Best Curses And Crossroads Podcasts (2024)

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Robert Johnson: Voodoo, Delta Blues, Cursing God, and a Crossroads 49:14

12d ago49:14

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Robert Johnson didn’t just play the blues. He embodied them. He drank and womanized his way through the South, New York, and Chicago in the 1930s, until he finally met the devil at the crossroads for a little trade. So the legend goes, anyway. With the same soul he supposedly sold to the devil, Robert Johnson belted lightning blues that captured tr…

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Guns N’ Roses Pt. 2: Real life Rocket Queen, Raging Press, Recovered Memories, and the Riverport Riot 47:24

31m ago47:24

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Post Appetite For Destruction, Guns N’ Roses embodied the word “dysfunction." As the band prepared for their follow up release, singer Axl Rose was losing a very public battle with the press while heroin and alcohol threatened to completely derail the band. Axl’s “recovered memories” continued to fuel his erratic behavior and thus he continued to d…

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Guns N’ Roses Pt. 1: Brawling with Bowie, Juvenile Delinquency, Dealing Dope and Death at Donington 46:40

1h ago46:40

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Few hard rock bands lived the life portrayed in their songs as authentically as Guns N’ Roses. Singer Axl Rose was driven by deep-seated demons that drove the creation of his band’s legendary debut album, Appetite For Destruction, as well as his legendary bad behavior. His band was hardly any different. Nearly dysfunctional from drug use and excess…

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Bonus Episode: Horrifying Books, Disgraceful Diddy Developments, and the Power of Imagination 52:43

17h ago52:43

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Happy Halloween, disgos! This week in the After Party, Jake hears from you about the scariest books you've read and catches you up on the latest Diddy developments. As the World Series caps off the 2024 baseball season, we're preparing next week's episode on the rowdiest team to ever put on a New York uniform, the 1986 Mets. There's no doubt New Yo…

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The Exorcist: Demonic Possession, Mass Hysteria, and NYC’s Unsolved Murders 46:24

2d ago46:24

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William Friedkin's film The Exorcist terrified audiences upon its release in 1973. They fainted, vomited, and went into hysterics in the theaters. Some overwhelmed viewers left early, only to return the next day, buying another ticket to see if they could make it to the end. But the story behind The Exorcist is just as compelling as the story on th…

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How to Stay True to Your Spiritual Path & MAINTAIN RELATIONSHIPS When Others Don’t Get You 18:01

5d ago18:01

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✨ Ready for a transformative journey?✨ Work 1:1 with Alexis through Conscious Spiritual Life Coaching! http://www.higherjourneys.com/consciouscoaching ———————————— There IS an approach that can be used effectively when it comes to staying true to your spiritual path if you’re struggling with connecting with friends, family members and co-workers th…

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The Misfits: Robbing Graves, Night of the Living Dead and the Teenagers from Mars 54:29

5d ago54:29

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The Misfits were truly unique. Scary. Violent. Angry. Nihilistic. These words can easily describe not only their music, but also the band as people, particularly frontman Glenn Danzig. Rumored to have been arrested for grave robbery, locked up abroad and inciting riots here in the States, the Misfits blazed a path of annihilation trading on fiction…

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Bonus Episode - Scary Movies and an Interview with Low Cut Connie's Adam Weiner 1:28:47

6d ago1:28:47

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This week in the After Party, Jake sits down with Adam Weiner of Low Cut Connie to discuss the state of rock n' roll and Adam's new film "Art Dealers." Plus, we hear from you about the movies that scared you when you were a kid. As we prepare for next week's episode on the ultimate scary movie, "The Exorcist" and the book that inspired it, we we wa…

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Poltergeist Curse: Paranormal Activity, a Plane Crash, and Murder 46:59

9d ago46:59

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Four 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.” Was it an eerie coincidence...or something more siniste…

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The Origins of The AI INTRUSION & The Road to Transhumanism 1:15:05

12d ago1:15:05

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Bonus Episode: Dangerous Music, Great Rock n' Roll, and More Shocking Allegations 57:59

13d ago57:59

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This week in the After Party, Jake wonders if every disgraceful story covered in Disgraceland is mere child's play when compared to the latest Diddy allegations. We hear from you and get your thoughts on the greatest rock n' roll bands of all time. As we prepare for next week's episode on the cursed film "Poltergeist," we we want to know: Which mov…

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Is AI Secretly Altering Our Reality? The Mandela Effect and More! 29:00

19d ago29:00

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Artificial Intelligence has surely (and sneakily) crept its way into the daily reality of millions (or billions) of human lives. But do we truly understand the implications of how A.I. has accomplished this and what it means for how we understand the nature of time, space and our own level of recall about current events? I’ll explore these question…

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The Cramps: Zombies, Teenage Werewolves, and Rock ‘N’ Roll Saviors 52:54

16d ago52:54

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The Cramps, led by the husband and wife team of Lux Interior and Poison Ivy Rorschach, had one one mission: To save rock n' roll from the corporate monsters who threatened its destruction. The band blended rockabilly, blues, garage rock and the aesthetic of 1950s B-movies into a wholly unique and singular rock and roll concoction that set them apar…

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Ozzy Osbourne: The Prince of Darkness, Randy Rhoads’ Plane Crash and the Saving Grace of a Strong Woman 49:42

18d ago49:42

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Ozzy Osbourne, along with his bandmates in Black Sabbath, invented heavy metal, and throughout Ozzy’s post-Sabbath solo career he would invent new, self-destructive forms of sabotage. Arrested at an early age for breaking and entering, Ozzy Osbourne refused to conform to societal norms and common decency. He would go on to be arrested numerous time…

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Black Sabbath: Satanists, Severed Limbs, Dismembered Fingers, Mountains of Cocaine and the Invention of Heavy Metal 51:24

19d ago51:24

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Black Sabbath are solely responsible for conjuring the diabolical power of heavy metal. When guitarist Tony Iommi lost his fingertips as a teenager, he turned to a less painful style of playing— a style that produced a new, genre-defining type of gloom and heaviness. The band climbed through the seven circles of British podunk hell to international…

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Bonus Episode: Heart Issues and Hurricanes 48:50

20d ago48:50

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This week in the After Party, Jake hears from you on which artists were taken from us too soon, and continues to dive into the latest scuttlebutt on Sean Combs. As Jake gets ready for Hurricane Milton and we prepare for next week's episode on the great rock n' roll band The Cramps, we we want to know: Which rock n' roll band is the greatest of all …

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Brandon Lee: Hungry Ghosts, Cursed Movies, and a Goth Masterpiece 40:50

23d ago40:50

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Haunted by the legacy of his superstar father and by an old family curse, Brandon Lee tried to outrun the past. But the past came after him all the same. It was said that his father, Bruce Lee, was taken by that family curse at just 32 years old, and that it then followed Brandon to the set of The Crow, a cross between a superhero blockbuster and a…

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EXPOSED! How Sci-Fi Novels Predicted Real-Life Events: Synchronicity or PREDICTIVE PROGRAMMING? 48:36

28d ago48:36

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▷ Watch Hollywood Decoded feat. Jay Dyer & Jay Weidner as they discuss how The Matrix Trilogy may have been an intentional clue to the real life “Matrix” we inhabit – Get a FREE 7-Day Trial to watch now on Gaia: https://bit.ly/4gRttru —————————————— Synchronicity experts and best-selling novelists Rob and Trish MacGregor join Alexis to discuss how …

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AC/DC: A Satanic Serial Killer, A Police Man Hunt, and a Media Witch Hunt 46:05

26d ago46:05

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In the 1980s, AC/DC’s biggest fan was a notorious serial killer. The band was an international best-selling hit machine, and members like the late Bon Scott and die-hard Angus Young became rock icons. But when the press caught wind of the disturbing fandom of the serial killer Richard “The Night Stalker” Ramirez, the news quickly dragged the world’…

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Bonus Episode: More Diddy Allegations, Travis Scott and Tony Buzbee 54:09

27d ago54:09

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This week in the After Party, Jake weighs in on the latest development in the explosive Diddy saga: the 120 alleged victims being represented by Texas attorney Tony Buzbee, the man who previously represented the victims of the Astroworld tragedy. As we prepare for next week's episode on the late actor Brandon Lee, we're reminded of the Billy Joel s…

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Travis Scott and Astroworld: The Devil Went Down to Houston 45:21

29d ago45:21

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Travis Scott’s 2021 Astroworld music festival turned out to be a deadly disaster. Was it greed? Satanism? Or was something even more mysterious and evil behind the events that took the lives of ten concertgoers and injured and traumatized many others? To see the full list of contributors, see the show notes at www.disgracelandpod.com. The Astroworl…

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Are Alien Abductees Being Silenced? Oprah’s 1994 Show Exposed! 19:57

1M ago19:57

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In 1994, Oprah Winfrey delved into the controversial topic of alien abduction on her talk show, featuring renowned Harvard psychiatrist Dr. John Mack and several abductees who bravely shared their alien encounter experiences. Dr. Mack, a pioneer in studying the phenomenon of alien abduction, presented groundbreaking insights, while Oprah guided the…

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Bonus Episode: Deep in the Diddyverse and Sci-Fi Curious 51:04

1M ago51:04

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This week in the After Party, Jake takes a closer look at the Diddy indictment and gets your recommendations on sci fi. Spooky Season is just around the corner – as we prepare for next week's episode on the horror that was Travis Scott's Astroworld, we want to know: What was the darkest event in music history? Let Jake know at 617-906-6638, disgrac…

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Sigourney Weaver: A Goddess, Beasts and Demons, and Paying Tribute from Death Row 41:30

1M ago41:30

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In classic ‘80s films like Ghostbusters and Aliens, Sigourney Weaver battled demons and beasts. But to one particular inmate on death row in Georgia, she battled those demons and beasts in real life as well. To Alexander Williams, a convicted murderer, Sigourney Weaver was a goddess – a divine being sent to this earth to do battle with evil. He wor…

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UNREAL! Astral Travel: A SUDDEN Spiritual Awakening & Confronting Your Shadow Self | Jason Quitt 1:06:41

1M ago1:06:41

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Though the idea of astral travel is intriguing, consciousness explorer Jason Quitt explains how his unexpected personal journeys into the astral realm, brought him face-to-face with non human entities who showed him aspects of himself he never thought he’d confront. Jason also explains how on one particular astral journey, he was shown apocalyptic …

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