Twice weekly, we bring you stories of history's most notorious disasters and epic failures. Join us as we analyze the red flags and ask the important questions. How did things go so wrong? Could these disasters have been avoided? Join us as we laugh, learn, and explore the most epic failures of all time.
314 episodes transcribedLet's do some highlights of MKUltra because it is a can of worms! We'll talk Sidney Gottlieb America's 'poisoner in chief' who used LSD (and other dru...
Man we love a good mutiny! This, however, is a bad one. The deadliest one in history! It's 1628, and the Dutch East India Company is up to no good......
What would you do if you had millions and millions of dollars? Terrance Watanabe managed to gamble away the most money in history - he came from the f...
Today, we have two stories of disasters at sporting events. First, we'll talk about the 1989 Crowd Crush at the Liverpool / Nottingham Forest FA Cup g...
Imagine you've been unstoppable - created the most popular websites and movies in the history of well, websites and movies... what would be next? You...
Read Fab's Book! "You Know It's True: The Real Story of Milli Vanilli"https://www.amazon.com/You-Know-Its-True-Vanilli/dp/B0FP4P554H We're back with t...
Did this case enthrall you when you were a child?? I remember the song, and being sure she did it from the TV movie... but after researching I'm just...
Voltaire kind of said, "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." And that's pretty much Freedom of Speech...
It's Victorian London - and if you aren't rich, things are awful. (That's actually a pattern of all of humanity and of all time if you take a second t...
Episodes:Ep 1 - Part 2: Mommy Dearest - Lori Vallow & Chad DaybellA doomsday cult, missing children, and murders that shocked the nation. Ep 3 - Part...
Farz & Taylor met in 2013 when they started working at a startup in Downtown Los Angeles. We understand that some people like DTLA, but Taylor persona...
In 1996, Australian weirdo Martin Bryant killed 35 people in the deadliest shooting in Australian history. He's the worst, annoying and rude, he kille...
Episodes:Ep 107 - Australia's Gun Horror: The Port Arthur MassacreThe shooting spree that reshaped Australian gun laws. Ep 111 - Michigan's own 1970s...
This is our most popular episode ever. We can only assume that you people are kind of gross and Google this trio often. Here's the story of young men...
Imagine you live on a farm in Germany. It's winter. Your maid quits because she hears footsteps in the attic, you find a newspaper from a faraway town...
Let's revisit one of the most famous murders of the 20th century - and a highlight from our tenth episode! So, OJ Simpson absolutely killed Nicole Bro...
Oh boy do we have a lot of Murder episodes!! We started off mostly doing true crime before we pivoted to history and some true crime and other fun thi...
Speaking of religious history - here's a re-release of our episode on Friar Diego De Landa & the Mayans. There are many Maya people still living in Ce...
Religion has sparked wars, inspired art, toppled empires, and comforted the faithful. In these episodes, we explore the stories where belief shaped hu...
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