CLASSIC: Is there a secret funeral monopoly?

CLASSIC: Is there a secret funeral monopoly?

Death is one of humanity's great unifiers. Before the dawn of recorded history our species and others like it venerated, feared and honored the dead. The practice of commemorating our loved ones continues today -- and it's become a big business. Join the guys as they delve deeper into the fact, fiction and controversy of the funeral industry to determine whether or not a secret monopoly is at play.

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Listener Mail: Plastic Bottle Sabotage, Blackstone and DNA, Is Stockholm syndrome made up?

Listener Mail: Plastic Bottle Sabotage, Blackstone and DNA, Is Stockholm syndrome made up?

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Leon G. Turrou: The Nazi Hunter

Leon G. Turrou: The Nazi Hunter

In tonight's episode: a strange, twisting tale of hidden history. While most people these days associate the Nazi party with the horrors of World War II, Nazis were active far before that time. Join B...

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CLASSIC: Who Killed Artemus Ogletree?

CLASSIC: Who Killed Artemus Ogletree?

On January 2, 1935, a man checked into room 1046 at the Hotel President in Kansas City. He gave his name as Roland T. Owen, and listed his a home address in Los Angeles. Later, he was found brutally b...

13 Aug 202448min

Strange News: Crickets Are Back on the Menu, RFK and Bear Corpse Litter, the EPA versus Herbicide, and More

Strange News: Crickets Are Back on the Menu, RFK and Bear Corpse Litter, the EPA versus Herbicide, and More

Singapore approves insects as a food source -- and the reasoning behind this may surprise you. The EPA (finally) bans an incredibly dangerous herbicide known as DCPA. Presidential candidate Robert Ken...

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CLASSIC: How did North America's largest city disappear? The Mysterious Collapse of Cahokia

CLASSIC: How did North America's largest city disappear? The Mysterious Collapse of Cahokia

Four centuries before Columbus reached the western hemisphere, Cahokia was a prosperous pre-American city with a population similar to London’s. In fact, it was probably the largest North American cit...

9 Aug 202442min

Listener Mail: Big Bug, the Fuyao Factory Raid, Irish Perspective on Speed Limiters and The Great Last Meal Debate

Listener Mail: Big Bug, the Fuyao Factory Raid, Irish Perspective on Speed Limiters and The Great Last Meal Debate

Conspiracy Realist scbuggeek writes in with an inside look at Big Bug. Lauren writes in for more information on the raid of a Fuyao factory raid in Dayton, Ohio. C provides an Irish perspective on pot...

8 Aug 202454min

The US versus the American Indian Movement

The US versus the American Indian Movement

Nowadays most people in the United States are well aware of the larger Civil Rights movement -- including the US government's conspiratorial efforts to destroy those movements and their leaders. Yet t...

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CLASSIC: Power, Politics, Corruption and Prayer: What is 'The Family'?

CLASSIC: Power, Politics, Corruption and Prayer: What is 'The Family'?

Washington, D.C. is home to numerous organizations and institutions created to broker deals and funnel power from one place (or policy) to another. Many of these organizations operate more or less ope...

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