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DISGRACELAND
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…
Episodes
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Amy Winehouse: Rehab, the Muse and a Rare Talent
Rehab, arrests, fights, hitting on Prince Harry, dramatic stage breakdowns, slagging off the press, Amy Winehouse was a rockstar’s rockstar and she was…
DISGRACELANDXXXTentacion: Mellow Beats and Ultra Violence
XXXTentacion was one of Generation Z’s most talented hip hop stars but his ascent was marked by violence and drama; beatdowns, beefs (what’s up…
DISGRACELANDIke and Tina Turner: The Inventor and Queen of Rock ‘N’ Roll
Ike Turner very well may have invented rock ‘n’ roll; Tina Turner is one of the most electrifying entertainers to ever take the stage. Together…
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Snoop Doggy Dogg: Murder Was The Case
Snoop Dogg, (AKA Calvin Broadus) has worn many hats: inmate, pimp, Martha Stewart’s BFF. In 1994, Snoop was the biggest name in hip hop, yet his career…
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Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love Pt. 2: Suicide Samurai
Grunge, grief, the Grateful Dead and a “teenage whore.” Part 2 of the Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love story picks up with Courtney’s ascent and the couple’s…
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Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love Pt. 1: No Direction Home
Kurt Cobain is a celebrated and defiant icon of Generation X. His wife, Courtney Love, was once the most hated woman in America. Courtney, like Kurt, was…
DISGRACELANDSpade Cooley: Jealousy, Torture, Murder
Spade Cooley was one of Postwar America’s biggest celebrities and most talented musicians. He was also a violent drunk and homicidal psychopath with no…
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Rick James: Superfreak Is an Understatement
Rick James may have been born into a life of crime, but he was determined to make his way in life through music. He intimidated George Clinton, inspired…
DISGRACELANDBig Lurch: Hip Hop Cannibal
Big Lurch didn’t just rap about standard hip-hop culture; he rapped about serial killers like Jeffrey Dahmer and horror movie villains like Freddy…
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The Who Pt 1: Keith Moon, Rockstar Excess, and a Dead Chauffeur
Keith Moon of the Who was the prototype for rock drummers, both onstage and off. His drumming was wholly unique. Like his bandmates' behavior, it was violent…
DISGRACELANDMarvin Gaye: Father, Father There’s Far Too Many of Us Dying
Marvin Gaye was born into a God-fearing home to a sweet, wholesome mother and crossdressing, philandering, pentecostal preacher father who ruled his children…
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GG Allin: Live Fast, Die
GG Allin, the notoriously transgressive punk rocker, pushed the limits further than anyone before or after. For GG, there were no limits. No laws. He lived and…
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Brian Jones: To Be On Your Own Like A Sinking Stone
Brian Jones invented “The World’s Greatest Rock ‘N Roll Band," The Rolling Stones, but would find himself kicked out of that band just a few…
DISGRACELANDJohnny Paycheck: Pardon Me, I've Got Someone to Kill
Lots of country music stars wear the black hat but none of them wore it with more authenticity than Johnny Paycheck. Johnny Cash may have bragged about…
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Frank Sinatra Pt. 1: Frankie Is the Reason...That the President's Dead
Frank Sinatra had it all, then lost it all, then got it all back tenfold. He was a man of extreme talent, confidence and insecurity. And he had powerful and…
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Mötley Crüe Pt. 1: Sex, Drugs, and Even More Sex and Drugs: How Are These Dudes Still Alive?
Mötley Crüe frontman Vince Neil totaled his Ford Pantera on a beer run, and in the process took the life of his friend Razzle Dingley, drummer for…
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John Lennon (Pt. 2): “The phony must die, said the catcher in the rye.”
John Lennon was a walking contradiction: a violent pacifist and a creative genius marred by creative inconsistency. Just as he was getting his groove back he…
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John Lennon (Pt. 1): “John Lennon, I’m going to kill you, you phony bastard.”
John Lennon was a walking contradiction: a violent pacifist and a creative genius marred by creative inconsistency. Just as he was getting his groove back, he…
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James Brown: Papa's Got A Brand New Bag... Of Meth
What happens when the hardest working man in show business takes a break? Idle hands are indeed the devil’s workshop. This episode will detail James…
DISGRACELANDMichael Alig: If a Club Kid Kills, Stuffs the Body in a Box and Tells The World About It Will Anyone Listen?
In March 1996, promoter Michael Alig, the "King of the Club Kids," after appearing on TV’s Geraldo and on the cover of New York magazine, bashed his…
DISGRACELANDTupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G.: The Media Did It
Who killed Tupac? Who killed Biggie? The answer has been right there out in the open for years. This episode looks at the lives and deaths of both rap…
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Bob Marley: Rasta Vigilante
Bob Marley is known as the peace and love reggae superstar, but the truth of who he really was is a bit more complicated. After gunmen raided his home, putting…
DISGRACELANDTay-K: A Nationwide Manhunt and Art Imitating Life
The Arlington, Texas rapper born Taymor Travon McIntyre was involved in two killings by the time he was 17. Arrested on murder charges and placed under house…
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The Rolling Stones: Sleeping With the First Lady and Trafficking Heroin
In the 1970s, the world regarded the Rolling Stones as an insular band of hedonistic and glamorous pansexual junkies. But all of the trouble they’d…
DISGRACELANDLisa "Left Eye" Lopes: Hit Me Again and I'll Burn Your House Down
TLC’s Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes was known as “the crazy one.” She did, after all, burn down the mansion of her boyfriend, NFL player…
DISGRACELANDVan Morrison: Astral Weeks, Movement and Murder
In 1968, Van Morrison was hiding out from the New York City Mafia in Boston, Massachusetts. Recently the victim of a physical attack from a Genovese crime…
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Norwegian Black Metal: Satanic Rebellion, Murder and Worse
Never has there been a more extreme form of musical rebellion than Norwegian Black Metal. The genre’s founding band, Mayhem, its sister act Burzum and…
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Sam Cooke: An Insatiable Libido and a Justifiable Homicide
Sam Cooke was a lot of things: soul superstar, civil rights champion, whip smart entrepreneur. But he was also a serial womanizer with an unbridled libido. On…
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Sid Vicious: Love Kills... Even a Mother's Love?
It has long been believed that punk rock icon Sid Vicious died of a heroin overdose. That is true. However, new evidence suggests that his overly affectionate…
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Jerry Lee Lewis: The Killer and Getting Away with Murder
The night before Jerry Lee Lewis’ fifth wife died, she made a phone call to her mother. She told her that she was thinking of leaving the rock ‘n’ roll…