Ridiculous History · iHeartPodcasts
The Grim Christmas Folklore of Johnny Ace, with Jake Brennan
·41 min·3 clips
Jake Brennan uncovers that Johnny Ace's death wasn't Russian roulette, but a darker, manipulated story.
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A grim Johnny Ace story, told with the show’s usual joke-first, fact-backed momentum.
Ridiculous History makes the Johnny Ace story feel like a legend that keeps growing sharper and stranger the more it is retold. It moves from banter into the myth around Johnny Ace, then lingers on the uneasy idea of Russian roulette as a backstage parlor trick, with Jake…
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