54 - Heaven's Gate UFO Cult
What led 39 people to kill themselves in a desperate attempt to board a spaceship in 1997? Why did anyone believe that Marshall Applewhite, a former choir director, was the Second Coming of Christ, an...
25 Syys 20171h 40min
53 - Teddy MF'n Roosevelt! President Tough Guy
America's 26th President went from an asthmatic child to a weightlifting, boxing, mountain climbing, book writing, lots-of-animals killing, calvary rough riding, NYC police commissioner, war hero, aut...
18 Syys 20171h 42min
BONUS 9 - The Salem Witch Trials
So much crazy in one episode. In 1692, the residents of Salem Village became obsessed with the idea that the Devil himself was in their midst and that he was being helped by an army of witches looking...
15 Syys 20171h 45min
52 - 9/11: Looking Back at the Day That Changed America Forever
The Department of Homeland Security. The enduring military occupation of Afghanistan that began as Operation Enduring Freedom and the Global War on Terror. The Transportation Security Administration. ...
11 Syys 20171h 43min
51 - "The Iceman": Serial Killer Richard Kuklinski
Richard Kuklinski once shot a man twice in the head on Christmas Eve because the guy owed him $1600. He beat a kid to death with a closet rod when he was 13. He strangled, stabbed, poisoned, shot, blu...
4 Syys 20171h 43min
50 - The Ku Klux Klan: Who are these hatemongers?
Recent events in Charlottesville, VA reminded me that the KKK is still around. I realized I've never thought much about who these people are. When was the KKK founded? By whom and why? Why are they st...
28 Elo 20171h 33min
BONUS 8 - Project MK Ultra: The CIA experiments with LSD
In the 1950s, while many Americans were busy watching I Love Lucy or waiting for the new Elvis Presley album, the members of the CIA's Project MK Ultra were busy dropping acid, taking shrooms, and con...
25 Elo 20171h 49min
49 - Kurt Cobain: The Triumph and Tragedy of Alt Rock's Greatest Icon
I remember the exact moment I first heard Nirvana and I remember the day he died. But I didn't know how hard he had to work for Nirvana to break through, and I didn't know how terribly troubled he was...
21 Elo 20171h 37min
