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251 - The Real Inglorious Basterds: Operation Greenup
Operation Greenup was a covert OSS operation carried out by a special group of men many have called the “real life Inglorious Basterds,” a reference to the 2009 Quentin Tarantino film in which a grou…
Published on 4 years, 5 months ago
250 - Serial Killing Sex-Crazed Couple: Fred and Rose West
My God. This story is so over-the-top, it's hard to accept as true. But sadly, it did happen. For roughly two decades, Fred and Rose West were the patriarch and matriarch of torture, sadism, incest, …
Published on 4 years, 6 months ago
249 - H.P. Lovecraft, the Cthulhu Mythos, and the Horror You Love Today
Hope you have as fun listening to this one as I had making it! I had no idea prior to digging into this topic, that Lovecraft was so influential on modern horror. Like Stranger Things? Heavily influe…
Published on 4 years, 6 months ago
248 - P.T. Barnum and His "Human Curiosities"
Big episode for a big, complex topic today. PT Barnum has been called the The Greatest Showman on Earth. And he certainly was the most famous promoter of the 19th century. He brought entertainment to…
Published on 4 years, 6 months ago
Bonus Episode! - Real Good
Hi Meatsack! You know if you've listened to even one episode that charity is important to us here. We've donated monthly to charities for over three years now, going back to May of 2018. Over $22…
Published on 4 years, 6 months ago
247 - The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
The Great Pyramid of Giza. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon. Colossus of Rhodes. The Lighthouse of Alexandria. The Temple of Artemis. The Statue of Zeus at Olympia. The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus. Thes…
Published on 4 years, 6 months ago
246 - Trail of Tears
When the 1830s began, nearly 125,000 various tribal members lived on millions of acres of land in Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, North Carolina and Florida - land where their ancestors had lived for ce…
Published on 4 years, 7 months ago
245 - Karl Denke, the Cannibal of Ziębice
Heard of this guy before? If you haven't, I'm with you. I hadn't either. And then once I got into this story, I wondered HOW had I never heard of him? This story is insane. Karl Denke killed, it seem…
Published on 4 years, 7 months ago
244 - Crazy US Laws!
Today we take a fun and sometimes concerning tour around the United States looking at laws that are still on the books that either definitely shouldn't be, shouldn't have ever been, are sadly necessa…
Published on 4 years, 7 months ago
243 - The Angel's Landing Cult
Cult! Cult! Cult! We're back to sucking on a cult - a small and relatively unknown one which is surprising considering how crazy this story is. For well over a decade, conman Daniel Perez convinced a…
Published on 4 years, 7 months ago