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It's that time of year again – Halloween is here, and we've collected ten of our most macabre and spine-tingling tales to scare the hell out of you this spooky season. We've got killers, cults, cannibalism, and all kinds of deranged mayhem to freak you out. Every day from now until Halloween, we're re-releasing the greatest horror stories from the demented recesses of the Disgraceland vault, featuring AC/DC, Ozzy Osbourne, Big Lurch, Robert Johnson, The Misfits, and more. There's no escape - the reanimated corpses of terrifying stories that have long been buried will rise again – every day in the Disgraceland feed from now until Halloween.

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GZA may be the only rapper who lectures about quantum physics at Ivy League institutions including Harvard and MIT. That honor stems from his acknowledged role as “the Genius” – the so-called “Voltron head” of hip-hop’s most notorious group. A group that was targeted by the most hated man in America after that same man bought their one-of-a-kind album at auction for two million dollars. A group that nearly crumbled under the weight of resentment, acrimony, and lawsuits. A group whose past continued to come back to haunt them, particularly when Staten Island’s undisputed drug kingpins went on trial after a nearly 20-year reign of fear and violence.

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Masta Killa grew up in a city shaped and run by organized crime. A city where the most powerful underworld boss could be gunned down on a busy street in the middle of the day. But despite his menacing stage name, Masta Killa was not a killer. He was, however, a master. A master of subtlety and of life lived discreetly. He kept his family history – and his relationship to soul legend Marvin Gaye – a secret for decades. When drug dealers and gang members flipped for the Feds and spilled dirt on Wu-Tang Clan, Masta Killa’s name was kept out of their testimony. When a music journalist accused him of assault, he denied it. And when he finally released his solo debut, more than a decade after Wu-Tang’s debut, it happened at the same time that the feds were deciding whether or not his musical group was also a group of criminals.

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This week, DISGRACELAND wraps up our ten-part series on the Wu-Tang Clan, and Jake is talking current hip-hop news, old rock 'n' roll news, Coldplay, and Axl Rose. Jake wants to hear from you! What's your favorite sad sack 70s music? What's your favorite Jim Croce album? What are the best alter egos in music? Favorite Halloween songs? And what's your favorite Disgraceland Halloween episode? Get in touch at 617-906-6638, on socials @disgracelandpod, or [email protected].

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This week in DISGRACELAND saw the premiere of the Ol' Dirty Bastard episode, and it's got Jake thinking about other famous alter egos. Plus, Halloween music, seventies music, your voicemails, texts, and DMs, and a tribute to you, the listener. What's your favorite sad sack 70s music? What's your favorite Jim Croce album? What are the best alter egos in music? Favorite Halloween songs? And what's your favorite Disgraceland Halloween episode? Drop Jake a line at 617-906-6638, [email protected], or on socials @disgracelandpod, and come join the After Party.

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Ol’ Dirty Bastard once saved a four-year old girl who was trapped under a Ford Mustang. He took a limo with an MTV news crew to collect his welfare check. He was charged with attempted murder of an NYPD officer. Chased by bloodthirsty Rottweilers. Shot by men in ski masks. His fame led to an addiction to cocaine, and that addiction led to ten arrests in the span of a few months. He was granted a weekend furlough from a rehab facility but went AWOL and wound up on the lam. Before long he wound up in Dannemora, aka Clinton Correctional Facility, aka Little Siberia, a maximum security prison in upstate New York, where he had to go to extreme lengths just to stay sane – and to survive.

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Ol’ Dirty Bastard once saved a four-year old girl who was trapped under a Ford Mustang. He took a limo with an MTV news crew to collect his welfare check. He was charged with attempted murder of an NYPD officer. Chased by bloodthirsty Rottweilers. Shot by men in ski masks. His fame led to an addiction to cocaine, and that addiction led to ten arrests in the span of a few months. He was granted a weekend furlough from a rehab facility but went AWOL and wound up on the lam. Before long he wound up in Dannemora, aka Clinton Correctional Facility, aka Little Siberia, a maximum security prison in upstate New York, where he had to go to extreme lengths just to stay sane – and to survive.

This episode was originally published on October 10, 2023.

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As our season on Wu-Tang Clan nears its end, we get some new details on the Tupac murder case with last week's grand jury indictment of Crips affiliate Duane “Keffe D” Davis. Is this it? Is this the guy? Also your emails, Cher, Prince, John Lennon, and the knife that killed Nancy Spungeon. What's your favorite Disgraceland Halloween episode? What are your top five Halloween songs? Your top five Halloween music videos? Drop Jake a line at 617-906-6638, on socials @disgracelandpod, or [email protected].

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The Wu-Tang saga continues in DISGRACELAND, and it's got Jake wondering about the most memorable ways that you’ve discovered great music in your lifetime. Plus, top fives, your correspondence, and the questions: What's your favorite Disgraceland Halloween episode? What are your top five Halloween songs? Your top five Halloween music videos? Get in touch at 617-906-6638, [email protected], or on socials @disgracelandpod, and come join the After Party.

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U-God was raised by the streets of Staten Island, where getting beaten up was a rite of passage that made you stronger. He was busted for driving a stolen car and assaulting a police officer. He dealt crack, and narrowly avoided a police raid on the apartment building he dealt from. He also dealt vengeance – he once came within seconds of killing a rival dope peddler. And when he finally put the violent life behind him and found freedom and joy in the music he made with Wu-Tang Clan, the ghosts of his past returned and placed his two-year old son in the crosshairs.

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