Episode 80: The Pappas Brothers and the Tragic Death of Lynette Phillips

Brothers Tas and Ben Pappas skyrocketed to the top of the skateboard world, ranked number one and two in the world, and embarked on a rockstar lifestyle of hard drugs, fast living and bitter feuds before plummeting to the bottom in a pit of addiction and murder.

 

Hear the whole wild, wild story this week on Murder Coaster!

 

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Creepy Amusement Park theme by Brandon Fiechter and Derek Fiechter, used by permission and with many thanks.

 

FEATURING THE SONGS:

 

“Food Stamps in Heaven” and “Pigs Will Fly” by Chris Jeffries, used with permission and many thanks. Listen to Chris on Spotify: Chris Jeffries | Spotify

 

“Bloody Sunset” by Something Wicked, used with permission and many thanks. Listen to Something Wicked on Spotify: Something Wicked | Spotify

 

“Travelling Man” by Chris Chieffo, used with permission and many thanks.

 

“WHO GIVES A FUCK WHAT YOU LIKE” and “Everybody I Know is an Asshole” by A Killing Tradition, used with permission and many thanks. Listen to A Killing Tradition on Spotify: Murder Junkies | Spotify

 

“Detarted” by Blackest Shabbos, used with permission and many thanks. Listen to Blackest Shabbos on Band Camp: ▶︎ Blackest shabbos - Shabbos FECKIN' shabbos | Blackest shabbos | Donkey Cock

 

“Dad Bod” by The Time Surfers, used with permission and many thanks.

 

“Blinded by the Fright, Snapped like a Slimjim in the Middle of the Blight” by Chris Minter BlashemO, used with permission and many thanks. Listen to BlashmO on YouTube:  Test 150 - ( Binded by the Fright, Snapped in like a Slimjim in the middle of the Blight )

 

“Barrel Full of Sea Monkeys” by The Whole Other courtesy of the YouTube Audio Library

 

“Ghost Surf Rock” by Loyalty Freak Music used courtesy of the Free Music Archive, Canonical URL: 

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“Physical” by Untimely Dosage used courtesy of the Free Music Archive. Canonical URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

 

“Getting High.mp3” by HoliznaCC0 used courtesy of the Free Music Archive. Canonical URL: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

 

 

“SAILOR'S LAMENT” by Jason Shaw used courtesy of the Free Music Archive. Canonical URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/

 

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REFERENCES:

ALL THIS MAYHEM 2014 Vice Documentary

 

The Greek tragedy of the Pappas brothers - Neos Kosmos

 

"Me and my brother didn’t stand a chance" - Aussie skate legend Tas Pappas talks All This Mayhem – The Irish Times

 

These Brothers Were Better Than Tony Hawk. But Then ...

 

The Tas Pappas Interview - TransWorld SKATEboarding Magazine

 

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