DISGRACELAND

You know the myths. You’ve seen the biopics. But if you’re the kind of music fan who craves the rest of the story—the stuff they buried or cleaned up for streaming and theaters—this is your podcast. DISGRACELAND is the award-winning show that reveals the deeply human, highly dramatic, true crime–fueled chaos behind legendary musicians like Amy Winehouse, Jerry Lee Lewis, Sean “Diddy” Combs, the Grateful Dead, Blondie, and more. While we dig into the dark side, we do so with reverence for the artists—and an understanding of the extreme highs, lows, and personal costs that come with fame and making great art. This is music history like you’ve never heard it—edge-of-your-seat stories exploding with drama and the kind of information that’ll make you dangerous at dinner parties.

New, fully scripted and sound-designed episodes drop every Tuesday. On Thursdays, we hand the mic to you—and feature listener voicemails, texts, and emails in our interactive bonus episodes. And on Fridays, we revisit the wildest stories from our 250+ episode archive with “Rewind” drops that’ll transport you back into music history’s most entertaining moments.

DISGRACELAND is not a journalistic podcast—it’s an entertainment podcast inspired by true events. Certain dialogue and scenes are occasionally fictionalized for dramatic effect, as is common in scripted entertainment based on real stories. Sources and credits for each episode are available at www.disgracelandpod.com.

To hear every episode ad-free––and get access to exclusive exclusive, bonus, and behind the scenes content––the stories they don't want you to hear—become a Disgraceland All Access member at www.disgracelandpod.com/membership.

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Ray Charles: Busted for Heroin and Busting Genr...
Ray Charles was hooked on heroin, arrested by federal agents, and once survived a near-death plane ride by helping the pilot - as a blind man. He invented R&B. He was powerful enough to bring black and white culture into one. He was a genre-melding musical genius. Despite being born into a literal dirt poor existence in the Jim Crow era Deep South, despite going completely blind by the age of seven, and despite his addiction, Ray Charles influenced everyone from the Beatles to Belushi. And he made some of the greatest music of all time.To hear all episodes of Disgraceland for free, visit amazon.com/disgraceland. Show notes are available at disgracelandpod.com. Follow us @disgracelandpod on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook for music news, bonus episodes, and more.
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John Lennon: Violence, Protests, Provoking the ...
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Paul McCartney: Paul Is Dead
Despite his reputation as “the safe Beatle,” Paul McCartney was a badass. He took wild artistic risks, rubbed elbows with truly dangerous characters and because of his crimes, did hard time in one of the world’s most notorious prisons. His public spats with Beatles bandmate John Lennon are the stuff of legend, as is the “Paul is dead” conspiracy at the end of their time together as a band, but the truth may be even stranger.To hear all episodes of Disgraceland for free, visit amazon.com/disgraceland. Show notes are available at disgracelandpod.com. Follow us @disgracelandpod on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook for music news, bonus episodes, and more.
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The Notorious B.I.G. Pt. 2: A Dead Rivalry, New...
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The Notorious B.I.G. Pt. 1: Dealing Crack on th...
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Lil Wayne: Murder Squads, A Pre-Teen Suicide At...
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Oasis Pt. 2: The Biggest Band on the Planet, Br...
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Oasis Pt. 1: Hooliganism, Hedonism, Rock Star A...
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The New York Dolls: Born to Lose, Lipstick Kill...
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Lil’ Peep: A new hip-hop and emo fusion; trap b...
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The Beatles (Pt. 2): Kamikaze Assassins, Acid S...
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The Beatles (Pt. 1): Stoned with Dylan, Dosed w...
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The Ramones: TV Bombs, Psycho Therapy, Toilet S...
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David Bowie: The occult, cocaine, orgies, arres...
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Tupac Shakur Pt. 2: Life Behind Bars, Suge Knig...
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Tupac Shakur Pt. 1: 1960s Radicalism Gives Way ...
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Gram Parsons: A Stolen Body, Heroin, More Rolli...
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Chuck Berry: Systemic Racism, Sexual Depravity ...
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Selena: Tejano, Deception, and the Death of the...
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The Misfits: Robbing Graves, Night of the Livin...
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The Grateful Dead Pt. 2: The Ballad of Pigpen a...
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Chet Baker: Heroin, Romance, Missing Teeth and ...
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Ice-T: Crip Rhymes, a Cop Killer, Thieving Jewe...
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The Rolling Stones Pt. 2: Swinging London, Stol...
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Rolling Stones Pt. 1: Swinging London, a Prison...
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