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Johnny Depp: Homemade Bombs, Bootleg Quaaludes, and Unsolved Disappearances
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Johnny Depp prefers the shadows to the limelight, whether he’s building a bomb with Hunter S. Thompson in the Rocky Mountains, or downing bootleg quaaludes laced with arsenic. After emerging as the leading art flick actor of the 1990s, prodding paparazzi’s desire to paint him as a “novelty boy” often drove him to outbursts that ended in arrests, wrecked hotel rooms, and a miffed Kate Moss and Roger Daltrey. Yet even with camera flashes constantly lighting up his private life, plenty of mysteries still surround Johnny Depp…including the unsolved disappearance of his former Viper Room co-owner – who went missing just days before he was supposed to testify against Johnny in court.
Sources
Johnny Depp’s Savage Journey Into ‘Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas’ (Rolling Stone)
From Baby Face to ‘Cry-Baby:’ Profile: Johnny Depp…(Los Angeles Times)
Interview: Johnny Depp (1996) (Playboy)
Johnny Be Good (Vanity Fair)
Interview: Johnny Depp (2004) (Playboy)
Johnny Depp: Johnny Darko (Rolling Stone)
Johnny Depp on Hunter S. Thompson (Newsweek)
Depp arrested after scuffle (BBC)
The outlaw (Los Angeles Times)
The Trouble with Johnny Depp (Rolling Stone)
Johnny Depp Says His Mom Was ‘Violent’ During His Childhood: ‘Tried to Stay Out of the Line of Fire’ (People)
Courtney Love says Johnny Depp gave her CPR after 1995 overdose (NME)
Demolition Man (People)
‘Johnny Depp Dropped Acid in my Office’ (Inside Hook)
Chronicle (New York Times)
Inside Johnny Depp and Kate Moss’ wild fling, including sex in every Chateau Marmont room (New York Post)
Last Night at the Viper Room: River Phoenix and the Hollywood He Left Behind by Gavin Edwards
The untold story of lost star River Phoenix - 25 years after his death (The Guardian)
The Viper Room May Be Getting a Radical New Look (Los Angeles Magazine)
The Vigil at the Viper Room (New York Times)
LA’s Famed Viper Room Sold and Possibly Closing (Stereogum)
The Viper Room Curse: Johnny's Ex-Business Partner Missing — What Does Depp Know? (Radar Online)
Murder Mystery: Was Johnny Depp Involved In Disappearance Of His Business Partner? (Radar Online)
Credits
Hosted by Jake Brennan.
Written by Victoria Wasylak.
Copy edited by James Sullivan.
Scored and mixed by Matt Tahaney.
Additional music and score elements by Ryan Spraker.
*illustrations by Avi Spivak @avispivak