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 his fate would be altered.

This episode contains themes that may be disturbing to some listeners, including depictions of suicide, sexual assault, and child abuse.

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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 617-906-6638 or on socials @disgracelandpod - and come join the Wrap Party.

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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, 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 still surround Johnny Depp…including the unsolved disappearance of his former Viper Room co-owner – who went missing just days before he was supposed to testify against Johnny in court.

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

Badlands is a true-crime anthology podcast from Jake Brennan, creator and host of the award-winning music and true crime podcast DISGRACELAND.

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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 films? Let Jake know at 617-906-6638 or on socials @disgracelandpod - and come join the Wrap Party.

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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? 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 it at 617-906-6638 or on socials @disgracelandpod - and come join the Wrap Party.

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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 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 sensationalized how she lost her head in a car crash and blamed her death on a Satanic curse — but even decades after that fatal road trip, there’s still plenty about Jayne that still warrants showing off.

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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? 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 socials @disgracelandpod, and come join the Wrap Party.

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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.

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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.

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