276 - Robert MF'n Smalls and Year End Recap
Robert Smalls! He was born a slave in Beaufort, South Carolina in 1839. Then he'd pull off a daring sea-faring escape to the Union during the Civil War, then become the first black captain for the Un...
27 Dec 20212h 30min
275 - Appalachian Cryptids
The Flatwoods Monster. The Whirling Whimpus. Devil Dogs and Sheepsquatch. The Virginia Moonshine Man-Possum, GreenBrier Skink-Skank, the Tiddle-Whisper Dragon of Johnson City, the Rocky Branch Giant ...
20 Dec 20212h 25min
274 - The Ken and Barbie Killers
In early 1992, young married couple Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka seemed to have a lot going for them. They'd just gotten married, Paul was making good money, and they were living in a nice house in...
13 Dec 20212h 34min
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 Dec 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
