Adam Hills investigates one of sport's strangest crimes
Adam Hills is fronting a new BBC podcast tells the extraordinary story of Bruiser Brody, one of 1980s wrestling’s biggest stars and most enigmatic figures.
The podcast, The Ballad of Bruiser Brody, investigates how what started out as a wrestling storyline ended in a bloody altercation that left one of the sport’s biggest stars dying in the locker room backstage in Puerto Rico.
Hills says: ‘This was a deep dive into a murky crime, made even murkier by the mystery and myth surrounding the outwardly glitzy world of professional wrestling.
‘I hope we managed to tell the story of Bruiser Brody in a way that his alter ego, Frank Goodish, would have liked.’
In the eight-part series, the comic speaks to wrestlers and industry experts to unpack what happened that tragic night and decipher the facts from what has become wrestling folklore.
He said: ‘I learned that wrestling is a lot like stand-up comedy - you're putting on a show, with a line-up of other talented people with big egos, and sometimes there are backstage disputes. In comedy, though, it's very rare to be body-slammed.’
All eight episodes of Sport's Strangest Crimes: The Ballad of Bruiser Brody are available now on BBC Sounds.
Published: 27 Mar 2024
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Products
DVD (2017)
Adam Hills - Clown Heart - Live
DVD (2013)
Adam Hills:Happyism
DVD (2013)
Channel 4 Comedy Gala 2013
CD (2004)
Go You Big Red Fire Engine
Past Shows
Edinburgh Fringe 2015
Comedy Gala 2015: In Aid of Waverley Care feat. Adam Hills & Marcus Brigstocke
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