#18 - More Ted Bundy Than Gandhi - The Wasted Potential of Tom Payne

This week, we look at a man who had nothing but success in his future. He achieved a great deal of that success, including a Super Bowl, but he always had something dumb, hiding around the corner. Fro...

31 Des 20242h 23min

This week, we finish the story with a trial for 12 murders, including the firebombing of women & children. He wants to be his own lawyer, then changes his mind, but his whole case unravels when severa...

24 Des 20241h 42min

This week, we look into the most violent, heartless & criminally active person we've ever talked about. He had an ultra short boxing career, because he was busy, setting up a drug empire, and committi...

17 Des 20242h 19min

This week, we check out a baseball player, who won a World Series, with Willie Mays... after he shot a man to death in a bar. He was also a WWII veteran, and Negro League superstar. But his love of bo...

10 Des 20242h 28min

This week, we finish up this terrible tale, with Tom fighting to get out of prison, all while even more unspeakable charges are leveled against him. His legal team call it a "giant conspiracy", that m...

3 Des 20242h 43min

This week, we look at a man who broke barriers, both in good ways, and VERY bad ways. He was the first black player in the history of Kentucky basketball. He was one of the first players to come out o...

26 Nov 20242h 14min

This week, we look at a British Olympic diver, who took the country by storm, as a teenager. He married an Olympic gymnast, and set out to have the perfect life. They did traveling acrobatic shows, th...

19 Nov 20242h 5min

This week, we check out a Pro Bowl NFL player, who had so many physical tools, that he was nicknamed "The Freak", but things tended to fall apart in the brain area. He was always a bit wild, but they ...

12 Nov 20242h 7min