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130. The Tuskegee Syphilis Study
Episode 130
The Tuskegee Syphilis Study has to be one of the most shocking and unethical medical experiments in United States history. What was perceived to be a…
1 year, 3 months ago
From the Vault - Mary Jane Kelly - The Ripper's Final Victim
From the Vault - The fifth and final canonical victim of the serial killer known as Jack the Ripper...allegedly... was Mary Jane Kelly, a woman who w…
1 year, 3 months ago
From the Vault - Catherine Eddowes - The Ripper's Fourth Victim
From the Vault - With the news cycle circling a tenuous link to a Jewish immigrant in London, for absolutely no reason whatsoever, let's focus on wha…
1 year, 3 months ago
From the Vault - Elizabeth Stride - The Ripper's Third Victim
From the Vault - Elizabeth Stride suffered in life an death, all because of the patriarchal views that existed in the Victorian era and even today, w…
1 year, 3 months ago
From the Vault - Annie Chapman - The Ripper's Second Victim
From the Vault - The life of Annie Chapman, another weary woman in Whitechapel who suffered. Her life so often eclipsed by her death, the victims do…
1 year, 3 months ago
From the Vault - Polly Nichols - The Ripper's First Victim
From the Vault catch up on the lives of the five canonical victims of "Jack the Ripper" starting with Mary Ann Nichols, Polly to her friends. The one…
1 year, 3 months ago
129. Joshua N. Haldeman - Elon Musk's Apartheid-Loving Grandfather
Episode 129
Some families have skeletons in the closet, others have an entire ossuary under the floorboards, most like to keep them quiet but the Musk family pre…
1 year, 3 months ago
128. The Brothers Kellogg
Episode 128
Before Froot Loops, Special K and Rice Krispies, there was Dr John Harvey Kellogg, a devout Seventh Day Adventist whose only fears were meat-based ge…
1 year, 3 months ago
127. Nuns on the Run - Outlaws and Thieves
Episode 127
In the 1980s in the idyllic town of Bruges, Belgium, an order of elderly nuns, the Poor Clares decided to stick two fingers up to the Church and trad…
1 year, 6 months ago
126. Nellie Cashman - The Angel of Cassier
Episode 126
Cork-born Nellie Cashman emigrated to America and went on to be a total badass, a female prospector, business-owner and genuinely good person. It's a…
1 year, 6 months ago