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279 - Celtic Mythology
Get ready for a brain buster. Or at least prepare to witness my brain being busted. Celtic mythology is... tricky to understand. And no one understan…
4 years, 8 months ago
278 - Sex, Silverware, and Immortality: The Oneida Community Cult
Did you know that if lots of people have lots of unprotected sex and the men never ejaculate you can help Jesus create his kingdom on Earth? No? We…
4 years, 8 months ago
277 - Prostitution: The History and Morality of Sex Work
What, EXACTLY, is “prostitution”? How is it defined? Are prostitute and sex worker interchangeable terms? Why are most prostitutes women? Why are mos…
4 years, 9 months ago
276 - Robert MF'n Smalls and Year End Recap
Robert Smalls! He was born a slave in Beaufort, South Carolina in 1839. Then he'd pull off a daring sea-faring escape to the Union during the Civil …
4 years, 9 months ago
275 - Appalachian Cryptids
The Flatwoods Monster. The Whirling Whimpus. Devil Dogs and Sheepsquatch. The Virginia Moonshine Man-Possum, GreenBrier Skink-Skank, the Tiddle-Whis…
4 years, 9 months ago
274 - The Ken and Barbie Killers
In early 1992, young married couple Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka seemed to have a lot going for them. They'd just gotten married, Paul was making …
4 years, 9 months ago
273 - The Hells Angels
Did you know that Hunter S Thompson of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas fame was one of the first people to bring national attention to the Hells Angel…
4 years, 10 months ago
272 - The Opioid Epidemic
Covering a lot of ground today! Going over the history of human opioid usage - the opium poppy is one helluva plant. What different types of opiates …
4 years, 10 months ago
271 - The Menendez Brothers: Parent Killing Sociopaths? Victims? Both?
I had a lot of fun on this one taking a nostalgic look at US culture in 1989 and 1993. Also found the story of Lyle and Erik Menendez incredibly inte…
4 years, 10 months ago
270: Boone Helm the Kentucky Cannibal: One the Wild West's Wildest Outlaws
Levi Boone Helm. The Kentucky Cannibal. Born in 1828 in Kentucky, and hanged in Montana Territory in 1864, this guy was mayhem on legs. He spent near…
4 years, 10 months ago