485 - The Family: Australia's Most Notorious Cult
In the 1960s and ’70s, yoga teacher–turned–self-proclaimed messiah Anne Hamilton-Byrne built one of Australia’s most shocking cults—an LSD-fueled blend of New Age mysticism, stolen children, and her o...
15 Des 20252h 39min
Short Suck #47: The Business Plot - When Bankers Tried to Topple the White House
In this Short Suck, we dive into the almost-forgotten story of The Business Plot - when a group of powerful bankers and corporate bigwigs allegedly tried to recruit one of America’s most decorated Mar...
12 Des 202542min
484 - The King of Beaver Island
You read that title right. Are you familiar with the story of James Strang? A blatant con artist who converted to Mormonism shortly before Joseph Smith's assassination who used a forged letter and som...
8 Des 20252h 29min
483 - Addiction: Most Misunderstood Condition Ever?
In this deeply informative episode of Timesuck, we explore the history of addiction, how different cultures have tried to understand and control it, and what modern science reveals about how it rewire...
1 Des 20252h 52min
482 - The Hunger Killer: Inside the World of the Starvation Doctor
Linda Hazzard - self-proclaimed “fasting specialist” and actual sadistic fraud - ran one of the most disturbing medical scams in American history. At her Washington State sanitarium, later nicknamed “...
24 Nov 20252h 43min
481 - Go Ask Alice: When a Fake Diary Helped Launch a Real War on Drugs
In 1971, Go Ask Alice shocked parents across America - marketed as the real diary of a teenage girl swallowed alive by drugs, addiction, and death. Terrified moms and dads bought the book by the milli...
17 Nov 20252h 58min
Short Suck #45: The Great Molasses Flood
On January 15th, 1919, a massive molasses tank in Boston’s North End burst, unleashing a 25-foot wall of sticky destruction that toppled buildings, derailed trains, and killed 21 people while injuring...
14 Nov 202558min
