The Manson family murders are among the most famous crimes in American history…their actions have been documented over and over and over…this program will not be a recitation of what happened…instead, we’re going to look specifically at how mus

The Cults of Rock | 13

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Since homo sapiens gained consciousness and self-awareness, we’ve been asking some big questions…what does it all mean?... What’s the purpose of existence?... Is there something more to life and the universe than what I can see?...This has led

Apr 2nd, 2024 55m 22s

When something bad happens, we want to know why…the weirder and badder the event, the more we need to know…It can’t possibly be random…someone needs to be responsible and held accountable…someone needs to be blamed…and there had better not be

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Mar 27th, 2024 40m 9s

In the summer of 2006, a young Calgary woman was on top of the world. She had a supportive family, amazing friends and a great job. But life as she knew it came to an abrupt stop in the middle of the night on August 6, 2006. In this episode, Gl

The Truth About the Rolling Stones and Altamont | 11

Mar 19th, 2024 38m 25s

By 1965, change was in the air…a new generation of young people were coming of age and they did not want what their parents did…theirs was the counter-culture, a rebellion and repudiation of the status quo…and for a while it was all peace and l

Black Metal, Death Metal | 10

Mar 5th, 2024 35m 26s

Metal is one of the most extreme forms of music ever invented…once you’re inside this tent, you quickly realize that the deeper you go, the more intense the music becomes as people compete to see who can make the heaviest music in the universe…

The Mysterious Dissaperance of Richey Edwards | 9

Feb 20th, 2024 49m 36s

It’s hard to disappear…with all the surveillance tools out there and digital smog we leave behind, it’s almost impossible to vanish without a trace…yet it happens…We still haven’t found Amelia Earhart who has been missing since 1937 when she t

The Bjork Acid Bomber | 8

Feb 6th, 2024 32m 14s

How many times have you or heard someone say “i’m obsessed with [whatever]”…you’re trying to say that there’s something of which you can’t get enough…it could be anything from a flavour of ice cream to a reality TV show…it’s usually just hyperb

The Linkin Park Cyberstalker | 7

Jan 23rd, 2024 27m 15s

There have been many studies into the different types of music fans…basically, they can be broken down into four types…At the bottom of the pyramid are people who aren’t fans at all…they don’t like you or don’t care about you…they may not even

Bob Marley Must Die | 6

Jan 9th, 2024 36m 41s

Music can be a powerful motivator…not just for individuals, either…if the message is strong and people are searching for truth, music can transform entire communities and countries around the planet…and its effects can long outlive its creator,

The Satanic Panic | 5

Dec 19th, 2023 46m 45s

When rock music appeared in the 1950s, a lot of people were frightened…all this dancing and gyrating and hootin’ and hollerin’ was labeled “the devil’s music”…it beckoned youth down a dangerous path towards immorality and destruction…It encour

The Led Zeppelin Heist | 4

Dec 5th, 2023 28m 31s

In the spring of 1973, Led Zeppelin was the biggest live act in the world…on may 4, they started a two-leg, 34-date tour of North America, their ninth time on the continent…and they began to break records…There were 53,000 at the first show in

Music and the Mob | 3

Nov 21st, 2023 37m 46s

If there’s money to be made, chances are organized crime will want a piece of it…call it the mob, the mafia, the costa nostra, or “this thing of ours,” these groups, these families are close to the action in some way…Construction, drugs, alcoh

Who Killed Jam Master Jay? | 2

Nov 7th, 2023 30m 42s

At around 7:30 on the cold, rainy evening of Wednesday, October 30, 2002, someone walked into the lounge of a recording studio in Jamaica, Queens, New York and fatally shot Jason Mizell with a 40-calbire gun: once to the body and another to the

The Lynyrd Skynyrd Plane Crash | 1

Oct 24th, 2023 33m 18s

The old days of air travel were quite risky…compared to today, the chances of your flight going down were far greater …every airport had kiosks and coin-operating vending machines where you could buy life insurance before you headed to the gate

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Coming October 24th.

Oct 6th, 2023 2m 8s

In this one-of-a-kind true crime podcast, award-winning music historian and host of the chart topping Ongoing History of New Music, Alan Cross, takes you inside unbelievable stories from murder, to fatal plane crashes, to court battles, and eve

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