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
480 - Old Blood and Guts: The Life and War of General Patton
Happy Veteran's Day! George S. Patton was a war-winning, poetry-writing, reincarnation-believing chaos machine. The Allies needed him. The Nazis feared him. His bosses… tolerated him. From heroic batt...
10 Nov 20252h 48min
479 - Rumble, Meatsack, Rumble! The Story of Muhammad Ali
He was brash, beautiful, bold, flawed, and unapologetically himself. From Olympic gold to global fame, Muhammad Ali’s story is one of rebellion, redemption, and relentless courage. This week, we dive ...
3 Nov 20252h 55min
Nightmare Fuel 37: Dissonance (2 of 2)
Happy Halloween, Meatsacks! The conclusion of our Halloween week fictional horror! In this conclusion to yesterday's release, Duncan Briggs just wants his life to return to what it was before he'd eve...
31 Okt 20251h 3min
Nightmare Fuel 36: Dissonance (1 of 2)
Hello again Meatsacks! The beginning of our last bit of Halloween week fictional horror! This one was originally released back in July. In this first of two parts, we meet a man, Duncan Briggs, who a...
30 Okt 20251h 12min
Nightmare Fuel 30: Operation Wandering Soul
Hello Meatsacks! Time for more Halloween week horror! This one was, as you can guess, released the week before yesterday's story, from this past May. And in it, we head to the tropical jungle of Vietn...
29 Okt 20251h 1min
Nightmare Fuel 31: The House of Hurt
Time for another Halloween week Nightmare Fuel! This one is from this past May. And in it, we head to Upstate New York's Woodhull Mountain, where Gabe and Hassan see a very strangely placed house on t...
28 Okt 20251h 30min
