Death on the Lot
Episodes
Out Now: Crime Scene Weekly — Unforgettable True Crime Stories
26 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
From The Binge, Crime Scene plunges you into stories you can’t stop thinking about—revisiting cases that deserve a second look. Join Jona...
Bonus Episode: Death on the Lot Roundtable
21 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Adam sits down with editor Jody Avirgan and writers Brian Steele and Hadley Meares to discuss crafting the series. Learn more about the wonderful b...
The Bomb That Killed John Wayne
13 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 8 | The fall of the studio system, the rise of the nuclear age, and the lives caught in the fallout. John Wayne and the staggering production ...
The Swashbuckler
06 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 7 | The wild story of Errol Flynn, who just kept hanging around as a symbol of Hollywood’s misogynistic past as it tried to navigate its fut...
Change Agent
29 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 6 | How Hollywood’s use of Black actors clashed with the rising Civil Rights movement, and how the first black Oscar winner, Hattie McDaniel...
Faster Than A Speeding Bullet
22 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 5 | As television transformed American life, George Reeves became a star, only to get trapped inside the part that made him famous: Superman. ...
Blood Alley
15 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 4 | The life of James Dean, a restless man-child desperate to express himself in uptight post-World War II America. The original Rebel Without...
The Red-Baiting of a Golden Boy
08 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 3 | A new generation of actors questioned the status quo; a rattled establishment fought back; dire consequences ensued. We’re talking John ...
Willie Bioff & Labor’s Last Stand
01 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 2 | The Life and Death of Willie Bioff, a gangster who bled American unions dry right just as labor was starting to deliver real results for w...
Don’t Change That Channel
01 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 1 | As post war Hollywood strives to define itself, it mirrors the divide happening in America. A rising right wing seeks to create conformity...
Introducing: Death on the Lot, from Adam McKay
11 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This season, we’re getting into 1950s Hollywood, ground zero for a cultural transformation that would upend every aspect of Americans’ lives. A mo...
Death at the Wing | The Invisible Revolution
31 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the late 70s, basketball was changing rapidly, as was the country. The ABA, a start-up basketball league showcased a faster style of play that capt...
Introducing: Death At The Wing, from Adam McKay
17 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Death at the Wing tells the story of a generation of rising basketball stars who fell victim to the forces that defined Ronald Reagan’s America. ...