Fascination
FASCINATION is a seasonal exploration that taps into the imagination of podcast creator Angelo D’Agostino – a storyteller whose early life was colored by traditional fables, pop-culture and inherited folklore. The stories that dazzled his early world, set him upon journeys of discovery and fostered a lifelong obsession with the curious and unusual. If you’re new to FASCINATION, start with season one; a ten episode take on the life of screen legend, Marilyn Monroe.
Episodes
What is it they say about revenge being best served cold...well, it must have b...
On Saturday September 6th 1879, readers of The Wichita Kansas Herald were treated to a good ol' fashioned ghost story. What set it apart (aside from it being published and republished nationwide) was the type of ghost, the central character to an old railroad switchman's tale - a phantom train. Not just any train, the funerary train of arguably the most important person in United States H...
Do you know the Irish tale of Stingy Jack? Before you place a candle in your gourd this year...come with me to a sleepy village in the 1700's - where a miserly old blacksmith, with pint in hand and prank in mind - unwittingly seals his fate, forever.
Park your PSL and gather 'round for a fully realized ret...
Thirteen years after arriving in America, "The Great Lover", Hollywoods first Matinee Idol, was struck down at the height of his fame. At just thirty-one years old, the mononymous Italian actor had burned through the hearts of millions - and dismantled the foundation of American masculinity.
Unlucky in his own pursuits with love, professionally V...
Your host Angelo D'Agostino is back with all the sizzling details this second season has to offer...
Okay, so an entire season dedicated to Marilyn Monroe wasn't your bag? Yah, we heard you...we heard you (sheesh)!!! Hold onto your hats and pigtails, because THIS season, we're switching gears and going full-on episodic! That's right, individual episodes dedicated to the weird, wonderful and fascinating (of...
The trip, initially meant to be a quick, necessary getaway to purchase furniture and décor for her new home - evolved into a prolonged celebration. Her first night in CDMX, a cocktail reception was held in he...
When Hildi Greenson gifted her late husband's collection of writings, lectures and ephemera to the UCLA Library of Special Collections, it should have been a relatively quiet transaction.
A credit to any archive, so...
The John Huston film 'The Misfits' remains Marilyn Monroe's final, c...
Sometimes casual acquaintances can produce a serendipitous spark…
It was the director John Huston who first introduced Marilyn Monroe to Truman Capote during the filming of his noir crime-caper The Asphalt Jungle… though Capote had a cultural disdain for the Hollywood machine - like anyone and everyone - he was starstruck, and as many artists before and after - the ar...
Pick up a book, read the humanity in the brushstrokes of a painting or seek out the intention in the seamless smoothed marble faces carved by the masters...it's all there.
Whether you're guided by faith, or religion, science or...
Marilyn was often referred to as "a Siren" - but just like her dizzy blonde character - Sirens have been misidentified, confused and stripped of their original form...they've been cast in a role they were never meant to play.
As a Muse, one of Marilyn's most succes...
Joining t...
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It started with a trip to the bank… My lifelong fascination with one of the world’s most enigmatic film stars would begin by unwrapping a black velvet purse under the unnerving hum of fluorescent lights - locked in a room of safety deposit boxes.
Join me, Angelo D’Agostino for Season 1 of FASCINATION - Marilyn Monroe. In this debut series, I unpack, dismantle, and explore the misunderstood genius of her complicated life....
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