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427 - McCarthyism: When Red Scare Paranoia Destroyed Innocent Lives
Back in the 1950s, America was very afraid of Soviet spies and communist sympathizers infiltrating the government and destroying the United States fr…
1 year, 10 months ago
426 - The San Francisco Witch Killers
In the early 1980s, Suzan and Michael Carson were very worried about witches. They thought there witches all over America, even the President, Ronald…
1 year, 11 months ago
Short Suck #20 - Are Tulpas Real? The Spooky Story of Olivia Mabel
Today I’ll be sharing the strange and spooky story of Olivia Mabel. It's a story presented as a true story, centered around the unsettling concept of…
1 year, 11 months ago
425 - Ireland's True Houses of Horror
In 1975, two young boys in Tuam were exploring the grounds of one of Ireland's abandoned Mother and Baby Homes when they lifted up a loose concrete s…
1 year, 11 months ago
424 - The Puppet Master: Robert Hendy-Freegard
I highly doubt you have ever been conned by anyone to the degree Robert Hendy-Freegard conned his victims. This 21 year-old pub bartender, waiting to…
1 year, 11 months ago
Short Suck #19 - Magdalena Solís: The High Priestess of Blood
Magdalena Solís was a Mexican cult leader and the extremely rare sexually motivated female serial killer. She was recruited to help a couple of grift…
1 year, 11 months ago
423 - Serial Killer Carl Panzram: One Man Apocalypse
Carl Panzram is one of the most interesting serial killers we've ever covered. He was incredibly self-aware. He knew he was bad. He didn't pretend, f…
1 year, 11 months ago
422 - The Snowtown Murders: Seven Years of Insanity in South Australia
In an episode about the most infamous series of murders in the history of the state of South Australia, somehow the murders are the least interesting…
2 years ago
Short Suck #18 - The War of the Worlds
On the evening of October 30th, 1938, the CBS Radio Network broadcasted Orson Welles's live adaptation of the 1897 HG Wells classic, groundbreaking s…
2 years ago
421 - The Yakuza: Japan's Notorious & Inked Up Gangsters
Who are the Yakuza? How similar are they to the Mafia? What's up with all the tattoos they have? And why are so many of them missing one of their pin…
2 years ago