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The Secret Injections That Built-and Broke-Eddie Fisher
The Secret Injections That Built-and Broke-Eddie Fisher
Fame and a needle: Eddie Fisher had seventeen top-ten singles and a million-dollar Las Vegas contract while receiving injections he was told were "vitamins"-injections that he later described as methamphetamine. How did the promise of performance-enhancing medicine reshape the voice America loved, and what did it cost him?
In this episode, we tell the life and public career of Edwin Jack Fisher from his South Philadelphia childhood to the height of his stardom and the secret medical treatment that ran through his bloodstream. We trace…
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