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291 - The CIA, Smuggling Drugs, and Fighting Communism: The Story of Air America
Fascinating stuff today! I knew almost nothing about Air America - the CIA's secret airline - before this week's research. Today, we go over the history of Air America, and also look at how Air Amer…
Published on 3 years, 8 months ago
290 - Amish Killer Edward Gingerich
Long before he brutally murdered his wife Katie - crushing her head and disemboweling her on March 18th, 1993 - Ed was really struggling with his mental health. He'd been diagnosed with paranoid sch…
Published on 3 years, 8 months ago
289 - Robert Yates: Serial Killing "Family Man"
Robert Lee Yates often described himself as a "family man." And he was a family man. He was a married father of five. Married to the mother of his children for over twenty years. He was also a decora…
Published on 3 years, 9 months ago
288 - Doctor Death: Jack Kevorkian and the Right to Die Debate
Death! How comfortable are you thinking about it? Talking about? What rights should be afforded to you when it's your time to "meet your maker?" Jack Kevorkian thought you, under certain conditions…
Published on 3 years, 9 months ago
287 - Raëlism: UFO Sex Cult?
Did you know that Jesus was half-alien? And so was Buddha? And Muhammed, Joseph Smith, Moses, Abraham, and many other proclaimed prophets throughout history. There are 40 in total, and a failed Fren…
Published on 3 years, 9 months ago
286 - Betty White: Much More Than a Golden Girl
On December 31st, 2021, Hollywood legend and literally the most well-liked living person in America at one point, Betty White, passed away in her home in Brentwood, California. Even though she was 99…
Published on 3 years, 9 months ago
285 - The 2017 Las Vegas Shooting and Conspiracies Surrounding It
On the night of October 1, 2017, Stephen Paddock opened fire on a crowd attending the final night of the Route 91 Harvest Country Music Festival on Las Vegas’s famous StripLas Vegas, killing 58 peopl…
Published on 3 years, 10 months ago
284 - The Amish Life: Quaint or Terrible?
A lot to unpack today! Who are the Amish? Why do they dress and live like it's still the 17th century? How are they related to Mennonites? What interpretation of Christianity led to them to the lifes…
Published on 3 years, 10 months ago
283 - A Descent Into Madness: The 1980 New Mexico Prison Riot
At 1:40AM on February 2nd, 1980, a group of inmates at the New Mexico State Penitentiary attacked three guards doing their nightly count. What followed was one of the deadliest prison riots in US his…
Published on 3 years, 10 months ago
282 - Attila the Hun: Evil or Slandered?
Attila the Hun! Does his name conjure up images of savagery in your mind? Of a bloodthirsty warrior-king who ruthlessly tortured and killed his enemies as he sacked city after city? An especially ba…
Published on 3 years, 10 months ago