DISGRACELAND
Episodes
N.W.A Pt. 2: Beatdowns, Band Beef, Death Row and LA on Fire
26 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Part two of the N.W.A story finds the group dead center in America’s crosshairs, due in part to their own violent behavior, and at a crossroads crea...
N.W.A Pt. 1: Street Hustle, Reality Rap and Culture-Shifting Violence
26 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
N.W.A, the self proclaimed “most dangerous group in America,” were seen as violent, thuggish, profanity-spewing criminals, but they had nothing on...
N.W.A Pt. 2: Beatdowns, Band Beef, Death Row and LA on Fire
26 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Part two of the N.W.A story finds the group dead center in America’s crosshairs, due in part to their own violent behavior, and at a crossroads ...
N.W.A Pt. 1: Street Hustle, Reality Rap and Culture-Shifting Violence
26 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
N.W.A, the self proclaimed “most dangerous group in America,” were seen as violent, thuggish, profanity-spewing criminals, but they had nothing on...
Frank Sinatra: Frankie Is the Reason...That the President's Dead
31 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Frank Sinatra had it all, then lost it all, then got it all back tenfold. He was a man of extreme talent, confidence and insecurity. And he had powerf...
The Rolling Stones: Fugitives in Exile
23 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Gun fights, heroin trafficking, burglaries, kidnapping threats, intra-band infidelity and the greatest rock ‘n’ roll record ever made, Exile on Ma...
The Rolling Stones: Fugitives in Exile
23 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Gun fights, heroin trafficking, burglaries, kidnapping threats, intra-band infidelity and the greatest rock ‘n’ roll record ever made, Exile on Ma...
The Rolling Stones: Fugitives in Exile
23 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Gun fights, heroin trafficking, burglaries, kidnapping threats, intra-band infidelity and the greatest rock ‘n’ roll record ever made, Exi...
Cardi B: Felony Assault
09 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Cardi B is one of the biggest artists on the planet and one of the most successful female hip hop artists of all time. She is accused of two counts of...
Cardi B: Felony Assault
09 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Cardi B is one of the biggest artists on the planet and one of the most successful female hip hop artists of all time. She is accused of two counts of...
Jim Morrison: Zodiac Killer Qu'est-ce Que C'est
25 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This is a bonus episode of Disgraceland that is satire and not true crime. Originally released on April 1, 2019 as an April Fools joke, this episode f...
Slick Rick: Hustle, Iconic Flow and a Menacing Tormentor
11 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Slick Rick has one of the most iconic voices in hip hip history. His style is completely his own, and his success owes as much to his delivery as it d...
Slick Rick: Hustle, Iconic Flow and a Menacing Tormentor
11 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Slick Rick has one of the most iconic voices in hip hip history. His style is completely his own, and his success owes as much to his delivery as it d...
Slick Rick: Hustle, Iconic Flow and a Menacing Tormentor
11 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Slick Rick has one of the most iconic voices in hip hip history. His style is completely his own, and his success owes as much to his delivery as it d...
Johnny Cash: Pills & Playing With Fire
28 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Johnny Cash took no shit. He was a total original. Could maneuver that big baritone around a ballad or a rave up like nobody’s business. He also bur...
Amy Winehouse: Rehab, the Muse and a Rare Talent
14 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Rehab, arrests, fights, hitting on Prince Harry, dramatic stage breakdowns, slagging off the press, Amy Winehouse was a rockstar’s rockstar and she ...
Amy Winehouse: Rehab, the Muse and a Rare Talent
14 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Rehab, arrests, fights, hitting on Prince Harry, dramatic stage breakdowns, slagging off the press, Amy Winehouse was a rockstar’s rockstar and she ...
Amy Winehouse: Rehab, the Muse and a Rare Talent
14 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Rehab, arrests, fights, hitting on Prince Harry, dramatic stage breakdowns, slagging off the press, Amy Winehouse was a rockstar’s rockstar and ...
XXXTentacion: Mellow Beats and Ultra Violence
30 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
XXXTentacion was one of Generation Z’s most talented hip hop stars but his ascent was marked by violence and drama; beatdowns, beefs (what’s up, D...
Grateful Dead Pt. 1: Freedom's Just Another Word for…
16 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Grateful Dead became one of the most influential bands of all time and propelled themselves with improvisation, LSD and an ethos of “freedom”....
Grateful Dead Pt. 1: Freedom's Just Another Word for…
16 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Grateful Dead became one of the most influential bands of all time and propelled themselves with improvisation, LSD and an ethos of “freedom”....
Ike and Tina Turner: The Inventor and Queen of Rock ‘N’ Roll
02 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Ike Turner very well may have invented rock ‘n’ roll; Tina Turner is one of the most electrifying entertainers to ever take the stage. Together, t...
Snoop Doggy Dogg: Murder Was The Case
26 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Snoop Dogg, (AKA Calvin Broadus) has worn many hats: inmate, pimp, Martha Stewart’s BFF. In 1994, Snoop was the biggest name in hip hop, yet his car...
Snoop Doggy Dogg: Murder Was The Case
26 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Snoop Dogg, (AKA Calvin Broadus) has worn many hats: inmate, pimp, Martha Stewart’s BFF. In 1994, Snoop was the biggest name in hip hop, yet his...
Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love Pt. 2: Suicide Samurai
19 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Grunge, grief, the Grateful Dead and a “teenage whore.” Part 2 of the Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love story picks up with Courtney’s ascent and th...
Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love Pt. 2: Suicide Samurai
19 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Grunge, grief, the Grateful Dead and a “teenage whore.” Part 2 of the Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love story picks up with Courtney’s ascent and th...
Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love Pt. 1: No Direction Home
14 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Kurt Cobain is a celebrated and defiant icon of Generation X. His wife, Courtney Love, was once the most hated woman in America. Courtney, like Kurt, ...
Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love Pt. 1: No Direction Home
14 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Kurt Cobain is a celebrated and defiant icon of Generation X. His wife, Courtney Love, was once the most hated woman in America. Courtney, like Kurt, ...
Spade Cooley: Jealousy, Torture, Murder
30 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Spade Cooley was one of Postwar America’s biggest celebrities and most talented musicians. He was also a violent drunk and homicidal psychopath with...
Rick James: Superfreak Is an Understatement
23 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Rick James may have been born into a life of crime, but he was determined to make his way in life through music. He intimidated George Clinton, inspir...
Rick James: Superfreak Is an Understatement
23 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Rick James may have been born into a life of crime, but he was determined to make his way in life through music. He intimidated George Clinton, inspir...
Big Lurch: Hip Hop Cannibal
16 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Big Lurch didn’t just rap about standard hip-hop culture; he rapped about serial killers like Jeffrey Dahmer and horror movie villains like Freddy K...
Keith Moon: Rockstar Excess and a Dead Chauffeur
09 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Keith Moon of the Who was the prototype for rock drummers, both onstage and off. His drumming was wholly unique. Like his bandmates' behavior, it was ...
The Who Pt 1: Keith Moon, Rockstar Excess, and a Dead Chauffeur
09 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Keith Moon of the Who was the prototype for rock drummers, both onstage and off. His drumming was wholly unique. Like his bandmates' behavior, it was ...
The Who Pt 1: Keith Moon, Rockstar Excess, and a Dead Chauffeur
09 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Keith Moon of the Who was the prototype for rock drummers, both onstage and off. His drumming was wholly unique. Like his bandmates' behavior, it was ...
Marvin Gaye: Father, Father There’s Far Too Many of Us Dying
25 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Marvin Gaye was born into a God-fearing home to a sweet, wholesome mother and crossdressing, philandering, pentecostal preacher father who ruled his c...
GG Allin: Live Fast, Die
11 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
GG Allin, the notoriously transgressive punk rocker, pushed the limits further than anyone before or after. For GG, there were no limits. No laws. He ...
GG Allin: Live Fast, Die
11 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
GG Allin, the notoriously transgressive punk rocker, pushed the limits further than anyone before or after. For GG, there were no limits. No laws. He ...
GG Allin: Live Fast, Die
11 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
GG Allin, the notoriously transgressive punk rocker, pushed the limits further than anyone before or after. For GG, there were no limits. No laws. He ...
Brian Jones: To Be On Your Own Like A Sinking Stone
28 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Brian Jones invented “The World’s Greatest Rock ‘N Roll Band," The Rolling Stones, but would find himself kicked out of that band just a few yea...
Johnny Paycheck: Pardon Me, I've Got Someone to Kill
14 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Lots of country music stars wear the black hat but none of them wore it with more authenticity than Johnny Paycheck. Johnny Cash may have bragged abou...
Frank Sinatra Pt. 1: Frankie Is the Reason...That the President's Dead
31 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Frank Sinatra had it all, then lost it all, then got it all back tenfold. He was a man of extreme talent, confidence and insecurity. And he had powerf...
Mötley Crüe: Sex, Drugs, and Even More Sex and Drugs: How Are These Dudes Still Alive?
17 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Mötley Crüe frontman Vince Neil totaled his Ford Pantera on a beer run, and in the process took the life of his friend Razzle Dingley, drummer for H...
Mötley Crüe Pt. 1: Sex, Drugs, and Even More Sex and Drugs: How Are These Dudes Still Alive?
17 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Mötley Crüe frontman Vince Neil totaled his Ford Pantera on a beer run, and in the process took the life of his friend Razzle Dingley, drumm...
The Death of John Lennon (Pt. 2): “The phony must die, said the catcher in the rye.”
10 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
John Lennon was a walking contradiction: a violent pacifist and a creative genius marred by creative inconsistency. Just as he was getting his groove ...
The Death of John Lennon (Pt. 1): “John Lennon, I’m going to kill you, you phony bastard.”
10 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
John Lennon was a walking contradiction: a violent pacifist and a creative genius marred by creative inconsistency. Just as he was getting his groove ...
John Lennon (Pt. 2): “The phony must die, said the catcher in the rye.”
10 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
John Lennon was a walking contradiction: a violent pacifist and a creative genius marred by creative inconsistency. Just as he was getting his groove ...
John Lennon (Pt. 1): “John Lennon, I’m going to kill you, you phony bastard.”
10 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
John Lennon was a walking contradiction: a violent pacifist and a creative genius marred by creative inconsistency. Just as he was getting his groove ...
James Brown: Papa's Got A Brand New Bag... Of Meth
26 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when the hardest working man in show business takes a break? Idle hands are indeed the devil’s workshop. This episode will detail James...
James Brown: Papa's Got A Brand New Bag... Of Meth
26 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when the hardest working man in show business takes a break? Idle hands are indeed the devil’s workshop. This episode will detail James...
James Brown: Papa's Got A Brand New Bag... Of Meth
26 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when the hardest working man in show business takes a break? Idle hands are indeed the devil’s workshop. This episode will detail J...
Michael Alig: If a Club Kid Kills, Stuffs the Body in a Box and Tells The World About It Will Anyone Listen?
19 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In March 1996, promoter Michael Alig, the "King of the Club Kids," after appearing on TV’s Geraldo and on the cover of New York magazine, bashed his...
Michael Alig: If a Club Kid Kills, Stuffs the Body in a Box and Tells The World About It Will Anyone Listen?
19 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In March 1996, promoter Michael Alig, the "King of the Club Kids," after appearing on TV’s Geraldo and on the cover of New York magazine, bashed...
Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G.: The Media Did It
12 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Who killed Tupac? Who killed Biggie? The answer has been right there out in the open for years. This episode looks at the lives and deaths of both rap...
Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G.: The Media Did It
12 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Who killed Tupac? Who killed Biggie? The answer has been right there out in the open for years. This episode looks at the lives and deaths of both rap...
Bob Marley: Rasta Vigilante
29 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Bob Marley is known as the peace and love reggae superstar, but the truth of who he really was is a bit more complicated. After gunmen raided his home...
Tay-K: A Nationwide Manhunt and Art Imitating Life
15 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The Arlington, Texas rapper born Taymor Travon McIntyre was involved in two killings by the time he was 17. Arrested on murder charges and placed unde...
Tay-K: A Nationwide Manhunt and Art Imitating Life
15 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The Arlington, Texas rapper born Taymor Travon McIntyre was involved in two killings by the time he was 17. Arrested on murder charges and placed unde...
The Rolling Stones: Sleeping With the First Lady and Trafficking Heroin
01 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In the 1970s, the world regarded the Rolling Stones as an insular band of hedonistic and glamorous pansexual junkies. But all of the trouble they’d ...
The Rolling Stones: Sleeping With the First Lady and Trafficking Heroin
01 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In the 1970s, the world regarded the Rolling Stones as an insular band of hedonistic and glamorous pansexual junkies. But all of the trouble they&rsqu...
Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes: Hit Me Again and I'll Burn Your House Down
17 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
TLC’s Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes was known as “the crazy one.” She did, after all, burn down the mansion of her boyfriend, NFL player Andre Rison...
Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes: Hit Me Again and I'll Burn Your House Down
17 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
TLC’s Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes was known as “the crazy one.” She did, after all, burn down the mansion of her boyfriend, NF...
Van Morrison: Astral Weeks, Movement and Murder
03 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In 1968, Van Morrison was hiding out from the New York City Mafia in Boston, Massachusetts. Recently the victim of a physical attack from a Genovese c...
Van Morrison: Astral Weeks, Movement and Murder
03 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In 1968, Van Morrison was hiding out from the New York City Mafia in Boston, Massachusetts. Recently the victim of a physical attack from a Genovese c...
Norwegian Black Metal: Satanic Rebellion, Murder and Worse
20 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Never has there been a more extreme form of musical rebellion than Norwegian Black Metal. The genre’s founding band, Mayhem, its sister act Burzum a...
Norwegian Black Metal: Satanic Rebellion, Murder and Worse
20 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Never has there been a more extreme form of musical rebellion than Norwegian Black Metal. The genre’s founding band, Mayhem, its sister act Burz...
Sam Cooke: An Insatiable Libido and a Justifiable Homicide
06 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Cooke was a lot of things: soul superstar, civil rights champion, whip smart entrepreneur. But he was also a serial womanizer with an unbridled li...
Sam Cooke: An Insatiable Libido and a Justifiable Homicide
06 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Cooke was a lot of things: soul superstar, civil rights champion, whip smart entrepreneur. But he was also a serial womanizer with an unbridled li...
Sid Vicious: Love Kills... Even a Mother's Love?
20 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
It has long been believed that punk rock icon Sid Vicious died of a heroin overdose. That is true. However, new evidence suggests that his overly affe...
Sid Vicious: Love Kills... Even a Mother's Love?
20 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
It has long been believed that punk rock icon Sid Vicious died of a heroin overdose. That is true. However, new evidence suggests that his overly affe...
Jerry Lee Lewis: The Killer and Getting Away with Murder
13 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The night before Jerry Lee Lewis’ fifth wife died, she made a phone call to her mother. She told her that she was thinking of leaving the rock ‘n’...
Jerry Lee Lewis: The Killer and Getting Away with Murder
13 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The night before Jerry Lee Lewis’ fifth wife died, she made a phone call to her mother. She told her that she was thinking of leaving the rock ‘n’...