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Dead Famous

by Mark Randell

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About the show

Dead Famous is the critically acclaimed, Top 10 podcast that unravels the glitter, scandal and tragedy behind the lives — and deaths — of some of the world’s most famous people. Every week, host Mark Randell goes beyond the public image to tell the whole story: the rise to fame, the private life behind the headlines, the final days and hours, the death itself, its aftermath and the legacy left behind. Spanning stage and screen, music, sport, entertainment and royalty, Dead Famous has already told the stories of global icons including Princess Diana, Michael Jackson and Freddie Mercury — alongside stars whose remarkable lives and deaths deserve to be rediscovered. New episodes every Monday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Latest episodes

Olivia Newton-John: Behind the Famous Smile

October 4, 2026 · 52 min

Olivia Newton-John was one of the most beloved stars of her generation — the voice behind Physical, the unforgettable Sandy in Grease, and a woman whose warmth made her famous around the world. But behind that famous smile was a life…
Judy Garland: The Tragic Life and Death of The Wizard of Oz Star

September 27, 2026 · 57 min

Judy Garland became one of the most recognisable stars in Hollywood history. As Dorothy Gale in The Wizard of Oz, she created an image of innocence and optimism that would endure for generations. But behind the rainbow was a life shaped by…
David Bowie: The Man Who Fell to Earth

September 20, 2026 · 47 min

David Bowie was never just one person. Across a career spanning more than five decades, he transformed himself again and again, from the flame-haired alien Ziggy Stardust to the Thin White Duke, from global superstar to actor, artist and…
Patrick Swayze: Nobody Puts Patrick in a Corner

September 14, 2026 · 49 min

On 14 September 2009, Patrick Swayze died at the age of just 57. Seventeen years later, on the anniversary of his death, Dead Famous looks back at the extraordinary life of one of Hollywood’s most enduring leading men. From a childhood…
Queen Elizabeth II Part One: The Making of a Queen

September 6, 2026 · 36 min

In Part One of this special two-part edition of Dead Famous, we go back to the beginning: a quiet royal childhood transformed by an unexpected abdication, the war years that shaped her extraordinary sense of duty, her marriage to Prince…
Queen Elizabeth II Part Two: Crisis, Loss and the End of an Era

September 6, 2026 · 36 min

By 1992, Queen Elizabeth II had been on the throne for forty years. She had survived wars, political upheaval, assassination attempts and a country transformed almost beyond recognition. Then her family began to fall apart in public. In…
Princess Diana Part Two: Her Final Hours, Death & the Conspiracies

August 30, 2026 · 47 min

On 31st August 1997, Diana, Princess of Wales, died following a catastrophic car crash in Paris. She was just 36 years old. Twenty-nine years later, the events of that night continue to fascinate, disturb and divide people around the…
Princess Diana Part One: The Woman Behind the Princess

August 23, 2026 · 45 min

Few people in modern history have experienced fame quite like Diana, Princess of Wales. Born Diana Spencer, she entered the Royal Family as a shy young bride and became one of the most famous and photographed women on Earth. But behind the…