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331 - Julius Caesar: Roman Daddy Dictator
Today we dig into the life of Julius Caesar and the final days of the Roman Republic. How was Caesar and what was Rome when he lived there? How did he transform himself from a random minor noble in a…
Published on 2 years, 11 months ago
330 - Amanda Knox and the Murder of Meredith Kercher
What do you think you know about Amanda Knox? Do you think she was a sex-crazed party girl who got away with the murder of Meredith Kercher in Italy in 2007? That's what I thought before I dug into t…
Published on 2 years, 11 months ago
329 - Dungeons and Dragons: Satanic Tool or Harmless Game?
Today we dig into the history of Dungeons and Dragons and look at what influences Gary Gygax and others drew from to create such an immersive and addictive RPG experience. We'll examine the long hist…
Published on 2 years, 11 months ago
328 - The Inspiration of Helen Keller and the 2022 Bad Magic Year End Wrap
We take a look this week at the incredibly inspirational life of Helen Keller. She accomplished SO much despite completely losing her sight and ability to hear at the age of just 19 months. Had the m…
Published on 3 years ago
327 - Josef Mengele: Nazi Angel of Death (Happy Holidays)
Josef Mengele was a great guy! Just very misunderstood. Wait, no. I'm thinking of someone else. Josef Mengele was a MONSTER. His complete and total lack of empathy for anyone not a member of Hitler's…
Published on 3 years ago
326 - Herb Baumeister: Serial Killing Leads to a Haunting?
Herb Baumeister was VERY likely the I-70 Strangler, killing a suspected nine boys and men between 1980 and 1990. And then, over the next six years, he seems to have killed at least another twenty-fiv…
Published on 3 years ago
325 - IHOPKC: Cult or Cult Incubator?
Evangelical End Times pastor Mike Bickle founded the International House of Prayer in 1999, later renamed IHOPKC, in Kansas City after saying God had told him to do so in a series of prophecies. Form…
Published on 3 years ago
324 - The Mouse Utopia Experiments
Strange and thought provoking episode today! In the 1940s, 50s, and early 60s, animal behavior researcher John B Calhoun ran a number of experiments on rodents regarding how their behavior would be a…
Published on 3 years, 1 month ago
323 - Devastation in Asia: WW2 (Part 2 of 2)
The Pacific War may have been even more brutal than the War in Europe. Imperial Japan had a ferocious fighting force, they despised their enemies unlike even the Nazis, and they arguably tormented lo…
Published on 3 years, 1 month ago
322 - Europe’s Darkest Hour: WW2 (Part 1 of 2)
Another whopper of a topic that could not be more action packed. WW2. Going over the war in Europe today - as much as we can in roughly three hours. The scale of WW2.... so massive. Over sixty milli…
Published on 3 years, 1 month ago