
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.
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Episodes
Showing 20 of 36- Bonus Episode: My Chance Encounter With One of My Favorite Artists on the Streets of Europe7/2/202631 min
- Wendy O. Williams: The Shocking Final Act of a Shock Rock Provocateur6/30/202643 min
- Jeff Buckley: Dreaming of Music, Drowning, and Eternal Life (Rewind)6/28/202635 min
- Bonus Episode: The Sonic Youth New York Kool Thing Walking Tour6/25/202632 min
- Sonic Youth: The Murders Behind One of the Coolest Album Covers of All Time6/23/202647 min
- Jennifer Hudson: An American Idol, a Triple Homicide, and Undying Faith (Rewind)6/21/202638 min
- Bonus Episode: Country Music Artists as Dangerous and True Crimey As They Come6/18/202637 min
- George Jones: Voices, Vices, and a Comeback for the Ages6/16/202632 min
- Marilyn Manson: A Car Crash, a Planned Murder, Nihilism, Abuse, and Inhumanity (Rewind)6/14/202637 min
- Bonus Episode: Soccer Hooligans, Rockstars, Britpop Battles and War6/11/202636 min
- The Hillsborough Disaster: A Fatal Crush, Soccer Hooligans, and a Massive Cover-Up6/9/202636 min
- John Lennon: Violence, Protests, Provoking the FBI, and Pissing off the President (Rewind)6/7/202639 min
- Paul McCartney: Paul Is Dead, Smuggling Drugs, and Composing the World’s Most Beloved Songs (Rewind)6/7/202643 min
- Bonus Episode: Mafia Murders and the Music Behind Them6/4/202634 min
- Adele: The Pop Star Repurposed by the Criminal Underworld6/2/202642 min
- Aaliyah: Married Illegally at 15, Drugs, Corruption, and a Fiery Crash (Rewind)5/31/202633 min
- Bonus Episode: 1994. We Didn’t Know How Good We Had It5/28/202635 min
- Weezer: How a Dorky Rock Band Found Their Dark Side5/26/202645 min
- Anthony Bourdain: Junk, Romance, and a Lust for Life (REWIND)5/24/202655 min
- Bonus Episode: Punk Albums By Artists Who Weren’t Punk, and Rolling Stone Rage Baits All Punk Rockers Everywhere, and Weezer is coming to Disgraceland5/21/202632 min

