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Disgraceland is the award-winning music podcast hosted by Jake Brennan that explores the alleged true crime antics and criminal connections of musicians we love like Jerry Lee Lewis, the Rolling Stones, Taylor Swift, David Bowie, Cardi B, the Grateful Dead, Amy Winehouse, Bob Marley, and more. Disgraceland is a scripted, single voice narrative storytelling podcast that melds true crime, music history, mystery, and misadventure. Disgraceland is not a journalistic podcast. It is an entertainment podcast inspired by true events. Certain dialogue and scenes are sometimes fictionalized for dramatic purposes as they are in most scripted entertainment based on true events. Sources and credits for each episode are available at disgracelandpod.com. Full scripted episodes are released every Tuesday. Bonus “After Party” episodes are released every Thursday. Disgraceland is available wherever you get your podcasts.

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Disgraceland is the award-winning music podcast hosted by Jake Brennan that explores the alleged true crime antics and criminal connections of musicians we love like Jerry Lee Lewis, the Rolling Stones, Taylor Swift, David Bowie, Cardi B, the Grateful Dead, Amy Winehouse, Bob Marley, and more. Disgraceland is a scripted, single voice narrative storytelling podcast that melds true crime, music history, mystery, and misadventure. Disgraceland is not a journalistic podcast. It is an entertainment podcast inspired by true events. Certain dialogue and scenes are sometimes fictionalized for dramatic purposes as they are in most scripted entertainment based on true events. Sources and credits for each episode are available at disgracelandpod.com. Full scripted episodes are released every Tuesday. Bonus “After Party” episodes are released every Thursday. Disgraceland is available wherever you get your podcasts.

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    REWIND - Michael Alig: If a Club Kid Kills, Stuffs the Body in a Box and Tells The World About It Will Anyone Listen?

    REWIND - Michael Alig: If a Club Kid Kills, Stuffs the Body in a Box and Tells The World About It Will Anyone Listen?

    In March 1996, promoter Michael Alig, the "King of the Club Kids," after appearing on TV’s Geraldo and on the cover of New York magazine, bashed his friend and DJ Angel Melendez in the head with a hammer. The body was then dismembered and stuffed into a duct-taped cardboard box. Alig proceeded to tell anyone who would listen—including his friends from the raging '90s NYC club scene—what he had done. The problem was, Alig’s well-known, over the top, and depraved behavior was such that no one believed him. “Has anyone seen Angel?” “He’s dead. I cut him up and put him in that box over in the corner.”
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    This episode was originally published on June 19, 2018.
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    • 32 min
    Bonus Episode: The Red X Tapes, True Badasses, and Ronnie Wood Guys

    Bonus Episode: The Red X Tapes, True Badasses, and Ronnie Wood Guys

    This week in the After Party, Jake discusses conspiracy theories, this week’s DISGRACELAND episode concluding the Peter Tosh story, and of course your emails, texts, DMS, and voicemails. Why was Peter Tosh murdered? Was it a conspiracy? What do you make of the revenge against the would-be assassins of Bob Marley? Get in touch at 617-906-6638, disgracelandpod@gmail.com, or on socials @disgracelandpod, and come join the After Party.
    To hear an extended version of the After Party with even more insight to the conspiracy theory about Peter Tosh's murder, an interview with this week's REWIND subject Michael Alig, and more from the DISGRACELAND community, become a Disgraceland All Access member at disgracelandpod.com/membership.
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    • 23 min
    Peter Tosh (Pt. 2): A Home Invasion, an Assassination, and No Compromise

    Peter Tosh (Pt. 2): A Home Invasion, an Assassination, and No Compromise

    As a reggae revolutionary who rejected peace in the name of truth and justice, and an outspoken critic of the Jamaican government, Peter Tosh's refusal to compromise nearly cost him his life many times over. He tried to amplify his message by purchasing Jamaica's Radio One. He tried to protect himself by way of African bush doctors and medicine men. He spent years knowing there was a bullet out there with his name on it. And in 1987, when Peter Tosh was 42, that bullet found him. Murdered in his own home by someone he knew. But why? Revenge? Wounded pride? Or was it murder for hire? Who really silenced the great Peter Tosh?
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    • 38 min
    REWIND - Bob Marley: Rasta Vigilante

    REWIND - Bob Marley: Rasta Vigilante

    Bob Marley is known as the peace and love reggae superstar, but the truth of who he really was is a bit more complicated. After gunmen raided his home, putting bullets into him, his wife, his manager and his guitar player, Bob survived. But the lives of his assassins—all of them—were eventually brought to violent, horrific ends. And their killers were never found. Many think the perpetrator was an angry young man from the Trenchtown ghetto, who was called, by those who feared him, “Screwface." Was it Bob Marley, Rasta Vigilante?
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    This episode was originally released on May 29, 2018.
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    • 40 min
    Bonus Episode: Research, "Rock Stars," and Two-Part Episodes

    Bonus Episode: Research, "Rock Stars," and Two-Part Episodes

    This week in the After Party, Jake talks this week’s DISGRACELAND episode on Peter Tosh, the history of DISGRACELAND two-parters, and pulls back the curtain to discuss the research and sources that go into bringing these stories to life.
    Plus, who are the true badasses of the history of music and culture? Let Jake know at 617-906-6638, disgracelandpod@gmail.com, or on socials @disgracelandpod, and come join the After Party.
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    • 24 min
    Peter Tosh (Pt. 1): Legalizing It, Police Brutality, and the Steppin’ Razor

    Peter Tosh (Pt. 1): Legalizing It, Police Brutality, and the Steppin’ Razor

    Peter Tosh was a reggae subversive who used his music as a means to fight corruption, oppression, and hypocrisy. Unlike his one-time bandmate Bob Marley, Tosh didn’t fight for peace. He fought for truth–and justice. He did this with a guitar shaped like an M-16 automatic rifle. He lobbied for the legalization of marijuana, using the profits of the drug trade to get his message onto the most iconic album of his career. All of this put Peter Tosh in the crosshairs of authority, the government, and those who wished to silence him – some who even wanted to see him dead.
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    • 39 min

Customer Reviews

4.6 out of 5
12.2K Ratings

12.2K Ratings

Fb&owrbtkOV ,

One of the best pods, but can’t afford a sub

Truly one of the best podcasts! You want compelling stories, journalistic research, fantastically narrated? Look no further! You stay here and listen. Go back and listen to every single one, but my financial situation isn’t built like that right now. We all do what we got to do. I figured ads would support the show, but that’s how life flows. Was really looking forward to so many more episodes.

L. Ron Hubba ,

Host is hard to hear

The content of this podcast is awesome… if you can hear it. For some bizarre reason, the host whispers much of the show.

hellbillylarry ,

Gets the surface level stuff covered.

It’s a well produced pod. And the guy is really talented. But the podcast is basically a summary of the Wikipedia page. Kind of annoying, but I keep listening regardless.

Anyway check out Cocaine and Rhinestones if this is too basic for you.

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