Episode 399: Heaven's Gate Part III - Burrito Heaven

This week, we continue our five-part series on the Black Death. In Part Three, we take a closer look at the Catholic Church's system of selling indulgences; we learn how one horny pope moved the papac...

25 Juni 20211h 48min

Ben 'n' Henry break down this week's true crime news: a 20-year-old Iowa man kills his parents to throw a party at their place, a woman kills her husband with boiling sugar water, a grandmother is set...

23 Juni 202153min

On part two, we explore the ways in which war, superstition, and fear gripped Europe as the plague robbed the continent of human life. Then, we travel north through Italy to get a closer look at the d...

18 Juni 20211h 14min

Ben 'n' Henry break down this week's true crime news: a man claims to have been swallowed whole by a whale, the Buttcrack Bandit rides again, teens brag online about killing their parents, and MUCH MO...

16 Juni 202153min

This week we begin a five-part series on a catastrophe that remains one of the most destructive things to ever happen to humanity — the Black Death AKA the Great Mortality AKA the Big Death. For part ...

11 Juni 20211h 42min

Ben 'n' Henry break down this week's true crime news: naked woman goes on a rampage at Outback Steakhouse, a dongcopter breaks up a mayoral campaign event, a couple catfishes serial killers, and MORE....

9 Juni 202153min

This week we explore the Goblin Universe — a hypothetical dimension conceptualized by a writer named Ted Holiday that incorporates aliens, ghosts, cryptids, and all manner of the unexplained. We go ch...

4 Juni 20211h 14min

Ben 'n' Henry break down this week's true crime news: killer A.I. drones, the Noid is back, the Rod of Iron Ministries, Mr. Hands, and MORE.Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Comm...

2 Juni 202154min