DISGRACELAND
Hosted by Jake · Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts
4.6from 15,157 ratings
- 586
- Episodes
- 363
- Transcribed
- 15,157
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2018
- First episode
- 5K
- YouTube views
About DISGRACELAND
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 every genre and their true crimes, in our massive 260-plus story archive. The Dead, the Stones, Johnny, Willie, Frank, Kurt, Courtney, Gaga, Lana, Taylor, and too many to name. DISGRACELAND is music history come to life through audio storytelling as you've never heard it before, with revealing facts: yes, assassins are the real reason the Beatles quit touring—reclaimed myths: no, Mama Cass didn't die from choking on a ham sandwich––and constant reckoning between art and artist––all told through the lens of true crime. This is the podcast for the self-proclaimed "Disgos", the musically obsessed and the true crime heads; the outsiders, the independent thinkers who know that the best history is the history that gets buried. DISGRACELAND is where host Jake Brennan tells the stories they didn't want told. The kind you'll end up telling someone else. Get ready to uncover hidden truths and buckle up for truly edge-of-your-seat storytelling. New, fully scripted, sound-designed episodes are released every Tuesday. Bonus chat-style episodes where Jake responds to voicemails, texts, and emails from Disgos hit on Thursdays, and "Rewind" episodes from our archive drop on Sundays. DISGRACELAND is not a journalistic podcast. It's an entertainment podcast inspired by true events. Certain dialogue and scenes are dramatized, as is common in scripted entertainment based on real stories. Sources and credits for each episode are available at www.disgracelandpod.com (http://www.disgracelandpod.com). To unlock ad-free listening, exclusive content, and connect with your fellow Disgos, go to www.disgracelandpod.com (http://www.disgracelandpod.com) to become an All Access member. Rocka Rolla.
- Publisher
- Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts
- Category
- music · society & culture · true crime
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- Yes
- First episode
- 13 Feb 2018
- Latest episode
- 5 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
363 of 586 episodes have a transcript.
5 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
Bonus: Good Vs. Evil, Brian vs. Keith, Blind Melon, and Buddy Holly
3 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
Shannon Hoon: Blind Melon, Bee Girls, and the Courage to Say Yes
1 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
Madonna (Rewind): Music as Sex and Sex as Power in the Reign of the Queen of Pop
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Bonus: Good Vs. Evil, Brian vs. Keith, Blind Melon, and Buddy Holly
Published 5 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Keith regularly writes checks to local radio stations, libraries, local historical landmarks who are in need of financial help. You can find anecdotes online of checks showing up randomly at these organizations unsolicited and often with instructions to keep Keith Richards' name out of the press. […]
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- YouTube views
- 4,883
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.6 / 5
- 12,844 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.6 / 5
- 2,313 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 77 / 100
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- Quality
- 81
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 82
- Engagement
- 100
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Jake host the show. Published by Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts.
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