DISGRACELAND

Bonus Episode: The Greatest Band That Never Was

10 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week in the after party, Jake looks at the bands that could've been huge, but never were, and hears from you on the subject. Plus, Jake talks ab...

The Replacements: Stink Bombs, Broken Guitars, and Self-Sabotage

08 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A teenage bass-playing f*ck-up prodigy. A big brother in an ill-fitting bodysuit on national television. A drummer playing chicken with the cops on hi...

Studio 54: Disco Decadence, a Dead Body and Bags of Cash

04 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In the late seventies, Studio 54 was the place to be for musicians and celebrities alike. John Lennon, Mick Jagger, Michael Jackson, Bruce Springsteen...

Bonus Episode – The Verdict is in

03 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week in the after party, Jake hears from you about your favorite singer/songwriters and which artists are the most gangster. Plus, Jake gets int...

Frank Sinatra Pt 2: New Evidence, Secret Favors, and Three Dead Men. This is Frank Sinatra — Connected, Compromised, and Cornered

01 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Frank Sinatra was never just a pop star. In this second chapter of his story, Frank isn’t merely brushing shoulders with gangsters—he’s one of t...

Frank Sinatra Pt. 1: Frankie Is the Reason...That the President's Dead

30 Jun 2025

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...

Bonus Episode – True Crime Songs, Singer Songwriters, and the Worst Draft Pick in NBA History

26 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week in the after party, Jake is thinking about great singer songwriter albums - what is your favorite? Plus, we hear from you on your favorite ...

Bonus Episode – Concert Tragedies, Concussions, and Brian Wilson

19 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week in the after party, Jake reflects on the recent deaths of Sly Stone and Brian Wilson, and discusses concert tragedies. Plus, Jake talks bas...

The Who Pt 2: A Crowd Crush, a Death Trap, and a Tragedy in Cincinnati

17 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

They came for the loudest rock band in the world. They got a death trap. In a freezing plaza outside Cincinnati’s Riverfront Coliseum, thousands of ...

Introducing: Clues with Morgan Absher & Kaelyn Moore

15 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Join hosts Morgan Absher and Kaelyn Moore as they take you deep into the world of the most notorious crimes ever — where a single clue can crack a...

Bonus Episode – Obsessions, Earworms, and RIP Sly Stone

12 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week in the After Party, Jake goes down a rabbit hole as he thinks about great songs about obsession. What are some of your favorites? And spea...

Bjork: The Package, the Fan, and a Deadly Obsession

10 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A deranged fan. A deadly package. And one of the most innovative musicians on the planet. This is the true story of obsession, art, and attempted murd...

Bonus Episode - Suffering Souls, Subversion, and More Great Girl Groups

05 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week in the After Party, Jake is thinking about the connection between psychopathy, artistry, and trauma. So many great artists are also undeniab...

Marilyn Manson: A Car Crash, a Planned Murder, Nihilism, Abuse, and Inhumanity

03 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Discover the controversial story behind Marilyn Manson, aka Brian Warner. Accused by multiple women of abuse—allegations he denies—what do his own...

Bonus Episode - Great Girl Groups au Go Go

29 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week in the After Party, Jake ponders the greatest girl groups of all time and wonders about our AI-driven future if AI doesn't even have the Go-...

The Go Go’s: Serial Killers, Drug Addiction, an Historic Album, and “the Rumor”

27 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Serial killers, drug addiction, avoiding death, destruction, punk rock cliches and surviving an unmentionable “rumor” all while doing something no...

Bonus Episode – Upcoming Episodes, the Diddy Trial, and More Mount Rushmore

22 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week in the After Party, Jake takes a look at the upcoming slate of episodes in Disgraceland and hears from you on the Diddy trial, Phish, and mo...

Bonus Episode - Sign o' the Times: the Diddy Trial Begins

15 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week in the After Party, Jake shares his thoughts on the start of the Diddy trial and (of course) takes your calls, emails, texts and DMs.. Next...

Prince (Pt. 2): Bodyguards, Guns, Gangs, and a Revolution

13 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

1984. Prince is at his commercial and creative peak. "Purple Rain" – the album, the soundtrack, and the film – is a sensation. But that's when the...

Bonus Episode: The Mount Rushmore of Guitarists

08 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week in the After Party, Jake hears from you about the Mount Rushmore of Guitarists and opines on a recent performance from David Lee Roth. Next...

Van Halen Pt. 2: Pulling a Gun on Fred Durst, Racing Ferraris and Lambos, and Rock ‘n’ Roll’s Most Faithful Servant

06 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In 1985, David Lee Roth was out and Sammy Hagar was in. One of the biggest lead singer shakeups in music history led to some of the biggest sales of V...

Bonus Episode: Gen X Actresses and Getting to Know You

01 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week in the After Party, Jake reflects on Wynona Ryder and her iconic status among Gen X. Plus, Jake wants the Disgos to get in touch and tell h...

Party’s Over, from Bad Rap: The Case Against Diddy

30 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

You know on Disgraceland we bring you dark stories of musicians getting away with very bad behavior. This week, we have something special: A new podca...

Winona Ryder: Drowning, Designer Theft, and a Deadly Kidnapping

29 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Between beatnik parents, an LSD guru godfather, and an unconventional upbringing in Northern California, it’s not surprising that Winona Ryder becam...

Bonus Episode: Rock 'n' Roll Second Acts

24 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week in the After Party, Jake looks at second acts in music history. Which artists went on to form successful groups whose impact matched or exc...

Chris Cornell: Bad Trips, Crooked DEA Agents, and Four Octaves of Sheer Power

22 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

As a teenager, Chris Cornell was traumatized by a bad PCP trip that turned him into a recluse for years. Music pulled him out of the darkness when he ...

The Eagles Pt. 1: International Drug Smuggling, Endless Cocaine, and California Excess

18 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

From games of chicken on private planes to one member surviving a private plane crash, the Eagles as a group very narrowly survived themselves. During...

Bonus Episode: Books They Don't Want You to Read and Books We Want Them to Write

17 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week in the After Party, Jake takes your calls on the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame and wonders why some celebrity autobiographies are so hard to fi...

Bonus Episode: 2025 Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame Nominees and Helter Skelter

10 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Oasis, Bad Company, Black Crowes, OutKast, White Stripes, Joe Cocker, Joy Division / New Order, Chubby Checker, Cyndi Lauper, Mana, Phish, Soundgarden...

Billy Idol: A Motorcycle Crash, a Rude Awakening in Bangkok, Sexual Deviancy, and Rock ‘n’ Roll Animals

08 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

With his spiked blond hair, perpetual sneer, and gloved hands clenched in defiance, Billy Idol seemed like an avatar of punk rock dreamed up by centra...

Introducing: HOLLYWOODLAND…

07 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

 …the Hollywood and true crime spinoff from the award winning music and true crime podcast, DISGRACELAND, and the newest expansion from the folks a...

Bonus Episode: JFK, Watergate, and More From Seattle

03 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week in the After Party, Jake shares his thoughts on the recent release of formerly classified JFK files and how they relate to Watergate and thi...

Bob Dylan (Pt.2): BREAKING–New JFK Files Link Dylan to Richard Nixon’s Watergate Scandal

01 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Within the recently released "JFK Files” there is a reference to a “Bobby Dyllon” and informant number “T-3390-S." This recent discovery has...

Bonus Episode: F#ck, Marry, Kill with Your Favorite Seattle Bands

27 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week in the After Party, Jake hears from you about the greatest Seattle artists of the grunge era and makes his own list of the top 10 grunge alb...

Alice in Chains' Layne Staley: The Rooster, the Jungle, and Dying Young

25 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Though they were one of the first so-called “grunge” bands to sign to a major label, Alice in Chains were something of an outlier in the late ‘8...

Bonus Episode - Video Directors, MTV stars, and Big News From Hollywood

20 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week in the After Party, Jake looks at video directors from the 80s and 90s who went on to have careers in films. Plus, we hear from you about yo...

George Michael: Lewd Acts, Guilt, and Freedom

18 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Seven arrests in twelve years and more than a couple sleepless nights inside a London prison. This reads like the description of a stereotypical Sunse...

Bonus Episode - Irish Artists, Def Leppard and Huey Lewis

13 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week in the After Party, all the stars come out to play: Def Leppard, Huey Lewis, Gene Hackman, Odell Beckham, Jr and of course, Thin Lizzy! Plus...

Thin Lizzy: Gangsters, Drugs, Punks and St. Patrick

11 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What made the band Thin Lizzy different from your standard 1970s rock and punk? Crime, that’s what. The criminals who populated Phil Lynott’s moth...

Bonus Episode: RIP David Johansen and Gene Hackman

06 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Jake reflects on the recent passing of two legends: David Johansen and Gene Hackman. Plus, we hear from you on rock n' roll actors, great g...

Dennis Hopper: Dynamite, Cocaine, Cheating Death, Subverting Hollywood, and Life on the Fringe

04 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Dennis Hopper revolutionized American cinema by bringing the counterculture to the mainstream with his 1969 film Easy Rider. But he also lived his lif...

Bonus Episode: The Madness of Moviemaking

27 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Jake talks about his experience trying to get a movie made and reflects on the obsessive drive that is required for filmmakers like Martin ...

Martin Scorsese (Pt. 2): One Night. One Murder. Five Directors.

25 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Hollywood:1975. Martin Scorsese sits in his apartment, enraged. He wants to literally kill the man who is ruining his to-be-released film, Taxi Driver...

Dorothy Stratten: A Playboy Pinup, a Private Investigator, and a Chilling Murder

21 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Dorthy Stratten went from Dairy Queen counter girl to Playboy pinup to murder victim – in just two years. Hugh Hefner called her the next Marilyn Mo...

Bonus Episode: Jay-Z Developments, Sid and Nancy, and a One Buck Utopia

20 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Jake shares some surprising developments in the Jay-Z case and their ramifications for the ongoing Diddy cases. Plus we hear from you on th...

Bonus Episode: Satchmo and Secret Agents

13 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Jake is thinking about the CIA and its role in our culture. Has the CIA played a part not just in political dirty tricks overseas, but also...

Louis Armstrong: Gangsters, the CIA, and Hot Music

11 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

You know Louis Armstrong, right? Jazz icon? Satchmo? Nice guy from the movies with the trumpet? Did you know he was part of a CIA coup in Africa? Did ...

Bonus Episode: Strange Celebrity Deaths, Great Comedians, and Hot Takes

06 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Jake is thinking about Richard Pryor. If Pryor had died after setting himself on fire, would that be the strangest celebrity death of all t...

Richard Pryor: Stabbing, Shooting, F***ing, Burning, and Freebasing

04 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Richard Pryor was one of the funniest people who ever lived. He elevated stand-up comedy to an art form. But the real life that informed his stand-up ...

Bonus Episode: Are We Alone in the Universe?

30 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Jake wonders what might be coming in future disclosures about UFOs, the JFK assassination, and the Diddy case. What happens if the stories ...

Blink-182: Tom Was Right. Aliens Exist.

28 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Everyone thought Blink-182’s Tom DeLonge was a joke, until he proved them all wrong. This is the story of government control, aliens, an arrest, a p...

Bonus Episode - Official Narratives, Influence, and Telling the Whole Story

23 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Jake discusses the Beastie Boys and the challenges of creating an episode about a band that was so influential to him personally, as well a...

Beastie Boys: How They Inspired A Crime Wave, Caused New Laws to be Written, and Influenced Culture

21 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The news called the London crime wave an “epidemic." The Beastie Boys inspired it. Liverpool wanted to kill the group. Ad Rock in jail. Numerous oth...

Bonus Episode - The Allegations Against Bill Murray, Your Bill Murray Stories and More

16 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Jake wrestles again with the idea that an artist whose work he admires may, in fact, be an a**hole. Plus, a listener's story of rock and ro...

Bill Murray: Airport Drug Busts, Backstage Brawls, and Crashing Elvis’s Burial

14 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Before Bill Murray was busting ghosts and living in a loop of deja vu, he was a drug-dealing premed student with a knack for comedy. When he was caugh...

Bonus Episode - From Charlie Sheen to Caligula, Hedonism Throughout History and More

09 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Who is the most hedonistic entertainer from throughout history? Hint: his name might rhyme with “D. Piddy." Caligula is blushing, and your voicemai...

Sean “Diddy” Combs (Pt. 2): The Explicit Story Behind the Indictments

07 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How does a music mogul satiate himself when he’s rich, famous, and can have whatever he wants? When he compares himself to gangster-pimp-king-hustle...

Bonus Episode - Disgraceful Music and Movie Recommendations and More

02 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's After Party, Jake shares some music and movie recommendations based on the research that went into this year's Disgraceland episodes. O...

Bonus Episode – What You Guys Have To Say This Christmas

26 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Your wild tales of rock ‘n’ roll animalism, UFOs, Christmas songs, SNL characters, Jay Z and Diddy, and so much more; we get way into your comment...

Chris Farley: Raging Bulls, Insatiable Appetites, Dead Comics, and a Four-Day Plunge off the Edge

24 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Everything about Chris Farley was larger than life. His comedy, his laughs, the risks he took in front of a live studio audience – they were all big...

Bonus Episode – The Cocaine Enema Was Real and More Rock ‘N’ Roll Truths and Mythbusting, Plus Ken and Barbie Did WHAT On Christmas?

19 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week in the After Party, Jake gets into the great rock 'n' roll myths: we're talking cocaine enemas, ham sandwiches, mud sharks, and stomach pump...

Elvis Presley and Johnny Ace: A Deadly Christmas Story

17 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Elvis Presley loved the Memphis singer Johnny Ace. Johnny died long before Elvis’ became the King of Rock ‘N’ Roll and the way in which Johnny A...

Bonus Episode - Chilling Words Diddy Allegedly Said Before Jay Z and He Did What? Plus Shane MacGowan and More

12 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week in the After Party, Jake dives into the recent allegations against Jay-Z and hears from you about your favorite Christmas songs. Plus, we've...

Shane MacGowan: Outsiders, Underdogs, and Christmas Eve in the Drunk Tank

10 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Shane MacGowan lived his life as an outsider. He was an Irishman living in England, a troublemaking jug-eared punk with rotten teeth and a voracious a...

Bonus Episode - Preserving Rock n' Roll, Solo Beatles, and Remembering John Lennon

05 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week in the After Party, Jake looks back at John Lennon and gets your take on which Beatle had the best solo career. Next week, we're bringing yo...

Bonus Episode - The Band, Concert Films, and Giving Thanks

28 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week in the After Party, Jake reflects on Thanksgiving and The Last Waltz. Plus, Jake hears from you on your favorite concert films, and it turns...

Martin Scorsese, The Band, and The Last Waltz: A Thanksgiving Story

26 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Martin Scorsese’s death wish. Bob Dylan’s theft. Robbie Robertson’s cocaine purchase.  Four thousand pounds of turkey. Two thousand pounds of c...

Bonus Episode - Disgraceful Disclosures, Conspiracies, and 11.22.63

21 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week in the After Party, Jake looks forward to the possibility of 2025 being a year of disgraceful disclosures about JFK, UAPs, Jeffrey Epstein, ...

Woody Harrelson: Contract Killers, JFK Conspiracies, and Fathers & Sons

19 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

One of Hollywood’s most eclectic and unpredictable actors, Woody Harrelson has played a hayseed barback, a streetball hustler, a natural born killer...

Bonus Episode - More Sports, Celebrity Politics, and Diddy's New Digs

14 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week in the After Party, Jake wonders about celebrities and the sincerity of their political convictions and hears more from you on great sports ...

Aaliyah: Married Illegally at 15, Drugs, Corruption, and a Fiery Crash

12 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Married to R. Kelly at 15 years old and dead by the age of 22. Aaliyah was supposed to be as big as Beyonce, but drugs, corruption, and a fiery crash ...

Bonus Episode: Sports Towns, Sports Films, and Diddy's Birthday

07 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week in the After Party, Jake talks about the 1986 New York Mets and what made them such a special baseball team. Jake hears your thoughts on gr...

The ‘86 Mets: Cocaine, On and Off-field Brawls, and a Murder Outside Shea Stadium

05 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The World Series-winning 1986 New York Mets were, in a word: assholes. But their fans loved them anyway. The Mets were brash, scandalous, addicted, vi...

Bonus Episode: Horrifying Books, Disgraceful Diddy Developments, and the Power of Imagination

31 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Happy Halloween, disgos! This week in the After Party, Jake hears from you about the scariest books you've read and catches you up on the latest Diddy...

The Exorcist: Demonic Possession, Mass Hysteria, and NYC’s Unsolved Murders

28 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

William Friedkin's film The Exorcist terrified audiences upon its release in 1973. They fainted, vomited, and went into hysterics in the theaters. S...

Bonus Episode - Scary Movies and an Interview with Low Cut Connie's Adam Weiner

24 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week in the After Party, Jake sits down with Adam Weiner of Low Cut Connie to discuss the state of rock n' roll and Adam's new film "Art Dealers....

Poltergeist Curse: Paranormal Activity, a Plane Crash, and Murder

21 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Four different actors from the 1980s horror franchise Poltergeist died within a 6-year span. Dominique Dunne was murdered. Julian Beck succumbed to ...

Bonus Episode: Dangerous Music, Great Rock n' Roll, and More Shocking Allegations

17 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week in the After Party, Jake wonders if every disgraceful story covered in Disgraceland is mere child's play when compared to the latest Diddy a...

The Cramps: Zombies, Teenage Werewolves, and Rock ‘N’ Roll Saviors

14 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The Cramps, led by the husband and wife team of Lux Interior and Poison Ivy Rorschach, had one one mission: To save rock n' roll from the corporate mo...

Bonus Episode: Heart Issues and Hurricanes

10 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week in the After Party, Jake hears from you on which artists were taken from us too soon, and continues to dive into the latest scuttlebutt on S...

Brandon Lee: Hungry Ghosts, Cursed Movies, and a Goth Masterpiece

07 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Haunted by the legacy of his superstar father and by an old family curse, Brandon Lee tried to outrun the past. But the past came after him all the sa...

Bonus Episode: More Diddy Allegations, Travis Scott and Tony Buzbee

03 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week in the After Party, Jake weighs in on the latest development in the explosive Diddy saga: the 120 alleged victims being represented by Texas...

Travis Scott and Astroworld: The Devil Went Down to Houston

01 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Travis Scott’s 2021 Astroworld music festival turned out to be a deadly disaster. Was it greed? Satanism? Or was something even more mysterious and ...

Bonus Episode: Deep in the Diddyverse and Sci-Fi Curious

26 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week in the After Party, Jake takes a closer look at the Diddy indictment and gets your recommendations on sci fi. Spooky Season is just around t...

Sigourney Weaver: A Goddess, Beasts and Demons, and Paying Tribute from Death Row

24 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In classic ‘80s films like Ghostbusters and Aliens, Sigourney Weaver battled demons and beasts. But to one particular inmate on death row in Georgia...

Bonus Episode: Freak Offs, Great Television, and a Waitress in the Sky

19 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week in the After Party, Jake gets into the latest news on the indictment and arrest of Sean "Diddy" Combs, the greatest television shows of all ...

Matthew Perry: The One Where He Dies

17 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Friends star Matthew Perry battled addiction through the white-hot glare of fame while having the number one show on television and the number one mov...

Bonus Episode: One Night at the Viper Room, a Disgraceland Special Event, and Remembering River Phoenix

12 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week in the After Party, Jake looks back at the fateful night of October 31, 1993, when River Phoenix collapsed and died at the Viper Room in Los...

River Phoenix: Religious Cults, Deadly Speedballs, and a Disappearing Act

10 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

River Phoenix was a once in a generation actor. His death shocked Hollywood and is still hard for many to accept. His deadly drug overdose has never b...

Bonus Episode: Sixes and Sevens and Nines

05 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week in the After Party, Jake talks about gambling and its role in his family. Plus, listeners weigh in on disgraceful athletes, Lana Del Rey son...

The NFL: A Dead Owner, A Dead Gangster, A League Founded on Gambling

03 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The image of the National Football League is one of integrity. It’s a squeaky clean brand that NFL commissioners have gone to great lengths to prote...

Bonus Episode: Madonna, The Rolling Stones, and a Critical Double Standard

29 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week in the After Party, Jake wrestles wonders why certain artists, especially female artists, have a harder time with the critics and the press....

Lana Del Rey: Three Dark Stories Inspired by an American Risk Taker

27 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Illicit romance. An abduction. An international manhunt. Starlets, sex appeal, and psychopaths. Sexual liberation and a scandalous story that’s almo...

Bonus Episode: Problematic Artists, and Did Life Peak in the 90s?

22 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week in the After Party, Jake wrestles with the works of problematic genius Alfred Hitchcock and gets your take the dilemma presented by such art...

Alfred Hitchcock: Killers, Auteurs, and Survivors

20 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Alfred Hitchcock grew up on murder. He was the OG crime junkie; obsessed with true stories of stranglers, bodysnatchers, necrophiliacs, and serial kil...

Bonus Episode: Hollywood and History’s Worst Moms and the Hitchcock Dilemma

15 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week in the After Party, Jake looks at Brittany Murphy's mysterious death and the history of bad moms in Hollywood and crime. As we prepare for n...

Brittany Murphy: The Suspicious Death of a Starlet or an Unsolved Murder?

13 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When actress Brittany Murphy died of pneumonia at the age of just 32 years old, it seemed that all of Hollywood had questions about her death. All but...

The Hillsborough Disaster: A Fatal Crush, Soccer Hooligans, and a Massive Cover-Up

09 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On April 15th, 1989, 95 men, women, and children were crushed to death during a soccer match between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest – two additiona...

Bonus Episode: Can a Heavy Metal Band Be The Most Successful Band of All Time?

08 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week in the After Party, Jake looks at Metallica's rise from the vanguard of a niche sub-genre of Heavy Metal to become one of the most successfu...

Metallica: Thrash Metal, Murder, and the Death of Cliff Burton

06 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In the early days of Metallica, their bass player carried a hammer on tour and had a gun that shot knives – or so the story goes. Their former lead ...