498 - Mr. Cruel
For years, a calm, calculating predator stalked the suburbs of Melbourne, leaving behind almost no evidence — only terrified families and a growing legend known as "Mr. Cruel." Decades later, his crim...
16 Mar 1h 56min
Short Suck #53: Icaria!: France’s Failed Communist Utopia in America
In the mid-1800s, long before the Soviet Union or Maoist China, a French political dreamer named Étienne Cabet tried to build a communist utopia... in the heart of America. What followed was a bizarre...
13 Mar 1h 1min
497 - The Real Lawrence of Arabia
** NOTE! THIS EPISODE WAS RECORDED BEFORE THE RECENT ATTACKS ON IRAN. (That's why I don't mention it) ** World War I turned allies into enemies and enemies into unlikely partners — and no one embodie...
9 Mar 2h 34min
496 - Sex Strike Nation: The Rise of South Korea’s 4B Movement
This week on Timesuck, we dive into the 4B Movement - a radical feminist movement that originated in South Korea and centers on four simple rules: no sex with men, no dating men, no marriage, and no c...
2 Mar 2h 10min
Short Suck #52: Protected Predator: The Johnson City Scandal
A serial predator drugs women, keeps a list of victims, and somehow keeps slipping through the cracks — while the people meant to stop him sure do appear to keep looking the other way. This week, we f...
27 Feb 57min
495 - The Watts Family Murders
When a wife and two young children vanish, the internet’s favorite theory shows up fast: it’s always the husband. This week on Timesuck, we dig into the horrifying Chris Watts case - a story of appear...
23 Feb 2h 57min
494 - Nothing Is Over! Ned Kelly and the Most Insane Shootout in Australian History
He was Australia’s most infamous bushranger - a working-class rebel to some, a violent murderer to others. This week on Timesuck, we dive into the brutal, myth-soaked life of Ned Kelly, his war with t...
16 Feb 2h 26min
Short Suck #51: Greatest Slave Rebellion in History: The Haitian Revolution
In this Short Suck, we dive into the Haitian Revolution - the only truly successful large-scale slave revolt in human history - where the enslaved people of Saint-Domingue rose up, burned France's “ca...
13 Feb 1h 1min
