attorney general of Texas and possibly the next Senator from the Lone Star State. On the other hand, are there two people in the world who deserve each other more than Ken Paxton and Ted Cruz? We don't think so. At least Ken's wife finally bought a couple of vowels and got o-u-t.
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654. Taylor Frankie Paul | June 2026
And finally, at least for now, we get into a bit of redemption for Taylor Frankie Paul. During a Zoom court appearance on June 1, it became pretty clear pretty fast that Taylor - and her lawyer - are genuinely grappling with what has happened and what is to come. Meanwhile, Dakota and his lawyer got busy misrepresenting an earlier ruling by the judge presiding over the hearing - and shockingly wro
653. Taylor Frankie Paul | May 2026
Since our extensive coverage of Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star Taylor Frankie Paul all the way back in... last month, much has happened! Taylor and her ex-boyfriend/baby daddy Dakota Mortensen have finally been before a judge in their custody dispute. Remember that Dakota was initially awarded custody in April, with Taylor limited to supervised visitation with their 2-year-old child. Well, thin
652. Louis and Edwina Mountbatten | Dickie Solo
After the death of Edwina Mountbatten in 1960, Dickie still had another 19 years of living to do, and while he was single, he was in no way alone. He had romances with plenty of women in his later years, and according to many, he had male lovers - including, it is alleged, boys - as well.
A mentor to Prince Charles, his advice to the young man may have contributed to what turned into the tragic
651. Louis and Edwina Mountbatten | Comrades in Arms
As Edwina took pains to lay low in Malta after the scandals of her affairs, Italy decided to exit the League of Nations and invade Ethiopia. To protect their children, she took them to Budapest and installed them in a hotel with their nanny and governess... and then forgot which hotel they were in. For months. As the summer of 1935 turned to fall, and then winter, they just stayed in their hotel u
650. Louis and Edwina Mountbatten | Careless People
Programming note: This episode is a bit more explicit than most, including strong language and descriptions of sex. If you listen with wee ones, use your judgment.
The early '30s were a roaring time for Edwina's various romances, though two in particular would have far-reaching implications for her lovers. The first, with American actor Paul Robeson, caused scandal in the London tabloids because
649. Louis and Edwina Mountbatten | Unconventional Marriage
As the Roaring '20s turned into the '30s, Edwina's appetite for other lovers showed no sign of diminishing, and eventually led to a breaking point with her long-suffering husband, Louis. At one point, they decided that divorce was the best option, but quickly reconciled with new rules for their relationship: Edwina would be more discreet in her dalliances, which had previously been headline news,
648. Louis and Edwina Mountbatten | Let the Affairs Begin!
It didn't take long for Edwina, young, rich, and alone while her husband Louis was away with the Navy, to begin flirtations and then affairs with various suitors. There were the young men of her social strata, to be sure, but there was also a scandalous rumored fling with the notably female American entertainer Sophie Tucker, "The Last of the Red-Hot Mamas." These affairs took a toll on her marria
647. Louis and Edwina Mountbatten | The Wedding and The Honeymoon... Is Over
While Louis and Edwina Mountbatten would have a 38-year-long marriage, it isn't quite right to say it was a happy union. That first six months or so though - when they traveled through Europe and the United States, meeting Charlie Chaplin, Cecil B. DeMille, and dining with President Warren G. Harding - was a magical time for the couple. Once they returned to England and settled into married life,
646. Louis and Edwina Mountbatten | Origin Stories and Engagement
As many will already know, it was the youngest child of Prince Louis of Battenberg and Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine who would become a prominent figure in the lives of the modern world of the Windsors. Young Louis Battenberg, later Louis Mountbatten, was known as Dickie to his confidants, and was stung early when his father, First Sea Lord of the British Navy, was removed from his post
645. The Mountbattens | George and Nada Mountbatten
Prince George of Battenberg, later the 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven, was the third child of Louis Battenber and Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine, and was by all accounts a pretty good dude. Like his father, he set his sights on a naval career, and excelled at the Royal Naval College in Dartmouth, entering the Royal Navy in time to participate in World War I.
His 1916 marriage to Countess
644. The Mountbattens | Princess Louise of Battenberg
The second child of Prince Louis of Battenberg (later, Louis Mountbatten, Marquess of Milford Haven) and Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine was Princess Louise, born July 14, 1889. While most royal were promptly shuttled into marriage, Louise was an independent, progressive young woman whose heart was set on marrying for love.
There were suitors, to be sure, but Louise was insistent that sh
643. The Mountbattens | Princess Alice of Battenberg
After Louis Battenberg's (later Louis Mountbatten) successful campaign to marry Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine, the couple set about having babies. The first of these, Princess Alice, was born in 1885, and came into the world congenitally deaf. Given the era, no particular accommodations were made for her, and while her condition caused many to underestimate her, she compensated by learni
642. Meet the Mountbattens!
While royal houses are often insular and even incestuous (at least at the cousin-marrying level), new blood does manage to enter those gene pools from time to time. Meet the Mountbattens! The family's story begins in Russia, circa 1850, where the orphaned daughter of a Polish general named Julia von Hauke was serving in the household of Maria Alexandrovna, future wife of future Tsar Alexander II.
641. Jerry Seinfeld | The Shoshanna of It All
In the 90s, Jerry Seinfeld was a king of the TV and of the broader culture. His hit show Seinfeld was four years into its run when Jerry spotted an attractive girl in Central Park. He approached, got her number, and only later learned that he, a 38 year old man, had just chatted up a 17-year-old named Shoshanna Lonstein. Did this stop Jerry Seinfeld from a four year romance with his much younger p
640. Dumpster Dive | Taylor Swift, Libbie Mugrabi, Shakira, James Fishback, and Katie Price
Once again, we're catching up on the haps within the Trashy Divorces Cinematic Universe, and maybe adding some new names into the mix as well. Brand new wedding news is the talk of the town for Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce. New York socialite Libbie Mugrabi, who left her divorce from art collector David Mugrabi with a cool $100 million, is having to offload a mansion that was part of that settlem
639. Marilyn Monroe | August and Everything After
In this crossover week celebrating Marilyn Monroe, our investigation today brings us to the final days of Marilyn Monroe’s life, as well as many recollections about the night of her death and her legacy.
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638. Marilyn Monroe | Summer of 1962
We are exploring the summer of 1962 for Marilyn Monroe – with multiple plotlines developing. A studio looking to smear her, a doctor and housekeeper with questionable practices, and a few high-level summer romances bring a very complicated summer for Marilyn, whichever biographer you follow.
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637. Marilyn Monroe | Winter and Spring of 1962
In this episode, our investigation brings Marilyn Monroe into 1962, a much more public year than her last. From buying a home to keeping company with John F. Kennedy, Marilyn’s January to May is filled with future planning, a return to work, and a few legendary parties too – one of which causes the final fallout between Peter Lawford and Frank Sinatra.
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636. Marilyn Monroe | 1960 and 1961
As we continue our week of Marilyn Monroe, the Swinging 1960s are upon us. Within this episode, we explore the first two years of the decade for Marilyn, which involve some tough times. Included are the bust-up of her marriage with Arthur Miller, a scandalous affair, a reconnection with Joe DiMaggio, and a new President for the United States too.
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635. Marilyn Monroe | 1954 to 1959
In this second of our week of Marilyn Monroe episodes we follow her life, loves, and career from 1954 to 1959. So much is happening in these years with great freedom, and many challenges too. Also entering the frame today, we have Dominick Dunne and Peter Lawford, and so many characters who will be mighty influential in the coming few years as well.
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634. Marilyn Monroe | From Norma Jean to Almost Famous
In honor of her 100th birthday, we begin our journey into the life and death of Marilyn Monroe.
This first episode reveals Marilyn from her birth in 1926 to 1954, with stardom just around the corner. Included are her troubled childhood, her first marriage, and her early path to legend status.
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633. Katie Price Two: Katie Price Hullabaloo
While the last few years of Katie Price's life have not been uneventful, the last weeks of her life have been extraordinary even by Katie Price standards. In January, she married a Guy in Dubai (Lee Andrews) after three days in his company. The Guy in Dubai was immediately the subject of intense media scrutiny, and what was revealed was jarring. So jarring, perhaps, that Lee Andrews opted to step
632. England's Astonishing Katie Price (Encore)
This week on Trashy Divorces, we're celebrating one of our favorite TD alums - Britain's astonishing media figure Katie Price. In this encore of our original episode on her from 2022, we go through the outrageous origins of Katie Price, who has been generating headlines across the pond for three decades. Then, this weekend, we'll get into the current drama surrounding Katie - which is quite a lot,
631. Taylor Frankie Paul | 2026 So Far
Content Warning: This episode contains graphic descriptions of domestic violence.
Taylor Frankie Paul's relationship with Dakota was far more violent than we knew, and the violence has continued into 2026. The pair have recently been in court seeking mutual protective orders, and, to her credit, Taylor acknowledged that she was indeed part of the problem. For his part, Dakota acknowledged that Ta
630. Taylor Frankie Paul | The Missing Bachelorette
The ABC network went and recorded a whole season of its hit reality show The Bachelorette - and promptly shelved it. Dakota, once again, was the cause, having sold his cell phone video of Taylor Frankie Paul's domestic violence incident from 2023 to TMZ days before the season's premiere. The fate of the season remains up in the air, and as for Taylor Frankie Paul's legal situation, we'll get into
629. Lady Colin Campbell
Lady Colin Campbell has led quite a life in her day, and one very connected into our upcoming storytelling journey. Today, it is crossover all about her trashy divorce, sticky royal spiderwebs, and so much more as we enter Lady Colin Campbell into our cinematic universe as a future player and source too.
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628. Taylor Frankie Paul | Before The Bachelorette
As the Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star navigated her on-again, off-again relationship with the philandering Dakota, new professional opportunities arose. As Taylor Frankie Paul's turn as The Bachelorette approached, Dakota's behavior became more off-putting, and the day the season was to begin filming, Taylor was nearly despondent.
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627. Taylor Frankie Paul | Social Media Success, Soft-Swinging, and Dakota Joins the Chat
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For viewers of Hulu's The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, Taylor Frankie Paul is an undisputed star, but for those of us outside of the bubble, her rise and seemingly sudden prominence has been a bit mysterious. In this first part of Taylor Frankie Paul's story, Alicia takes us through her rise
626. Remembering Betty Broderick and Her Very Trashy Divorce
Today, we revisit the very Trashy Divorce of Betty and Dan Broderick, which ends in tragedy with the murder of Dan, and his second wife. Betty Broderick’s ultimately fatal obsession with her ex-husband is a true trashy classic and seemed timely to reprise as Betty passed away in prison last week at the age of 78.
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625. Hortense Mancini's Wild English Adventure
After escaping her abusive husband, Hortense spent some time on the lam. She published her memoirs, which made her a celebrated author, and then, at the urging of the English ambassador, headed to London to "see her niece" - and within months, was yet another mistress of Charles II. And soon after, Charles II's eldest daughter with Barbara Villiers. There were plenty more lovers to come, so to spe
624. Hortense Mancini and Her Marital Misadventure
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The Restoration court of Charles II is known not for governing, but for the seemingly endless bed-hopping antics of the Merry Monarch. Today, in this Trashy Royals crossover, we meet the last mistress to join that odd club, Hortense Mancini. Born to a big brood in Rome - Hortense was the ei
623. The Face of Queen Anne Boleyn?!
It is late breaking Tudor news that Alicia had to share! Just published, scientists from the University of Bradford through a little fancy math and facial recognition just might have discovered the true face of Anne Boleyn, the second and murdered wife of Henry VIII.
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622. Divorce Dutch Style | Leontine Ruiters and Marco Borsato
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Today we're wandering to the land of tulips and windmills to explore the trashiest Dutch divorce we've ever heard of. Leontine Ruiters is a well-known television personality in the country, married until 2020 to one of the most successful singers ever to hit the Dutch charts, Marco Borsato.
621. Today's Trash | It's Gonna Be May!
Alicia comes to us with a story we've been loosely watching for years: the slow, apparent destruction of the marriage of singer Justin Timberlake and actress Jessica Biel. According to Page Six, Jessica is near her wit's end with Justin's behavior - drinking seems to be at the core of it - and his absences as she raises their two sons largely solo. Apparently there's been an ultimatum! And Alicia
620. Gordon Lightfoot's Redemption Story
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After his first divorce and his toxic relationship with Cathy Smith, it would be 16 years before Gordon Lightfoot took the plunge and married again, this time to Elizabeth Moon. It's hard to say if this was a good relationship, but it produced two chil
619. Cathy Smith and the Death of John Belushi
After her tumultuous relationship with Gordon Lightfoot ended, Cathy Smith headed to California to pursue her own musical dreams. She was briefly a backup singer for Hoyt Axton. She also had a brief interlude in Paris, where she met The Rolling Stones, who she would later provide drugs to. But it was her association with John Belushi that made her notorious. In March of 1982, she injected Belushi
618. Today's Trash | Patrick Muldoon, Denise Richards, Tori Spelling, Scooter Braun, Sydney Sweeney, Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce, Mike Vrabel, Dianna Russini, Lena Dunham, Jack Antonoff, and Lorde
As ever, the Trashy Divorces Cinematic Universe has been on full display of late, with new entrants as well! First up, we mourn actor Patrick Muldoon, who died suddenly of a heart attack on April 19 at just 57 years old. He was not part of our TDCU, but his 36-year-long friendship (and early 90s romance) with Denise Richards, then later a romance with Tori Spelling, certainly give us reason to gri
617. The Sundown of Cathy Smith and Gordon Lightfoot
Starting around 1970, Cathy Smith and Gordon Lightfoot reconnected and embarked on a wildly toxic romantic relationship that ran three or four years. He, of course, was still married to Brita (Brita would name Cathy Smith in her divorce suit), but they had been living separately. Cathy moved in with him, quit her job, and the pair immediately began cheating on each other. Jealousy seems to have be
616. Cynthia Plaster Caster | The Super Groupie Who Grabbed Life By The Balls
Super Groupies were a hot topic in the 1960s and 1970s, and definitely still are around here on Trashy Divorces. In this episode, Alicia gets into the life, work, and spiderwebs of Cynthia Albritton, known in the day as Cynthia Plaster Caster. Her art was unusual, certainly, but Cynthia went to great lengths to make her creative work her own. Cynthia was truly a Super Groupie, and is remembered in
615. Cathy Smith, featuring Levon Helm and The Band
One especially fascinating figure who intersected with Gordon Lightfoot was named Cathy Smith. As a teenager in Ontario, she'd hooked up (literally and figuratively) with Levon Helm, Rick Danko, and Richard Manuel, then future members of The Band. Before her several-year relationship with the married Gordon Lightfoot, she helped The Band get out of a drug bust and gave birth to a daughter who beca
614. Gordon Lightfoot | Background to Brita
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There are few artists as iconically Canadian as Gordon Lightfoot, whose eight decades on Earth produced some of the most recognizable music there is. In this first episode of his story, Alicia gets into his formative years, his time in California, his first marriage, and Canada's then-most ex
613. Today's Trash: Kristi Noem, Bryon Noem, and Corey Lewandowski
Welcome back to Today's Trash! This story has actually been ongoing for, well, parts of it for years, but acutely over the last month or so. Fired DHS Secretary Kristi Noem has been having some trouble on the homefront recently, as The Daily Mail keeps finding online personalities in the "Bimbofication" subculture that her husband has been paying for services. But what's a guy supposed to do when
612. Today's Trash | Ruby Rose and Katy Perry, Brooklyn Beckham, Britney Spears, and Andrew Shue
Welcome to our first ever Today's Trash, a quick-hits approach to keeping tabs on the ongoing dilemmas of the Trashy Divorces Cinematic Universe! Today, we get into the sexual assault allegation levied by Australian actress and model Ruby Rose against pop songstress Katy Perry, hear more Beckham family drama from one of Brooklyn Beckham's exes, catch up with Britney Spears as she heads to an open
611. Ireland's Most Scandalous Divorce, Talbot v. Talbot
Perhaps it's reassuring to know that people have always been awful, and when a person is powerful, they've always found ways to avoid accountability. Which brings us back to a contested incident in Ireland's County Roscommon back in 1852 - was Mary Anne Talbot engaged in an adulterous affair as her husband claimed, or was John Talbot spearheading a violent conspiracy to lose an infertile wife and
610. Dumpster Dive | SIX The Movie, Justin Timberlake, Tiger Woods, Justin Baldoni, Gavin Rossdale, Gwen Stefani, Tradwives, Lindsey Buckingham, Kanye West
Trash Pandas, it's time for another catch up with some of our favorite TD alums. In the Dumpster this week, Alicia celebrates the upcoming SIX The Movie, coming to America and Canada in August; wonders aloud why celebrities can't take an Uber instead of flipping their cars or otherwise dealing with DUI-related fallout, notes a changed landscape in the lawsuit against Justin Baldoni, talks parentin
609. Spiderwebs | Terry Melcher, Candice Bergen, and The Manson Family
In this episode, Alicia follows up with some spiderwebs from the Doris Day story, and how her son Terry factors into those terrible events on Cielo Drive on August 8, 1969. Terry and his longtime girlfriend Candice Bergen lived there in a fairy tale dream in 1968, before Sharon Tate and Roman Polanski moved into the home. Why did Terry and Candice move? Doris told them they must.
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608. Doris Day featuring Martin Melcher and The Maître D'
In this second part, Alicia tracks Doris Day's disastrous marriage to Martin Melcher, and the enormous financial hole he left her in when he died at the young age of 52. There was still one more husband to go before Doris would decide she'd had enough of matrimony and turned her focus to a more deserving cause: rescuing animals.
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607. Doris Day featuring Al Jorden and George Weidler
Actress and singer Doris Day built a giant career in Hollywood on the image of the All-American Girl, a perfectly relatable Girl Next Door, virtuous and funny. It was pure spin, with Groucho Marx once quipping, “I’ve been around so long, I knew Doris Day before she was a virgin.” Doris herself chafed at the limitations of the typecasting and how utterly at odds it was to the life she was actually
S32E23: Australia's Tyre King Bob Jane
Australia, it seems to us, is a country of huge personalities, and that's even true when it comes to endeavors as mundane as selling car tires, or tyres. Australia didn't simply need a mass-market tyre retailer, Aussies needed Bob Jane T-Marts with their clean image, catchy jingle, and celebrated race car driver at the helm. The company made Bob himself a multimillionaire, but his inability to for
Trashy Tabloids: Sandra Dee Talks to The Saturday Evening Post in 1963
Alicia is a collector of vintage magazines, and couldn't resist sharing this 1963 Saturday Evening Post profile of a 21 year old Sandra Dee, on the heels of the first separation from Bobby Darin. She is a movie queen and this piece includes bits about her time on the lot, her split from Darin, her stage mother, and more!
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S32E22: Sandra Dee and Bobby Darin
Actress Sandra Dee and crooner Bobby Darin were the Hollywood it couple of the early 1960s, marrying just months after first meeting. But the marriage was troubled from the start, as both partners were unable to escape the effects of their damaging childhoods.
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S32E21: Aimee Semple McPherson | The Disappearing Evangelist
In 1920s Los Angeles, one of the biggest names in American evangelism was, surprisingly for the time, a woman. Aimee Semple McPherson founded America's first megachurch, preaching to some 17,000 people at three services, seven days a week. She founded a radio station that shared those services to millions of households around the country. 10% of the population of Los Angeles held a membership at h
S32E20: Sid and Nancy | How Does It End?
Left to their own devices, and with the Sex Pistols basically over, Sid and Nancy found their way to New York City. From room 100 of the Chelsea Hotel, they spent 1978 in a drug-fueled haze, with Nancy booking some gigs for Sid to keep them supplied with money to support their habits. On October 12, 1978, Sid awoke from a Tuinal-induced sleep and found Nancy dead on the bathroom floor, with a stab
S32E19: Sid and Nancy | Nancy and the End of The Sex Pistols
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Nancy Spungen didn't start life with a lot going for her. She was very smart, but also very emotionally disturbed. At 15, she was diagnosed with schizophrenia, and would shortly pick up a heroin addiction, an activity that she would share with her future boyfriend, Sid Vicious. As a couple, th
S32E18: Dumpster Dive | Corey Feldman, Hugh Jackman, Sutton Foster, Boy George, Chappell Roan, Billy Joel, P!NK, Tom Brady, Yael Braun, Shannen Doherty, and Cindy Crawford
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Today we're bringing you one of our occasional Dumpster Dives, where we catch up on the latest news from the Trashy Divorces Cinematic Universe. In the Dumpster today:
Corey Feldman's long running divorce is over, but he's found something else to be mad about: the time he was almost cast
S32E17: Sid and Nancy | Sid and The Sex Pistols
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As Britain's youth struggled through the doldrums of the 1970s, their sense of alienation forged a new approach to music, birthing punk. And the band most closely associated with the punk movement at the time was The Sex Pistols. Four young men driven by a sense of aggression and a whole lot o
A Quick Programming Note from Us
Hey friends - just a quick note to let you know that we're pausing production this week because of a death in the family. Trashy Divorces will return next Wednesday, March 11. Thanks for your understanding.
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