Winona Ryder: Drowning, Designer Theft, and a Deadly Kidnapping
Tue, 29 Apr 2025
Between beatnik parents, an LSD guru godfather, and an unconventional upbringing in Northern Califor...
Iggy Pop: Mad Artistry, Mental Wards, and Gaping Chest Wounds
Fri, 25 Apr 2025
Iggy Pop pushed rock further than anyone before him, committing to live acts of sex, sickness, and r...
Bonus Episode: Rock 'n' Roll Second Acts
Thu, 24 Apr 2025
This week in the After Party, Jake looks at second acts in music history. Which artists went on to ...
Chris Cornell: Bad Trips, Crooked DEA Agents, and Four Octaves of Sheer Power
Tue, 22 Apr 2025
As a teenager, Chris Cornell was traumatized by a bad PCP trip that turned him into a recluse for ye...
The Eagles Pt. 2: Death, a Plane Crash, and Innocence Lost at What Cost
Sat, 19 Apr 2025
In the 1970s, The Eagles made taking off into the upper stratosphere of the charts look easy. Their ...
The Eagles Pt. 1: International Drug Smuggling, Endless Cocaine, and California Excess
Fri, 18 Apr 2025
From games of chicken on private planes to one member surviving a private plane crash, the Eagles as...
Bonus Episode: Books They Don't Want You to Read and Books We Want Them to Write
Thu, 17 Apr 2025
This week in the After Party, Jake takes your calls on the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame and wonders wh...
Mama Cass Elliot (Pt. 2): Rape, Murder, and Taking Secrets to the Grave
Tue, 15 Apr 2025
Mama Cass’ role as Hollywood’s hippie den mother pulled her into the orbit of troubling company ...
Mama Cass Elliot (Pt. 1): Dangerous Drug Dealer Boyfriends, International Arrests, and the Solo Career That Should’ve Been
Mon, 14 Apr 2025
Cass Elliot, AKA "Mama Cass" from The Mamas and The Papas, broke the mold of female pop superstardom...
Charles Manson the Music Man: Lost Records and a Prosecutorial Song too Crazy to Sing
Fri, 11 Apr 2025
In and out of juvie and jail since childhood, Charles Manson learned guitar in prison from the last ...
Bonus Episode: 2025 Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame Nominees and Helter Skelter
Thu, 10 Apr 2025
Oasis, Bad Company, Black Crowes, OutKast, White Stripes, Joe Cocker, Joy Division / New Order, Chub...
Billy Idol: A Motorcycle Crash, a Rude Awakening in Bangkok, Sexual Deviancy, and Rock ‘n’ Roll Animals
Tue, 08 Apr 2025
With his spiked blond hair, perpetual sneer, and gloved hands clenched in defiance, Billy Idol seeme...
Introducing: HOLLYWOODLAND…
Mon, 07 Apr 2025
…the Hollywood and true crime spinoff from the award winning music and true crime podcast, DISGR...
James Brown: Papa's Got A Brand New Bag... Of Meth
Fri, 04 Apr 2025
What happens when the hardest working man in show business takes a break? Idle hands are indeed the ...
Bonus Episode: JFK, Watergate, and More From Seattle
Thu, 03 Apr 2025
This week in the After Party, Jake shares his thoughts on the recent release of formerly classified ...
Bob Dylan (Pt.2): BREAKING–New JFK Files Link Dylan to Richard Nixon’s Watergate Scandal
Tue, 01 Apr 2025
Within the recently released "JFK Files” there is a reference to a “Bobby Dyllon” and informa...
Snoop Doggy Dogg: Murder Was The Case
Fri, 28 Mar 2025
Snoop Dogg, (AKA Calvin Broadus) has worn many hats: inmate, pimp, Martha Stewart’s BFF. In 1994, ...
Bonus Episode: F#ck, Marry, Kill with Your Favorite Seattle Bands
Thu, 27 Mar 2025
This week in the After Party, Jake hears from you about the greatest Seattle artists of the grunge e...
Alice in Chains' Layne Staley: The Rooster, the Jungle, and Dying Young
Tue, 25 Mar 2025
Though they were one of the first so-called “grunge” bands to sign to a major label, Alice in Ch...
Bonus Episode - Video Directors, MTV stars, and Big News From Hollywood
Thu, 20 Mar 2025
This week in the After Party, Jake looks at video directors from the 80s and 90s who went on to have...
George Michael: Lewd Acts, Guilt, and Freedom
Tue, 18 Mar 2025
Seven arrests in twelve years and more than a couple sleepless nights inside a London prison. This r...
Bonus Episode - Irish Artists, Def Leppard and Huey Lewis
Thu, 13 Mar 2025
This week in the After Party, all the stars come out to play: Def Leppard, Huey Lewis, Gene Hackman,...
Thin Lizzy: Gangsters, Drugs, Punks and St. Patrick
Tue, 11 Mar 2025
What made the band Thin Lizzy different from your standard 1970s rock and punk? Crime, that’s what...
Bonus Episode: RIP David Johansen and Gene Hackman
Thu, 06 Mar 2025
This week, Jake reflects on the recent passing of two legends: David Johansen and Gene Hackman. Plus...
Dennis Hopper: Dynamite, Cocaine, Cheating Death, Subverting Hollywood, and Life on the Fringe
Tue, 04 Mar 2025
Dennis Hopper revolutionized American cinema by bringing the counterculture to the mainstream with h...
Bonus Episode: The Madness of Moviemaking
Thu, 27 Feb 2025
This week, Jake talks about his experience trying to get a movie made and reflects on the obsessive ...
Martin Scorsese (Pt. 2): One Night. One Murder. Five Directors.
Tue, 25 Feb 2025
Hollywood:1975. Martin Scorsese sits in his apartment, enraged. He wants to literally kill the man w...
Dorothy Stratten: A Playboy Pinup, a Private Investigator, and a Chilling Murder
Fri, 21 Feb 2025
Dorthy Stratten went from Dairy Queen counter girl to Playboy pinup to murder victim – in just two...
Bonus Episode: Jay-Z Developments, Sid and Nancy, and a One Buck Utopia
Thu, 20 Feb 2025
This week, Jake shares some surprising developments in the Jay-Z case and their ramifications for th...
Bonus Episode: Satchmo and Secret Agents
Thu, 13 Feb 2025
This week, Jake is thinking about the CIA and its role in our culture. Has the CIA played a part not...
Louis Armstrong: Gangsters, the CIA, and Hot Music
Tue, 11 Feb 2025
You know Louis Armstrong, right? Jazz icon? Satchmo? Nice guy from the movies with the trumpet? Did ...
Bonus Episode: Strange Celebrity Deaths, Great Comedians, and Hot Takes
Thu, 06 Feb 2025
This week, Jake is thinking about Richard Pryor. If Pryor had died after setting himself on fire, wo...
Richard Pryor: Stabbing, Shooting, F***ing, Burning, and Freebasing
Tue, 04 Feb 2025
Richard Pryor was one of the funniest people who ever lived. He elevated stand-up comedy to an art f...
Bonus Episode: Are We Alone in the Universe?
Thu, 30 Jan 2025
This week, Jake wonders what might be coming in future disclosures about UFOs, the JFK assassination...
Blink-182: Tom Was Right. Aliens Exist.
Tue, 28 Jan 2025
Everyone thought Blink-182’s Tom DeLonge was a joke, until he proved them all wrong. This is the s...
Bonus Episode - Official Narratives, Influence, and Telling the Whole Story
Thu, 23 Jan 2025
This week, Jake discusses the Beastie Boys and the challenges of creating an episode about a band th...
Beastie Boys: How They Inspired A Crime Wave, Caused New Laws to be Written, and Influenced Culture
Tue, 21 Jan 2025
The news called the London crime wave an “epidemic." The Beastie Boys inspired it. Liverpool wante...
Bonus Episode - The Allegations Against Bill Murray, Your Bill Murray Stories and More
Thu, 16 Jan 2025
This week, Jake wrestles again with the idea that an artist whose work he admires may, in fact, be a...
Bill Murray: Airport Drug Busts, Backstage Brawls, and Crashing Elvis’s Burial
Tue, 14 Jan 2025
Before Bill Murray was busting ghosts and living in a loop of deja vu, he was a drug-dealing premed ...
Bonus Episode - From Charlie Sheen to Caligula, Hedonism Throughout History and More
Thu, 09 Jan 2025
Who is the most hedonistic entertainer from throughout history? Hint: his name might rhyme with “D...
Sean “Diddy” Combs (Pt. 2): The Explicit Story Behind the Indictments
Tue, 07 Jan 2025
How does a music mogul satiate himself when he’s rich, famous, and can have whatever he wants? Whe...
Bonus Episode - Disgraceful Music and Movie Recommendations and More
Thu, 02 Jan 2025
In this week's After Party, Jake shares some music and movie recommendations based on the research t...
Bonus Episode – What You Guys Have To Say This Christmas
Thu, 26 Dec 2024
Your wild tales of rock ‘n’ roll animalism, UFOs, Christmas songs, SNL characters, Jay Z and Did...
Chris Farley: Raging Bulls, Insatiable Appetites, Dead Comics, and a Four-Day Plunge off the Edge
Tue, 24 Dec 2024
Everything about Chris Farley was larger than life. His comedy, his laughs, the risks he took in fro...
Bonus Episode – The Cocaine Enema Was Real and More Rock ‘N’ Roll Truths and Mythbusting, Plus Ken and Barbie Did WHAT On Christmas?
Thu, 19 Dec 2024
This week in the After Party, Jake gets into the great rock 'n' roll myths: we're talking cocaine en...
Elvis Presley and Johnny Ace: A Deadly Christmas Story
Tue, 17 Dec 2024
Elvis Presley loved the Memphis singer Johnny Ace. Johnny died long before Elvis’ became the King ...
Bonus Episode - Chilling Words Diddy Allegedly Said Before Jay Z and He Did What? Plus Shane MacGowan and More
Thu, 12 Dec 2024
This week in the After Party, Jake dives into the recent allegations against Jay-Z and hears from yo...
Shane MacGowan: Outsiders, Underdogs, and Christmas Eve in the Drunk Tank
Tue, 10 Dec 2024
Shane MacGowan lived his life as an outsider. He was an Irishman living in England, a troublemaking ...
Bonus Episode - Preserving Rock n' Roll, Solo Beatles, and Remembering John Lennon
Thu, 05 Dec 2024
This week in the After Party, Jake looks back at John Lennon and gets your take on which Beatle had ...
Bonus Episode - The Band, Concert Films, and Giving Thanks
Thu, 28 Nov 2024
This week in the After Party, Jake reflects on Thanksgiving and The Last Waltz. Plus, Jake hears fro...
Martin Scorsese, The Band, and The Last Waltz: A Thanksgiving Story
Tue, 26 Nov 2024
Martin Scorsese’s death wish. Bob Dylan’s theft. Robbie Robertson’s cocaine purchase. Four t...
Bonus Episode - Disgraceful Disclosures, Conspiracies, and 11.22.63
Thu, 21 Nov 2024
This week in the After Party, Jake looks forward to the possibility of 2025 being a year of disgrace...
Woody Harrelson: Contract Killers, JFK Conspiracies, and Fathers & Sons
Tue, 19 Nov 2024
One of Hollywood’s most eclectic and unpredictable actors, Woody Harrelson has played a hayseed ba...
Bonus Episode - More Sports, Celebrity Politics, and Diddy's New Digs
Thu, 14 Nov 2024
This week in the After Party, Jake wonders about celebrities and the sincerity of their political co...
Aaliyah: Married Illegally at 15, Drugs, Corruption, and a Fiery Crash
Tue, 12 Nov 2024
Married to R. Kelly at 15 years old and dead by the age of 22. Aaliyah was supposed to be as big as ...
Bonus Episode: Sports Towns, Sports Films, and Diddy's Birthday
Thu, 07 Nov 2024
This week in the After Party, Jake talks about the 1986 New York Mets and what made them such a spec...
The ‘86 Mets: Cocaine, On and Off-field Brawls, and a Murder Outside Shea Stadium
Tue, 05 Nov 2024
The World Series-winning 1986 New York Mets were, in a word: assholes. But their fans loved them any...
Bonus Episode: Horrifying Books, Disgraceful Diddy Developments, and the Power of Imagination
Thu, 31 Oct 2024
Happy Halloween, disgos! This week in the After Party, Jake hears from you about the scariest books ...
The Exorcist: Demonic Possession, Mass Hysteria, and NYC’s Unsolved Murders
Mon, 28 Oct 2024
William Friedkin's film The Exorcist terrified audiences upon its release in 1973. They fainted, v...
Bonus Episode - Scary Movies and an Interview with Low Cut Connie's Adam Weiner
Thu, 24 Oct 2024
This week in the After Party, Jake sits down with Adam Weiner of Low Cut Connie to discuss the state...
Poltergeist Curse: Paranormal Activity, a Plane Crash, and Murder
Mon, 21 Oct 2024
Four different actors from the 1980s horror franchise Poltergeist died within a 6-year span. Domin...
Bonus Episode: Dangerous Music, Great Rock n' Roll, and More Shocking Allegations
Thu, 17 Oct 2024
This week in the After Party, Jake wonders if every disgraceful story covered in Disgraceland is mer...
The Cramps: Zombies, Teenage Werewolves, and Rock ‘N’ Roll Saviors
Mon, 14 Oct 2024
The Cramps, led by the husband and wife team of Lux Interior and Poison Ivy Rorschach, had one one m...
Bonus Episode: Heart Issues and Hurricanes
Thu, 10 Oct 2024
This week in the After Party, Jake hears from you on which artists were taken from us too soon, and ...
Brandon Lee: Hungry Ghosts, Cursed Movies, and a Goth Masterpiece
Mon, 07 Oct 2024
Haunted by the legacy of his superstar father and by an old family curse, Brandon Lee tried to outru...
Bonus Episode: More Diddy Allegations, Travis Scott and Tony Buzbee
Thu, 03 Oct 2024
This week in the After Party, Jake weighs in on the latest development in the explosive Diddy saga: ...
Travis Scott and Astroworld: The Devil Went Down to Houston
Tue, 01 Oct 2024
Travis Scott’s 2021 Astroworld music festival turned out to be a deadly disaster. Was it greed? Sa...
Bonus Episode: Deep in the Diddyverse and Sci-Fi Curious
Thu, 26 Sep 2024
This week in the After Party, Jake takes a closer look at the Diddy indictment and gets your recomme...
Sigourney Weaver: A Goddess, Beasts and Demons, and Paying Tribute from Death Row
Tue, 24 Sep 2024
In classic ‘80s films like Ghostbusters and Aliens, Sigourney Weaver battled demons and beasts. Bu...
Bonus Episode: Freak Offs, Great Television, and a Waitress in the Sky
Thu, 19 Sep 2024
This week in the After Party, Jake gets into the latest news on the indictment and arrest of Sean "D...
Matthew Perry: The One Where He Dies
Tue, 17 Sep 2024
Friends star Matthew Perry battled addiction through the white-hot glare of fame while having the nu...
Bonus Episode: One Night at the Viper Room, a Disgraceland Special Event, and Remembering River Phoenix
Thu, 12 Sep 2024
This week in the After Party, Jake looks back at the fateful night of October 31, 1993, when River P...
River Phoenix: Religious Cults, Deadly Speedballs, and a Disappearing Act
Tue, 10 Sep 2024
River Phoenix was a once in a generation actor. His death shocked Hollywood and is still hard for ma...
Bonus Episode: Sixes and Sevens and Nines
Thu, 05 Sep 2024
This week in the After Party, Jake talks about gambling and its role in his family. Plus, listeners ...
The NFL: A Dead Owner, A Dead Gangster, A League Founded on Gambling
Tue, 03 Sep 2024
The image of the National Football League is one of integrity. It’s a squeaky clean brand that NFL...
Bonus Episode: Madonna, The Rolling Stones, and a Critical Double Standard
Thu, 29 Aug 2024
This week in the After Party, Jake wrestles wonders why certain artists, especially female artists, ...
Lana Del Rey: Three Dark Stories Inspired by an American Risk Taker
Tue, 27 Aug 2024
Illicit romance. An abduction. An international manhunt. Starlets, sex appeal, and psychopaths. Sexu...
Bonus Episode: Problematic Artists, and Did Life Peak in the 90s?
Thu, 22 Aug 2024
This week in the After Party, Jake wrestles with the works of problematic genius Alfred Hitchcock an...
Alfred Hitchcock: Killers, Auteurs, and Survivors
Tue, 20 Aug 2024
Alfred Hitchcock grew up on murder. He was the OG crime junkie; obsessed with true stories of strang...
Bonus Episode: Hollywood and History’s Worst Moms and the Hitchcock Dilemma
Thu, 15 Aug 2024
This week in the After Party, Jake looks at Brittany Murphy's mysterious death and the history of ba...
Brittany Murphy: The Suspicious Death of a Starlet or an Unsolved Murder?
Tue, 13 Aug 2024
When actress Brittany Murphy died of pneumonia at the age of just 32 years old, it seemed that all o...
The Hillsborough Disaster: A Fatal Crush, Soccer Hooligans, and a Massive Cover-Up
Fri, 09 Aug 2024
On April 15th, 1989, 95 men, women, and children were crushed to death during a soccer match between...
Bonus Episode: Can a Heavy Metal Band Be The Most Successful Band of All Time?
Thu, 08 Aug 2024
This week in the After Party, Jake looks at Metallica's rise from the vanguard of a niche sub-genre ...
Metallica: Thrash Metal, Murder, and the Death of Cliff Burton
Tue, 06 Aug 2024
In the early days of Metallica, their bass player carried a hammer on tour and had a gun that shot k...
Bonus Episode: Great Actors of the 1970s, Juvenile Delinquency, and the Luck of The Draw
Thu, 01 Aug 2024
This week in the After Party, Jake dives into your thoughts on the greatest actors of the 1970s and ...
Al Pacino: Good and Evil, Attempted Robbery, and the Role of a Lifetime
Tue, 30 Jul 2024
The death of a neighborhood friend, an attempted robbery that almost went horribly wrong, good vs. e...
Bonus Episode: POV in Storytelling, 1970s Actors, and Sarah Vaughan vs. Ella Fitzgerald
Thu, 25 Jul 2024
This week in the After Party, Jake has the 1970s on his mind as he prepares for next week's episode ...
Bonus Episode: Teenage Obsessions, Your Suggestions, and Great Singers
Tue, 23 Jul 2024
This week in the After Party, Jake talks about how his sixteen-year-old self influenced who he is to...
Bonus Episode: "Crazy" Artists, Ultraterrestrials, and Arnt Poppy in the Gararge
Thu, 18 Jul 2024
This week in the After Party, Jake talks about the artists who have faced challenges to their mental...
Donny Hathaway: Angels, Demons, and Unexplained Visions
Tue, 16 Jul 2024
Donny Hathaway was a singer, songwriter, and performer so inspiring that he compelled Stevie Wonder ...
Bonus Episode: Crime and Grime in 1977 NYC, Great Music Cities, CBGB Qu'est-ce que c'est?
Thu, 11 Jul 2024
This week in the After Party, Jake talks about the unique social conditions that created the vibrant...
Talking Heads: Punk Rock, New Wave, Blackouts, and Psycho Killers
Tue, 09 Jul 2024
From 1976 to 1977, unsuspecting young people in New York City were snuck up on in the darkness and s...
Gianni Versace: Sly Stallone, Madonna, Elton John, a Serial Killer, and the Death of the Sun King
Tue, 02 Jul 2024
Gianni Versace was a runway iconoclast who outfitted the likes of Madonna, Demi Moore, Prince, Sylve...
Bonus Episode: Scene Showdown, Partying With Tyson, and Juvenile Stickups
Thu, 27 Jun 2024
This week in the After Party, Jake talks different music scenes, balancing points of view, this week...
Bobby Brown: Cocaine Chicken, Horny Ghosts, and His Prerogative
Tue, 25 Jun 2024
Bobby Brown thrusted and gyrated his way to the top of the charts with Don’t Be Cruel, one of the...
Bonus Episode: Justin Timberlake, Eighteen Banners, and Ghostwriter Grandstanding
Thu, 20 Jun 2024
This week in the After Party, Jake talks boring versus exciting news, charitable organizations, this...
O.J. Simpson: Stolen Memorabilia, Armed Robbery, and Fake Gangsters
Tue, 18 Jun 2024
This is not the O.J. Simpson story you were expecting. This is the story of what happened after th...
Bonus Episode: The Punk-Rock Dock Ellis, Canseco the Troll, and "a Gorilla in a Zoo"
Thu, 13 Jun 2024
This week in the After Party, Jake talks the super-fame of José Canseco, the exploits of Dock Ellis...
Jose Canseco: SWAT Teams, Smuggled Drugs, and 'Roid Rage
Tue, 11 Jun 2024
Jose Canseco was a big league slugger who gave the people what they wanted. Not just massive home ru...
Bonus Episode: Suppressing the Truth, A Brother Under the Bus, and Profit as Virtue
Thu, 06 Jun 2024
This week in the After Party, Jake talks the nefarious nature of social media, the public's denial o...
R. Kelly: Superstars, Super Predators, and a 20-Year Reign of Sexual Terror
Tue, 04 Jun 2024
R. Kelly openly groomed teenage victims while on trial for child pornography – a trial based on se...
Bonus Episode: Trust, Mythmaking, and Twin Joyrides
Thu, 30 May 2024
This week in the After Party, Jake talks trusting our institutions, myths and conspiracies, the new ...
Bob Dylan: How Does It Feel to Be Booed, Heckled, Hated, and Attacked?
Tue, 28 May 2024
Bob Dylan was booed at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival – but not for the reason you’ve been led t...
Bob Dylan (Part 1): How Does It Feel to Be Booed, Heckled, Hated, and Attacked?
Tue, 28 May 2024
Bob Dylan was booed at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival – but not for the reason you’ve been led t...
Bonus Episode: Dealing With the Darkness, Book Club, and WHERE IS IT?!
Thu, 23 May 2024
This week in the After Party, Jake talks the recent Sean Combs developments, the new Disgo Book Club...
Marilyn Monroe (Part 2): The Three Deaths of an Iconic American Actress
Tue, 21 May 2024
The conspiracy theories surrounding Marilyn Monroe’s death in 1962 continue to entertain the imagi...
Bonus Episode: Forces of Nature, Jealousy, and Grief Will Out Itself
Thu, 16 May 2024
This week in the After Party, Jake talks the impact of departing icons, jealous exes, this week's DI...
Marilyn Monroe (Part 1): JFK, RFK, and a Conspiracy Theory that Won't Quit
Tue, 14 May 2024
Marilyn Monroe is one if not the greatest Hollywood stars of all time. She rose from orphan to icon ...
Bonus Episode: Overrated Authors, a Boy Scout Knife, and I Can Get the Cabin
Thu, 09 May 2024
This week in the After Party, Jake talks the uncanny fascination with Beat poets, their numerous run...
William S. Burroughs: Obscenity, a Decapitated Mouse, and the Deadly William Tell Routine
Tue, 07 May 2024
William S. Burroughs was a literary icon whose novel Naked Lunch, one of the signature works of the ...
Bonus Episode: The Criminal Element, Awkward Garth, and Armchair Psychoanalysts
Thu, 02 May 2024
This week in the After Party, Jake talks humans' fascination with true crime, crossing the line, thi...
Garth Brooks: Earthquakes, Internet Rumors, and Missing Persons
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
Garth Brooks has more albums that have sold over 10 million copies than any other artist in history....
Bonus Episode: Rap-Metal Schlock, A DAT Dilemma, and It's All Folk Music
Thu, 25 Apr 2024
This week in the After Party, Jake talks collaborations, new genres, this week's DISGRACELAND episod...
Public Enemy: Revolution, Scandal, and a Message Louder than a Bomb
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
Public Enemy were revolutionaries – both in their message and their music. In the 1980s and 1990s...
Bonus Episode: Fantastic Fight Scenes, Predatory Paparazzi, and Goon versus Slapshot
Thu, 18 Apr 2024
This week in the After Party, Jake talks actors committing fully, this week's DISGRACELAND episode o...
Heath Ledger: Cowboys, Junkies, and Maniacal Clowns
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
Heath Ledger’s preparation for and disappearance into his movie roles is legendary, and it’s wha...
Bonus Episode: Creative Swings, Just a Gigolo, and the Funniest Moment of L.L.'s Life
Thu, 11 Apr 2024
This week in the After Party, Jake talks great films, this week's new DISGRACELAND episode on Kobe B...
Kobe Bryant: The Black Mamba's Revenge
Tue, 09 Apr 2024
He was a professional killer. A warrior trained from birth. A member of the deadliest squad of assas...
Bonus Episode: The Assassin's Ring, Air Force Brats, and Clear Demarcations
Thu, 04 Apr 2024
This week in the After Party, Jake talks trusting the government, the April Fool's DISGRACELAND epis...
DISGRACELAND All Access Trailer
Tue, 02 Apr 2024
Do you need more DISGRACELAND in your life? How about exclusive monthly scripted episodes? Exclusive...
Bonus Episode: Guacamole Fights, Red Hat Retribution, and Supportive Slayer Stans
Thu, 28 Mar 2024
This week in the After Party, Jake talks the motivating factors that drive people to the guitar, the...
Van Halen: Bootleggers, U.S. Marshals, and Protecting Innovation at Any Cost
Tue, 26 Mar 2024
On the backs of one of rock ‘n roll’s greatest innovators and one of its greatest ringmasters, V...
Bonus Episode: Oozing Cool, Busting Out the Pills, and "You're Playing With the Big Boys Now"
Thu, 21 Mar 2024
This week in the After Party, Jake discusses the concept of coolness, this week’s DISGRACELAND epi...
Steve McQueen: Mustangs, Magnums, and Manson's Hit List
Tue, 19 Mar 2024
Hustling on the streets of New York. Wagering with a U.S. president over who could sleep with more w...
Bonus Episode: The Red X Tapes, True Badasses, and Ronnie Wood Guys
Thu, 14 Mar 2024
This week in the After Party, Jake discusses conspiracy theories, this week’s DISGRACELAND episode...
Peter Tosh (Pt. 2): A Home Invasion, an Assassination, and No Compromise
Tue, 12 Mar 2024
As a reggae revolutionary who rejected peace in the name of truth and justice, and an outspoken crit...
Bonus Episode: Research, "Rock Stars," and Two-Part Episodes
Thu, 07 Mar 2024
This week in the After Party, Jake talks this week’s DISGRACELAND episode on Peter Tosh, the histo...
Peter Tosh (Pt. 1): Legalizing It, Police Brutality, and the Steppin’ Razor
Tue, 05 Mar 2024
Peter Tosh was a reggae subversive who used his music as a means to fight corruption, oppression, an...
Bonus Episode: A Major Disgraceland Announcement, the Hunter S. Thompson Episode You Didn’t Know About, and More
Wed, 28 Feb 2024
This week in the After Party, Jake talks this week’s DISGRACELAND episode on Andy Warhol, the new ...
Andy Warhol: Fame, the Future, and Back from the Dead
Tue, 27 Feb 2024
Andy Warhol was the first artist to achieve rock star status. He was a Beatle with a silkscreen prin...
Bonus Episode: Just A Cook, Napkin Hats, and Big Country
Thu, 22 Feb 2024
This week Jake talks the inspiration and background behind this week's brand-new DISGRACELAND episod...
Anthony Bourdain: Junk, Romance, and a Lust for Life
Tue, 20 Feb 2024
Anthony Bourdain had a lust for life. He went all in on adventure, indulgence, food, romance – in...
Bonus Episode: Great Disco, New Rose Hotel, and Mission-Driven Bands
Thu, 15 Feb 2024
This week in the After Party, Jake talks the new DISGRACELAND episode on The Clash, as well as this ...
The Clash: Guns on the Roof, Chased out of Kingston, and a Riot in Times Square
Tue, 13 Feb 2024
The Clash were once described by their manager as a news organization first, and entertainers second...
Bonus Episode: Manifested Demons, Supersoakers Full of Beer, and RIP Wayne Kramer
Thu, 08 Feb 2024
This week in the After Party, Jake talks this week's brand-new DISGRACELAND episode on Scott Weiland...
Scott Weiland: Psych Wards, Demonic Forces, and a Kidnapping in Paris
Tue, 06 Feb 2024
Scott Weiland was sent to a psych ward when he was just 16 years old. Thirteen stints at rehab withi...
Bonus Episode: Aussie Rock, Trailblazing Individualists, and a Boomer Blunder
Thu, 01 Feb 2024
This week Jake talks the trailer and upcoming subjects in DISGRACELAND's Icons series, this week's R...
DISGRACELAND Icons Trailer
Tue, 30 Jan 2024
Welcome to DISGRACELAND in 2024. Jake Brennan will continue to bring you the most insane stories abo...
Bonus Episode: Springsteen Switcheroos, Gun Gripes, and the Stuff of Nightmares
Thu, 25 Jan 2024
This week on the After Party, Jake talks this week's new episode on Stu Sutcliffe, as well as the RE...
Stu Sutcliffe: Reeperbahn Debauchery, Gangs, and the Birth of the Beatles
Tue, 23 Jan 2024
Stu Sutcliffe was rock 'n roll's original Sid Vicious. Just like Sid, Stu was a bass player. But a...
Bonus Episode: Steve Earle's Mandolin, Model Punks, and 90s New York Movies
Thu, 18 Jan 2024
This week Jake talks the new DISGRACELAND episode on Serge Gainsbourg and this week's REWIND episode...
Serge Gainsbourg: Brigitte Bardot, Bonnie & Clyde, and Orgasmic Pop Songs
Tue, 16 Jan 2024
In the late 1960s, Serge Gainsbourg carried out an illicit affair with Brigitte Bardot, not only the...
Bonus Episode: French Crooners, 70s Mellow Vibes, and Seattle Sleepers
Thu, 11 Jan 2024
On this week's second After Party, Jake sets up next week's brand-new episode on Serge Gainsbourg, g...
Bonus Episode: Enforced Edits, Wild Coyotes, and There’s No ‘G’
Tue, 09 Jan 2024
Today in the After Party, Jake lays out the year in DISGRACELAND, gives a primer and some insight in...
Bonus Episode: Funky Snakefoot, Following the Truth, and A Full Embrace of the Criminal Lifestyle
Thu, 04 Jan 2024
This week on the After Party, Jake gets in to the Rewind episodes on the Beach Boys' Dennis Wilson, ...
Bonus Episode: A Swinging Christmas, Electrocutions, and the Unbelievably Cool
Thu, 21 Dec 2023
This week in DISGRACELAND is all about Christmas, thanks to our new episode on Mariah Carey and our ...
Mariah Carey: Armed Guards, Gang Burglaries, and the True Meaning of Christmas
Tue, 19 Dec 2023
Mariah Carey once lived under constant surveillance in her own home. Her husband planted cameras and...
Bonus Episode: The Motown Machine, Vince Guaraldi, and Podcasting Advice
Thu, 14 Dec 2023
This week in DISGRACELAND, Jake is talking the new episode on Sean "Diddy" Combs, as well as the Rew...
Sean “Diddy” Combs (Pt. 1): A Nightclub Shooting, a Fatal Stampede, and the Cost of Doing Business
Tue, 12 Dec 2023
Sean “Diddy” Combs is a music producer and rapper, but he is a businessman first. And as every b...
Bonus Episode: The Vanguard of Alt Rock, New Merch, and RIP Shane MacGowan
Thu, 07 Dec 2023
This week on the After Party, Jake talks the new DISGRACELAND episode on Jane's Addiction, the re-re...
Jane’s Addiction: Taking Risks, Enduring Pain, and a Killer on the Loose
Tue, 05 Dec 2023
Jane’s Addiction’s Dave Navarro was only 15 years old when his mother was brutally murdered in h...
Bonus Episode: Crossing the Streams, Destroying Albums, and Co-Starring with Beyoncé
Thu, 30 Nov 2023
This week Jake is talking about DISGRACELAND's new episode on Michael Hutchence of INXS, as well as ...
INXS’ Michael Hutchence: All-Night Gigs, All-Night Orgies, and a Tragic Climax
Tue, 28 Nov 2023
Michael Hutchence’s sudden death in 1997 at the age of 37 left a hole in the hearts of Australians...
Bonus Episode: Thanksgiving Routines, Incredible Stories, and Actually, it's Mark-Almond
Thu, 23 Nov 2023
Happy Thanksgiving, Disgos! This week Jake talks Blondie and Debbie Harry's run-in with Ted Bundy. D...
Blondie: Punk vs. Disco, Held Hostage by Phil Spector, and Riding with Ted Bundy
Tue, 21 Nov 2023
Blondie got their start as part of New York’s fertile punk scene in the late ‘70s, a time of gre...
Bonus Episode: Marc Almond, US Festival, and a Denny's "Deposit"
Thu, 16 Nov 2023
This week is all about U2, and this episode of the After Party is no exception. Jake breaks down his...
U2: Death Threats, a Song that Inspired a Killer, and the Murder of Rebecca Schaeffer
Tue, 14 Nov 2023
Years before a free album made them the most unpopular popular band on the planet, U2 ran into the a...
Bonus Episode: Jake x RedHanded Crossover Episode
Thu, 09 Nov 2023
A special AFTER PARTY featuring a crossover episode with the award-winning UK-based true crime podca...
Disgraceland Season 14 Trailer
Tue, 07 Nov 2023
Homicidal maniacs, home surveillance, a killer on the loose, attacks in the street, and an evil song...
Bonus Episode: Crossover Episodes, Candy Hangovers, and Jake's Music Searches
Thu, 02 Nov 2023
This week wraps our Halloween countdown, and Jake is closing the loop on all the spooky discussions....
Bonus Episode: Terrifying Tales, Vinyl Vaults, and Funeral Fugues
Thu, 26 Oct 2023
The Halloween season continues with our daily re-releases of the scariest DISGRACELAND episodes. Jak...
GZA (Wu-Tang Chapter 10): Quantum Physics, Cop Killers, and a Stock-Trading Scumbag
Thu, 19 Oct 2023
GZA may be the only rapper who lectures about quantum physics at Ivy League institutions including H...
Masta Killa (Wu-Tang Clan Chapter 9): A Mafia Hit, an Alleged Assault, and the Student Becomes the Master
Tue, 17 Oct 2023
Masta Killa grew up in a city shaped and run by organized crime. A city where the most powerful unde...
Bonus Episode: Alter Egos, Sad Sack Songs, and a Tribute to Disgos
Thu, 12 Oct 2023
This week in DISGRACELAND saw the premiere of the Ol' Dirty Bastard episode, and it's got Jake think...
Ol’ Dirty Bastard (Wu-Tang Clan Chapter 8): An Attempted Murder Rap, Bloodthirsty Rottweilers, and Self-Immolation
Tue, 10 Oct 2023
Ol’ Dirty Bastard once saved a four-year old girl who was trapped under a Ford Mustang. He took a ...
Bonus Episode: Finding Great Music, Boston and NY Hardcore, and I Want Your Skulls
Thu, 05 Oct 2023
The Wu-Tang saga continues in DISGRACELAND, and it's got Jake wondering about the most memorable way...
U-God (Wu-Tang Clan Chapter 7): Police Raids, Vengeance, and Mopping Floors at the Statue of Liberty
Tue, 03 Oct 2023
U-God was raised by the streets of Staten Island, where getting beaten up was a rite of passage that...
Cappadonna (Wu-Tang Clan Chapter 6): Someone Else’s Crack Rocks, Turning State’s Evidence, and a Rat in the Inner Circle
Thu, 28 Sep 2023
Cappadonna may have taught a lot of the guys in Wu-Tang Clan how to rhyme, but he wasn’t around wh...
Inspectah Deck (Wu-Tang Clan Chapter 5): Running Scams, Doing Time, and NYC’s Ongoing War Against the Drug Trade
Tue, 26 Sep 2023
At just 15 years old, Inspectah Deck had to learn how to hold his own against older, more dangerous ...
Bonus Episode: The Delfonics, the Ringo Connection, and Major Criminal Organizations
Thu, 21 Sep 2023
The After Party returns this week while DISGRACELAND takes a break from our full season on the Wu-Ta...
Ghostface Killah (Wu-Tang Clan Chapter 4): Angel Dust, an Unlicensed .357 Magnum, and Attempted Robbery
Thu, 14 Sep 2023
Ghostface Killah allegedly tried to steal three thousand dollars from a parking lot attendant. They ...
Method Man (Wu-Tang Clan Chapter 3): Dice Games, Dodged Bullets, and Murder in the Street
Tue, 12 Sep 2023
As a teenager, Method Man won $800 on a $5 bet in a dice game. He used those winnings to set himself...
Raekwon (Wu-Tang Clan Chapter 2): Dealing Crack, Caught in the Crossfire, and the NYPD Goes TNT
Thu, 07 Sep 2023
Corey Woods, aka Raekwon, was addicted to the styles, sounds, and crimes of hip-hop street culture i...
The RZA: (Wu-Tang Clan Chapter 1): Kung Fu in Times Square, Weed on Wall Street, and Attempted Murder in Ohio
Tue, 05 Sep 2023
Bobby Diggs (aka the RZA) grew up on a steady diet of kung fu movies and hip-hop music. As a kid he ...
Bonus Episode: Tammy Wynette, Powertrip, and Ted Cruz Killed JFK?
Thu, 31 Aug 2023
Jake dives in to the Wu-Tang Clan as DISGRACELAND embarks on a new season all on the group. Are they...
DISGRACELAND Season 13 Trailer
Tue, 29 Aug 2023
Wu-Tang Clan made history with some of the most compelling hip-hop music of all time. They also made...
Bonus Episode: Purple Rain, Tupac investigation developments, and New versus Nü Metal
Thu, 24 Aug 2023
This week's re-release of the second part of the Notorious BIG episode comes along with somenew deve...
Bonus Episode: Tribal Tattoos, The Biggest Beefs, and Disgo Massueses
Thu, 17 Aug 2023
In this installment of the After Party, we kick off our 50th anniversary of hip-hop by revisiting th...
Bonus Episode: The Definition of Cool, Influence Over Success, and FIDLAR
Thu, 10 Aug 2023
It's Velvet Underground week in Disgraceland, and Jake is wondering if they are the most influential...
The Velvet Underground: Heroin, S&M, and the Attempted Assassination of Andy Warhol
Tue, 08 Aug 2023
The Velvet Underground put a spike in the status quo. They sang candidly about heroin, speed, and S&...
Bonus Episode: Talent vs. Craft, Meatloaf, and Another Look at Nookie
Thu, 03 Aug 2023
In Sonny Rollins week, Jake ponders the powers of talent and craft, and what makes musicians great. ...
Sonny Rollins: Armed Robbery, Rikers Island, and the Return of the Saxophone Colossus
Tue, 01 Aug 2023
Sonny Rollins did time at Rikers Island twice: first for armed robbery and again for using dope. He ...
Bonus Episode: Classic Country Gateways, the Best Post-Punk Bands, and Peter Cetera's Bauhaus Tee
Thu, 27 Jul 2023
Jake connects his a-ha moment with country to the greats, specifically this week's DISGRACELAND subj...
Merle Haggard: 17 Arrests, 17 Breakouts, Hard Time at San Quentin, and the Lonesome Fugitive
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
Merle Haggard was what authorities liked to call a “repeat offender.” He was arrested for riding...
Bonus Episode: Grinder Men, The Jon Bon Jovi Effect, and the Greatest English Groups of the Post-Punk Era
Thu, 20 Jul 2023
On this week's After Party, Jake is talking the classic film Almost Famous, John Lee Hooker's baseba...
New Order: Blood on the Dance Floor, E in the Bloodstream, and Inventing the 1980s
Tue, 18 Jul 2023
New Order proved that a rock band could make dance music and actually become cooler in the process. ...
Bonus Episode: Aerosmith Encounters, The Jake Brennan Story, and Ariana Grande
Thu, 13 Jul 2023
After a week's break from the After Party, Jake catches up on voicemail, wraps up our musical mashup...
Ariana Grande: Terror on Tour, Tragedy in Manchester, and Learning to Sing Again
Tue, 11 Jul 2023
On May 22, 2017, a terrorist detonated a bomb outside Ariana Grande’s performance at Manchester Ar...
Bonus Episode: Loving (and Hating) Aerosmith, Meeting Your Heroes, and the Way Back Machine
Thu, 29 Jun 2023
On this week's After Party, Jake is digging into why he loves and hates Aerosmith with a dive into a...
Aerosmith: Toxic Twins, M-80s, Cocaine Eyeliner, and Living on the Edge
Tue, 27 Jun 2023
At their peak, Aerosmith was sex, drugs, and rock and roll in the flesh, wrapped up in spangly scarv...
Bonus Episode: Hüsker Dü, A Disgo's Unbelievable Red Sox Story, and Lil' Kim's Post-Prison Career
Thu, 22 Jun 2023
On this week's After Party, Jake is ready to dive into this week's Disgraceland episode on Lil' Kim,...
Lil' Kim: Shootouts, Lusty Lyrics, and Loyalty in the Land of the M.A.F.I.A.
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
Lil’ Kim is the queen of hard core. She practically invented hard core sex positivity with her rau...
Bonus Episode: The Santa Barbara Punk Scene, Internet Guitar Tutorials, and Foo Fighters' Chris Shiflett Talks "Shred With Shifty"
Thu, 15 Jun 2023
This week on the After Party, Jake is sharing an interview he did with Foo Fighters' guitarist Chris...
Jimi Hendrix: Tear Gas, a Kidnapping, Heroin Hostages, and the Great Escape
Tue, 13 Jun 2023
Jimi Hendrix spent much of his life pursuing a great escape. Escape from his abusive childhood home....
Bonus Episode: Jake's Disco Gym Playlist, Your Paul Simon Recs, and Jeff Buckley's Influences
Thu, 08 Jun 2023
This week in the After Party, Jake is ready to dive into the latest Disgraceland episode on Jeff Buc...
Jeff Buckley: Dreaming of Music, Drowning, and Eternal Life
Tue, 06 Jun 2023
Jeff Buckley released his only studio album, Grace, at the height of grunge rock. But it didn’t s...
Bonus Episode: Your Top 3 Disgraceland Episodes and Eazy-Motherflippin'-E
Thu, 01 Jun 2023
Jake has been basking in the New England sunshine and listening to some John Coltrane. But first, we...
Eazy-E: A Hidden Coke Stash, Domestic Terrorists, and Death Threats
Tue, 30 May 2023
Long before he created a paradigm-shifting hip-hop supergroup, Eazy-E lucked into life as a Compton ...
Bonus Episode: Infamous Pop Star Parents and Justin Bieber
Thu, 25 May 2023
Jake is back from his trip to Rhode Island and he's recommending some more music, including a Taylor...
Justin Bieber: Murder Plots, Drag Racing, and Deportation Threats
Tue, 23 May 2023
Justin Bieber is the pop star who went from preteen heartthrob to pure hedonist seemingly overnight....
Bonus Episode: The Del Fuegos, Charles Starkweather, and Writer Warren Zanes Talks Bruce Springsteen's "Nebraska"
Thu, 18 May 2023
Best-selling author and former guitarist of the Del Fuegos Warren Zanes talks with Jake about interv...
Bruce Springsteen: Shootouts, Killing Sprees, and the Making of Nebraska
Tue, 16 May 2023
Unprovoked killing sprees. Nightclub gunfights. Mafia assassinations. True crime stories and modern ...
Bonus Episode: Trailer Week, Your Disgraceland Episode Suggestions, and Phil Collins and Philip Bailey's "Easy Lover"
Thu, 11 May 2023
Jake is still watching music videos on his TV like it's 1991 and teases Season 12 of Disgraceland, w...
Disgraceland Season 12 Trailer
Tue, 09 May 2023
Mafia assassinations, drag racing, extortion, eternal life, and doing time at Rikers Island and San ...
Bonus Episode: Bruce Sprinsgteen's Nebraska, Best '80s Pop Stars, and Richard Pryor Jamming With Sly and the Family Stone
Thu, 04 May 2023
Jake is slowly recovering from the Bruins' humiliating loss the other night but is ready to talk abo...
Bonus Episode: Body Heat, A Disgo's Encounter with Quentin Tarantino, and Willie Nelson, an American Outlaw
Thu, 27 Apr 2023
Jake is back in the studio after getting some R&R down in Florida last week and is making his way th...
Willie Nelson (Pt 2): Grifters, Con Men, Thieves, and the Reinvention of the Outlaw
Tue, 25 Apr 2023
Willie Nelson left Nashville and reinvented himself in Austin, Texas as the ultimate outsider. It wa...
Willie Nelson (Pt 1): A Shootout, a House Fire, and the Ballad of the Red-Headed Stranger
Tue, 25 Apr 2023
Broke and depressed, Willie Nelson almost joined the 27 Club on a snowy Nashville street late one ...
Bonus Episode: Jake's Favorite '80s Horror Movies, A Long-awaited INXS Episode, and Irish Rock 'n Roll
Thu, 20 Apr 2023
Jake dives deep into the chilling, new Skip James episode and tries to explain what makes an Irish r...
Skip James: A Sawmill Shootout, Pimping, Bootlegging, and the Son of a Preacher Man
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
Skip James’s most famous lyric was “I’d rather be the Devil” and he put his money where his ...
Bonus Episode: Slow Train Coming, the Extra Gear of MC5, and the Return of Badlands
Thu, 13 Apr 2023
Jake has been into everything from disco to Dylan's Christian era this week, but he's making time fo...
MC5: Dope, Guns, and F***ing in the Streets
Tue, 11 Apr 2023
MC5 embodied revolution in a way most bands only pay lip service to. The Detroit cops sent riot squa...
Bonus Episode: Muddy Waters, George Benson, The What-If's of Sly Stone, and Alfred Hitchcock's Best Movie
Thu, 06 Apr 2023
Jake's been listening to guitar greatness and has some classic recs to share. But first, he's fieldi...
Sly Stone: Guns, PCP, a Psycho Mutt, and a Fugitive from Justice
Tue, 04 Apr 2023
At the end of the 1960s, Sly Stone was at the center of a groundbreaking musical movement that inten...
Bonus Episode: Bjork's Stalker, Lou Reed's Lyrics Explored, and a Succession Rewatch
Thu, 30 Mar 2023
Jake dives under the hood of the unique, new 2-part Lou Reed episode. He teases the over-the-top ins...
Lou Reed (An Origin Story) Pt. 2
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
Lou Reed blurred the lines between fact and fiction when it came to his past. To him, it was all a w...
Lou Reed (An Origin Story) Pt. 1
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
Lou Reed is one of the greatest rock ‘n’ roll characters of all time, one known to lie and exagg...
Bonus Episode: Best Springtime Records, Your Top 5s, and Last Temptations
Thu, 23 Mar 2023
Spring is here and Jake is listening to his all-time springtime records. Peter Tosh and Keith Richar...
Bonus Episode: Disgraceland Origins, Elvis's Dressing Room, and Jake's Top 5 Movies Ever
Thu, 16 Mar 2023
Rocka Rolla Disgos. It's been a wild week. Jake is riding high off a win for the show at the Ambies ...
Otis Redding: A Chitlin Circuit Shootout, a Fatal Plane Crash, and Crossing Over to the Other Side
Tue, 14 Mar 2023
Otis Redding was nearly shot by James Brown while performing at an after hours club. He played sweet...
Bonus Episode: Rocka Rolla Beer, Chris Rock DGAF, and Deciding Which Episodes are Two-Parters
Thu, 09 Mar 2023
The After Party celebrates the Lynyrd Skynyrd episode, provoking the question: how does Jake decide ...
Lynyrd Skynyrd: Busted Teeth, Saturday Night Specials, and the Smell of Death
Tue, 07 Mar 2023
Lynyrd Skynyrd’s lead singer, Ronnie Van Zant, was a violent bully from the mean streets of Jackso...
Bonus Episode: Mac Miller's Tragedy, the Real Cocaine Bear, and the Matrix
Thu, 02 Mar 2023
Jake covers it all in this week's After Party: his thoughts on the latest pod episode, our Cocaine B...
Mac Miller: Hallucinations, Counterfeit Pills, and a Standoff with the Most Powerful Man in the World
Tue, 28 Feb 2023
Mac Miller was threatened by the most powerful man in the world. Rejected by some of the most powerf...
Bonus Episode: The Daytona 500, AC/DC, and Filmmaker Tiller Russell Talks the Night Stalker
Thu, 23 Feb 2023
Friend of the pod and incredible documentary filmmaker Tiller Russell (Netflix's Night Stalker: Hunt...
AC/DC: Serial Killer Fan
Tue, 21 Feb 2023
In the 1980s, AC/DC’s biggest fan was a notorious serial killer. The band was an international bes...
Bonus Episode: 5 Years of Disgraceland, New Episodes, and Pitter Patter
Thu, 16 Feb 2023
Jake celebrates Disgraceland's 5 year anniversary happening this week! Season 1 just re-released, Se...
50 Cent: Police Raids, Motorcycle Chases, and a Nine-Bullet Wake-up Call
Tue, 14 Feb 2023
Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson was dealing crack by the age of 10, born into the height of the epidemi...
Disgraceland Season 11 Trailer
Tue, 07 Feb 2023
Shootouts, drug running, crashing cars and planes, and walks on the wild side. It's almost here: f...
Bonus Episode: The Mamas and the Papas (Pt. 2)
Thu, 15 Dec 2022
Got a Disgraceland pitch? Know a cover that beats the original? What are you reading watching and li...
Mama Cass Elliot (Pt. 2): Rape, Murder, and Taking Secrets to the Grave
Tue, 13 Dec 2022
Mama Cass’ role as Hollywood’s hippie den mother pulled her into the orbit of troubling company ...
Bonus Episode: The Mamas and the Papas (Pt. 1)
Thu, 01 Dec 2022
The wildest on-stage freak outs (and even deaths), Jake's master movie list, your texts calls and em...
Mama Cass Elliot (Pt. 1): Dangerous Drug Dealer Boyfriends, International Arrests, and the Solo Career That Should’ve Been
Tue, 29 Nov 2022
Cass Elliot, AKA "Mama Cass" from The Mamas and The Papas, broke the mold of female pop superstardom...
Bonus Episode: Charles Manson the Music Man
Thu, 17 Nov 2022
Charles Manson the Music Man, the tale of Trent Reznor's time in the Cielo Drive murder house, and J...
Charles Manson the Music Man: Lost Records and a Prosecutorial Song too Crazy to Sing
Tue, 15 Nov 2022
In and out of juvie and jail since childhood, Charles Manson learned guitar in prison from the last ...
Robert Johnson: Voodoo, Delta Blues, Cursing God, and a Crossroads
Tue, 01 Nov 2022
Robert Johnson didn’t just play the blues. He embodied them. He drank and womanized his way throug...
Chris Brown: Police Standoffs, Rejection from Rehab, and America’s Most Hated Pop Star
Tue, 18 Oct 2022
Chris Brown established himself as America’s most hated pop star when he brutally assaulted Rihann...
Ringo Starr: Busted by Mexican Federales, Threatened by French-Canadian Separatists, and the King of Feel
Tue, 04 Oct 2022
Ringo Starr’s first show as the Beatles’ new drummer was nearly ruined by a hostile audience tha...
Jennifer Hudson: An American Idol, a Triple Homicide, and Undying Faith
Tue, 20 Sep 2022
Jennifer Hudson shocked her hometown of Chicago when she was eliminated from American Idol in 2004, ...
The Sex Pistols (Pt. 2): Crashing the Queen’s Jubilee, Shocking America, and Leaving a Trail of Blood, Spit, and Junk
Tue, 06 Sep 2022
In 1977, the world’s most controversial band didn’t stop when they were dropped by their major l...
The Sex Pistols (Pt. 1): Anarchy, Thievery, and the Death of Rock ‘n’ Roll
Tue, 23 Aug 2022
Punk rock’s greatest debut record was penned by a singer who saw traditional rock ‘n roll as a d...
Pink Floyd: Acid Overload, a Psychotic Breakdown, and a Crazy Diamond
Tue, 09 Aug 2022
Pink Floyd’s original frontman, Syd Barrett, did so much LSD that he experienced a mental breakdow...
Britney Spears (Pt. 2): Lithium, Las Vegas, and a Long-Awaited Emancipation
Tue, 26 Jul 2022
Britney Spears’ 13-year conservatorship was an arrangement so strict and unfeeling that it left he...
Britney Spears (Pt. 1): Trauma Pop
Tue, 12 Jul 2022
No musician owned pop music quite like Britney Spears at the turn of the century. After graduating f...
George Harrison: Surviving the Beatles, the London Drug Squad, and a Home Invasion
Tue, 14 Jun 2022
George Harrison famously survived the dissolution of the Beatles, a bust by London’s drug squad, a...
The Temptations: Fame, Drugs, and Paranoia
Tue, 31 May 2022
The Temptations were one of Motown’s signature vocal groups, and they remain one of the most succe...
Miles Davis Pt. 2: Mountains of Pills, Bitches Brew, and the Reinvention of the Original Motherf#%*er
Tue, 17 May 2022
When it came to music, Miles Davis wasn’t about no safe, tired yesterday bullsh*t. After kicking h...
Miles Davis Pt. 1: Blasting Bebop, Blasting Racism, and a Devastating Heroin Habit
Tue, 03 May 2022
Miles Davis is jazz’s first and only rock star, with the rap sheet to prove it. He did enough coca...
Juice WRLD: Percocets, Lucid Dreams and a Whole Lotta Lean
Tue, 19 Apr 2022
The loss of emo-rap trailblazer Juice WRLD is one of the most sudden, tragic, and graphic celebrity ...
Billie Holiday: Heroin Hounds, ‘Whorehouse Music,’ and the Queen of Jazz
Tue, 05 Apr 2022
Billie Holiday ascended from the rough and tumble streets of Baltimore and Harlem, through reform sc...
The Eagles Pt. 2: Death, a Plane Crash, and Innocence Lost at What Cost
Tue, 29 Mar 2022
In the 1970s, The Eagles made taking off into the upper stratosphere of the charts look easy. Their ...
The Eagles Pt. 1: International Drug Smuggling, Endless Cocaine, and California Excess
Tue, 08 Mar 2022
From games of chicken on private planes to one member surviving a private plane crash, the Eagles as...
Bonus Episode: Just A Cook, Napkin Hats, and Big Country
Wed, 23 Feb 2022
This week Jake talks the inspiration and background behind this week's brand-new DISGRACELAND episod...
Hank Williams: Sanatoriums, Poison Pills, and Fired from the Grand Ole Opry
Tue, 22 Feb 2022
Hank Williams defined the genre we now call country with a guitar in one hand and a bottle of booze ...
Sublime: Hoodlums, Police Helicopters, and Getting Dirty at Denny’s
Tue, 08 Feb 2022
With their newfangled ska-punk, Sublime preached the gospel of Long Beach’s seedy shores unlike an...
Tom Petty: House Fires, Hiding a Heroin Habit, and Run-Down Dreams
Tue, 25 Jan 2022
When a mystery arsonist set Tom Petty’s house on fire in the late 1980s, he barely escaped with hi...
Taylor Swift: Horrifying Stalkers
Tue, 11 Jan 2022
Taylor Swift has a list of stalkers longer than her stadium tour setlists. One drove over 900 miles ...
Derek and the Dominos: Clapton, Cocaine, Motorcycles, and Murder
Tue, 07 Dec 2021
In 1960s London, for young guitar enthusiasts, believing that “Clapton is God” was practically t...
Woodstock Pt. 2: A Disaster Movie
Tue, 16 Nov 2021
The original Woodstock was a literal disaster, declared so on its first day by the state of New York...
Woodstock Pt. 1: A Disaster Movie
Tue, 02 Nov 2021
Woodstock is remembered as the generation-defining moment when the baby boomers demonstrated to the ...
Black Sabbath: Satanists, Severed Limbs, Dismembered Fingers, Mountains of Cocaine and the Invention of Heavy Metal
Tue, 26 Oct 2021
Black Sabbath are solely responsible for conjuring the diabolical power of heavy metal. When guitari...
Fleetwood Mac Pt. 2: Going to #1, and Going Your Own Way
Tue, 21 Sep 2021
Fleetwood Mac’s mid-’70s merger with the musical duo of Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks chan...
Fleetwood Mac Pt. 1: Guns, God, Cocaine and Rumours
Tue, 14 Sep 2021
Few bands can boast a rock ’n’ roll lore at the level of Fleetwood Mac. The band lost not one bu...
Tommy James and the Shondells: Mony Mony and Mafia-Sanctioned Hits
Tue, 17 Aug 2021
Tommy James came up during a time when the music industry was in part controlled by New York’s Ita...
Pantera’s Dimebag Darrell: A Murderous Fan, Brotherly Love and Cowboys from Hell
Tue, 03 Aug 2021
Gunned down onstage by a delusional fan who thought his metal heroes had stolen lyrics from him, Dim...
Ray Charles: Busted for Heroin and Busting Genres with the Best Damn R&B
Tue, 13 Jul 2021
Ray Charles was hooked on heroin, arrested by federal agents, and once survived a near-death plane r...
John Lennon: Violence, Protests, Provoking the FBI, and Pissing off the President
Tue, 29 Jun 2021
In the early 1970s, John Lennon was suspected of conspiring to disrupt an American political convent...
Paul McCartney: Paul Is Dead
Tue, 15 Jun 2021
Despite his reputation as “the safe Beatle,” Paul McCartney was a badass. He took wild artistic ...
The Notorious B.I.G. Pt. 2: A Dead Rivalry, New Inspiration and a Murder Mystery for the Ages
Tue, 25 May 2021
In part two of the Notorious B.I.G. story we see the young star trying to deal with life after the d...
The Notorious B.I.G. Pt. 1: Dealing Crack on the Corner, Spitting Beef and Creating One of the Greatest Hip-Hop Albums of All Time
Tue, 11 May 2021
The Notorious B.I.G. entered adulthood as a crack dealer and left this world as one of the most famo...
Lil Wayne: Murder Squads, A Pre-Teen Suicide Attempt, a Year at Rikers and More Hits than Elvis
Tue, 27 Apr 2021
Lil Wayne grew up on the mean streets of New Orleans. His father split when he was two, and his step...
Oasis Pt. 2: The Biggest Band on the Planet, Britop, Private Islands, A Drowning Rolls-Royce, Liam and Noel Off Their T*ts and at Each Other’s Throats
Tue, 13 Apr 2021
Oasis were the biggest band on the planet for a moment. They famously warred with Britpop rivals Blu...
Oasis Pt. 1: Hooliganism, Hedonism, Rock Star Anthems and the “Greatest Rock ‘N’ Roll Band on the Planet”
Tue, 30 Mar 2021
Few bands have come from as little and made as much of themselves as Oasis. Along the way they were ...
The New York Dolls: Born to Lose, Lipstick Killers and R&B in four-inch heels
Tue, 16 Mar 2021
The New York Dolls were one of the greatest rock ‘n’ roll bands of all time. They came to life w...
Lil’ Peep: A new hip-hop and emo fusion; trap beats, tender lyrics, too much Xanax and an overdose that’s still mysterious.
Tue, 09 Mar 2021
Lil’ Peep was a once-in-a-generation talent. Poised to become a new Cobain, Bowie or Dylan, but wh...
The Beatles (Pt. 2): Kamikaze Assassins, Acid Smuggling, Suicide, Kidnapping, and the Breakup the Greatest Band of All Time
Tue, 02 Mar 2021
At the height of their world-changing and culture-defining popularity, the Beatles faced death threa...
The Beatles (Pt. 1): Stoned with Dylan, Dosed with Acid, Outrunning Knife Wielding Maniacs, and Driving the World to the Brink with Beatlemania
Tue, 23 Feb 2021
The Beatles caused fans to enter into manic states, literally. People died because of it. The band s...
The Ramones: TV Bombs, Psycho Therapy, Toilet Syringes, Turning Tricks and Saving Rock ‘N’ Roll
Tue, 16 Feb 2021
Sniffing glue, hooking for drug money, hurling rocks at the Beatles, and writing infectious sunshiny...
David Bowie: The occult, cocaine, orgies, arrests, exorcisms, a weird flirtation with fascism and a dead body.
Tue, 09 Feb 2021
No musical artist better personified the hedonism of the ’70s than David Bowie. He captivated the ...
Tupac Shakur Pt. 2: Life Behind Bars, Suge Knight Saves The Day, East Coast/West Coast Beef, and What Could Have Been
Tue, 02 Feb 2021
In part two of the Tupac Shakur story, we see the young star trying to deal with life behind bars an...
Tupac Shakur Pt. 1: 1960s Radicalism Gives Way to Socially Conscious Rap, a Charismatic Screen Star, and Deadly Violence
Tue, 26 Jan 2021
Tupac Shakur was many things. He was a supremely talented MC and was wildly charismatic in front of ...
Gram Parsons: A Stolen Body, Heroin, More Rolling Stones and Cosmic American Music
Tue, 12 Jan 2021
Gram Parsons is one of the most influential musicians in rock ‘n’ roll that you’ve maybe never...
Chuck Berry: Systemic Racism, Sexual Depravity and the Invention of Rock ‘N’ Roll
Tue, 24 Nov 2020
Chuck Berry was imprisoned numerous times. He was a victim of violent systemic racism and accused of...
Selena: Tejano, Deception, and the Death of the Madonna of Mexico
Tue, 10 Nov 2020
Selena Quintanilla Pérez ushered in the Golden Age of Tejano music in Texas with a meteoric rise up...
The Misfits: Robbing Graves, Night of the Living Dead and the Teenagers from Mars
Tue, 27 Oct 2020
The Misfits were truly unique. Scary. Violent. Angry. Nihilistic. These words can easily describe no...
The Grateful Dead Pt. 2: The Ballad of Pigpen and Old, Weird America—an Origin Story
Tue, 13 Oct 2020
Bootlegging whiskey, acid tests, grass, and songs about murder. The origins of the Grateful Dead are...
Chet Baker: Heroin, Romance, Missing Teeth and the James Dean of Jazz
Tue, 29 Sep 2020
Chet Baker, with his natural talent, unique voice and beautiful looks was known as “the James Dean...
Ice-T: Crip Rhymes, a Cop Killer, Thieving Jewels and Inventing Gangsta Rap
Tue, 15 Sep 2020
Ice-T stoked the wrath of the President of the United States, led the life of a successful jewel thi...
The Rolling Stones Pt. 2: Swinging London, Stolen Jewels, the Mars Bar Myth, and Busted at Redlands
Tue, 30 Jun 2020
The Establishment strikes back in this second installment of the Rolling Stones time in Swinging Lon...
Rolling Stones Pt. 1: Swinging London, a Prison Break, East End Gangsters and the Anti-Beatles
Tue, 23 Jun 2020
London was swinging. Keith Richards was in jail. The Kray Twins were menacing about. Brian Jones was...
Prince: Dark Funk and Fentanyl
Tue, 09 Jun 2020
Few pop artists achieved the dizzying creative and career highs that Prince did. An artist who famou...
Studio 54: Disco Decadence, a Dead Body and Bags of Cash
Tue, 26 May 2020
In the late seventies, Studio 54 was the place to be for musicians and celebrities alike. John Lenno...
Nipsey Hussle: A Crenshaw Murder, Community Activism, Rollin 60s Crips, and Lost Potential
Tue, 12 May 2020
Nipsey Hussle was more than just one of this generation’s most promising voices in hip hop. He was...
Ozzy Osbourne: The Prince of Darkness, Randy Rhoads’ Plane Crash and the Saving Grace of a Strong Woman
Tue, 28 Apr 2020
Ozzy Osbourne, along with his bandmates in Black Sabbath, invented heavy metal, and throughout Ozzy’...
Run DMC: Innovation, Evolution and the Mysterious Death of Jam Master Jay
Tue, 14 Apr 2020
Run DMC is directly responsible for elevating hip hop to previously unimagined heights. They took ra...
Joe Exotic: Tiger King, Budding Country Star, Confidence Man Extraordinaire
Tue, 07 Apr 2020
Joe Exotic, the gun toting, mullet wearing, polyamorous subject of the hit Netflix series Tiger King...
John Denver: A Folk Singer, a Sniper and America’s Darkest Day
Wed, 01 Apr 2020
(This is a bonus April Fools’ episode of Disgraceland that is satire and not true crime.) John Den...
Little Richard: Sex and the Duality of the King and Queen of Rock ‘N’ Roll
Tue, 31 Mar 2020
Little Richard is the originator. Without him it’s hard to imagine the Beatles, Rolling Stones, El...
Jay Z: Street hustle, a Nightclub Stabbing, a Near Drug Bust and the God MC
Tue, 24 Mar 2020
Jay Z’s career defies easy categorization. His artistry and business sense are as influenced by hi...
Guns N’ Roses Pt. 2: Real life Rocket Queen, Raging Press, Recovered Memories, and the Riverport Riot
Tue, 17 Mar 2020
Post Appetite For Destruction, Guns N’ Roses embodied the word “dysfunction." As the band prepar...
Guns N’ Roses Pt. 1: Brawling with Bowie, Juvenile Delinquency, Dealing Dope and Death at Donington
Tue, 10 Mar 2020
Few hard rock bands lived the life portrayed in their songs as authentically as Guns N’ Roses. Sin...
The Beach Boys Pt. 2: Endless Bummer, Hollywood Paranoia, Onstage Fist Fights, Incest, and Cocaine
Thu, 19 Dec 2019
In the aftermath of the Manson Family murders, Hollywood was gripped with fear. Various investigatio...
The Beach Boys Pt. 1: Endless Summer, LSD, Orgies, Charles Manson and a Steve McQueen Man-Crush
Tue, 17 Dec 2019
In the summer of 1968, the Beach Boys’ drummer Dennis Wilson invited a hippie guru and his grungy ...
The Rolling Stones at Altamont: Bikers, Blood, and the End of the '60s
Tue, 03 Dec 2019
The Rolling Stones, the most dangerous band on the planet, envisioned their free concert at the Alta...
A$AP Rocky: Love Sex Dreams/LSD and Locked Up Overseas
Tue, 26 Nov 2019
A$AP Rocky’s upbringing; Harlem, Riker’s, and his own instincts and sense of history informed hi...
Whitney Houston: Cracks in the Mirror, Crack on the Mirror, and One Fateful Choice
Tue, 12 Nov 2019
Whitney Houston was The Voice. A stunning beauty. An early MTV star and leading actress. But when sh...
Eminem: Taking His Shot, Pulling a Glock, and Facing the Real Slim Shady
Tue, 05 Nov 2019
On a single Saturday in 2000, Marshall Mathers assaulted two separate men with a pistol and fought w...
Madonna: Music as Sex and Sex as Power in the Reign of the Queen of Pop
Tue, 22 Oct 2019
Madonna always knew her life would be art. She rose through the late 70s New York scene reinventing ...
Iggy Pop: Mad Artistry, Mental Wards, and Gaping Chest Wounds
Tue, 15 Oct 2019
Iggy Pop pushed rock further than anyone before him, committing to live acts of sex, sickness, and r...
Motown Records: Pimps, Prostitutes, the Detroit Mafia and the Sound of Teenage America
Tue, 08 Oct 2019
Motown Records is one of the most successful musical industry endeavors of all time. The music and t...
Led Zeppelin: Dark Power, Cocaine, Backstage Brawls and Heavy Metal Magick
Tue, 01 Oct 2019
Led Zeppelin were the biggest band on the planet. The great white shark of the seventies. They defin...
N.W.A Pt. 2: Beatdowns, Band Beef, Death Row and LA on Fire
Thu, 26 Sep 2019
Part two of the N.W.A story finds the group dead center in America’s crosshairs, due in part to th...
N.W.A Pt. 1: Street Hustle, Reality Rap and Culture-Shifting Violence
Thu, 26 Sep 2019
N.W.A, the self proclaimed “most dangerous group in America,” were seen as violent, thuggish, pr...
Frank Sinatra: Frankie Is the Reason...That the President's Dead
Wed, 31 Jul 2019
Frank Sinatra had it all, then lost it all, then got it all back tenfold. He was a man of extreme ta...
The Rolling Stones: Fugitives in Exile
Tue, 23 Jul 2019
Gun fights, heroin trafficking, burglaries, kidnapping threats, intra-band infidelity and the greate...
Cardi B: Felony Assault
Tue, 09 Jul 2019
Cardi B is one of the biggest artists on the planet and one of the most successful female hip hop ar...
Jim Morrison: Zodiac Killer Qu'est-ce Que C'est
Tue, 25 Jun 2019
This is a bonus episode of Disgraceland that is satire and not true crime. Originally released on Ap...
Slick Rick: Hustle, Iconic Flow and a Menacing Tormentor
Tue, 11 Jun 2019
Slick Rick has one of the most iconic voices in hip hip history. His style is completely his own, an...
Johnny Cash: Pills & Playing With Fire
Tue, 28 May 2019
Johnny Cash took no shit. He was a total original. Could maneuver that big baritone around a ballad ...
Amy Winehouse: Rehab, the Muse and a Rare Talent
Tue, 14 May 2019
Rehab, arrests, fights, hitting on Prince Harry, dramatic stage breakdowns, slagging off the press, ...
XXXTentacion: Mellow Beats and Ultra Violence
Tue, 30 Apr 2019
XXXTentacion was one of Generation Z’s most talented hip hop stars but his ascent was marked by vi...
Grateful Dead Pt. 1: Freedom's Just Another Word for…
Tue, 16 Apr 2019
The Grateful Dead became one of the most influential bands of all time and propelled themselves with...
Ike and Tina Turner: The Inventor and Queen of Rock ‘N’ Roll
Tue, 02 Apr 2019
Ike Turner very well may have invented rock ‘n’ roll; Tina Turner is one of the most electrifyin...
Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love Pt. 2: Suicide Samurai
Tue, 19 Mar 2019
Grunge, grief, the Grateful Dead and a “teenage whore.” Part 2 of the Kurt Cobain and Courtney L...
Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love Pt. 1: No Direction Home
Thu, 14 Mar 2019
Kurt Cobain is a celebrated and defiant icon of Generation X. His wife, Courtney Love, was once the ...
Spade Cooley: Jealousy, Torture, Murder
Tue, 30 Oct 2018
Spade Cooley was one of Postwar America’s biggest celebrities and most talented musicians. He was ...
Rick James: Superfreak Is an Understatement
Tue, 23 Oct 2018
Rick James may have been born into a life of crime, but he was determined to make his way in life th...
Big Lurch: Hip Hop Cannibal
Tue, 16 Oct 2018
Big Lurch didn’t just rap about standard hip-hop culture; he rapped about serial killers like Jeff...
Keith Moon: Rockstar Excess and a Dead Chauffeur
Tue, 09 Oct 2018
Keith Moon of the Who was the prototype for rock drummers, both onstage and off. His drumming was wh...
Marvin Gaye: Father, Father There’s Far Too Many of Us Dying
Tue, 25 Sep 2018
Marvin Gaye was born into a God-fearing home to a sweet, wholesome mother and crossdressing, philand...
GG Allin: Live Fast, Die
Tue, 11 Sep 2018
GG Allin, the notoriously transgressive punk rocker, pushed the limits further than anyone before or...
Brian Jones: To Be On Your Own Like A Sinking Stone
Tue, 28 Aug 2018
Brian Jones invented “The World’s Greatest Rock ‘N Roll Band," The Rolling Stones, but would f...
Johnny Paycheck: Pardon Me, I've Got Someone to Kill
Tue, 14 Aug 2018
Lots of country music stars wear the black hat but none of them wore it with more authenticity than ...
Mötley Crüe: Sex, Drugs, and Even More Sex and Drugs: How Are These Dudes Still Alive?
Tue, 17 Jul 2018
Mötley Crüe frontman Vince Neil totaled his Ford Pantera on a beer run, and in the process took th...
The Death of John Lennon (Pt. 2): “The phony must die, said the catcher in the rye.”
Tue, 10 Jul 2018
John Lennon was a walking contradiction: a violent pacifist and a creative genius marred by creative...
The Death of John Lennon (Pt. 1): “John Lennon, I’m going to kill you, you phony bastard.”
Tue, 10 Jul 2018
John Lennon was a walking contradiction: a violent pacifist and a creative genius marred by creative...
James Brown: Papa's Got A Brand New Bag... Of Meth
Tue, 26 Jun 2018
What happens when the hardest working man in show business takes a break? Idle hands are indeed the ...
Michael Alig: If a Club Kid Kills, Stuffs the Body in a Box and Tells The World About It Will Anyone Listen?
Tue, 19 Jun 2018
In March 1996, promoter Michael Alig, the "King of the Club Kids," after appearing on TV’s Geraldo...
Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G.: The Media Did It
Tue, 12 Jun 2018
Who killed Tupac? Who killed Biggie? The answer has been right there out in the open for years. This...
Bob Marley: Rasta Vigilante
Tue, 29 May 2018
Bob Marley is known as the peace and love reggae superstar, but the truth of who he really was is a ...
Tay-K: A Nationwide Manhunt and Art Imitating Life
Tue, 15 May 2018
The Arlington, Texas rapper born Taymor Travon McIntyre was involved in two killings by the time he ...
Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes: Hit Me Again and I'll Burn Your House Down
Tue, 17 Apr 2018
TLC’s Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes was known as “the crazy one.” She did, after all, burn down th...
Van Morrison: Astral Weeks, Movement and Murder
Tue, 03 Apr 2018
In 1968, Van Morrison was hiding out from the New York City Mafia in Boston, Massachusetts. Recently...
Norwegian Black Metal: Satanic Rebellion, Murder and Worse
Tue, 20 Mar 2018
Never has there been a more extreme form of musical rebellion than Norwegian Black Metal. The genre’...
Sam Cooke: An Insatiable Libido and a Justifiable Homicide
Tue, 06 Mar 2018
Sam Cooke was a lot of things: soul superstar, civil rights champion, whip smart entrepreneur. But h...
Sid Vicious: Love Kills... Even a Mother's Love?
Tue, 20 Feb 2018
It has long been believed that punk rock icon Sid Vicious died of a heroin overdose. That is true. H...
Jerry Lee Lewis: The Killer and Getting Away with Murder
Tue, 13 Feb 2018
The night before Jerry Lee Lewis’ fifth wife died, she made a phone call to her mother. She told h...