DISGRACELAND

A music and true crime podcast about musicians getting away with murder and behaving very badly. Jerry Lee Lewis, Ozzy Osbourne, Cardi B. Grateful Dead, Rolling Stones, A$AP Rocky, Led Zeppelin: Each episode tells the insane story of our greatest musicians and their criminal connections—from murder, arson, the occult, drug trafficking and countless other scandals and high stakes drama. Award-winning podcaster and author Jake Brennan narrates and produces this one-of-a-kind podcast. Disgraceland is not journalism. It is entertainment. Entertainment inspired by true crimes and events. However, certain scenes, characters and names are sometimes fictionalized for dramatic purposes as they are in most other dramatic storytelling mediums. Disgraceland releases episodes weekly. To listen to our full catalog of episodes, including our “After Party” episodes, head over to Amazon Music to listen completely free. Follow Disgraceland on the Internet and elsewhere @disgracelandpod and stay tuned here for bonus episodes and special content. As always, sources for each episode are available at disgracelandpod.com.

Merle Haggard: 17 Arrests, 17 Breakouts, Hard Time at San Quentin, and the Lonesome Fugitive

Merle Haggard was what authorities liked to call a “repeat offender.” He was arrested for riding...

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

This week in the After Party, Jake gets into the great rock 'n' roll myths: we're talking cocaine enemas,...

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Elvis Presley and Johnny Ace: A Deadly Christmas Story

Elvis Presley loved the Memphis singer Johnny Ace. Johnny died long before Elvis’ became the King...

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Mariah Carey: Armed Guards, Gang Burglaries, and the True Meaning of Christmas

Mariah Carey once lived under constant surveillance in her own home. Her husband planted cameras and...

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Bonus Episode - Christmas Songs & Jay-Z Allegations

This week in the After Party, Jake dives into the recent allegations against Jay-Z and hears from you...

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

Shane MacGowan lived his life as an outsider. He was an Irishman living in England, a troublemaking...

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The Death of John Lennon (Pt. 2): “The phony must die, said the catcher in the rye.”

John Lennon was a walking contradiction: a violent pacifist and a creative genius marred by creative...

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The Death of John Lennon (Pt. 1): “John Lennon, I’m going to kill you, you phony bastard.”

John Lennon was a walking contradiction: a violent pacifist and a creative genius marred by creative...

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

This week in the After Party, Jake looks back at John Lennon and gets your take on which Beatle had...

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John Lennon: Violence, Protests, Provoking the FBI, and Pissing off the President

In the early 1970s, John Lennon was suspected of conspiring to disrupt an American political convention...

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David Bowie: The occult, cocaine, orgies, arrests, exorcisms, a weird flirtation with fascism and a dead body.

No musical artist better personified the hedonism of the ’70s than David Bowie. He captivated the...

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

This week in the After Party, Jake reflects on Thanksgiving and The Last Waltz. Plus, Jake hears from...

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

Martin Scorsese’s death wish. Bob Dylan’s theft. Robbie Robertson’s cocaine purchase.  Four thousand...

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John Denver: A Folk Singer, a Sniper and America’s Darkest Day

(This is a bonus April Fools’ episode of Disgraceland that is satire and not true crime.) John Denver...

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Bonus Episode - Disgraceful Disclosures, Conspiracies, and 11.22.63

This week in the After Party, Jake looks forward to the possibility of 2025 being a year of disgraceful...

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

One of Hollywood’s most eclectic and unpredictable actors, Woody Harrelson has played a hayseed barback,...

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The Grateful Dead Pt. 2: The Ballad of Pigpen and Old, Weird America—an Origin Story

Bootlegging whiskey, acid tests, grass, and songs about murder. The origins of the Grateful Dead are...

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Grateful Dead Pt. 1: Freedom's Just Another Word for…

The Grateful Dead became one of the most influential bands of all time and propelled themselves with...

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

This week in the After Party, Jake wonders about celebrities and the sincerity of their political convictions...

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

Married to R. Kelly at 15 years old and dead by the age of 22. Aaliyah was supposed to be as big as...

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Jay Z: Street hustle, a Nightclub Stabbing, a Near Drug Bust and the God MC

Jay Z’s career defies easy categorization. His artistry and business sense are as influenced by his...

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

This week in the After Party, Jake talks about the 1986 New York Mets and what made them such a special...

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

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

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Guns N’ Roses Pt. 2: Real life Rocket Queen, Raging Press, Recovered Memories, and the Riverport Riot

Post Appetite For Destruction, Guns N’ Roses embodied the word “dysfunction." As the band prepared...

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