Extreme Music, Extremely Bad Things, and Always Doing the Right Thing
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DISGRACELAND
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DISGRACELAND is an award-winning music and true crime podcast about musicians getting away with murder and behaving very badly. Jerry Lee Lewis's 5th wife? Dead. Sid and Nancy? Both dead. Why? Because musicians are insane, and insane things happen to them.
Why did we lose Amy Winehouse at 27? Was Debbie Harry really abducted by Ted Bundy as she claims? Is Patti Smith not just the "Godmother of Punk", but also the "Original True Crime Girl"? What really happened the night of the Jay Z nightclub stabbing? What do the Diddy indictments truly reveal? All these stories and more, on artists from every genre and their true crimes, in our massive 260-plus story archive. The Dead, the Stones, Johnny, Willie, Frank, Kurt, Courtney, Gaga, Lana, Taylor, and too many to name.
DISGRACELAND is music history come to life through audio storytelling as you've never heard it before, with revealing facts: yes, assassins are the real reason the Beatles quit touring—reclaimed myths: no, Mama Cass didn't die from choking on a ham sandwich––and constant reckoning between art and artist––all told through the lens of true crime.
This is the podcast for the self-proclaimed "Disgos", the musically obsessed and the true crime heads; the outsiders, the independent thinkers who know that the best history is the history that gets buried. DISGRACELAND is where host Jake Brennan tells the stories they didn't want told. The kind you'll end up telling someone else. Get ready to uncover hidden truths and buckle up for truly edge-of-your-seat storytelling.
New, fully scripted, sound-designed episodes are released every Tuesday. Bonus chat-style episodes where Jake responds to voicemails, texts, and emails from Disgos hit on Thursdays, and "Rewind" episodes from our archive drop on Sundays.
DISGRACELAND is not a journalistic podcast. It's an entertainment podcast inspired by true events. Certain dialogue and scenes are dramatized, as is common in scripted entertainment based on real stories. Sources and credits for each episode are available at www.disgracelandpod.com.
To unlock ad-free listening, exclusive content, and connect with your fellow Disgos, go to www.disgracelandpod.com to become an All Access member.
Rocka Rolla.
- 20 episodes
- Updated Thursday
- Explicit
Episodes20
Slipknot: Death, Destruction, and Des Moines
Tuesday · 34 minAmy Winehouse: Rehab, the Muse and a Rare Talent (Rewind)
July 26 · 41 minBonus Episode: My Summer Listening, Reading, Watching Recs And More
July 23 · 29 minDolly Parton: How the Country Icon Nearly Became the Subject of Her Own Murder Ballad
July 21 · 41 minThe Notorious B.I.G. Pt. 2: A Dead Rivalry, New Inspiration and a Murder Mystery for the Ages (Rewind)
July 19 · 33 minThe Notorious B.I.G. Pt. 1: Dealing Crack on the Corner, Spitting Beef and Creating One of the Greatest Hip-Hop Albums of All Time (Rewind)
July 19 · 37 minBonus Episode: A Rock ‘N’ Roll World Cup, Criminal Minded English Musicians and Here’s Wonderwall
July 16 · 35 minHappy Mondays: How Thieves, Drug Dealers, and Would-Be Kidnappers Took Over Madchester’s Music Scene
July 14 · 41 minJohn Lennon (Pt. 2): “The phony must die, said the catcher in the rye.” (Rewind)
July 12 · 27 minJohn Lennon (Pt. 1): “John Lennon, I’m going to kill you, you phony bastard.” (Rewind)
July 12 · 28 minBonus Episode: The Best, Wildest, and Most Unbelievable Jim Morrison Death/Faked Death Theories.
July 9 · 30 minJim Morrison: Who Killed Jim Morrison?
July 7 · 43 minLana Del Rey: Three Dark Stories Inspired by an American Risk Taker (Rewind)
July 5 · 40 minBonus Episode: My Chance Encounter With One of My Favorite Artists on the Streets of Europe
July 2 · 31 minWendy O. Williams: The Shocking Final Act of a Shock Rock Provocateur
June 30 · 42 minBonus Episode: The Sonic Youth New York Kool Thing Walking Tour
June 25 · 31 minSonic Youth: The Murders Behind One of the Coolest Album Covers of All Time
June 23 · 47 minJennifer Hudson: An American Idol, a Triple Homicide, and Undying Faith (Rewind)
June 21 · 37 minBonus Episode: Country Music Artists as Dangerous and True Crimey As They Come
June 18 · 37 min