360 - The Lynching of Emmett Till
Early on the morning of August 28th, 1955, 14-year-old Emmett Till was kidnapped from his great-uncle's home by two white men, Roy Bryant and JW Milam, and several others. Why? He'd allegedly flirted ...
7 Aug 20232h 24min
359 - William Shakespeare (Billy Shakes?)
What do we known about William Shakespeare the man? And why are his works still popular today? Who was Billy Shakes? We dive into the legacy of the English language's most important author this week, ...
31 Jul 20232h 29min
358 - The Mysterious Disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
On March 8th, 2014, 227 passengers boarded Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, taking off from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia at 12:41 a.m., destined to arrive in Beijing, China at 6:30 a.m. Not only did the flight...
24 Jul 20232h 21min
357 - Whitey Bulger: How the FBI Built a Mob Boss
Today we take a fascinating look into how Whitey Bulger rose to power in Boston's underworld in the 70's and 80's, with not only the FBI's protection, but also their direct help. No one (that we're aw...
17 Jul 20232h 39min
356 - Jerry Brudos: The Shoe Fetish Slayer
We got a weird one today! Wow. Jerry Brudos was a serial killer who became completely consumed with sexual fantasies revolving around women's shoes - specifically high heels - and women's undergarment...
10 Jul 20232h 55min
355 - Witchcraft!
Today we do a deep dive on the history of witchcraft. What is witchcraft? How does it differ from organized religion? Why did burning witches ever become a thing, and do witch hunts still occur in the...
3 Jul 20233h
354 - The Redemption Experiment of Serial Killer Jack Unterweger
In the Spring of 1990, when Jack Unterweger was released from prison in Austria after serving fifteen years for strangling an eighteen year-old to death with her own bra (amongst numerous other crimes...
26 Jun 20232h 18min
353 - The Crusades
From 1095 to 1291 CE, thousands and thousands of knights, peasants, nobles, soldiers, and more left Europe for the Holy Land around Jerusalem to take land and power away from Muslims, and into Christi...
19 Jun 20232h 20min
