Musicians. Movie stars. Mayhem. Murder. DISGRACELAND is the award-winning podcast that tells the unbelievable but true stories from the dark side of entertainment history. Rockstars getting away with murder and behaving very badly. Actors engulfed in scandal. Pop stars plotted against and terrorized. Taylor Swift escaping her stalkers. Jerry Lee Lewis allegedly murdering his wife. Brittany Murphy’s suspicious death. Big Lurch, the hip hop star who ate his roommate. The assassination of John ...
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Badlands was a true crime podcast that explored the real life stories of the famous at their most infamous. The kinds of stories that were once told here can now be found in the DISGRACELAND podcast feed, where you can listen to episodes about Hollywood stars caught up in scandal and true crime, musicians getting away with murder, athletes falling from grace, and more. Remastered versions of past Badlands episodes will continue to roll out in DISGRACELAND, so make sure you follow that show s ...
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The Exorcist: Demonic Possession, Mass Hysteria, and NYC’s Unsolved Murders
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William Friedkin's film The Exorcist terrified audiences upon its release in 1973. They fainted, vomited, and went into hysterics in the theaters. Some overwhelmed viewers left early, only to return the next day, buying another ticket to see if they could make it to the end. But the story behind The Exorcist is just as compelling as the story on th…
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The Misfits: Robbing Graves, Night of the Living Dead and the Teenagers from Mars
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The Misfits were truly unique. Scary. Violent. Angry. Nihilistic. These words can easily describe not only their music, but also the band as people, particularly frontman Glenn Danzig. Rumored to have been arrested for grave robbery, locked up abroad and inciting riots here in the States, the Misfits blazed a path of annihilation trading on fiction…
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Bonus Episode - Scary Movies and an Interview with Low Cut Connie's Adam Weiner
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This week in the After Party, Jake sits down with Adam Weiner of Low Cut Connie to discuss the state of rock n' roll and Adam's new film "Art Dealers." Plus, we hear from you about the movies that scared you when you were a kid. As we prepare for next week's episode on the ultimate scary movie, "The Exorcist" and the book that inspired it, we we wa…
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Poltergeist Curse: Paranormal Activity, a Plane Crash, and Murder
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Four different actors from the 1980s horror franchise Poltergeist died within a 6-year span. Dominique Dunne was murdered. Julian Beck succumbed to stomach cancer. Will Sampson suffered from a degenerative disease. And Heather O’Rourke’s death at the age of 12, was deemed “distinctly unusual.” Was it an eerie coincidence...or something more siniste…
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Robert Johnson: Voodoo, Delta Blues, Cursing God, and a Crossroads
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Robert Johnson didn’t just play the blues. He embodied them. He drank and womanized his way through the South, New York, and Chicago in the 1930s, until he finally met the devil at the crossroads for a little trade. So the legend goes, anyway. With the same soul he supposedly sold to the devil, Robert Johnson belted lightning blues that captured tr…
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Bonus Episode: Dangerous Music, Great Rock n' Roll, and More Shocking Allegations
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This week in the After Party, Jake wonders if every disgraceful story covered in Disgraceland is mere child's play when compared to the latest Diddy allegations. We hear from you and get your thoughts on the greatest rock n' roll bands of all time. As we prepare for next week's episode on the cursed film "Poltergeist," we we want to know: Which mov…
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The Cramps: Zombies, Teenage Werewolves, and Rock ‘N’ Roll Saviors
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The Cramps, led by the husband and wife team of Lux Interior and Poison Ivy Rorschach, had one one mission: To save rock n' roll from the corporate monsters who threatened its destruction. The band blended rockabilly, blues, garage rock and the aesthetic of 1950s B-movies into a wholly unique and singular rock and roll concoction that set them apar…
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Ozzy Osbourne: The Prince of Darkness, Randy Rhoads’ Plane Crash and the Saving Grace of a Strong Woman
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Ozzy Osbourne, along with his bandmates in Black Sabbath, invented heavy metal, and throughout Ozzy’s post-Sabbath solo career he would invent new, self-destructive forms of sabotage. Arrested at an early age for breaking and entering, Ozzy Osbourne refused to conform to societal norms and common decency. He would go on to be arrested numerous time…
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Black Sabbath: Satanists, Severed Limbs, Dismembered Fingers, Mountains of Cocaine and the Invention of Heavy Metal
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Black Sabbath are solely responsible for conjuring the diabolical power of heavy metal. When guitarist Tony Iommi lost his fingertips as a teenager, he turned to a less painful style of playing— a style that produced a new, genre-defining type of gloom and heaviness. The band climbed through the seven circles of British podunk hell to international…
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Bonus Episode: Heart Issues and Hurricanes
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This week in the After Party, Jake hears from you on which artists were taken from us too soon, and continues to dive into the latest scuttlebutt on Sean Combs. As Jake gets ready for Hurricane Milton and we prepare for next week's episode on the great rock n' roll band The Cramps, we we want to know: Which rock n' roll band is the greatest of all …
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Brandon Lee: Hungry Ghosts, Cursed Movies, and a Goth Masterpiece
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Haunted by the legacy of his superstar father and by an old family curse, Brandon Lee tried to outrun the past. But the past came after him all the same. It was said that his father, Bruce Lee, was taken by that family curse at just 32 years old, and that it then followed Brandon to the set of The Crow, a cross between a superhero blockbuster and a…
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AC/DC: A Satanic Serial Killer, A Police Man Hunt, and a Media Witch Hunt
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In the 1980s, AC/DC’s biggest fan was a notorious serial killer. The band was an international best-selling hit machine, and members like the late Bon Scott and die-hard Angus Young became rock icons. But when the press caught wind of the disturbing fandom of the serial killer Richard “The Night Stalker” Ramirez, the news quickly dragged the world’…
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Bonus Episode: More Diddy Allegations, Travis Scott and Tony Buzbee
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This week in the After Party, Jake weighs in on the latest development in the explosive Diddy saga: the 120 alleged victims being represented by Texas attorney Tony Buzbee, the man who previously represented the victims of the Astroworld tragedy. As we prepare for next week's episode on the late actor Brandon Lee, we're reminded of the Billy Joel s…
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Travis Scott and Astroworld: The Devil Went Down to Houston
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Travis Scott’s 2021 Astroworld music festival turned out to be a deadly disaster. Was it greed? Satanism? Or was something even more mysterious and evil behind the events that took the lives of ten concertgoers and injured and traumatized many others? To see the full list of contributors, see the show notes at www.disgracelandpod.com. The Astroworl…
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N.W.A Pt. 2: Beatdowns, Band Beef, Death Row and LA on Fire
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Part two of the N.W.A story finds the group dead center in America’s crosshairs, due in part to their own violent behavior, and at a crossroads creatively. Death Row’s Suge Knight, Public Enemy’s Chuck D., and a young hustler from the east coast all ride shotgun to Dre, E, Cube, Yella and Ren as the group finds itself having predicted yet another o…
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N.W.A Pt. 1: Street Hustle, Reality Rap and Culture-Shifting Violence
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N.W.A, the self proclaimed “most dangerous group in America,” were seen as violent, thuggish, profanity-spewing criminals, but they had nothing on those who were sworn to serve and protect them in South Central Los Angeles. The group’s hard hitting beats and reality rhymes launched a “gangsta rap” trend in music that still thrives today, and their …
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Bonus Episode: Deep in the Diddyverse and Sci-Fi Curious
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This week in the After Party, Jake takes a closer look at the Diddy indictment and gets your recommendations on sci fi. Spooky Season is just around the corner – as we prepare for next week's episode on the horror that was Travis Scott's Astroworld, we want to know: What was the darkest event in music history? Let Jake know at 617-906-6638, disgrac…
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Sigourney Weaver: A Goddess, Beasts and Demons, and Paying Tribute from Death Row
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In classic ‘80s films like Ghostbusters and Aliens, Sigourney Weaver battled demons and beasts. But to one particular inmate on death row in Georgia, she battled those demons and beasts in real life as well. To Alexander Williams, a convicted murderer, Sigourney Weaver was a goddess – a divine being sent to this earth to do battle with evil. He wor…
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Cardi B: Bondage, Beatdowns and Big Ass Beats
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Cardi B is one of the biggest artists on the planet and one of the most successful female hip hop artists of all time. She is accused of two counts of felony assault stemming from a fight in a Queens strip club. Her public brawl with rival Nicki Minaj is well documented as is her rise from the Bronx to superstardom via strip clubs and reality telev…
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Bonus Episode: Freak Offs, Great Television, and a Waitress in the Sky
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This week in the After Party, Jake gets into the latest news on the indictment and arrest of Sean "Diddy" Combs, the greatest television shows of all time, and of course, your emails, DMs, texts, and voicemails. As we prepare for next week's episode on Sigourney Weaver, Jake is looking for your recommendations on the best space/alien themed movies …
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Matthew Perry: The One Where He Dies
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Friends star Matthew Perry battled addiction through the white-hot glare of fame while having the number one show on television and the number one movie in theaters at the same time while dating the biggest movie star on the planet. He was a celebrity who experienced unimaginable popularity and crushing loneliness, a dichotomy that drove his addict…
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Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love Pt. 2: Suicide Samurai
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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 heroin-hazed pregnancy. An escape from rehab and a punk as f*ck group hug for Gen X. This episode contains themes that may be disturbing to some listeners, including suicide. If you’re thinking a…
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Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love Pt. 1: No Direction Home
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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 unapologetic, fierce, determined, ambitious, authentic, and a total hypocrite. They were both totally in love and for a minute shined brighter than most. They challenged gender norms and the music…
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Bonus Episode: One Night at the Viper Room, a Disgraceland Special Event, and Remembering River Phoenix
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This week in the After Party, Jake looks back at the fateful night of October 31, 1993, when River Phoenix collapsed and died at the Viper Room in Los Angeles. We announce a special Disgraceland Live Stream event coming on October 9th, plus, we hear from listeners on the greatest actors of the 1990s and more. As we prepare for next week's episode o…
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River Phoenix: Religious Cults, Deadly Speedballs, and a Disappearing Act
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River Phoenix was a once in a generation actor. His death shocked Hollywood and is still hard for many to accept. His deadly drug overdose has never been fully explained, but his back story—born into a religious cult, steeped in immersive movie role research, constantly toying with his famous identity—does explain the big talent he brought to the s…
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