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371 - The School of The Prophets Cult Killings
This week we dig into both LDS and FLDS teachings, and learn about The School of the Prophets, a group composted largely of FLDS polygamists who believed strongly in the gift of personal revelation. …
Published on 2 years, 2 months ago
370 - The Cuban Revolution: Fidel Castro's Communist Tranformation
When Fidel Castro took over Cuba in 1959, he deposed a dictator. And then the man who promised democracy turned into a dictator himself, and turned Cuba communist. Did he also make Cuba better than i…
Published on 2 years, 2 months ago
369 - Larry Hall: Serial Killer or "Wannabe"?
Is Larry Hall, currently incarcerated in federal prison on a charge of kidnapping for the purposes of sexual gratification, one of America's most prolific serial killers? Or a serial confessor to mur…
Published on 2 years, 2 months ago
368 - The Korean War: First Shots of the Cold War
How much do you know about "The Forgotten War" as the Korean War - technically a UN Police Action - is often called? Sandwiched between WW2 and Vietnam, it's never gotten the attention it's deserved.…
Published on 2 years, 2 months ago
367 - The Bloody Briley Brothers
Have you heard of the Briley Brothers? Three young brothers, and a teenage neighbor, went on a vicious murder, robbery, and rape spree in Richmond, Virginia in 1979. And then two of the brothers late…
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
366 - Black Holes and the Nature of the Universe!
My favorite episode in months. One that I'm hoping the most curious of the cult of the curious will truly enjoy. Today, we look at the very nature of our existence, how we came to our current theoret…
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
365 - The Trailside Killer
Between August of 1979, and May of 1981, convicted serial rapist David Carpenter escalated to murdering his rape victims, and he killed at least seven young women, and likely several other victims. H…
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
364 - The Mystery of the Great Library of Ancient Alexandria
Did the fall and/or destruction of the Great Library of Alexandria really set human progress a thousand years? Would w bee flying around in spaceships and teleporting and doing all kinds of crazy stu…
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
363 - NATLFED: Communist Cult Hiding in America
In the early '70s, a man presenting himself as Eugenio Mario Perente-Ramos creates the Eastern Farmworkers Association - an organization purportedly aiming to help migrant workers on Long Island, Ne…
Published on 2 years, 4 months ago
362 - Watergate: When Faith in American Politics Was Destroyed
On August 9th, 1974, Richard Milhous Nixon, the 37th President of the United States of America, while serving his second term (after winning in a landslide), became the first and still only American …
Published on 2 years, 4 months ago