Episode #270 | 4.14.26
Grace Jones: True Crime Magnet. Eighties Icon.
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In this episode
Grace Jones was one of the era-defining multihyphenates of the 1980s, an icon of the music, fashion, and movie worlds. From Jamaica to Studio 54, she broke down barriers and smashed glass ceilings at every turn – but she was also a magnet for true crime in the process. She was arrested numerous times. She was set up, the victim of a home invasion, and she wielded a loaded gun in order to get her way. At the height of her fame, she found herself fighting to defend her honor and her truth in the face of serious jail time.
Sources
I’ll Never Write My Memoirs, by Grace Jones as told to Paul Morley
Dolph Lundgren: My gun-wielding ex, Grace Jones (In Depth with Graham Bensinger)
Grace Jones reports husband missing (UPI Archives)
Grace Jones beats Jamaican drug rap (UPI Archives)
Jones on Jamaican Coke Bust: 'Someone Put It There' (LA Times)
Origins of a diva: Grace Jones film delivers the naked truth (BBC)
Credits
Hosted by Jake Brennan.
Written by Zeth Lundy.
Copy edited by James Sullivan.
Mixed by Sean Cahalin.
Produced in partnership with the Exactly Right Network and iHeartPodcasts.
DISGRACELAND theme song, “Crenshaw Space Boogie,” written and produced by Jake Brennan. Performed by Jake Brennan, Bryce Kanzer, Jay Cannava, and Evan Kenney. Mixed and engineered by Adam Taylor.
*illustrations by Avi Spivak @avispivak