Podcast Episodes

Levi Boone Helm | The Kentucky Cannibal - Part 4

Episode 261

When the sun finally rose, he methodically availed himself of the dead's belongings, precisely as he always did, but for the first time, he could not bring himself to look directly at the body. Usual…

Published on 6 hours ago

Levi Boone Helm | The Kentucky Cannibal - Part 3

Episode 260

She fought him off when she could, her arms straining against his weight, her breath hitching as she prayed for him to collapse into a drunken stupor. On good nights, he’d pass out mid-act, his body …

Published on 2 weeks ago

Levi Boone Helm | The Kentucky Cannibal - Part 2

Episode 259

He’d deliberately pick fights with men leaving the tavern, a predator stalking his prey. Experience had honed his dangerous edge; he was now a skilled brawler, a calculated bully, and stronger than a…

Published on 4 weeks ago

Levi Boone Helm | The Kentucky Cannibal - Part 1

Episode 258

The room fell silent, the other patrons—hard men with scarred hands and wary eyes—sensing the storm about to break.Dutch rose slowly, his shadow swallowing the light as he turned to face Boone. In hi…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

Ted Kaczynski | The Unabomber - Part 10

Episode 257

Within three hours of beginning the search, investigators found a three-ring notebook. Investigator Sachtleben later said of his findings, and I quote: “I also observed notebooks that contain what I …

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

Ted Kaczynski | The Unabomber - Part 9

Episode 256

The lead agent called out to Ted, asking for help with a property line. Ted, wary, peered from the doorway, his frame gaunt from years of isolation. The agent stepped closer,

explaining the map issue.…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

Ted Kaczynski | The Unabomber - Part 8

Episode 255

The blast site was a slaughterhouse: blood on the walls, metal quills in the plaster, the air thick with the smell of explosives. Murray’s remains were barely recognizable, pieces collected in bags f…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

Ted Kaczynski | The Unabomber - Part 7

Episode 254

Smoke billowed through the house as Susan ran outside, shouting for help. Their elder daughter, alerted by her mother’s cries, also sought assistance. The blast came from a pipe bomb crafted by the U…

Published on 3 months ago

Ted Kaczynski | The Unabomber - Part 6

Episode 253

Ted grappled with his own contradictions: “As you know, I have no respect for law or morality. Why have I never committed any crime? (of course, I’m not talking about something like shooting a grouse…

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago

Ted Kaczynski | The Unabomber - Part 5

Episode 252

The Unabomber’s evolution was chilling. His early bombs, crude concoctions of smokeless powder and match heads, were child’s play compared to this. The device that maimed Hauser was a three-quarter-i…

Published on 4 months ago