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REWIND - Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson: A Teenage Jewel Thief, a Heel Turn Betrayal, and Raising the People’s Eyebrow
BADLANDS - April 17, 2024 07:10 - 38 minutesLong before he raised the People’s Eyebrow, dropped the People’s Elbow, and laid the smackdown on the candyass world of Hollywood, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson ran a jewelry theft ring in Waikiki. He and his peers worked the posh shopping district, snatching and grabbing whatever they could get thei...
REWIND - Tim Allen: Cocaine in Kalamazoo, Life in Prison, and Flipping for the Feds
BADLANDS - April 12, 2024 07:07 - 39 minutesBefore 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...
REWIND - Tim Allen: Cocaine in Kalamazoo, Life in Prison, and Flipping for the Feds
BADLANDS - April 12, 2024 07:07 - 39 minutes ★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsBefore 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...
Presenting DISGRACELAND - Kobe Bryant: The Black Mamba's Revenge
BADLANDS - April 10, 2024 07:01 - 41 minutes ★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsHe was a professional killer. A warrior trained from birth. A member of the deadliest squad of assassins in The Association. But that was before he tried to go solo. And before they tried to kill him. They made one mistake though – they didn’t finish the job. Now the Black Mamba is back and he wo...
Presenting DISGRACELAND - Kobe Bryant: The Black Mamba's Revenge
BADLANDS - April 10, 2024 07:01 - 41 minutesHe was a professional killer. A warrior trained from birth. A member of the deadliest squad of assassins in The Association. But that was before he tried to go solo. And before they tried to kill him. They made one mistake though – they didn’t finish the job. Now the Black Mamba is back and he wo...
REWIND - Pete Rose: Full-Throttle Hustle, Gambling with Gangsters, and Winning at Any Cost
BADLANDS - April 05, 2024 07:07 - 35 minutesPete Rose was the biggest winner in baseball history. He played more games. He had more hits. The numbers prove he was, unequivocally, the best. But his desire to win became an all-consuming compulsion both on and off the baseball diamond. When he could no longer rack up wins on the field as a pl...
REWIND - Pete Rose: Full-Throttle Hustle, Gambling with Gangsters, and Winning at Any Cost
BADLANDS - April 05, 2024 07:07 - 35 minutes ★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsPete Rose was the biggest winner in baseball history. He played more games. He had more hits. The numbers prove he was, unequivocally, the best. But his desire to win became an all-consuming compulsion both on and off the baseball diamond. When he could no longer rack up wins on the field as a pl...
REWIND - Patty Hearst: Brainwashing, Cyanide Bullets, and an Heiress-Turned-Terrorist
BADLANDS - April 03, 2024 07:09 - 42 minutes ★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsBefore Patty Hearst appeared as an actress in John Waters' movies, she captivated America on the silver screen as a hostage terrorized by the Symbionese Liberation Army. When the newspaper heiress was kidnapped by the radical organization in 1974, the country sympathized with her plight. But afte...
REWIND - Patty Hearst: Brainwashing, Cyanide Bullets, and an Heiress-Turned-Terrorist
BADLANDS - April 03, 2024 07:09 - 42 minutesBefore Patty Hearst appeared as an actress in John Waters' movies, she captivated America on the silver screen as a hostage terrorized by the Symbionese Liberation Army. When the newspaper heiress was kidnapped by the radical organization in 1974, the country sympathized with her plight. But afte...
REWIND - Joe Namath: Rubbing Elbows with the Mafia, Accused of Assault, and the Birth of the Rockstar Gladiator
BADLANDS - March 29, 2024 07:03 - 39 minutesJoe Namath was the Elvis and the Beatles of the gridiron at a time when the NFL was full of players with flat personalities. He was the catalyst that turned athletes into leaders, steering the cultural zeitgeist. Blonde bombshells drove onto the field in Cadillacs to pick him up. He intercepted w...
REWIND - Joe Namath: Rubbing Elbows with the Mafia, Accused of Assault, and the Birth of the Rockstar Gladiator
BADLANDS - March 29, 2024 07:03 - 39 minutes ★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsJoe Namath was the Elvis and the Beatles of the gridiron at a time when the NFL was full of players with flat personalities. He was the catalyst that turned athletes into leaders, steering the cultural zeitgeist. Blonde bombshells drove onto the field in Cadillacs to pick him up. He intercepted w...
REWIND - Lana Turner: The Preeminent Pinup Girl, the King of Los Angeles, and the Death of Johnny Stompanato
BADLANDS - March 27, 2024 07:10 - 39 minutes ★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsAs captivating as actress Lana Turner was on screen, her personal life off screen was more dramatic than any movie could hope to be. Her father, turning up dead over a poker pot. Her co-star, Sean Connery, throwing down with pre-Bond panache when her boyfriend threatened to beat her up. And that ...
REWIND - Lana Turner: The Preeminent Pinup Girl, the King of Los Angeles, and the Death of Johnny Stompanato
BADLANDS - March 27, 2024 07:10 - 39 minutesAs captivating as actress Lana Turner was on screen, her personal life off screen was more dramatic than any movie could hope to be. Her father, turning up dead over a poker pot. Her co-star, Sean Connery, throwing down with pre-Bond panache when her boyfriend threatened to beat her up. And that ...
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
BADLANDS - March 22, 2024 07:05 - 42 minutesSonny Liston transcended a life of petty crime, police busts, and prison time to become the heavyweight champion of the world. He was so feared as a fighter, however, that he made it to the big time with the financial backing of a rogue’s gallery of infamous underworld figures. That dubious assoc...
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
BADLANDS - March 22, 2024 07:05 - 42 minutes ★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsSonny Liston transcended a life of petty crime, police busts, and prison time to become the heavyweight champion of the world. He was so feared as a fighter, however, that he made it to the big time with the financial backing of a rogue’s gallery of infamous underworld figures. That dubious assoc...
Presenting DISGRACELAND: Steve McQueen: Mustangs, Magnums, and Manson's Hit List
BADLANDS - March 20, 2024 07:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsHustling on the streets of New York. Wagering with a U.S. president over who could sleep with more women. Knocking back beers with Elvis. Waving his gun around at the funeral of Jay Sebring, one of the victims of Charles Manson’s murderous family. The same family that had their sights now set on ...
Presenting DISGRACELAND: Steve McQueen: Mustangs, Magnums, and Manson's Hit List
BADLANDS - March 20, 2024 07:00 - 39 minutesHustling on the streets of New York. Wagering with a U.S. president over who could sleep with more women. Knocking back beers with Elvis. Waving his gun around at the funeral of Jay Sebring, one of the victims of Charles Manson’s murderous family. The same family that had their sights now set on ...
REWIND - Danny Trejo: A Prison Riot, the Gas Chamber, and Becoming Fear
BADLANDS - March 15, 2024 07:05 - 37 minutesDanny Trejo holds the record for most on-screen deaths by an actor. His go-to role is the bad guy – the baddest guy. The guy you do not mess with. And for the first 25 years of his life, he was that guy for real. He led a life of violence and drugs that landed him in just about every hardcore pri...
REWIND - Danny Trejo: A Prison Riot, the Gas Chamber, and Becoming Fear
BADLANDS - March 15, 2024 07:05 - 37 minutes ★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsDanny Trejo holds the record for most on-screen deaths by an actor. His go-to role is the bad guy – the baddest guy. The guy you do not mess with. And for the first 25 years of his life, he was that guy for real. He led a life of violence and drugs that landed him in just about every hardcore pri...
REWIND - Sal Mineo: Street Gangs, Ouija Boards, and Unabashed Pride
BADLANDS - March 13, 2024 07:04 - 46 minutes ★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsJames Dean’s co-star in Rebel Without a Cause was an early trailblazer for the LGBTQ+ community in Hollywood. Over the years he was harassed, heckled, and had his life threatened – just for being himself. When he was mysteriously murdered at the age of 37, the 15-month investigation exposed just ...
REWIND - Sal Mineo: Street Gangs, Ouija Boards, and Unabashed Pride
BADLANDS - March 13, 2024 07:04 - 46 minutesJames Dean’s co-star in Rebel Without a Cause was an early trailblazer for the LGBTQ+ community in Hollywood. Over the years he was harassed, heckled, and had his life threatened – just for being himself. When he was mysteriously murdered at the age of 37, the 15-month investigation exposed just ...
REWIND - The Dating Game Killer: Persuasion, Charm, and a Depraved Murderer at Large
BADLANDS - March 08, 2024 08:09 - 42 minutesRodney Alcala, AKA The Dating Game Killer, was a depraved murderer who eluded authorities for years. He hid his true identity behind charm and persuasion. He worked as a summer camp counselor while on the lam for the savage assault of an eight-year-old girl. He convinced his parole officer to let...
REWIND - The Dating Game Killer: Persuasion, Charm, and a Depraved Murderer at Large
BADLANDS - March 08, 2024 08:09 - 42 minutes ★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsRodney Alcala, AKA The Dating Game Killer, was a depraved murderer who eluded authorities for years. He hid his true identity behind charm and persuasion. He worked as a summer camp counselor while on the lam for the savage assault of an eight-year-old girl. He convinced his parole officer to let...
REWIND - Evel Knievel: Cracking Safes, a Beatdown with a Baseball Bat, and Jumping the Shark
BADLANDS - March 06, 2024 08:04 - 39 minutes ★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsEvel Knievel’s name is synonymous with motorcycle stunts and repeated personal injury. But the famous daredevil was more than just the guy who repeatedly broke every bone in his body in pursuit of high-flying glory on Wild World of Sports. Evel Knievel was a burglar, a safecracker, a card cheat, ...
REWIND - Evel Knievel: Cracking Safes, a Beatdown with a Baseball Bat, and Jumping the Shark
BADLANDS - March 06, 2024 08:04 - 39 minutesEvel Knievel’s name is synonymous with motorcycle stunts and repeated personal injury. But the famous daredevil was more than just the guy who repeatedly broke every bone in his body in pursuit of high-flying glory on Wild World of Sports. Evel Knievel was a burglar, a safecracker, a card cheat, ...
REWIND - George Reeves: Elusive Truth, Absent Justice, and the American Way...Hollywood Style
BADLANDS - February 29, 2024 08:07 - 40 minutesSuperman may be more powerful than a locomotive, but George Reeves, the actor who famously portrayed the Man of Steel on TV in the 1950s, was very much a mortal man. Did George Reeves really take his own life in June 1959, as the official report stated? Was he actually murdered by an impulsive gi...
REWIND - George Reeves: Elusive Truth, Absent Justice, and the American Way...Hollywood Style
BADLANDS - February 29, 2024 08:07 - 40 minutes ★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsSuperman may be more powerful than a locomotive, but George Reeves, the actor who famously portrayed the Man of Steel on TV in the 1950s, was very much a mortal man. Did George Reeves really take his own life in June 1959, as the official report stated? Was he actually murdered by an impulsive gi...
REWIND - Poltergeist Curse: Paranormal Activity, a Plane Crash, and Murder
BADLANDS - February 23, 2024 08:05 - 44 minutes ★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsFour different actors from the 1980s horror franchise Poltergeist died within a 6-year span. Dominique Dunne was murdered. Julian Beck succumbed to stomach cancer. Will Sampson suffered from a degenerative disease. And Heather O’Rourke’s death at the age of 12, was deemed “distinctly unusual.” Wa...
REWIND - Poltergeist Curse: Paranormal Activity, a Plane Crash, and Murder
BADLANDS - February 23, 2024 08:05 - 44 minutesFour different actors from the 1980s horror franchise Poltergeist died within a 6-year span. Dominique Dunne was murdered. Julian Beck succumbed to stomach cancer. Will Sampson suffered from a degenerative disease. And Heather O’Rourke’s death at the age of 12, was deemed “distinctly unusual.” Wa...
Presenting DISGRACELAND: Anthony Bourdain: Junk, Romance, and a Lust for Life
BADLANDS - February 21, 2024 08:11 - 59 minutesAnthony Bourdain had a lust for life. He went all in on adventure, indulgence, food, romance – including the romance of a heroin addiction that he chased through the restaurant kitchens and grimy rock clubs of 1980s Manhattan. For years he was a struggling cook and writer, but his first book, pub...
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