161 - The Source Family Cult

161 - The Source Family Cult

In the late 1960s, James Baker transitioned from the spiritually-minded owner of a vegetarian restaurant on Los Angele's Sunset Strip to Father Yod - the leader of a cult based on the belief that he was, pretty much, god-in-the-flesh. The cult was also based in a lifestyle of sex, drugs, and rock n'roll. And also vegetarianism. Bust mostly sex and rock n'roll. Roughly 150 counter-culture flower children lived together, first in LA, and then in Hawaii, giving themself super cult-y, crystally names like Moonbeam the Aquarian. And then Father Yod lost his faith and the whole cult went down in a tragic hang-gliding accident. It's a strange story and I enjoyed telling it today, on Timesuck!

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BONUS 2 - Alien Extravaganza! Roswell, Area 51, UFOs and more!

BONUS 2 - Alien Extravaganza! Roswell, Area 51, UFOs and more!

When did humans first claim to be contacted by extraterrestrials? What really happened at Roswell? What is going on at Area 51? Why do aliens want to stick things in our butts? Is it all made up!?! Ta...

10 Feb 20171h 30min

21 -  Ghosts & Magic: Houdini takes on Spiritualism

21 - Ghosts & Magic: Houdini takes on Spiritualism

In the early 1920s, world renown escape artist and master magician, Harry Houdini, became obsessed with exposing seance-holding mediums as frauds and imposters, sometimes cancelling his own shows to a...

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20 - Insane Insane Asylum Tales

20 - Insane Insane Asylum Tales

What started off as a listener suggested look into the Trans Allegheny Lunatic Asylum in Weston, West Virginia became a disturbing timesuck into the dark history of mental health patient mistreatment,...

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19 - Flat Earth Theory F*ckery

19 - Flat Earth Theory F*ckery

Welcome to a Flat Earth Society edition of Timesuck! Think the Earth is a floating disc being propelled upwards by something you can't define? Think gravity is a myth? Do you have no respect for scien...

23 Jan 201749min

18 - Charles Manson: Sex, Murder, and Helter Skelter

18 - Charles Manson: Sex, Murder, and Helter Skelter

In 1969 Charles Manson convinced Tex Watson and several young women to brutally murder seven innocent people in Los Angeles, including rising star/model Sharon Tate. Why did he do it and how did he be...

16 Jan 20171h 4min

17 - Is Walmart the Problem?

17 - Is Walmart the Problem?

Is Walmart destroying middle class America? Is it the problem or merely a symptom of a larger economic disease? Find out who's bending over working class Americans and how hard they're sticking it to ...

9 Jan 201758min

16 - Is We Getting Dumberest?

16 - Is We Getting Dumberest?

What happened to the good old days when dumb, lazy fucks used to just die in the pre-industrialized, non-welfare state world of yesteryear?  It’s never been easier for the least motivated members of s...

2 Jan 201740min

BONUS 1 - Robert the Cursed Doll

BONUS 1 - Robert the Cursed Doll

Old porcelain dolls weird me out. Especially the kind whose eyes blink when you move them around. Those all too realistic looking glass eyes that seem to be truly watching you. Just thinking about it ...

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