Podcast Episodes

9/11 Truthers

There are many conspiracy theories that attribute the planning and execution of the September 11 attacks against the United States to parties other t…

6 years, 5 months ago

Vlad the Impaler

Vlad III Dracula, known as Vlad the Impaler (Romanian: Vlad Țepeș, Bulgarian: Влад Цепеш, pronunciation: [ˈvlad ˈtsepeʃ] ) or Vlad Dracula (/ˈdrækjəl…

6 years, 5 months ago

The Bhopal Disaster [True Crime Special]

The Bhopal disaster, also referred to as the Bhopal gas tragedy, was a gas leak incident on the night of 2–3 December 1984 at the Union Carbide India…

6 years, 5 months ago

Washington Irving Bishop

Washington Irving Bishop, also known as Wellington (4 March 1855 – 13 May 1889) was an American stage mentalist. He started his career as an assistan…

6 years, 6 months ago

Old West Gunfights

Gunslinger /ˈɡʌnslɪŋər/ and gunfighter are words used historically to refer to men in the American Old West who had gained a reputation of being dang…

6 years, 6 months ago

El Chapo [True Crime Special]

Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera (/ˈɡʊzmæn/;[6] Spanish: [xoaˈkin aɾtʃiˈβaldo ɣusˈman loˈeɾa]; born 4 April 1957),[7] known as "El Chapo" ("Shorty", p…

6 years, 6 months ago

The Oneida Community

The Oneida Community was a perfectionist religious communal society founded by John Humphrey Noyes in 1848 in Oneida, New York. The community believe…

6 years, 6 months ago

The Trolley Problem

The trolley problem is a thought experiment in ethics. The general form of the problem is this:

You see a runaway trolley moving toward five tied-up…

6 years, 7 months ago

Aleister Crowley

Aleister Crowley (/ˈæleɪstər ˈkroʊli/; born Edward Alexander Crowley; 12 October 1875 – 1 December 1947) was an English occultist, ceremonial magicia…

6 years, 7 months ago

Andree's Arctic Balloon Expedition

Andrée's Arctic balloon expedition of 1897 was an effort to reach the North Pole in which all three expedition members perished. S. A. Andrée, the fi…

6 years, 7 months ago