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Short Suck #31 - Why Do We Do That?
Today we're we’re gonna tackle a bunch of questions you never knew you needed answering, questions like: Why does the middle finger mean “fuck you”? Why do we blow out candles at birthday parties? Wh…
Published on 8 months, 2 weeks ago
449 - Russia's Terrifying Cyberwar Against the West
How much of what you read online has been planted there by Russian propagandists? How many times have you followed a social media account, or reposted information from an account, that's controlled b…
Published on 8 months, 3 weeks ago
448 - The Delphi Murders
On the afternoon of February 13th, 2017, in the sleepy little 3000(ish) person town of Delphi, Indiana, two local junior high girls and best friends, 13-year-old Abigail Joyce Williams and 14-year-ol…
Published on 8 months, 4 weeks ago
Short Suck #30 - Sherlock Holmes and Spiritualism
Today we take a peek at the interesting life of author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the man who invented the world's most famous and influential literary detective, Sherlock Holmes. However, Doyle was nev…
Published on 9 months ago
447 - Falun Gong: The Cult Behind The Epoch Times and Shen Yun
Have you ever been to one of those Shen Yun traveling traditional Chinese dance performances? Have you ever seen one of their blitz marketing campaigns? What about the Epoch Times - is that where you…
Published on 9 months ago
446 - Who Was The Real Mr. Rogers?
Today we examine the beloved host of the long-running children's television show, Mr Rogers' Neighborhood. Was Fred McFeely Rogers truly as wholesome as he seemed? Could anyone be that good? Or was i…
Published on 9 months, 1 week ago
Short Suck #29 - Luis Garavito: The World's Most Prolific Serial Killer
Luis Alfredo Garavito Cubillos was a ruthless, sadistic Colombian rapist and serial killer who became known to the task force searching for him as… The Beast. This sadistic monster would be convicted…
Published on 9 months, 2 weeks ago
445 - Anders Breivik & the 2011 Neo-Nazi Norway Attacks
On July 22nd, 2011, Norwegian alt-right gamer Anders Behring Breivik carried out the deadliest attack on Norwegian soil since WW2, when he detonated a car bomb in Oslo and then snuck onto the nearby …
Published on 9 months, 2 weeks ago
444 - Nelson Mandela: From Prisoner to President
How much do you know about Nelson Mandela and South Africa's brutal, racially oppressive system of apartheid? Mandela became the first black president of South Africa in 1994, just four years after s…
Published on 9 months, 3 weeks ago
Short Suck #28 - The Pirate Queen
Ching Shih, born as Shi Yang, was quite possibly the most powerful pirate of all time. While famous UK pirates like Blackbeard, Black Bart, Calico Jack, Sir Francis Drake, or Captain Kidd get much mo…
Published on 10 months ago