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Back to SearchThe Replacements: Stink Bombs, Broken Guitars, and Self-Sabotage
Season 19 Episode 193
A teenage bass-playing f*ck-up prodigy. A big brother in an ill-fitting bodysuit on national television. A drummer playing chicken with the cops on his motorcycle. And one of the greatest singer-song…
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago
Alfred Hitchcock: Killers, Auteurs, and Survivors
Season 19 Episode 192
Alfred Hitchcock grew up on murder. He was the OG crime junkie; obsessed with true stories of stranglers, bodysnatchers, necrophiliacs, and serial killers. He was also afraid – not so much with these…
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago
Bonus Episode: Hollywood and History’s Worst Moms and the Hitchcock Dilemma
Season 19 Episode 191
This week in the After Party, Jake looks at Brittany Murphy's mysterious death and the history of bad moms in Hollywood and crime. As we prepare for next week's episode on the brilliant yet problemat…
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago
Brittany Murphy: The Suspicious Death of a Starlet or an Unsolved Murder?
Season 19 Episode 191
When actress Brittany Murphy died of pneumonia at the age of just 32 years old, it seemed that all of Hollywood had questions about her death. All but her husband, who did not find his wife’s death s…
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago
The Hillsborough Disaster: A Fatal Crush, Soccer Hooligans, and a Massive Cover-Up
Season 19 Episode 190
On April 15th, 1989, 95 men, women, and children were crushed to death during a soccer match between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest – two additional victims would later die of their injuries. The Hi…
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago
Bonus Episode: Can a Heavy Metal Band Be The Most Successful Band of All Time?
Season 18 Episode 189
This week in the After Party, Jake looks at Metallica's rise from the vanguard of a niche sub-genre of Heavy Metal to become one of the most successful bands of all time. And in preparation for next …
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago
Metallica: Thrash Metal, Murder, and the Death of Cliff Burton
Season 18 Episode 189
In the early days of Metallica, their bass player carried a hammer on tour and had a gun that shot knives – or so the story goes. Their former lead guitarist was a drug dealer who kept two pitbulls f…
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago
Bonus Episode: Great Actors of the 1970s, Juvenile Delinquency, and the Luck of The Draw
Season 18 Episode 188
This week in the After Party, Jake dives into your thoughts on the greatest actors of the 1970s and ponders the road not taken by Al Pacino in this week's episode. Plus, another tale of juvenile deli…
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago
Al Pacino: Good and Evil, Attempted Robbery, and the Role of a Lifetime
Season 18 Episode 188
The death of a neighborhood friend, an attempted robbery that almost went horribly wrong, good vs. evil, and the road not taken: this is the Al Pacino origin story. It all culminates in the role of a…
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago
Bonus Episode: POV in Storytelling, 1970s Actors, and Sarah Vaughan vs. Ella Fitzgerald
Season 18 Episode 186
This week in the After Party, Jake has the 1970s on his mind as he prepares for next week's episode on Al Pacino. We want to know: Who is the greatest actor of the 1970s? What films and performances …
Published on 1 year, 5 months ago