Kill the Mood Podcast

The Murder of Sam Cooke

Kill the Mood Episode 22

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This week we’re talking about the life and death of Sam Cooke, and one of the most controversial nights in music history. We walk through what happened at the Hacienda Motel, the official story, the questions that never really went away, and why people are still debating it decades later.

It’s a heavy case, but as always we do our best to make sense of it while nervously laughing and trying not to get completely lost down the rabbit hole. So grab something warm and join two girls who are still winging it as we unpack a story that still refuses to sit quietly in the past.