Jerry Lee Lewis: The Killer and Getting Away with Murder

DISGRACELAND

Jake Brennan

True Crime, Music, Society & Culture

4.6 • 13.1K Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2023

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

The night before Jerry Lee Lewis’ fifth wife died, she made a phone call to her mother. She told her that she was thinking of leaving the rock ‘n’ roll pioneer, but that he wouldn’t let her. She also made a second call—this one to the sister of her high school sweetheart, making plans for the sister to come take her away from Jerry Lee later that month. Then … in mid-sentence the phone went dead. The next day, Mrs. Jerry Lee Lewis was found dead. Placed nearly on top of a perfectly made bed in the newlywed couple’s guest room. Despite the bruises on her body, the blood under her fingernails, the scratches on her husband’s hands, and the mountain of other physical and anecdotal evidence, the death was ruled an accident. Did Jerry Lee Lewis kill his wife and get away with murder? To see the full list of contributors, see the show notes at www.disgracelandpod.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, what's up, this goes Jake Brennan here. We have a new season of disgrace land coming out next week on February 14th.
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1:01.1	New stories on Debbie Harry, YouTube, Bob Dylan, Elvis Presley, and more.
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1:52.5	The stories about rock and roll pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis are insane.
2:09.1	He smashed people in the face with Mike stands.
2:12.2	He shot his bass player in the chest with a 357 magnum.
2:16.2	He was born into hellfire and hellbent on assassinating the king.
2:21.0	One of these nights Jerry Lee was going to get past the guards at Graceland and stick fat Elvis good and his past his prime belly with his new hunting knife.
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