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451 - Panic on the TV! Do Violent Movies Create Violent Children?
Today we talk about moral panics. Specifically, the "Video Nasty" moral panic that happened in the UK in the early 1980s, and then again in the 1990s…
10 months ago
450 - Serial Killer Pee Wee Gaskins: Meanest Man in America
Pee Wee Gaskin's diminutive size of 5'2" tall and 130 pounds soaking wet didn't stop him from brutally killing at least eleven people, and possibly u…
10 months, 1 week ago
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”? …
10 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 reposte…
10 months, 2 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,…
10 months, 3 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 …
10 months, 4 weeks 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 campaig…
11 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…
11 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… T…
11 months, 1 week 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 …
11 months, 2 weeks ago