Short Suck 58: Roaring! Spinning! Winning! The Rise of the Big Wheel
Before helmets, hoverboards, and helicopter parenting… there was the Big Wheel. Louis Marx and Company turned a low-slung plastic tricycle into one of the most iconic - and unexpectedly controversial ...
22 Mai 58min
507 - Finding The Lost City of Z: Percy Fawcett's Suicide Mission
What began as a search for a mythical city hidden deep within the Amazon became an obsession that consumed famed British explorer Percy Fawcett. In 1925, convinced that an advanced lost civilization k...
18 Mai 3h 12min
506 - The Charmer: Serial Killer George Russell
Big episode today! There were just too many interesting details out there about George Russell to cut out. Such a strange, unique, and ultimately terrible human being who is alive and in prison right ...
11 Mai 3h 7min
Short Suck #57: Return to the Land: The Ravenden Experiment
Deep in the Ozarks, outside a tiny Arkansas town, a group of white nationalists believe they’ve found a legal loophole to resurrect segregation in America. They call it Return to the Land — a “traditi...
8 Mai 1h 9min
505 - Drowned by the Horizon: Japan’s 2011 Tsunami Nightmare
On March 11th, 2011, the ground beneath Japan didn’t just shake—it unraveled, releasing one of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded. Minutes later, the ocean rose in response, surging inland wi...
4 Mai 2h 17min
504 - Blizzard of Lies: The Karen Read Murder Trials
A blizzard, a body in the snow, and a case that’s divided a town—and the internet. In this episode, we break down the mysterious death of Boston police officer John O’Keefe and the explosive murder tr...
27 Apr 2h 44min
Short Suck #56: Triple Axel, Triple Chaos: The Rise and Fall of Tonya Harding
Tonya Harding went from landing one of the hardest moves in figure skating history to being at the center of a real-life “what the hell were you thinking?” crime. This episode unpacks her rough upbrin...
24 Apr 1h 6min
503 - Lemurians, Lizard People, and Lies: Ramtha’s School Exposed
A purple, 35,000-year-old warrior from Atlantis shows up in a woman’s kitchen… and somehow turns her into a millionaire. Totally normal. Today’s Timesuck unpacks the wild, weird, and wildly profitable...
20 Apr 2h 50min
