452 - The Life and Works of Dr. Seuss
You've undoubtably heard of Dr. Seuss. The author of The Cat in the Hat, How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, Green Eggs and Ham, Horton Hears a Who! The Lorax, and so many other classic works of children...
28 Apr 20252h 38min
Short Suck #32 - The Identical Deaths of the Identical Marcus Twins
Would you choose to have an identical twin? Someone who looked so much like you, that even your own mother couldn’t always tell the two of you apart? Someone whom friends and even lovers couldn’t dis...
25 Apr 202554min
451 - Panic on the TV! Do Violent Movies Create Violent Children?
Today we talk about moral panics. Specifically, the "Video Nasty" moral panic that happened in the UK in the early 1980s, and then again in the 1990s, when there was widespread fear that by kids watch...
21 Apr 20252h 30min
450 - Serial Killer Pee Wee Gaskins: Meanest Man in America
Pee Wee Gaskin's diminutive size of 5'2" tall and 130 pounds soaking wet didn't stop him from brutally killing at least eleven people, and possibly up to 105. The South Carolina serial killer murdered...
14 Apr 20252h 42min
Short Suck #31 - Why Do We Do That?
Today we're we’re gonna tackle a bunch of questions you never knew you needed answering, questions like: Why does the middle finger mean “fuck you”? Why do we blow out candles at birthday parties? Why...
11 Apr 202547min
449 - Russia's Terrifying Cyberwar Against the West
How much of what you read online has been planted there by Russian propagandists? How many times have you followed a social media account, or reposted information from an account, that's controlled by...
7 Apr 20252h 58min
448 - The Delphi Murders
On the afternoon of February 13th, 2017, in the sleepy little 3000(ish) person town of Delphi, Indiana, two local junior high girls and best friends, 13-year-old Abigail Joyce Williams and 14-year-old...
31 Mar 20252h 18min
Short Suck #30 - Sherlock Holmes and Spiritualism
Today we take a peek at the interesting life of author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the man who invented the world's most famous and influential literary detective, Sherlock Holmes. However, Doyle was neve...
28 Mar 202547min
