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97 - Spartacus: When Gladiators Attacked Rome Itself
Spartacus was a Thracian gladiator who escaped his gladiatorial school in Capua with about 70 other gladiators and slaves and then led a slave rebell…
7 years, 7 months ago
96 - Pennhurst State Hospital: Pennsylvania's Dirty Secret
Billed now as the Pennhurst Haunted Asylum, Pennhurst was never an asylum. It wasn't a home for the mentally ill when it first opened its doors in 19…
7 years, 7 months ago
Bonus 24 - The Toy Box Killer: New Mexico's Satanic Sadist
WARNING/DISCLAIMER: This is the most disturbing episode of Timesuck thus far. To the point I considered not releasing it. Maybe it just hit me unusua…
7 years, 7 months ago
95 - Pancho MFN' Villa: Mexico's Robin Hood
Pancho Villa! Pancho Villa was a revolutionary fighter who despised the wealthy landowners who had subjugated the impoverished farming class, compris…
7 years, 7 months ago
94 - The Donner Party: Cannibalism, Cholera, and More Horribleness
The story of the Donner Party is one of the most disturbing tales of western migration during the time of Manifest Destiny, the common 19th-century b…
7 years, 7 months ago
93 - The Aztec Empire: So Much Human Sacrifice!
Today we’re talking about the Aztecs! The Aztecs built a vast empire, one that outpaced, out-staged, and out-populated the likes of Paris at the time…
7 years, 8 months ago
Bonus 23 - Knights Templar pt 2 of 2: Fall and Conspiracies
The Knights Templar fought their last stand in the Holy Land (their last proper stand) in Acre in 1291 and shit was epic. They went down, but, they d…
7 years, 8 months ago
92 - Knights Templar pt 1 of 2: License to Kill (Rise of the Pope's Army)
The Knights Templar was founded in 1119 CE on the principles of chastity, obedience and poverty - but they soon, ironically became immensely wealthy …
7 years, 8 months ago
91 - The Ma Barker Gang! Ruthless 1930s Killers
The Ma Barker gang robbed bank, after bank, after drugstore, after hardware store, clothing store, Chevy dealership, jewelry store, and still more ba…
7 years, 8 months ago
90 - The Golden State Killer
On Tuesday, April 24th, 2018, Joseph James DeAngelo, 72, was taken into custody by local police and FBI agents when he stepped outside his Citrus Hei…
7 years, 8 months ago