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DISGRACELAND

Jane’s Addiction (Pt. 1): Taking Risks, Enduring Pain, and a Killer on the Loose

DISGRACELAND

Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture, Music, True Crime

4.613.4K Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2026

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Jane’s Addiction’s Dave Navarro was only 15 years old when his mother was brutally murdered in her apartment by her ex-boyfriend. The killer escaped, and for eight long years eluded capture. During those years, Dave Navarro couldn’t shake the pain of his mother’s death or the fear of knowing that the man responsible was at large. He became addicted to heroin. He nearly died when he OD’d in a London flat. And his addiction helped drive a rift in his band just as they were reaching a critical and commercial height. This episode contains themes that may be disturbing to some listeners, including descriptions of stalking and domestic violence. This episode was originally published on December 5, 2023. To see the full list of contributors, see the show notes at ⁠www.disgracelandpod.com⁠. 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 To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:35.6

This episode contains content that may be disturbing to some listeners.

0:39.7

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0:43.5

Disgraceland is a production of Double Elvis. The stories about Jane's addiction are insane.

1:09.4

Their guitarist, Dave Navarro, was only 15 years old when his mother was brutally

1:14.5

murdered in her apartment. The killer escaped and for nearly eight years he alluded capture.

1:21.9

Dave Navarro couldn't shake the pain of his mother's death or the fear of knowing the man

1:26.7

responsible was still at large.

1:29.4

He became addicted to heroin, and he nearly died when he OD'd in a London flat.

1:35.3

His addiction helped drive a rift in his band just as they were reaching a critical and commercial

1:40.4

height. And his band, Jane's Addiction, made great music.

1:46.3

Music that had a major hand in defining the new alternative to rock and roll.

1:52.0

Unlike that clip I played for you at the top of the show, that wasn't great music.

1:57.8

That was a preset loop from my Melotron called Twin Peaks Prom Night, MK2. I played you that loop

2:06.7

because I can't afford the rights to a clip from Baby Come to Me by Patty Austin and James

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