273 - The Hells Angels
Did you know that Hunter S Thompson of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas fame was one of the first people to bring national attention to the Hells Angels? Or that they were founded by soldiers returning ...
6 Des 20212h 36min
272 - The Opioid Epidemic
Covering a lot of ground today! Going over the history of human opioid usage - the opium poppy is one helluva plant. What different types of opiates and opioids are out there? Why are we having a reco...
29 Nov 20212h 47min
271 - The Menendez Brothers: Parent Killing Sociopaths? Victims? Both?
I had a lot of fun on this one taking a nostalgic look at US culture in 1989 and 1993. Also found the story of Lyle and Erik Menendez incredibly interesting. Why did two brothers viciously murder thei...
22 Nov 20212h 47min
270: Boone Helm the Kentucky Cannibal: One the Wild West's Wildest Outlaws
Levi Boone Helm. The Kentucky Cannibal. Born in 1828 in Kentucky, and hanged in Montana Territory in 1864, this guy was mayhem on legs. He spent nearly his entire adult life fighting, robbing, killing...
15 Nov 20212h 13min
269 - Japan's Deadliest Doomsday Cult: Aum Shinrikyo
Aum Shinrikyo was a Japanese doomsday cult led by psychotic madman Shoko Asahara, a man who claimed to be Jesus who was nicknamed the Japanese Charles Manson. He was actually a much more dangerous cul...
8 Nov 20212h 21min
268 - The Dark History of Nursery Rhymes
Who put the rock-a-bye-baby up in the tree branch, and why? Seems irresponsible. When it was raining and pouring, why didn't the old man get out of bed after bumping his head? Did he die? What is Ring...
1 Nov 20212h 10min
267 - Doctor Satan: The Insane Story of Serial Killer Marcel Petiot
Happy Halloween! This episode feels appropriately dark enough for Halloween week. French serial killer Marcel Petiot was an evil genius. A master manipulator. And the greatest scam artist we've covere...
25 Okt 20212h 18min
266 - The Oregon Trail
The Oregon Trail was 2,100 plus mile journey from Independence, Missouri all the way to Oregon City, Oregon. And along this trail and its offshoots, between 1841 and 1869, somewhere between 250,000 an...
18 Okt 20212h 34min
