Best Hollywoodland Podcasts (2023)

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Murder in Hollywoodland

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“48 Hours” Presents: My Life of Crime | Twisted Twins: Who Killed Heather DeWild? 8:01

25d ago8:01

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“48 Hours” correspondent Erin Moriarty takes you inside true-crime investigations like no one else, in her podcast “My Life of Crime”. In the new season, Erin delves into the labyrinth of crime within families and the secrets that kept them together or tore them apart. Here’s a preview of the “My Life of Crime” season premiere, “Twisted Twins: Who …

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BADLANDS

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Bonus Episode: Shetland, Christmas Movies, and Firstborn Unicorns 32:08

9m ago32:08

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This week Jake talks the new BADLANDS episode on Dorothy Stratten, PI movies and TV, and what makes a Christmas movie. Plus your voicemail and texts. What's your favorite private detective movie or TV? What's the best song about Dorothy Stratten? What are your favorite holiday movies? Drop a line at 617-906-6638 or on socials @disgracelandpod - and…

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Dorothy Stratten: A Playboy Pinup, a Private Investigator, and a Chilling Murder 38:43

2d ago38:43

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From Dairy Queen counter girl to Playboy pinup to murder victim – in just two years. Hugh Hefner called her the next Marilyn Monroe. A major Hollywood director wrote a role in his new film just for her, confident that she would make the leap from centerfold to starlet. But all of that was cut short on August 14, 1980, when a private investigator st…

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Bonus Episode: Clandestine Casinos, Presidential Plotting, and Get Off the Shed! 31:01

13m ago31:01

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This week in BADLANDS saw the release of our episode on Thelma Todd, and it's got Jake traveling in the way-back machine. What's your JFK conspiracy theory? Can you recommend a movie by the Marx brothers, Laurel & Hardy, or Buster Keaton? How about your favorite murder mysteries or whodunits? Let Jake know at 617-906-6638 or on socials @disgracelan…

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Thelma Todd: The Ace of Hearts Stalker, Hollywood Mobsters, and the Mysterious Death of the Ice Cream Blonde 40:09

8d ago40:09

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Thelma Todd was one of the great comediennes of the 1920s and ‘30s, working alongside Laurel & Hardy, the Marx Brothers, and Buster Keaton. She confronted a stalker on a dark corner of Hollywood Boulevard with just one dollar and a gun in her purse. She stood up to the mob when they tried to start a gambling den in the back room of the café she ran…

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Tim Allen: Cocaine in Kalamazoo, Life in Prison, and Flipping for the Feds 39:37

12d ago39:37

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Before he was headed to infinity and beyond, Tim Allen was headed to life in prison for a low-level drug deal in Michigan. This is the story about how his first career ended in a life-changing bust, and what he had to do in order to survive and find a way out. To see the full list of contributors, see the show notes at www.disgracelandpod.com/badla…

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River Phoenix: Religious Cults, Street Kids, Speedballs, and Viper Rooms 41:18

13d ago41:18

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River Phoenix was a once-in-a-generation talent. In the 1980s, a decade known for artifice and excess, he brought raw acting chops to performances in Stand by Me, Running on Empty, and My Own Private Idaho. His career was only just getting started when he died tragically at the age of 23 outside a notorious nightclub in Hollywood. The story of his …

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BADLANDS

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Bonus Episode: Whodunnits, The Morning Show, and the Man on the Phone 29:08

20d ago29:08

29:08

This week is all about Phil Hartman in BADLANDS, and it's got Jake talking about his acting - as well as his history in the peace and love movement. What's your favorite Phil Hartman moment? Who are your top five SNL cast members? What are your favorite Thanksgiving movies? Your favorite murder mysteries? Get in touch at 617-906-6638 or on socials …

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Phil Hartman: Blackmail, an Attempted Presidential Assassination, and a Murder-Suicide 44:25

22d ago44:25

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Before he was deemed “the Glue” by his castmates at Saturday Night Live, Phil Hartman worked as a rock ‘n roll roadie and a graphic designer. He created album covers for the bands Poco and America, as well as the logo for Crosby, Stills & Nash. He did those things as a card-carrying member of the peace and love movement. A movement that was infamou…

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BADLANDS

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U2: Death Threats, a Song that Inspired a Killer, and the Murder of Rebecca Schaeffer 43:35

17d ago43:35

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Years before a free album made them the most unpopular popular band on the planet, U2 ran into the arms of America. In 1987, touring behind their blockbuster album The Joshua Tree, their songs became lightning rods for violence. They received death threats in the States and became targets of terrorists back in their native Ireland. But it was the s…

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BADLANDS

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Presenting Disgraceland - Season 14 Trailer 2:06

22d ago2:06

2:06

Homicidal maniacs, home surveillance, a killer on the loose, attacks in the street, and an evil song that led to murder. Find out which music legends are featured in Season 14 of DISGRACELAND. New episodes drop every Tuesday starting November 14, with bonus episodes dropping every Thursday. Rocka rolla. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megap…

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BADLANDS

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Bonus Episode: Suspiria, Batting 1000, and the Story of Sly 33:36

19d ago33:36

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This week wraps our Marilyn Monroe saga, and Jake is talking all things Marilyn and The Misfits, in addition to wrapping the Halloween season, and of course your voicemails, texts, and DMs. What’s your favorite Marilyn Monroe movie? Do you like the song and dance stuff? Her comedic turn in Some Like It Hot? Her attempt to play drama in The Misfits?…

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Marilyn Monroe (Part 2): The Three Deaths of an Iconic American Actress 36:31

27d ago36:31

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The conspiracy theories surrounding Marilyn Monroe’s death in 1962 continue to entertain the imaginations of those obsessed with celebrity and scandal. The stories, many of them fantastical and one of them true, feature cameos by the likes of President John F. Kennedy, his brother Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, and Rat Pack members Frank Sinat…

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Marilyn Monroe (Part 1): Who killed Marilyn? JFK? RFK? The KKK? Probable Suicide and a Conspiracy Theory That Won’t Quit 40:00

21d ago40:00

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Marilyn Monroe is one of the greatest Hollywood stars of all time. She rose from orphan to icon by creating an on screen character America could not peel their eyes away from. And she did it all while battling anxiety, depression and addiction. Along the way she bedded, married, and otherwise conquered America’s most impressive men — Joe DiMaggio, …

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BADLANDS

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The Misfits: Car Wrecks, Heart Attacks, Marilyn Monroe, and One of Hollywood’s Most Cursed Films 43:38

28d ago43:38

43:38

Glenn Danzig named his punk band after one of the most cursed Hollywood films of all time. The Misfits was where actor Montgomery Clift, permanently disfigured from a car accident, tried in vain to restart his stalled career. The director, John Huston, lost the film’s entire production budget at a craps table. The lead actor, Clark Gable, suffered …

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Presenting Disgraceland - The Misfits: Robbing Graves, Night of the Living Dead and the Teenagers from Mars 51:09

1M ago51:09

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The Misfits were truly unique. Scary. Violent. Angry. Nihilistic. These words can easily describe not only their music, but also the band as people, particularly frontman Glenn Danzig. Rumored to have been arrested for grave robbery, locked up abroad and inciting riots here in the States, the Misfits blazed a path of annihilation trading on fiction…

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BADLANDS

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Bonus Episode: Firewalking, A Sam Spade Concept Record, and The Mystery of Dennis Farina 30:07

1M ago30:07

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It's John Huston week in BADLANDS, and it's got Jake wondering about your favorite rags-to-riches -- or riches-to-rags -- stories from film history. What's your favorite John Huston movie? Any last-minute horror recommendations? What are your top five horror movies? Let Jake know at 617-906-6638 or on socials @disgracelandpod - and come join the Wr…

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John Huston: A Duel, a Fatal Car Crash, and Living Hand to Mouth 40:31

1M ago40:31

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Director John Huston lived the adventurous life that was frequently depicted in his movies. As a young man, he was made an honorary lieutenant in the Mexican army. He was nearly shot during a poker game and challenged to a duel in the middle of the street. His thrill-seeking antics soon turned fatal, when he accidentally struck and killed a woman w…

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Bonus Episode: The Addiction, Ed Gein and Danny Rolling, and Improbable Career Transitions 37:12

1M ago37:12

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Halloween season continues as BADLANDS releases our episode on Alex Rocco, and Jake has gangsters and serial killers on the mind. Who are your favorite gangsters from Hollywood history? What's your favorite non-Godfather Alex Rocco performance? What's your favorite Moe Greene line? What horror movies are you watching? Plus, send dog pics. Get in to…

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BADLANDS

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Alex Rocco: A Mob Murder, a Boston Gang War, and Leaving Winter Hill for the Corleones 38:48

2M ago38:48

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Organized crime. A brutal assault that kicked off a gang war. Car bombs. The brazen assassination of a mob boss in broad daylight. These things all happened in Francis Ford Coppola’s groundbreaking film The Godfather – but first they happened in the real life of Alex Rocco, one-time Boston gang member turned Hollywood character actor whose star tur…

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BADLANDS

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Bonus Episode: Musician David Lynch, a Young Jeffrey Lebowski, and Bob from the Black Lodge 38:13

2M ago38:13

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This week in BADLANDS brings an episode on David Lynch, and Jake is getting into the Halloween mood by wondering what other true crimes inspired movies and series? What is your favorite Lynch movie? Your favorite Lynch villain? And who's the biggest creep in a film? Let him know at 617-906-6638 or on socials @disgracelandpod - and come join the Wra…

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David Lynch: A Brutal Murder, a Corrupt Small Town, and the Secret Origins of Twin Peaks 41:05

2M ago41:05

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In 1908, a girl was brutally murdered in a small town in upstate New York. The town was seemingly idyllic, but beneath the surface, it was crawling with prostitution, orgies, deceit, and corruption. It was fueled by a political machine so powerful it could cover up not just one but multiple murders. The truth behind the murder of Hazel Drew was mea…

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BADLANDS

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Bonus Episode: Trailerization, Horror Films, and Fiddling With a Severed Hand 28:59

2M ago28:59

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This week brings the trailer for Season 9 of BADLANDS, and it's got Jake thinking about movie trailers, and the trend of "trailerization" of popular songs. What do you think about this trend? What's your favorite trailerized song? Also your voicemails, texts, and DMs, and the questions: Can you boil down a top five Coen Brothers films? and What are…

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BADLANDS

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Badlands Season 9: Hollywoodland (Trailer) 2:45

2M ago2:45

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Kidnappings. Blackmail. Banished from the biz and begging on the streets. The mob, mysterious deaths, misfits, and stories that can still haunt us decades later. It's all happening in a brand new season of Badlands. Badlands Season 9: Hollywoodland launches October 11, 2023, with new episodes on David Lynch, Alex Rocco, John Huston, the curse of Th…

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Murder in Hollywoodland

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Where to find Episodes 2-6 of Murder in Hollywoodland 0:59

2M ago0:59

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Murder in Hollywoodland has moved. You can binge all seven episodes ad-free right now by subscribing to Wondery+ in Apple Podcasts or the Wondery app: https://wondery.com/links/murder-in-hollywoodland/ See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.…

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Bonus Episode: First Reformed, Burn After Reading, and Insightful Hillbillies 48:10

2M ago48:10

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This week in BADLANDS saw the release of our episode on Jane Fonda, and it's continued the conversation about famous acting families. Plus, your correspondence, and Jake asks: What is the greatest paranoid psychological thriller of all time? Have you seen John David Washington’s new movie the Creator? What’s your favorite Jane Fonda film? What’s yo…

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BADLANDS

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Jane Fonda: Hailed for Heroism, Accused of Treason, and Targeted by the President 39:57

2M ago39:57

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Jane Fonda was so beloved that she was once named the fourth most admired woman in the world. She was also so hated that her face was used for target practice in urinals at military bases across the country. This all stemmed from a ten-day tour she took of North Vietnam in 1972: a trip that would forever cement her as either a patriot or a traitor …

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Bonus Episode: Camp Firewood, Movie Set Deaths, and Great American Jawlines 39:05

3M ago39:05

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It's Brandon Lee week in BADLANDS, and Jake is talking actor dynasties, tragic shoots, soundtracks, and more. Plus your voicemails, texts, and DMs, and Jake asks; What are your favorite acting families? Have you seen American Boy? What were some other famous directors who made documentaries on the side? And what books became great movies? Drop a li…

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BADLANDS

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Brandon Lee: Hungry Ghosts, Cursed Movies, and a Goth Masterpiece 41:13

3M ago41:13

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Haunted by the legacy of his superstar father. Haunted by an old family curse. Brandon Lee tried to outrun his past, but it came after him all the same. It was said that his father, Bruce Lee, was taken by that family curse at just 32 years old. And that it then followed Brandon, when he was 28, to the set of The Crow, a cross between a superhero b…

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BADLANDS

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Bonus Episode: Crossing Delancey, The Big Sleep, and Stone-Cold Sexual Charisma 33:22

3M ago33:22

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It's Humphrey Bogart week in BADLANDS, and Jake is diving into the actor's massive trove of films and his music connections. Plus, your voicemails and texts, and the questions: Who is the most iconic "bad guy" in a movie? What is your favorite Bogart film? Let Jake know at 617-906-6638 or on socials @disgracelandpod - and come join the Wrap Party. …

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BADLANDS

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Humphrey Bogart: Mob Assassins, Rat Packs, and the Downfall of Murder, Inc. 40:19

3M ago40:19

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Murder for hire. Murder for business. Murder for profit. In the 1940s, a crew called Murder, Inc. protected the interests of the Commission, a collective of American gangsters who banded together to run the American underworld like a legit business. Murder, Inc. thugs shot, stabbed, and strangled upwards of 1,000 snitches who dared rat on the mob. …

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BADLANDS

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Bonus Episode: Amadeus, Scorsese on Scorsese, and an (almost) French Pop Star 40:12

3M ago40:12

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This week in Badlands, Jake is talking Jodie Foster, child actors, the Blue Zone, and assassinations. Who are your favorite child actors? Favorite Jodie Foster movies? Let Jake know at 617-906-6638 or on socials @disgracelandpod - and come join the Wrap Party. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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BADLANDS

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Jodie Foster: A Teenage Star-Turn, a Deranged Stalker, and the Attempted Assassination of Ronald Reagan 40:54

3M ago40:54

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After being nominated for an Academy Award for her role as a child prostitute in the 1976 film Taxi Driver, Jodi Foster gave up acting to go to college. It was there that her Oscar-nominated performance made her the target of a deranged stalker. That stalker, John Hinckley Jr., was obsessed with Jodie Foster. He wrote her letters and called her on …

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BADLANDS

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Bonus Episode: The King of Karaoke, Made Men, and the many Hunter S Thompsons 36:00

3M ago36:00

36:00

Jake dives into this week's BADLANDS subject, Bill Murray, and his storied career. Is Bill Murray the greatest comedic actor of the 80s? If not, who is? What is your favorite Bill Murray movie? Jake takes your voicemails, texts, and DMs, and wants to know your favorite Jamie Lee Curtis role. Get in touch at 617-906-6638 or on socials @disgracelandp…

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BADLANDS

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Bill Murray: Airport Drug Busts, Backstage Brawls, and Crashing Elvis’s Burial 37:32

3M ago37:32

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Before Bill Murray was busting ghosts and living in a loop of deja vu, he was a drug-dealing premed student with a knack for comedy. When he was caught with five bricks of pot at the airport, his career in medicine came crashing down, forcing him to make a living with his smart mouth. His obsession to rise above “medium talent” brought him to volat…

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BADLANDS

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Bonus Episode: Rags to Riches, Westerns, and the Hoover FBI Connection 45:04

3M ago45:04

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In Joan Crawford week, Jake dives into the history and continuing relevance of the late icon, and asks you: What is the best example of an actor playing another actor? What are some more great songs about Hollywood icons? And what are your favorite westerns? Drop a line at 617-906-6638 or on socials @disgracelandpod - and come join the Wrap Party. …

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BADLANDS

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Joan Crawford: Stag Films, Dead Presidents, and No Wire Hangers 41:26

4M ago41:26

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Joan Crawford once threatened the director of the FBI when she wanted an old stag film destroyed. She accepted an Oscar that wasn’t hers for the sole purpose to get revenge on her co-star. She wrote her daughter out of her will, before she knew the kid was about to permanently ruin her legacy. But how did she wind up at a party with Richard Nixon, …

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BADLANDS

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Bonus Episode: Divine Goddesses, Steve McQueen, and Telemarketers 32:27

4M ago32:27

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In Sigourney Weaver week, Jake dives in to the most badass actresses and female roles in film. What actress or role is the most badass of all time? What are the best group dynamic mission movies? Are you watching Telemarketers? Get in touch at 617-906-6638 or on socials @disgracelandpod - and come join the Wrap Party. Learn more about your ad choic…

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BADLANDS

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Sigourney Weaver: A Goddess, Beasts and Demons, and Paying Tribute from Death Row 38:17

4M ago38:17

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In classic ‘80s films like Ghostbusters and Aliens, Sigourney Weaver battled beasts and demons. But to one particular inmate on death row in Georgia, Sigourney Weaver battled beasts and demons in real life as well. To Alexander Williams, a convicted murderer, she was a goddess, a divine being sent to this earth to do battle with evil. He worshiped …

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BADLANDS

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Bonus Episode: Rockabilly Haircuts, Rocky is a Love Story, and The Getaway 36:46

4M ago36:46

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The Season 8 premiere of BADLANDS brings us Johnny Depp, and Jake is diving in to some of his history, as well as your voicemails and texts. What is the wildest thing an actor has done to prepare for a role? Who are the greatest crime-spree couples on film? And who is the best leading man of the seventies? Let Jake know your thoughts at 617-906-663…

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BADLANDS

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Johnny Depp: Homemade Bombs, Bootleg Quaaludes, and Unsolved Disappearances 42:33

4M ago42:33

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Johnny Depp prefers the shadows to the limelight, whether he’s building a bomb with Hunter S. Thompson in the Rocky Mountains, or downing bootleg quaaludes laced with arsenic. After emerging as the leading art flick actor of the 1990s, prodding paparazzi’s desire to paint him as a “novelty boy” often drove him to outbursts that ended in arrests, wr…

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Badlands Season 8: Hollywoodland (Trailer) 2:18

4M ago2:18

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Homemade bombs, bricks of weed, deranged stalkers, an old family curse, an attempted presidential assassination, and one of the most violent murder crews in American history. It's all happening in a brand new season of Badlands. Badlands Season 8: Hollywoodland launches August 9, 2023, with new episodes on Johnny Depp, Bill Murray, Jodie Foster, Si…

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Dear Young Rocker

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Badlands Season 8: Hollywoodland (Trailer) 2:18

4M ago2:18

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Homemade bombs, bricks of weed, deranged stalkers, an old family curse, an attempted presidential assassination, and one of the most violent murder crews in American history. It's all happening in a brand new season of Badlands. Badlands Season 8: Hollywoodland launches August 9, 2023, with new episodes on Johnny Depp, Bill Murray, Jodie Foster, Si…

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BADLANDS

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Badlands Season 8: Hollywoodland (Trailer) 2:18

4M ago2:18

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Homemade bombs, bricks of weed, deranged stalkers, an old family curse, an attempted presidential assassination, and one of the most violent murder crews in American history. It's all happening in a brand new season of Badlands. Badlands Season 8: Hollywoodland launches August 9, 2023, with new episodes on Johnny Depp, Bill Murray, Jodie Foster, Si…

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Bonus Episode: Jaws, Asteroid City, and the Greatest Movies of the Seventies 43:44

4M ago43:44

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This week Jake is talking Roman Polanski's film history and music connections -- and the two crimes that define his legacy. Plus, Jake responds to voicemails, texts, and DMs, and dives in to the greatest movies of the seventies. What are your top five 70s movies? Did you see Asteroid City or The French Dispatch? What are your favorite Wes Anderson …

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BADLANDS

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Roman Polanski: Nazis, Murder, and Life on the Lam 40:47

5M ago40:47

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As a child, Roman Polanski escaped from a Krakow ghetto on the day the Nazis took his father to a concentration camp. As a new filmmaker, he became the toast of young Hollywood with his 1968 horror masterpiece, Rosemary’s Baby. But after the brutal murder of his wife, Sharon Tate, at the hands of the Manson family, Polanski unraveled. He wound up c…

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BADLANDS

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Bonus Episode: Satanism, Hot Sticky Summertime Noir, and The Dirty Dozen 35:01

5M ago35:01

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This week is all about "sexpot" Jayne Mansfield, and Jake is talking more crazy connections - like a supposed collab between her and Jimi Hendrix. What other entertainers got caught up in satanism or the occult? Let's keep the conversation on best summer movies going. Plus, introduce yourself! What's your favorite movie to watch over and over again…

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Jayne Mansfield: Nude Scenes, Satan’s Slave, and a Gruesome Death 37:12

5M ago37:12

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Whether she was filming Hollywood’s first major nude scenes, or posing against a backdrop of Satanic skulls and pentagrams, Jayne Mansfield lived for exhibitionism. As a leading sexpot of the 1950s, Jayne was a genius, a bombshell, and a mother in an industry that demanded women be single, dumb, and blonde. When people whispered that Jayne lived in…

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Bonus Episode: The Bear, Movie Remakes, and Hugh Grant 40:03

5M ago40:03

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It's Hugh Grant week in Badlands, and we're talking leading man meltdowns over the press and paparazzi, The Bear, actors in musician roles, and family movie nights. Jake responds to voicemail and texts, and asks: what are some notable dramatic leading man press meltdowns? Your favorite actors in musician roles? What's your favorite Hugh Grant film?…

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