Guatemalan Syphilis Experiment: Consent Is Not A Thing
What happens when a group of doctors decides that the best way to study a sexually transmitted disease is to make absolutely sure their patients have it?In this episode of Torture: A Dark History, Kev...
21 Sep 1h 47min
Elephants: It's Always The People
What happens when one of the largest and most intelligent animals on Earth is trained to become an executioner?In this episode of Torture: A Dark History, Kevin Young and Dan Hourigan travel through m...
7 Sep 1h 32min
Castor Oil: White Pants Brown
What happens when something sitting in your grandmother’s medicine cabinet becomes a weapon of humiliation, punishment, and political terror?In this episode of Torture: A Dark History, Kevin Young and...
24 Aug 1h 23min
Flaying: Human Skin Straw Men
What happens when the punishment isn’t simply death, but having your own skin turned into a warning for everyone else?In this episode of Torture: A Dark History, Kevin Young and Dan Hourigan explore t...
10 Aug 1h 40min
Trail of Tears Episode 3: Damn Mudbloods
What happens when the courts say you have the right to your land, but the government decides it doesn’t matter?In the final episode of our three part journey through the Trail of Tears, Kevin Young an...
13 Juli 1h 46min
Trail of Tears Episode 2: Rinse and Repeat
What happens when years of broken treaties, stolen land, and political pressure finally turn into forced removal?In this episode of Torture: A Dark History, Kevin Young and Dan Hourigan continue their...
6 Juli 1h 15min
Trail of Tears Episode 1: Treaty After Treaty After Treaty
What happens when the land you’ve lived on for generations is taken from you and given to someone else?In this episode of Torture: A Dark History, Kevin Young and Dan Hourigan begin a three part journ...
29 Juni 1h 12min
Spanish Donkey: Poor Poor Perineum
What happens when getting drunk, picking a fight, or stepping out of line in the military could land you on a wooden horse with weights hanging from your feet?In this episode of Torture: A Dark Histor...
8 Juni 56min
