52 - 9/11: Looking Back at the Day That Changed America Forever
The Department of Homeland Security. The enduring military occupation of Afghanistan that began as Operation Enduring Freedom and the Global War on Terror. The Transportation Security Administration. ...
11 Sep 20171h 43min
51 - "The Iceman": Serial Killer Richard Kuklinski
Richard Kuklinski once shot a man twice in the head on Christmas Eve because the guy owed him $1600. He beat a kid to death with a closet rod when he was 13. He strangled, stabbed, poisoned, shot, blu...
4 Sep 20171h 43min
50 - The Ku Klux Klan: Who are these hatemongers?
Recent events in Charlottesville, VA reminded me that the KKK is still around. I realized I've never thought much about who these people are. When was the KKK founded? By whom and why? Why are they st...
28 Aug 20171h 33min
BONUS 8 - Project MK Ultra: The CIA experiments with LSD
In the 1950s, while many Americans were busy watching I Love Lucy or waiting for the new Elvis Presley album, the members of the CIA's Project MK Ultra were busy dropping acid, taking shrooms, and con...
25 Aug 20171h 49min
49 - Kurt Cobain: The Triumph and Tragedy of Alt Rock's Greatest Icon
I remember the exact moment I first heard Nirvana and I remember the day he died. But I didn't know how hard he had to work for Nirvana to break through, and I didn't know how terribly troubled he was...
21 Aug 20171h 37min
48 - Slenderman: A Modern Monster is Born
In 2014, two twelve year old Wisconsin girls believed in monsters. They believed in one, Slenderman, so completely, they decided to kill their friend to prove their worth to Slenderman so they could b...
14 Aug 20171h 29min
47 - Rasputin: Russia's Mad Monk
Rasputin is one of the strangest historical figures out there. He was a Siberian peasant who ended up becoming part of the Tsar's inner circle due to his alleged healing abilities. He also helped gett...
7 Aug 20171h 41min
46 - Blood Countess Elizabeth Bathory: Most Prolific Female Serial Killer Ever?
16th century Hungary was a place and time of unimaginable violence. Europe had been at war with itself and the Ottoman Turks for centuries. Hungary was located between the Holy Roman Empire and the Ot...
31 Juli 20171h 25min
