Short Suck #51: Greatest Slave Rebellion in History: The Haitian Revolution
In this Short Suck, we dive into the Haitian Revolution - the only truly successful large-scale slave revolt in human history - where the enslaved people of Saint-Domingue rose up, burned France's “ca...
13 Helmi 1h 1min
493 - The Gloriavale Cult: Hell Disguised as Heaven
In this episode of Timesuck, we’re heading to New Zealand to explore Gloriavale - a so-called “Heaven on Earth” founded by charismatic preacher Neville Cooper, where obedience to God somehow turned in...
9 Helmi 2h 38min
492 - The Moors Murders
From 1963 to 1965, Ian Brady and Myra Hindley carried out one of the most disturbing crime sprees in British history, abducting, torturing, and murdering children in and around Manchester before buryi...
2 Helmi 2h 49min
491 - The Good, the Bad, and Corporate Greed: American Healthcare Explained
Whoo BOY! This week's episode is packed with info and stats. How did the US healthcare system get so expensive and complicated? Is it still better than some form of universal care? Throwing a lot of h...
26 Tammi 2h 50min
Short Suck #50: Presumed Guilty: The Duke Lacrosse Scandal
In this week's Short Suck, we revisit the 2006 Duke Lacrosse scandal—the case that felt like an open-and-shut story of privilege and violence… until the facts started falling apart, the DNA didn’t mat...
23 Tammi 1h 3min
490 - How to Fail at Murder (and Life): The Jennifer Pan Story
Behind the straight-A smiles and proud immigrant-family success story of Jennifer Pan was one of the most elaborate webs of lies in modern true-crime history — and when that web finally snapped, it le...
19 Tammi 2h 34min
489 - Taken from Her Bed: The Elizabeth Smart Abduction
In the middle of the night, a man with a messiah complex and a god-sized ego walked into a suburban Utah bedroom and stole a fourteen-year-old girl from her family. What followed was a nine-month nigh...
12 Tammi 2h 53min
Short Suck #49: The Milk Wars: When People Died for Dairy
In this week's Short Suck, we head back to the 1930s, when milk wasn’t just one of many beverages - it was survival, income, and power. As the Great Depression crushed farmers, workers, and cities al...
9 Tammi 1h 3min
