DISGRACELAND

Murder, infidelity, suicide, arson, overdose, religious cults, drug trafficking; this award winning podcast explores the alleged true crime antics and criminal connections of musicians we love like Jerry Lee Lewis, Jay Z, The Rolling Stones, Amy Winehouse, Tupac Shakur, the Grateful Dead, Sean "Diddy" Combs, Blondie and many more. Why? Because real rock stars are more like feral, narcissistic animals than functioning members of society and that is precisely what makes them so damn entertaining. If you love music history and you love true crime, then get ready to love this podcast. Welcome to DISGRACELAND, where these stories and more will grip you to the edge of your seat and cause you to binge episode after episode.


DISGRACELAND publishes new, fully scripted, and sound-designed episodes every Tuesday and bonus episodes featuring listener voicemails, texts, and emails on Thursdays. Special "Rewind" episodes from our archive of over 230+ episodes are re-released on Fridays.


DISGRACELAND is not a journalistic podcast. It is an entertainment podcast inspired by true events. Certain dialogue and scenes are sometimes fictionalized for dramatic purposes, as they are in most scripted entertainment based on true events. Sources and credits for each episode are available at www.disgracelandpod.com .


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Music
True Crime
Society & Culture
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The New York Dolls: Born to Lose, Lipstick Kill...
37 min
277
Lil’ Peep: A new hip-hop and emo fusion; trap b...
33 min
278
The Beatles (Pt. 2): Kamikaze Assassins, Acid S...
37 min
279
The Beatles (Pt. 1): Stoned with Dylan, Dosed w...
38 min
280
The Ramones: TV Bombs, Psycho Therapy, Toilet S...
35 min
281
David Bowie: The occult, cocaine, orgies, arres...
38 min
282
Tupac Shakur Pt. 2: Life Behind Bars, Suge Knig...
28 min
283
Tupac Shakur Pt. 1: 1960s Radicalism Gives Way ...
32 min
284
Gram Parsons: A Stolen Body, Heroin, More Rolli...
40 min
285
Chuck Berry: Systemic Racism, Sexual Depravity ...
34 min
286
Selena: Tejano, Deception, and the Death of the...
41 min
287
The Misfits: Robbing Graves, Night of the Livin...
45 min
288
The Grateful Dead Pt. 2: The Ballad of Pigpen a...
37 min
289
Chet Baker: Heroin, Romance, Missing Teeth and ...
35 min
290
Ice-T: Crip Rhymes, a Cop Killer, Thieving Jewe...
37 min
291
The Rolling Stones Pt. 2: Swinging London, Stol...
The Establishment strikes back in this second installment of the Rolling Stones time in Swinging London. UK pop star Donovan is busted, a precursor to the Stones Redlands bust. Mick Jagger is in jail looking at hard time. The tabloids and the coppers are in league to bring down the disruptive Rolling Stones while the myth of Keith Richards is born.
34 min
292
Rolling Stones Pt. 1: Swinging London, a Prison...
London was swinging. Keith Richards was in jail. The Kray Twins were menacing about. Brian Jones was on too much LSD. Aristocrats were tripping over themselves to hang out with the Rolling Stones. England was smitten. The London Establishment was freaking out and the Stones’ manager wanted to know one thing: Would you let your daughter marry a Rolling Stone?
32 min
293
Studio 54: Disco Decadence, a Dead Body and Bag...
In the late seventies, Studio 54 was the place to be for musicians and celebrities alike. John Lennon, Mick Jagger, Michael Jackson, Bruce Springsteen and others all famously hung out at the notorious club where hedonism was part of the venue’s allure. The success of Studio 54 was sudden and massive, resulting in mountains of cash, cocaine, jealousy, revenge, an FBI raid and an ironic ending for one of its owners.
37 min
294
Nipsey Hussle: A Crenshaw Murder, Community Act...
Nipsey Hussle was more than just one of this generation’s most promising voices in hip hop. He was a social activist, a community leader and aspirational entrepreneur. His death was senseless and set off grief stricken testimonials from some of the biggest names in hip hop as well as from some of the biggest names in our culture period. It also set off a riot in the streets of Los Angeles where he came up on and was shot down on. He was taken from us too soon and we’re still searching for answers.
31 min
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Ozzy Osbourne: The Prince of Darkness, Randy Rh...
40 min
296
Run DMC: Innovation, Evolution and the Mysterio...
Run DMC is directly responsible for elevating hip hop to previously unimagined heights. They took rap music into an entirely different direction and helped mainstream the genre. They were beloved as musicians, innovators and people. None more than their DJ, Jason “Jam Master Jay” Mizell, which makes understanding his senseless murder near impossible. Who killed Jam Master Jay and why? And why are there literally zero suspects when there were numerous eyewitnesses?
37 min
297
Joe Exotic: Tiger King, Budding Country Star, C...
Joe Exotic, the gun toting, mullet wearing, polyamorous subject of the hit Netflix series, Tiger King was more than just a murder-minded conman. He could sing! You saw those videos. We did too. As a singer, Joe’s voice belied the tortured Everyman experience of some of the best country music crooners, hinting at deep trauma resulting from unspeakable loss, assault and violence. Most of which was for the most part, left on the cutting room floor of the popular Netflix series and is on display in this special Covid-19 bonus content episode of Disgraceland.
36 min
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John Denver: A Folk Singer, a Sniper and Americ...
54 min
299
Little Richard: Sex and the Duality of the King...
Little Richard is the originator. Without him it’s hard to imagine the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Elton John or even Led Zeppelin. He blazed a trail through popular culture that previous to him did not exist. His music was completely original for the time, the essence of rock ‘n’ roll, filled with impassioned energy, fueled at times by large quantities of drugs and always brimming with sex. The sex, the drugs, and the party for Little Richard, it was as endless as the manic energy that drove his music and it all nearly derailed him––several times––landing him behind bars and on the wrong side of the gun. 
39 min
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Jay Z: Street hustle, a Nightclub Stabbing, a N...
44 min