Episode S8 · Ep 82 June 15, 2021 42 min 1s

Paul McCartney: Paul Is Dead, Smuggling Drugs, and Composing the World’s Most Beloved Songs

From DISGRACELAND Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts

Despite his reputation as “the safe Beatle,” Paul McCartney was a badass. He took wild artistic risks, rubbed elbows with truly dangerous characters and because of his crimes, did hard time in one of the world’s most notorious prisons. His public spats with Beatles bandmate John Lennon are the stuff of legend, as is the “Paul is dead” conspiracy at the end of their time together as a band, but the truth may be even stranger.

This episode was originally published on June 15, 2021.

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