85 - The Spanish Inquisition
The Spanish Inquisition started in 1478 and lasted all the way until 1834 - and it was terrible the whole time. But it was at its worst in the first hundred years, when thousands and thousands of inno...
30 Apr 20181h 49min
84 - The Demonic Possession of Anneliese Michel 2 of 2
In 1973, 21 year old German college student Anneliese Michel began to descend into an existence of pure and utter madness. She had begun to see the faces of demons appear around her with increasing fr...
23 Apr 20181h 58min
BONUS 20 - The Demonic Possession of Anneliese Michel 1 of 2
Anneliese Michel would die in a small, German town on July 1st, 1976. The official cause of death? Malnutrition and dehydration. But why did she stop eating? Mental illness? She’d seen a plethora of d...
20 Apr 20181h 29min
83 - Lost Books of the Bible!
The Lost Books of the Bible! Is that really what we’re talking about today on Timesuck? Yes. Was I super excited to dive into this topic when I found out our Space Lizard listeners voted it in on the ...
16 Apr 20181h 41min
82 - The Westboro Baptist Lunatics
The Westboro Baptist Church (WBC), founded by hatemonger Fred Phelps, is an American church (cult) known for protesting funerals with preposterously homophobic signs and for its use of inflammatory ha...
9 Apr 20181h 30min
81 - The Stanford Prison Experiment
The Stanford Prison Experiment is one of the most famous psychological studies ever conducted. In 1971, newly tenured psychology professor Richard Zimbardo turned the basement of the Stanford Universi...
2 Apr 20181h 32min
BONUS 19: Richard "The Night Stalker" Ramirez
Serial killer Richard Ramirez killed at least 14 people and raped and tortured at least two dozen more, mostly during the Spring and Summer of 1985. He robbed to support his coke habit and and he tort...
30 Mars 20181h 47min
80 - America's Guns: What is the Real Problem?
Toughest topic I’ve tackled so far. Marches going on across the country to ban assault rifles. School walkouts. Gun rights advocates staging their own protests. Celebrities posting all kinds of feel g...
26 Mars 20181h 36min
