This week, Lisa and Charles dig through the dusty grooves on the flip side of the record—where the strangest and sometimes darkest stories hide.

Lisa drops the needle on “Unchained Melody,” the iconic B side that soared without Phil Spector’s meddling hand—though he somehow strutted off with the credit anyway. She breaks down how one of the most romantic songs ever recorded was almost left spinning in obscurity.

Then Charles takes things to a much darker groove with “Gloomy Sunday,” Billie Holiday’s haunting B side that earned its nickname as “the Hungarian Suicide Song.” He unravels the cursed history behind it and the tragic fate of its composer, whose life mirrored the song’s despair note for note.

It’s an episode that proves the B side isn’t always second best—sometimes, it’s where the ghosts live. [Ep 111]

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Produced by: Charles Mooney

Executive Producers: Charles Mooney and Lisa Umbarger

Original Music by: Charles Mooney and Lisa Umbarger

Kazoo Solo by: Courtney Mooney