421 - The Yakuza: Japan's Notorious & Inked Up Gangsters
Who are the Yakuza? How similar are they to the Mafia? What's up with all the tattoos they have? And why are so many of them missing one of their pinkie fingers? Digging into Japanese organized crime ...
23 Sep 20242h 10min
420 - Existentialism and Weed: I'm High and We're All Gonna Die!
In honor of the 420 episode, I decided to smoke a nice strong joint for this one while recording. And the topic pairs perfectly with weed: a philosophical discussion on the nature of life. Why are we ...
16 Sep 20242h 17min
Short Suck #17 - Who Was In The Attic? The Hinterkaifeck Axe Murders
On March 31st, 1922, on a cold, snowy, and quiet night in Germany, at a small unassuming farm roughly an hour’s drive north of Munich, six gruesome axe murders were committed after various people in t...
13 Sep 202458min
419 - Joey Buttafuoco and Amy "The Long Island Lolita" Fisher
Do you remember when seventeen-year-old Amy Fisher shot the wife of her thirty-five-year-old lover, Joey Buttafuoco, in the face in May of 1992? At the time, I was too young to really give this story ...
9 Sep 20242h 35min
418 - A Brief(ish) History of Torture
When did we meatsacks start torturing one another? How did we do it? How have torture methods changed over the years, and what are some of the worst torture methods of all time? Where does the "music"...
2 Sep 20242h 16min
417 - The Slavemaster: Serial Killer John Edward Robinson
This one is a doozy! John Edward Robinson may be the most intelligent serial killer I've ever come across. This guy fooled so, so many people with over 40 years of brazen crimes. Doctors, psychiatrist...
26 Aug 20242h 52min
Short Suck #16 - Clinical Vampirism: Are Vampires Real?
Have you ever heard of "clinical vampirism," more commonly known today as Renfield's Syndrome? One review of psychiatric literature claims that over 50,000 people addicted to drinking blood have appea...
23 Aug 202459min
416 - Alexander Hamilton
An in-depth look at the Founding Father behind the hit musical Hamilton. How did Alexander contribute to the founding of the United States? And how did he end up dying in a duel with fellow politician...
19 Aug 20242h 31min
