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BONUS 19: Richard "The Night Stalker" Ramirez
Serial killer Richard Ramirez killed at least 14 people and raped and tortured at least two dozen more, mostly during the Spring and Summer of 1985. He robbed to support his coke habit and and he tor…
Published on 7 years, 9 months ago
80 - America's Guns: What is the Real Problem?
Toughest topic I’ve tackled so far. Marches going on across the country to ban assault rifles. School walkouts. Gun rights advocates staging their own protests. Celebrities posting all kinds of feel …
Published on 7 years, 9 months ago
79 - The Chernobyl Disaster: What, Why, and How Bad Was it?
On Friday, April 25th, 1986, the Soviet city of Pripyat, built to support the local nuclear power plant Chernobyl, had 13,414 apartments, a hospital, a movie theater, an art school, a central park wi…
Published on 7 years, 9 months ago
78 - Defiance: the Nazi Killing Bielski Brothers
The Bielski brothers led the largest Jewish-led rescue operation of Jewish civilians in ALL of World War II. They saved over 1,200 men, women, and children by hiding them in the forests of Western Be…
Published on 7 years, 9 months ago
BONUS 18: Aleister Crowley: The Wickedest Man in the World
Aleister Crowley was many things: an author, an artist, a poet, a mystic, a student, a mountaineer, a world traveler, and a notorious occultist. He shocked Victorian and post-Victorian England and th…
Published on 7 years, 9 months ago
77 - Norse Gods
What in the shit are we talking about this week? Norse Gods! Turns out they’re still being worshipped today. Who knew? Well, our own Timesuck editor Jesse Dobner for one, who is a practicing Asatruar…
Published on 7 years, 9 months ago
76 - Tupac & Biggie: Fame, Money, & Murder
Tupac and Biggie - two of the biggest hip hop stars of all time. And neither of them would see the age of 26. Their West Coast/East Coast rap feud helped sell millions of records, helped launch the c…
Published on 7 years, 10 months ago
75 - Guns and God: David Koresh's Waco Siege
Feb. 28th, 2018 will mark the 25th anniversary of the ATF raiding the Branch Davidian Compound in Waco Texas, setting off a 51 day armed standoff between federal agents and militant Christian fanatic…
Published on 7 years, 10 months ago
BONUS 17 - Ed Gein: The Butcher of Plainfield
When murder investigators entered the rural farm house of loner Ed Gein just outside the tiny town of Plainfield, Wisconsin on November 16th, 1957, they found a scene like nothing any American invest…
Published on 7 years, 10 months ago
74 - The IRA: Freedom FIghters or Terrorists?
The Irish Republican Army. Guys and gals who have, since their inception, been viewed as a liberation force by some and a terrorist group by others. They fight for the liberation of Northern Ireland …
Published on 7 years, 10 months ago