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Short Suck #49: The Milk Wars: When People Died for Dairy
In this week's Short Suck, we head back to the 1930s, when milk wasn’t just one of many beverages - it was survival, income, and power. As the Great…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
488 - The Phantom Killer and the Texarkana Moonlight Murders
In the spring of 1946, a masked serial killer stalked the lovers’ lanes and quiet homes of Texarkana, leaving behind brutal murders, traumatized surv…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
487 - Chris Gardner & the Pursuit of Happyness
The year-end inspirational Timesuck is here! We wrap up 2025 with the incredible true story of Chris Gardner — a man who survived poverty, abuse, fos…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
Short Suck #48: The Barkley Marathons: The Race That Eats Its Young
In this Short Suck, we head into the brutal hills around Tennessee’s old Brushy Mountain prison to explore the Barkley Marathons— the nearly-impossib…
2 months ago
486 - Vigilante Justice: What Could Possibly Go Wrong? (A Lot)
What happens when ordinary people decide the legal system isn’t enough — and to take justice into their own hands? From real-life “superheroes” to tr…
2 months ago
485 - The Family: Australia's Most Notorious Cult
In the 1960s and ’70s, yoga teacher–turned–self-proclaimed messiah Anne Hamilton-Byrne built one of Australia’s most shocking cults—an LSD-fueled ble…
2 months, 1 week ago
Short Suck #47: The Business Plot - When Bankers Tried to Topple the White House
In this Short Suck, we dive into the almost-forgotten story of The Business Plot - when a group of powerful bankers and corporate bigwigs allegedly t…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
484 - The King of Beaver Island
You read that title right. Are you familiar with the story of James Strang? A blatant con artist who converted to Mormonism shortly before Joseph Smi…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
483 - Addiction: Most Misunderstood Condition Ever?
In this deeply informative episode of Timesuck, we explore the history of addiction, how different cultures have tried to understand and control it, …
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Short Suck #46: Mutiny on the Bounty!
We sail back to 1789 and find out why the real Mutiny on the Bounty was way less “noble sailors vs brutal tyrant” and way more “horny, possibly rapey…
2 months, 4 weeks ago