DISGRACELAND podcast

DISGRACELAND

You know the myths. You’ve seen the biopics. But if you’re the kind of music fan who craves the rest of the story—the stuff they buried or cleaned up for streaming and theaters—this is your podcast. DISGRACELAND is the award-winning show that reveals the deeply human, highly dramatic, true crime–fueled chaos behind legendary musicians like Amy Winehouse, Jerry Lee Lewis, Sean “Diddy” Combs, the Grateful Dead, Blondie, and more. While we dig into the dark side, we do so with reverence for the artists—and an understanding of the extreme highs, lows, and personal costs that come with fame and making great art. This is music history like you’ve never heard it—edge-of-your-seat stories exploding with drama and the kind of information that’ll make you dangerous at dinner parties. New, fully scripted and sound-designed episodes drop every Tuesday. On Thursdays, we hand the mic to you—and feature listener voicemails, texts, and emails in our interactive bonus episodes. And on Fridays, we revisit the wildest stories from our 250+ episode archive with “Rewind” drops that’ll transport you back into music history’s most entertaining moments. DISGRACELAND is not a journalistic podcast—it’s an entertainment podcast inspired by true events. Certain dialogue and scenes are occasionally fictionalized for dramatic effect, as is common in scripted entertainment based on real stories. Sources and credits for each episode are available at www.disgracelandpod.com. To hear every episode ad-free––and get access to exclusive exclusive, bonus, and behind the scenes content––the stories they don't want you to hear—become a Disgraceland All Access member at www.disgracelandpod.com/membership.

You know the myths. You’ve seen the biopics. But if you’re the kind of music fan who craves the rest of the story—the stuff they buried or cleaned up for streaming and theaters—this is your podcast. DISGRACELAND is the award-winning show that reveals the deeply human, highly dramatic, true crime–fueled chaos behind legendary musicians like Amy Winehouse, Jerry Lee Lewis, Sean “Diddy” Combs, the Grateful Dead, Blondie, and more. While we dig into the dark side, we do so with reverence for the artists—and an understanding of the extreme highs, lows, and personal costs that come with fame and making great art. This is music history like you’ve never heard it—edge-of-your-seat stories exploding with drama and the kind of information that’ll make you dangerous at dinner parties. New, fully scripted and sound-designed episodes drop every Tuesday. On Thursdays, we hand the mic to you—and feature listener voicemails, texts, and emails in our interactive bonus episodes. And on Fridays, we revisit the wildest stories from our 250+ episode archive with “Rewind” drops that’ll transport you back into music history’s most entertaining moments. DISGRACELAND is not a journalistic podcast—it’s an entertainment podcast inspired by true events. Certain dialogue and scenes are occasionally fictionalized for dramatic effect, as is common in scripted entertainment based on real stories. Sources and credits for each episode are available at www.disgracelandpod.com. To hear every episode ad-free––and get access to exclusive exclusive, bonus, and behind the scenes content––the stories they don't want you to hear—become a Disgraceland All Access member at www.disgracelandpod.com/membership.

 

#402

Bonus Episode: Happy Xmas (War Is Over) and Other Great Music History Christmas Moments

This After Party features a very special announcement plus a look into the greatest Christ... more

11 Dec 2025

34 MINS

34:54

11 Dec 2025


#401

Phil Spector: Silent Night, Loaded Gun

A gun-waving showdown with the Ramones. A death threat from the Genovese crime family. A t... more

09 Dec 2025

42 MINS

42:03

09 Dec 2025


#400

Bonus Episode: Are Rockstars Part of the UFO Disclosure Theory? Plus Psychopedia’s Brooke Slater on ...

On the heels of the release of the excellent new documentary The Age of Disclosure, and ou... more

04 Dec 2025

1 HR 00 MINS

1:00:56

04 Dec 2025


#399

Merle Haggard (Pt. 2): Surviving Christmas, Cosmic American Aliens, and Cocaine Clarity

A cosmic-country dust-up with Gram Parsons. A months-long cocaine spiral. An alien obsessi... more

02 Dec 2025

36 MINS

36:30

02 Dec 2025


#398

Bonus Episode: Killer Concert Films

Why The Last Waltz is the greatest concert film of all time plus, in the exclusive section... more

27 Nov 2025

42 MINS

42:22

27 Nov 2025


#397

Bonus Episode: A Brief History of Gun Violence from Music’s Past

“The Devil’s Right Hand" – the gun. Many have died by it in music history. From the unknow... more

20 Nov 2025

39 MINS

39:15

20 Nov 2025


#396

Dr. John: A Shooting, Federal Prison, and Voodoo Healing

A gunshot ended his career as a guitar player, but opened up a path to becoming an iconic ... more

18 Nov 2025

35 MINS

35:41

18 Nov 2025


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Bonus: From the Nitrous Mafia to the Italian Mafia, the Criminal Enterprises That Infiltrate Music C...

Gangsters, rude boys, drug dealers, soviet bootleggers, ticket scalping syndicates, and ps... more

13 Nov 2025

36 MINS

36:19

13 Nov 2025


#394

Phish: Community, Hippie Crack, and the Nitrous Mafia

A parking lot ruled by shady nitrous oxide dealers. And a bandleader whose addiction nearl... more

11 Nov 2025

39 MINS

39:47

11 Nov 2025


#393

Bonus: The Next Incel Killer Already Has A Playlist

This episode is being published for the first time on Friday, November 7th. An episode of ... more

07 Nov 2025

37 MINS

37:31

07 Nov 2025


#392

AC/DC Pt. 2: Dirty Deeds, Dead Friends, and Murder for Hire

This is the story of the greatest rock ’n’ roll band on earth. AC/DC was forged in discipl... more

04 Nov 2025

42 MINS

42:22

04 Nov 2025


#391

Bonus Episode: Why Does Hollywood Ignore The Most Impactful Music?

This week in the After Party, Jake wonders why horror film soundtracks, despite their impo... more

30 Oct 2025

36 MINS

36:11

30 Oct 2025


#390

Bonus Episode: Backmasking and the Death of the Dangerous Rockstar

This week in the After Party, Jake looks back at the 1980s satanic panic and the uproar ov... more

23 Oct 2025

37 MINS

37:58

23 Oct 2025


#389

Judas Priest: Satanic Panic, Censorship, Heavy Metal Suicide, and Defenders of the Faith

They helped create the genre of heavy metal, and then Satan and the censors tried to destr... more

21 Oct 2025

45 MINS

45:25

21 Oct 2025


#388

Bonus Episode: Music and Monsters

This week in the After Party, Jake is thinking about monsters – the fictitious kind and th... more

16 Oct 2025

39 MINS

39:05

16 Oct 2025


#387

Bonus Episode: Musical Sherpas and Spooky Sounds

This week in the After Party, Jake suggests some songs for spooky season and wonders if Ch... more

09 Oct 2025

40 MINS

40:27

09 Oct 2025


#386

Pentagram: Demons, Curses, and Doom

In 1971, a teenage metalhead named Bobby Liebling flipped a five-pointed star upside-down,... more

07 Oct 2025

40 MINS

40:50

07 Oct 2025


#385

Bonus Episode - Spooky Stories and Superbowl Shows

This week in the After Party, Jake reacts to the news that Bad Bunny will perform at this ... more

02 Oct 2025

39 MINS

39:07

02 Oct 2025


#384

Led Zeppelin Pt. 2: The Haunting at Headley Grange

In 1971, Led Zeppelin holed up in an old English house in the countryside to make the albu... more

30 Sep 2025

41 MINS

41:42

30 Sep 2025


#383

Bonus Episode - Rock 'n' Roll Movies, Music Headlines, and Buford Pusser

This week in the After Party, Jake is thinking about movies that have a rock 'n' roll atti... more

18 Sep 2025

39 MINS

39:05

18 Sep 2025


#382

Jimmy Buffett: Escape Artist, Incorporated.

Key West drug traffickers, God’s Own Bad-Ass, flying bullets, and the billion-dollar busin... more

16 Sep 2025

37 MINS

37:32

16 Sep 2025


#381

Bonus Episode: Hanging with Hip Hop Stars, the VMAs, and the Return of the Biggest Band on the Plane...

This week in the After Party, Jake contrasts the cultural irrelevancy of the MTV Video Mus... more

11 Sep 2025

35 MINS

35:15

11 Sep 2025