{"podcast":{"title":"DISGRACELAND","slug":"disgraceland-860670","podcast_index_feed_id":860670,"rss_url":"https://rss.pdrl.fm/b36e29/feeds.megaphone.fm/DEP5407482957","website_url":"https://www.disgracelandpod.com/","image_url":"https://www.omnycontent.com/d/playlist/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/6832e3a9-08f5-4abe-9187-b41a010fdf8a/27cefb58-d75d-4314-b368-b41a010fdf9b/image.jpg?t=1775716296&size=Large","author":"Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts","episode_count":450,"summary":"DISGRACELAND is an award-winning music and true crime podcast about musicians getting away with murder and behaving very badly. Jerry Lee Lewis's 5th wife? Dead. Sid and Nancy? Both dead. Why? Because musicians are insane, and insane things happen to them. Why did we lose Amy Winehouse at 27? Was Debbie Harry really abducted by Ted Bundy as she claims? Is Patti Smith not just the \"Godmother of Punk\", but also the \"Original True Crime Girl\"? What really happened the night of the Jay Z nightclub stabbing? What do the Diddy indictments truly reveal? All these stories and more, on artists from every genre and their true crimes, in our massive 260-plus story archive. The Dead, the Stones, Johnny, Willie, Frank, Kurt, Courtney, Gaga, Lana, Taylor, and too many to name. DISGRACELAND is music history come to life through audio storytelling as you've never heard it before, with revealing facts: yes, assassins are the real reason the Beatles quit touring—reclaimed myths: no, Mama Cass didn't die from choking on a ham sandwich––and constant reckoning between art and artist––all told through the lens of true crime. This is the podcast for the self-proclaimed \"Disgos\", the musically obsessed a…","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/disgraceland-860670"},"episode":{"title":"Beastie Boys: How They Inspired A Crime Wave, Caused New Laws To Be Written, and Influenced Culture","slug":"beastie-boys-how-they-inspired-a-crime-wave-caused-new-laws-to-be-written-and-influenced-culture","published_at":"2026-04-19T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/disgraceland-860670/beastie-boys-how-they-inspired-a-crime-wave-caused-new-laws-to-be-written-and-influenced-culture","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/disgraceland-860670","url":"https://omny.fm/shows/disgraceland/beastie-boys-how-they-inspired-a-crime-wave-caused-new-laws-to-be-written-and-influenced-culture-1","audio_url":"https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/6832e3a9-08f5-4abe-9187-b41a010fdf8a/36f573c6-bc3d-4282-aab3-b430013a46dc/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=27cefb58-d75d-4314-b368-b41a010fdf9b","summary":"The news called the London crime wave an “epidemic”. The Beastie Boys inspired it. Liverpool wanted to kill the group. Ad Rock was in jail. Numerous other musicians were arrested, in part, because of the Beasties. These stories plus the band’s hardcore roots, their hip hop success, how they created a Gen X Sgt. Peppers, and a legacy that will be hard to top for future artists. Buckle up for a crime and grime Beastie Boys story. This episode was originally released on January 21, 2025. To listen to Disgraceland ad free and get access to weekly bonus content and more, become a Disgraceland All Access member at disgracelandpod.com/membership . Sign up for our newsletter and get the inside dirt on events, merch and other awesomeness - GET THE NEWSLETTER Follow Jake and DISGRACELAND: Instagram YouTube X (formerly Twitter)  Facebook Fan Group TikTok     See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.","meta_description":"The news called the London crime wave an “epidemic”. The Beastie Boys inspired it. Liverpool wanted to kill the group. Ad Rock was in jail. Nu…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2914,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/disgraceland-860670/episodes/beastie-boys-how-they-inspired-a-crime-wave-caused-new-laws-to-be-written-and-influenced-culture/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/disgraceland-860670/beastie-boys-how-they-inspired-a-crime-wave-caused-new-laws-to-be-written-and-influenced-culture.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}