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HOLLYWOODLAND

The mysterious death of Brittany Murphy. David Lynch and the real-life brutal murder that inspired Twin Peaks. Steve McQueen’s brush with Charles Manson. The three conspiracies surrounding Marilyn Monroe’s death. The indecent arrest of John Waters. Dennis Hopper’s easy riding and excessive 70s Hollywood. Woody Harrelson’s Dad’s connection to the JFK assassination. The obsessive murder of Dorothy Stratten. Bill Murray’s bust. Chris Farley burning out too soon. Al Pacino’s armed robbery. The serial

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36:31

Sigourney Weaver: A Goddess, Beasts and Demons, and...

HOLLYWOODLAND ·

2023/08/16

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 her from the floor of his prison cell. And as his day of reckoning drew closer, he waited for glimmers of hope that his goddess would send in hopes that

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36:46

Bonus Episode: Rockabilly Haircuts, Rocky is a Love...

HOLLYWOODLAND ·

2023/08/11

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 617-906-6638 or on socials @disgracelandpod - and come join the Wrap Party. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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41:06

Johnny Depp: Homemade Bombs, Bootleg Quaaludes, and...

HOLLYWOODLAND ·

2023/08/09

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, wrecked hotel rooms, and a miffed Kate Moss and Roger Daltrey. Yet even with camera flashes constantly lighting up his private life, plenty of mysteries

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2:18

Badlands Season 8: Hollywoodland (Trailer)

HOLLYWOODLAND ·

2023/08/02

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, Sigourney Weaver, Brandon Lee, Humphrey Bogart, Joan Crawford, and Jane Fonda. New episodes are released every Wednesday, with bonus episodes released every

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43:44

Bonus Episode: Jaws, Asteroid City, and the Greatest...

HOLLYWOODLAND ·

2023/07/28

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 films? Let Jake know at 617-906-6638 or on socials @disgracelandpod - and come join the Wrap Party. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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38:18

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

HOLLYWOODLAND ·

2023/07/26

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 committing a heinous crime that led him to escape yet again – this time fleeing the country when an angry judge was ready to throw the book at him. To see

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35:01

Bonus Episode: Satanism, Hot Sticky Summertime Noir,...

HOLLYWOODLAND ·

2023/07/21

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? What are your favorite Kubrick or Bogart films? How about anti-war movies? Jake wants to get in to English noir; can you recommend any? Let's get into

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37:12

Jayne Mansfield: Nude Scenes, Satan’s Slave, and a...

HOLLYWOODLAND ·

2023/07/19

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 Marilyn Monroe’s shadow, she fled to the Church of Satan and started dancing in the shadows with its founder, Anton LaVey. Her final headlines

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40:03

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

HOLLYWOODLAND ·

2023/07/14

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? Examples of great actors, past their prime, in batshit roles? And what remakes are better than their originals? Let Jake know at 617-906-6638 or on

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33:11

Hugh Grant: Sex on the Sunset Strip, Assault with a...

HOLLYWOODLAND ·

2023/07/12

Hugh Grant infamously almost tanked his budding movie career when he was caught with a sex worker on the Sunset Strip. He was arrested a second time when he assaulted paparazzi outside his house…with a Tupperware container full of baked beans. But perhaps most shocking of all, he wore a wire to interview a tabloid reporter and wound up cracking open a phone-hacking case that implicated both the London police and the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. To see the complete list of contributors,

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42:45

Sharon Tate Pt 2: Rape, Drugs, and Murdering New...

HOLLYWOODLAND ·

2023/07/07

Sharon Tate’s entanglement with Charles Manson and her husband, filmmaker Roman Polanski, as well as her involvement in some of the long-rumored hedonistic events at her home on Cielo Drive put her at the center of a counter-narrative that explosively disrupts the supposed motive for the Manson family murders. Was Sharon Tate blissfully ignorant of the darkness that had been bubbling beneath Hollywood’s shiny veneer for years? Or is there more to this story than we’ve been told in the past? To see

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41:14

Sharon Tate Pt 1: Wild Parties and Dangerous Company

HOLLYWOODLAND ·

2023/07/05

Sharon Tate was a sophisticated beauty who literally stopped traffic when she walked down the street. She began her movie career when America was becoming sexually liberated, and despite the ease with which she was made a sex symbol, she aspired to be respected as a serious actress. Decades later, however, she is perhaps best-remembered as one of the victims found brutally murdered at her Cielo Drive home, the one she shared with her husband, director Roman Polanski. Sharon and Roman welcomed

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39:37

Bonus Episode: Improbable Duos, Congas, and Marlon...

HOLLYWOODLAND ·

2023/06/30

This week on the Wrap Party, we're diving in to some strange Marlon Brando stories we didn't tell in the full episode. We've got some more listener Capone reviews and heist movie recommendations, and we're talking season two of The Bear. What are your weird, improbable celebrity combos? Want to recommend a movie? Send a text or leave a voicemail at 617-906-6638 - or message @disgracelandpod on socials - and come join the Wrap Party. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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34:28

Marlon Brando: A Fake Kidnapping Gone Wrong, Jungle...

HOLLYWOODLAND ·

2023/06/28

Marlon Brando once broke a paparazzo’s jaw with one punch. He hired private investigators to find his son when a fake kidnapping went horribly wrong. He nearly sank an already doomed film shoot all by himself when he arrived in the Philippines overweight, underprepared, and demanding millions of dollars. And at the very moment he was trying to resuscitate his career, he found himself desperately trying to resuscitate his daughter’s dead boyfriend in his own living room. To see the complete list of

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35:54

Bonus Episode: Great Movies with Not-So-Great...

HOLLYWOODLAND ·

2023/06/23

In this week's Wrap Party, we're talking Mel Gibson's "Lethal Weapon", a film that grossed over $120 million worldwide, despite its unfortunately timed release date in the UK and its insanely cheesy soundtrack from Eric Clapton. We're also talking Peter O'Toole in "The Lion in Winter", responding to your voicemails, texts, and DMs, and so much more. What movies were released into unforeseen circumstances and suffered because of it? What are some movies you love with soundtracks you hate? Send your

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36:19

Mel Gibson: Sin, Salvation, and Staring Down the...

HOLLYWOODLAND ·

2023/06/21

Mel Gibson is the explosive action star who plunged straight into Mad Max’s Wasteland and straight into insanity. Molded by a violent childhood and an early taste for alcohol, his reputation as a thrill-hungry lunatic extends from movie sets to the director’s chair, where he’s unflinchingly recreated scene of bone-crushing torture and human sacrifice. His ability to fly off the handle at a moment’s notice made him Hollywood’s most in-demand actor for playing wildcards and antiheroes. That is, until

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33:50

Bonus Episode: Eerily Similar Celebrity Deaths, The...

HOLLYWOODLAND ·

2023/06/16

This week on the Wrap Party, we're talking about Anna Nicole Smith, a woman who lived and died almost exactly like Marilyn Monroe. We're also talking about your summertime jams, how great it is to be a Red Sox fan, especially when they're not playing so well, and so much more. If you want to let Jake know about your favorite summertime and/or baseball movies, or any other eerily similar celebrity deaths you can think of, send a text or leave a voicemail at 617-906-6638 or @disgracelandpod on socials

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36:30

Anna Nicole Smith: Methadone, a Murder Plot, and a...

HOLLYWOODLAND ·

2023/06/14

Anna Nicole Smith transcended the laws of celebrity. She was a blond sexpot who was famous for being famous, and that was reason enough for pop culture. People around the world recognized her Marilyn Monroe-esque curves filled out Guess jeans, and her squeaky baby speaking voice on The Anna Nicole Show. In the early 2000s, the FBI investigated her regarding an alleged hit she organized to take out her 60-year-old “stepson.” But when Anna Nicole and her grown son Daniel died under eerily sudden — and

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36:09

Bonus Episode: Jake’s Summertime Jams, Defending...

HOLLYWOODLAND ·

2023/06/09

In this week’s Wrap Party, Jake is ready to talk Will Smith, the subject of the latest Badlands episode. He also lists off his favorite summertime jams, including “Summertime” by DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince, defends the widely controversial show, “The Idol”, and so much more. Let Jake know what stars are equally talented musicians and actors like Will Smith at 617-906-6638 or on socials at @disgracelandpod and come join the Wrap Party. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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35:47

Will Smith: Fist Fights, Jail Cells, and the Slap...

HOLLYWOODLAND ·

2023/06/07

In 1989, shortly after winning his first Grammy Award, at just 20 years old, Will Smith was arrested and charged with assault after a brawl at a popular Philadelphia radio station left one man nearly blind. It nearly ended his career just as things were getting started. But Will Smith overcame this challenge, and so many others, to become one of the most successful actors in Hollywood. That is, until decades later, at the 2022 Academy Awards ceremony, when trouble once again bubbled to the

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