BADLANDS
By Jake Brennan
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Episodes: 130
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Badlands is a true crime podcast that explores the real life stories of the famous at their most infamous. Badlands is voiced by Jake Brennan, host of the award-winning podcast DISGRACELAND. In Badlands, each episode digs into the crimes and scandals of our most beloved cultural figures. How did Marilyn Monroe really die? What caused Heath Ledger to end up on the bad side of revenge-seeking paparazzi? How did Winona Ryder help solve a kidnapping case in her adoptive hometown? New scripted episodes of Badlands are released every Wednesday while bonus episodes are released every Friday. Badlands 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/badlands. Badlands is available wherever you get your podcasts.
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REWIND - The Black Dahlia (Elizabeth Short): A Gruesome Murder, a Corrupt Police Department, and an Unsolvable Mystery
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Apr 19, 2024 |
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REWIND - Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson: A Teenage Jewel Thief, a Heel Turn Betrayal, and Raising the People’s Eyebrow
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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REWIND - Tim Allen: Cocaine in Kalamazoo, Life in Prison, and Flipping for the Feds
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Apr 12, 2024 |
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Presenting DISGRACELAND - Kobe Bryant: The Black Mamba's Revenge
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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REWIND - Pete Rose: Full-Throttle Hustle, Gambling with Gangsters, and Winning at Any Cost
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Apr 05, 2024 |
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REWIND - Patty Hearst: Brainwashing, Cyanide Bullets, and an Heiress-Turned-Terrorist
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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REWIND - Joe Namath: Rubbing Elbows with the Mafia, Accused of Assault, and the Birth of the Rockstar Gladiator
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Mar 29, 2024 |
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REWIND - Lana Turner: The Preeminent Pinup Girl, the King of Los Angeles, and the Death of Johnny Stompanato
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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REWIND - Sonny Liston: Managed by the Mob, Heavyweight Champ of the Prison and then the World, and What It Takes to Be the Baddest of Them All
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Mar 22, 2024 |
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Presenting DISGRACELAND: Steve McQueen: Mustangs, Magnums, and Manson's Hit List
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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REWIND - Danny Trejo: A Prison Riot, the Gas Chamber, and Becoming Fear
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Mar 15, 2024 |
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REWIND - Sal Mineo: Street Gangs, Ouija Boards, and Unabashed Pride
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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Presenting DISGRACELAND: Anthony Bourdain: Junk, Romance, and a Lust for Life
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Feb 21, 2024 |
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Presenting DISGRACELAND - Icons Trailer
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Jan 31, 2024 |
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Paul Newman: Fast Cars, Cold Beers, and Forgotten Memories
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Jan 24, 2024 |
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Lorenzen Wright: Mexican Drug Cartels, Million Dollar Contracts, and a Murder in Memphis
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Jan 17, 2024 |
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Sharon Stone: Basic Instincts, Baring It All, and the Butcher of Montreal
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Jan 10, 2024 |
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Bonus Episode: Odd Jobs, Bad Reviews, and The Jerry Lee Lewis of Cinema
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Jan 05, 2024 |
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Harrison Ford: Smashing Bottles, Slinging Weed, and Partying with the Stones
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Jan 03, 2024 |
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Presenting Disgraceland - Derek and the Dominos: Clapton, Cocaine, Motorcycles, and Murder
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Dec 29, 2023 |
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Presenting Disgraceland - Mariah Carey: Armed Guards, Gang Burglaries, and the True Meaning of Christmas
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Dec 27, 2023 |
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Bonus Episode: Altitude Adjustments, Non-Christmas Movies?, and Parental Roadmaps
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Dec 22, 2023 |
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Robert Blake: Child Actors, Killer Roles, and the Murder of Bonny Lee Bakley
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Dec 20, 2023 |
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Bonus Episode: Bourdain's Books, Christmas Classics, and Gilmour's Guitar
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Benedict Cumberbatch: Lost in the Himalayas, Stopping a Mugging in London, and a Kidnapping in South Africa
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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Bonus Episode: Shetland, Christmas Movies, and Firstborn Unicorns
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Dec 08, 2023 |
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Dorothy Stratten: A Playboy Pinup, a Private Investigator, and a Chilling Murder
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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Bonus Episode: Clandestine Casinos, Presidential Plotting, and Get Off the Shed!
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Dec 01, 2023 |
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Thelma Todd: The Ace of Hearts Stalker, Hollywood Mobsters, and the Mysterious Death of the Ice Cream Blonde
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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Bonus Episode: Whodunnits, The Morning Show, and the Man on the Phone
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Nov 17, 2023 |
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Phil Hartman: Blackmail, an Attempted Presidential Assassination, and a Murder-Suicide
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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U2: Death Threats, a Song that Inspired a Killer, and the Murder of Rebecca Schaeffer
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Nov 14, 2023 |
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Presenting Disgraceland - Season 14 Trailer
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Nov 13, 2023 |
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Bonus Episode: Suspiria, Batting 1000, and the Story of Sly
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Nov 10, 2023 |
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The Misfits: Car Wrecks, Heart Attacks, Marilyn Monroe, and One of Hollywood’s Most Cursed Films
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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Presenting Disgraceland - The Misfits: Robbing Graves, Night of the Living Dead and the Teenagers from Mars
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Oct 31, 2023 |
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Bonus Episode: Firewalking, A Sam Spade Concept Record, and The Mystery of Dennis Farina
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Oct 27, 2023 |
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John Huston: A Duel, a Fatal Car Crash, and Living Hand to Mouth
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Oct 25, 2023 |
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Bonus Episode: The Addiction, Ed Gein and Danny Rolling, and Improbable Career Transitions
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Oct 20, 2023 |
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Alex Rocco: A Mob Murder, a Boston Gang War, and Leaving Winter Hill for the Corleones
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Oct 18, 2023 |
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Bonus Episode: Musician David Lynch, a Young Jeffrey Lebowski, and Bob from the Black Lodge
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Oct 13, 2023 |
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David Lynch: A Brutal Murder, a Corrupt Small Town, and the Secret Origins of Twin Peaks
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Oct 11, 2023 |
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Bonus Episode: Trailerization, Horror Films, and Fiddling With a Severed Hand
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Oct 06, 2023 |
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Badlands Season 9: Hollywoodland (Trailer)
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Oct 04, 2023 |
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Bonus Episode: First Reformed, Burn After Reading, and Insightful Hillbillies
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Sep 29, 2023 |
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Jane Fonda: Hailed for Heroism, Accused of Treason, and Targeted by the President
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Sep 27, 2023 |
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Bonus Episode: Camp Firewood, Movie Set Deaths, and Great American Jawlines
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Sep 22, 2023 |
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Brandon Lee: Hungry Ghosts, Cursed Movies, and a Goth Masterpiece
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Sep 20, 2023 |
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Bonus Episode: Crossing Delancey, The Big Sleep, and Stone-Cold Sexual Charisma
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Sep 15, 2023 |
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Humphrey Bogart: Mob Assassins, Rat Packs, and the Downfall of Murder, Inc.
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Sep 13, 2023 |
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Bonus Episode: Amadeus, Scorsese on Scorsese, and an (almost) French Pop Star
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Sep 08, 2023 |
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Jodie Foster: A Teenage Star-Turn, a Deranged Stalker, and the Attempted Assassination of Ronald Reagan
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Sep 06, 2023 |
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Bonus Episode: The King of Karaoke, Made Men, and the many Hunter S Thompsons
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Sep 01, 2023 |
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Bill Murray: Airport Drug Busts, Backstage Brawls, and Crashing Elvis’s Burial
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Aug 30, 2023 |
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Bonus Episode: Rags to Riches, Westerns, and the Hoover FBI Connection
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Aug 25, 2023 |
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Joan Crawford: Stag Films, Dead Presidents, and No Wire Hangers
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Aug 23, 2023 |
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Bonus Episode: Divine Goddesses, Steve McQueen, and Telemarketers
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Aug 18, 2023 |
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Sigourney Weaver: A Goddess, Beasts and Demons, and Paying Tribute from Death Row
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Aug 16, 2023 |
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Bonus Episode: Rockabilly Haircuts, Rocky is a Love Story, and The Getaway
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Aug 11, 2023 |
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Johnny Depp: Homemade Bombs, Bootleg Quaaludes, and Unsolved Disappearances
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Aug 09, 2023 |
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Badlands Season 8: Hollywoodland (Trailer)
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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Bonus Episode: Jaws, Asteroid City, and the Greatest Movies of the Seventies
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Jul 28, 2023 |
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Roman Polanski: Nazis, Murder, and Life on the Lam
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Jul 26, 2023 |
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Bonus Episode: Satanism, Hot Sticky Summertime Noir, and The Dirty Dozen
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Jul 21, 2023 |
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Jayne Mansfield: Nude Scenes, Satan’s Slave, and a Gruesome Death
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Jul 19, 2023 |
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Bonus Episode: The Bear, Movie Remakes, and Hugh Grant
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Jul 14, 2023 |
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Hugh Grant: Sex on the Sunset Strip, Assault with a Non-Deadly Weapon, and Cracking Open
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Jul 12, 2023 |
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Sharon Tate Pt 2: Rape, Drugs, and Murdering New Hollywood
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Jul 07, 2023 |
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Sharon Tate Pt 1: Wild Parties and Dangerous Company
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Jul 05, 2023 |
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Bonus Episode: Improbable Duos, Congas, and Marlon Brando
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Jun 30, 2023 |
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Marlon Brando: A Fake Kidnapping Gone Wrong, Jungle Madness, and a Dead Boyfriend
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Jun 28, 2023 |
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Bonus Episode: Great Movies with Not-So-Great Soundtracks, Mel Gibson and the Hungerford Massacre, and The Lion in Winter
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Jun 23, 2023 |
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Bonus Episode: Eerily Similar Celebrity Deaths, The Boston Red Sox, and Anna Nicole Smith
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Jun 16, 2023 |
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Anna Nicole Smith: Methadone, a Murder Plot, and a Fate Like Marilyn’s
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Jun 14, 2023 |
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Bonus Episode: Jake’s Summertime Jams, Defending HBO’s “The Idol”, and Will Smith, the Double Threat
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Jun 09, 2023 |
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Will Smith: Fist Fights, Jail Cells, and the Slap Heard 'Round the World
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Jun 07, 2023 |
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Bonus Episode: Succession Series Finale, Paul Simon, and Star Wars
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Jun 02, 2023 |
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Carrie Fisher: Acid in the Desert, Snakes in the Amazon, and More Postcards from the Edge
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May 31, 2023 |
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Bonus Episode: Hoosier Actors, Bad UFO Documentaries, and The Bling Ring
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May 26, 2023 |
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Paris Hilton, Orlando Bloom, Sofia Coppola, and The Bling Ring
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May 24, 2023 |
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Bonus Episode: M. Night Shyamalan's "Signs", Your Favorite SNL Sketches, and the Curse of the James Dean Death Car
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May 19, 2023 |
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James Dean: A Death Foretold, a Gruesome Publicity Stunt, and a Haunted Car
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May 17, 2023 |
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Bruce Springsteen: Shootouts, Killing Sprees, and the Making of Nebraska
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May 16, 2023 |
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Bonus Episode: Jake's Favorite SNL Era, Old School Baseball Documentaries, and Your Sci-fi Film Recs
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May 12, 2023 |
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Chris Farley: Raging Bulls, Insatiable Appetites, Dead Comics, and a Four-Day Plunge off the Edge
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May 10, 2023 |
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Presenting Disgraceland Season 12 (Trailer)
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May 09, 2023 |
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Bonus Episode: Comedians and Tragedy, Richard Pryor's Gig with the Prince of Darkness, and John Mulaney's "Baby J"
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May 05, 2023 |
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Richard Pryor: Stabbing, Shooting, F***ing, Burning, and Freebasing
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May 03, 2023 |
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Badlands Season 7: Hollywoodland (Trailer)
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Apr 26, 2023 |
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Badlands Oscar Party: Top Gun, Tar, and Best War Movies
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Mar 08, 2023 |
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Lawrence Taylor: Broken Legs, Handshake Drugs, and Undercover Grandmas
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Dec 28, 2022 |
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Bruno Fernandes de Souza: Sex Parties, Paternity Tests, and Murder
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Dec 21, 2022 |
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Andrés Escobar: Laundered Drug Money, a Cocaine Kingpin, and the Goal that Led to a Shocking Murder
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Dec 14, 2022 |
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The Hillsborough Disaster: A Fatal Human Crush, Soccer Hooligans, and a Massive Cover-up
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Dec 07, 2022 |
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Paul Gascoigne: A Dead Pool, a Police Standoff, and a Cold-Blooded Killer
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Nov 30, 2022 |
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Diego Maradona: Stolen Blood, Italian Gangsters, and the Hand of God
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Nov 23, 2022 |
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Robert Rozier: Severed Heads, Death Angels, and the Devil’s Night Out
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Nov 16, 2022 |
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Michael Vick: Shallow Graves, Dogfights, and Self-Destruction
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Nov 02, 2022 |
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Ray Lewis: Survival in Baltimore, a Brutal Beating in Miami, and a Double Murder in Atlanta
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Oct 26, 2022 |
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Charlie Chaplin: Japanese Assassins, Murder on a Yacht, and a Stolen Corpse
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Aug 03, 2022 |
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Bob Crane of Hogan’s Heroes: Sex, Lies, Videotape, and Murder
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Aug 03, 2022 |
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Lucille Ball: Gun Wounds, Refugees, and the Redhead Who Survived the Red Scare
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Aug 03, 2022 |
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Drew Barrymore: Curses, Corpses, and a Coked-Up Child Star in the Club
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Aug 03, 2022 |
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Charlie Sheen: Tiger Blood, Porn Stars, and the High-Priest Vatican Assassin Warlock
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Aug 03, 2022 |
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Armie Hammer: Dirty Texts, Bloodthirsty Fetishes, and a Cannibal Kink
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Aug 03, 2022 |
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Robin Williams: A Manic Mind at Breakneck Speed, an Addiction to Laughter, and the Devil’s Dandruff
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Jul 13, 2022 |
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The Dating Game Killer: Persuasion, Charm, and a Depraved Murderer at Large
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Jul 06, 2022 |
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Mickey Rourke: Organized Crime, the IRA, and Method Acting into Oblivion
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Jun 15, 2022 |
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Woody Harrelson: Contract Killers, JFK Conspiracies, and Fathers & Sons
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Jun 08, 2022 |
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Judy Garland: Seconals, Benzedrine, and Dexedrine…Oh My
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Jun 01, 2022 |
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Sean Penn: A Prison Escape, The Night Stalker, and Madonna’s True Blue Bad Boy
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May 25, 2022 |
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Winona Ryder: Drowning, Designer Theft, and a Deadly Kidnapping
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May 18, 2022 |
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Lindsay Lohan: Morgues, Ankle Bracelets, and an Addiction to Chaos
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May 11, 2022 |
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Robert Downey Jr.: Running on Empty, Rock Bottom, and Ironclad Resolve
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Apr 20, 2022 |
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Robert Mitchum: Reefer Madness, a Daring Escape from a Chain Gang, and Not Giving a Damn
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Apr 06, 2022 |
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Brittany Murphy: Pills, Paranoia, and Poison
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Mar 23, 2022 |
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Poltergeist Curse: Paranormal Activity, a Plane Crash, and Murder
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Mar 16, 2022 |
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Jack Nicholson: Hidden Drugs, Road Rage, and a Shocking Crime
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Feb 23, 2022 |
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Ty Cobb: Playing Smart and Mean, Fighting Dirty and Often, and Separating Truth from Fiction
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Nov 10, 2021 |
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Spider Sabich: Freak Power, Cocaine, and Murder in Aspen
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Nov 03, 2021 |
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Tonya Harding: Free Will, Bad Luck, a Whack Gone Wrong, and Being Doomed from the Start
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Oct 20, 2021 |
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Evel Knievel: Cracking Safes, a Beatdown with a Baseball Bat, and Jumping the Shark
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Oct 06, 2021 |
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Aaron Hernandez: A Botched Execution, a Rattled Cage, and a Disgraced Patriot
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Sep 29, 2021 |
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Oscar Pistorius: Prison Threats, Crime Bosses, the World’s Most Impossible Olympian, and a Valentine’s Day Murder
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Sep 22, 2021 |
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Natalie Wood: Secrets, Prophecies, Pills, and When the Wrong Dreams Come True
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Jun 30, 2021 |
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Dennis Hopper: Dynamite, Cocaine, Cheating Death, Subverting Hollywood, and Life on the Fringe
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Jun 23, 2021 |
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George Reeves: Elusive Truth, Absent Justice, and the American Way...Hollywood Style
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Jun 16, 2021 |
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Bruce Lee: Fists of Fury, the Death Touch, Murder Suspect #1, and Hollywood’s Ultimate Outsider
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Jun 09, 2021 |
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John Holmes: Big Units, Freebase Briefcases, Four on the Floor, and the Wonderland Murders
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Jun 02, 2021 |
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Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle: Underground Brothels, Hush Money, Bootlegged Booze, and the Making of Hollywood’s Greatest Scandal
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May 26, 2021 |