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437 - The Yorkshire Ripper
Peter Sutcliffe, dubbed the Yorkshire Ripper in the press, attacked woman after woman with a hammer and a knife (and sometimes also a screwdriver), p…
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Short Suck #25 - Prison Breaks!
A look at how we humans have chosen to incarcerate those who break the rules and how certain rule breakers have busted out of incarceration over the …
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436 - The History of Sh*t (Literally)
Do you ever think about where your poo goes once you flush it down the toilet? Or about how not having access to toilets... or the sewer systems bene…
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435 - Dolly Parton: WWDD?
Time for some year end inspiration from the incomparable Dolly Parton! A true living legend. If all you think about when you think of Dolly is big ha…
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Short Suck #24 - The Improbable Survival of Phineas Gage
On September 13th, 1848, a dynamite blast rocketed a 43-inch long, 13-pound iron bar completely through the skull of 25-year-old railway worker Phine…
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434 - Shelby Hewitt: The 32-Year-Old 7th Grader
Have you heard about the recent case of Shelby Hewitt? The 32 year-old Massachusetts Social Worker enrolled in two different Boston area public high …
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433 - The Vatican Girl Disappearance
On June 22nd, 1983, 15-year-old Emanuela Orlandi disappeared after attending a music lesson in Rome. Following her disappearance, a mystery surroundi…
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Short Suck #23 - The Weird But True Dancing Plague of 1518
What a tale I have for you today! In 1518, a very peculiar form of madness fell over the people of the city of Strasbourg (modern day France) in the …
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432 - Gerald Stano: Florida's Forgotten Monster
Have you ever heard of serial killer Gerald Stano? For years, he sat on death row in Florida, just a few cells down from Ted Bundy. He's also believe…
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431 - 400+ Dead in the Forest: The Malindi Doomsday Cult
We take a look at the recent, tragic final act of a doomsday cult in Kenya that left 448 dead and another 613 missing in March of 2023. How did cult …
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