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DISGRACELAND

Spade Cooley: Jealousy, Torture, Murder

DISGRACELAND

Jake Brennan

True Crime, Music, Society & Culture

4.613.1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2023

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Spade Cooley was one of Postwar America’s biggest celebrities and most talented musicians. He was also a violent drunk and homicidal psychopath with no heart. Mean, jealous, abusive, and almost totally driven by the deep-seated insecurity that he wasn’t good enough for any of the women who flocked to see him in concert, on television, and on the movie screen, Spade Cooley couldn’t bear the thought of his wife with another man so he he did the unthinkable—and what followed was, at the time, the trial of the century. To see the complete list of contributors, visit disgracelandpod.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey, what is up, discos?

0:01.3

Jake Brennan, your host here this month.

0:03.1

As you know, we're celebrating our fifth year, our five year anniversary of this great

0:06.9

sign. We just launched our eleventh season to go along with that. So if you haven't already,

0:11.7

go listen to our new episodes, our episode on 50 Cent. We've got a great episode on ACDC.

0:16.4

They're both great, but ACDC is probably my first favorite band and I'm really pumped on the work

0:21.7

we did with both of these. So check them out. If you're already caught up, if you've heard these

0:25.7

two episodes, you can go listen to where it all began. You can go back to the beginning.

0:29.5

Listen to the previously exclusive season one of Discrease Land with stories on Jerry Lee Lewis,

0:34.3

Sid Vicious, Bob Merley, James Brown, and many more. You can listen to Discrease Land right now,

0:38.8

wherever you get your podcasts, Apple podcasts, iHeartRadio app, Spotify Stitcher,

0:42.8

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0:52.8

A quick heads up for those who may be triggered by tales of sexual abuse and violence.

0:57.2

This episode of Discrease Land depicts both.

1:12.4

The story about the king of western swing, Spade Cooley, is insane. He was a violent, drunk,

1:18.9

and homicidal psychopath with a time was one of the biggest stars in the country.

1:23.2

His TV show reached millions. He appeared in countless movies scored numerous top 10 hits,

1:29.8

and once hosted Frank Sinatra as a favor to help Frank get his career going again.

1:36.1

But Spade Cooley had no heart. Spade Cooley cared only about Spade Cooley.

1:42.1

He was mean, jealous, abusive, and almost totally driven by the deep-seated insecurity

1:48.1

that he wasn't good enough for any of the women in his life. A fear that in the end proved to be

1:54.1

tragic for both him and his family. But Spade Cooley made great music. That music you heard at the

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