DISGRACELAND is an award-winning music and true crime podcast about musicians getting away with murder and behaving very badly. Jerry Lee Lewis's 5th wife? Dead. Sid and Nancy? Both dead. Why? Because musicians are insane, and insane things happen to them.
Why did we lose Amy Winehouse at 27? Was Debbie Harry really abducted by Ted Bundy as she claims? Is Patti Smith not just the "Godmother of Punk", but also the "Original True Crime Girl"? What really happened the night of the Jay Z nightclub stabbing? What do the Diddy indictments truly reveal? All these stories and more, on artists from…
This Disgraceland bonus episode, titled 'After Party,' is a loosely structured companion piece to the show's recent Nirvana episodes. Host Jake Brennan opens by addressing online reactions to the Nirvana coverage, specifically examining why Courtney Love remains a persistent target of conspiracy theories and vitriol…
Worth it if you're a devoted Disgraceland listener who enjoys informal host banter and want to engage with the community through listener submissions.
Disgraceland's Halloween special examines the life and mysterious death of Screamin' Jay Hawkins, the flamboyant 1950s performer famous for "I Put A Spell on You" and his theatrical coffin-jumping stage act. The episode explores Hawkins' multifaceted career as a singer, soldier, boxer, and actor, and his remarkable…
Worth it if you're drawn to music history's darker corners and enjoy true-crime speculation more than deep musical analysis.