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498 - Mr. Cruel
For years, a calm, calculating predator stalked the suburbs of Melbourne, leaving behind almost no evidence — only terrified families and a growing l…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Short Suck #53: Icaria!: France’s Failed Communist Utopia in America
In the mid-1800s, long before the Soviet Union or Maoist China, a French political dreamer named Étienne Cabet tried to build a communist utopia... i…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
497 - The Real Lawrence of Arabia
** NOTE! THIS EPISODE WAS RECORDED BEFORE THE RECENT ATTACKS ON IRAN. (That's why I don't mention it) ** World War I turned allies into enemies and …
1 month, 3 weeks ago
496 - Sex Strike Nation: The Rise of South Korea’s 4B Movement
This week on Timesuck, we dive into the 4B Movement - a radical feminist movement that originated in South Korea and centers on four simple rules: no…
2 months ago
Short Suck #52: Protected Predator: The Johnson City Scandal
A serial predator drugs women, keeps a list of victims, and somehow keeps slipping through the cracks — while the people meant to stop him sure do ap…
2 months, 1 week ago
495 - The Watts Family Murders
When a wife and two young children vanish, the internet’s favorite theory shows up fast: it’s always the husband. This week on Timesuck, we dig into …
2 months, 1 week ago
494 - Nothing Is Over! Ned Kelly and the Most Insane Shootout in Australian History
He was Australia’s most infamous bushranger - a working-class rebel to some, a violent murderer to others. This week on Timesuck, we dive into the br…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Short Suck #51: Greatest Slave Rebellion in History: The Haitian Revolution
In this Short Suck, we dive into the Haitian Revolution - the only truly successful large-scale slave revolt in human history - where the enslaved pe…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
493 - The Gloriavale Cult: Hell Disguised as Heaven
In this episode of Timesuck, we’re heading to New Zealand to explore Gloriavale - a so-called “Heaven on Earth” founded by charismatic preacher Nevil…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
492 - The Moors Murders
From 1963 to 1965, Ian Brady and Myra Hindley carried out one of the most disturbing crime sprees in British history, abducting, torturing, and murde…
3 months ago