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
447 - Falun Gong: The Cult Behind The Epoch Times and Shen Yun
Have you ever been to one of those Shen Yun traveling traditional Chinese dance performances? Have you ever seen one of their blitz marketing campaigns? What about the Epoch Times - is that where you ...
24 Mar 20253h 1min
446 - Who Was The Real Mr. Rogers?
Today we examine the beloved host of the long-running children's television show, Mr Rogers' Neighborhood. Was Fred McFeely Rogers truly as wholesome as he seemed? Could anyone be that good? Or was it...
17 Mar 20252h 15min
