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269 - Japan's Deadliest Doomsday Cult: Aum Shinrikyo
Aum Shinrikyo was a Japanese doomsday cult led by psychotic madman Shoko Asahara, a man who claimed to be Jesus who was nicknamed the Japanese Charle…
4 years, 10 months ago
268 - The Dark History of Nursery Rhymes
Who put the rock-a-bye-baby up in the tree branch, and why? Seems irresponsible. When it was raining and pouring, why didn't the old man get out of b…
4 years, 11 months ago
267 - Doctor Satan: The Insane Story of Serial Killer Marcel Petiot
Happy Halloween! This episode feels appropriately dark enough for Halloween week. French serial killer Marcel Petiot was an evil genius. A master man…
4 years, 11 months ago
266 - The Oregon Trail
The Oregon Trail was 2,100 plus mile journey from Independence, Missouri all the way to Oregon City, Oregon. And along this trail and its offshoots, …
4 years, 11 months ago
265 - The Dolphin Point Experiment: LSD, Aliens, NASA, and Dolphin Sex
Oh boy. This is an especially weird one. Sometimes truth really is stranger than fiction. In the summer of 1965, John C. Lilly, a medic and neuroscie…
4 years, 11 months ago
264 - Alcatraz: Prison Escapes, Infamous Inmates, and More
Today we head to The Rock, America's Devil Island - Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary. So much prison-related info and history to go over today! I'll sha…
5 years ago
263 - The Freeway Killer William Bonin and His Death Van
William Bonin is a little known serial killer who died via lethal injection in 1996 in San Quentin, after sitting on California's death row for over …
5 years ago
262 - The Jehovah's Witnesses: Doomsday Cult
I'm guessing you know of the Jehovah's Witnesses. You've heard of them. Maybe you've noticed their "Kingdom Halls." Maybe they've knocked on your doo…
5 years ago
261 - The Grim Sleeper Serial Killer and the Southside Slayer murders
Lonnie David Franklin Jr. was but one of the numerous prolific serial killers preying on sex workers in South Central Los Angeles in the 1980s. And t…
5 years ago
260 - Robin Williams: A Wonderful Mind's Rise and Fall
Robin Williams knew how to make people feel deeply. He could give you a belly laugh - or a cathartic cry. He knew how to entertain you in a way that …
5 years, 1 month ago