Bitter Blood: Kasem V Kasem

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Bitter Blood: Kasem V Kasem

By: AYR Media
Narrated by: Martin Kove
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 Casey Kasem is best known as a radio icon and legendary voice behind America’s Top 40 who left an indelible mark on pop culture. But many don’t know the saga of Kasem’s oldest children and second wife. In 2014, Casey Kasem is dying, and about to leave behind an estate worth up to 100 million dollars. His family goes to war, with both sides accusing the other of going after his money and killing the man who changed American radio. But this battle is only the climax of a tragic and dramatic family feud that began decades before. Bitter Blood: Kasem V Kasem is an exclusive look at what really happened inside this famous family and what drove them to the brink, told through exclusive interviews and archival audio materials.©2021 AYR Media (P)2021 Audible Originals, LLC Entertainment & Celebrities
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  • Bitter Blood: Kasem V Kasem Trailer

    Bitter Blood: Kasem V Kasem Trailer
    Jun 7 2021
    Casey Kasem is best known as a radio icon and legendary voice behind America’s Top 40 who left an indelible mark on pop culture. But many don’t know the saga of Kasem’s oldest children and second wife. In 2014, Casey Kasem is dying, and about to leave behind an estate worth up to 100 million dollars. His family goes to war, with both sides accusing the other of going after his money and killing the man who changed American radio. But this battle is only the climax of a tragic and dramatic family feud that began decades before. Bitter Blood: Kasem V Kasem is an exclusive look at what really happened inside this famous family and what drove them to the brink, told through exclusive interviews and archival audio materials.
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    1 min
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  • Episode 1: Cover of Darkness

    Episode 1: Cover of Darkness
    Jun 15 2021
    In the middle of the night, an ailing Casey Kasem is taken from his hospital bed, against doctor’s orders, and vanishes. His three oldest children from his previous marriage are devastated and terrified. His disappearance is the culmination of a decades long family feud.
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    34 mins
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  • Episode 2: Reaching for the Stars

    Episode 2: Reaching for the Stars
    Jun 15 2021
    Casey Kasem, a child of Lebanese immigrants, has a difficult childhood. But he eventually fulfills his show business dreams: growing up to become a pop culture legend. He creates the radio show America’s Top 40 and becomes the voice of Shaggy in Scooby Doo. He marries actress Linda Myers and has three children. But when they get divorced and he re-marries another actress, cracks in the foundation of his success story begin to form.
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    36 mins
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Brilliant, enthralling and heartbreaking.
Am incredibly sad yet uplifting story of an American family.

Brilliant, enthralling and heartbreaking.

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Very sad. Awareness is the Key to Family Abuse. thank you Kerry yr dedication to yr dad

Thank you for sharing this sad story

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a sad story of people squabbling over an estate, complete with a kidnapped corpse. Whoever would have thought a Lebanese American broadcaster would be buried in an unmarked grave in Oslo...why?

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Jean Kasam...wow...what a nasty piece of work.
No one should be treated the way she treated her husband, firstly, and then his children. Unfortunately her daughter seems to take after her mother.
Well worth a listen.

I could not stop listening ...

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First up, ignore the few 1 star reviews this has...when it was first released Audible mistakenly only included the trailer, and the podcast itself was missing. Yes, annoying I know, but that's why some members chose to leave one star. Audible has rectified the problem, and the whole 4+ hours can now be downloaded.
I'm glad I got to listen to this...the story is a little one-sided, but it's quite a fascinating take on what was such a bizarre public battle. Well worth the download, and of course it's free, so thanks Audible. 5 Stars.

Interesting podcast, well worth a listen to.

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