Timesuck with Dan Cummins

Short Suck #22 - The Kentler Experiment: That One Time Germany Intentionally Hired Pedos To Be Foster Parents

22 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today I'm sharing a wild story that I'm surprised isn't much more known - that one time Germany intentionally hired known pedophiles to be the foster ...

429 - Serial Killer Aileen Wuornos: Damsel of Death

18 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The true story behind the incredible 2003 film, Monster, about sex worker and serial killer, Aileen Wuornos, who killed seven men over the course of o...

428 - Andrew Higgins: D-Day's Secret War Hero

11 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Happy Veteran's Day! On D-Day, June 6th, 1944, over 150,000 Allied troops stormed Nazi-defended beaches in northern France in the largest military amp...

Short Suck #21 - The Servant Girl Annihilator aka The Midnight Assassin

08 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today I'm sharing the little known Servant Girl Annihilator murders. A series of crimes just as shocking as the crimes of London's Jack the Ripper mur...

427 - McCarthyism: When Red Scare Paranoia Destroyed Innocent Lives

04 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Back in the 1950s, America was very afraid of Soviet spies and communist sympathizers infiltrating the government and destroying the United States fro...

426 - The San Francisco Witch Killers

28 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In the early 1980s, Suzan and Michael Carson were very worried about witches. They thought there witches all over America, even the President, Ronald ...

Short Suck #20 - Are Tulpas Real? The Spooky Story of Olivia Mabel

25 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today I’ll be sharing the strange and spooky story of Olivia Mabel. It's a story presented as a true story, centered around the unsettling concept o...

425 - Ireland's True Houses of Horror

21 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In 1975, two young boys in Tuam were exploring the grounds of one of Ireland's abandoned Mother and Baby Homes when they lifted up a loose concrete sl...

424 - The Puppet Master: Robert Hendy-Freegard

14 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

I highly doubt you have ever been conned by anyone to the degree Robert Hendy-Freegard conned his victims. This 21 year-old pub bartender, waiting to ...

Short Suck #19 - Magdalena Solís: The High Priestess of Blood

11 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Magdalena Solís was a Mexican cult leader and the extremely rare sexually motivated female serial killer. She was recruited to help a couple of grift...

423 - Serial Killer Carl Panzram: One Man Apocalypse

07 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Carl Panzram is one of the most interesting serial killers we've ever covered. He was incredibly self-aware. He knew he was bad. He didn't pretend, fo...

422 - The Snowtown Murders: Seven Years of Insanity in South Australia

30 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In an episode about the most infamous series of murders in the history of the state of South Australia, somehow the murders are the least interesting ...

Short Suck #18 - The War of the Worlds

27 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On the evening of October 30th, 1938, the CBS Radio Network broadcasted Orson Welles's live adaptation of the 1897 HG Wells classic, groundbreaking sc...

421 - The Yakuza: Japan's Notorious & Inked Up Gangsters

23 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Who are the Yakuza? How similar are they to the Mafia? What's up with all the tattoos they have? And why are so many of them missing one of their pink...

420 - Existentialism and Weed: I'm High and We're All Gonna Die!

16 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In honor of the 420 episode, I decided to smoke a nice strong joint for this one while recording. And the topic pairs perfectly with weed: a philosoph...

Short Suck #17 - Who Was In The Attic? The Hinterkaifeck Axe Murders

13 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On March 31st, 1922, on a cold, snowy, and quiet night in Germany, at a small unassuming farm roughly an hour’s drive north of Munich, six gruesome ...

419 - Joey Buttafuoco and Amy "The Long Island Lolita" Fisher

09 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Do you remember when seventeen-year-old Amy Fisher shot the wife of her thirty-five-year-old lover, Joey Buttafuoco, in the face in May of 1992? At th...

418 - A Brief(ish) History of Torture

02 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When did we meatsacks start torturing one another? How did we do it? How have torture methods changed over the years, and what are some of the worst t...

417 - The Slavemaster: Serial Killer John Edward Robinson

26 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This one is a doozy! John Edward Robinson may be the most intelligent serial killer I've ever come across. This guy fooled so, so many people with ove...

Short Suck #16 - Clinical Vampirism: Are Vampires Real?

23 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Have you ever heard of "clinical vampirism," more commonly known today as Renfield's Syndrome? One review of psychiatric literature claims that over 5...

416 - Alexander Hamilton

19 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

An in-depth look at the Founding Father behind the hit musical Hamilton. How did Alexander contribute to the founding of the United States? And how di...

415 - The Kidwelly Sex Cult

12 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Back in 2011, Wales would be shocked to learn that for the previous 14 years, an actual cause for Satanic Panic had existed in the quaint little town ...

Short Suck #15 - Ruby Franke

09 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On August 30th, 2023, Ruby Franke, a recently very popular Youtuber and "momfluencer" was arrested, along with her therapist, boss, and mentor, Jodi H...

414 - The Taiping Rebellion: The Craziest, Bloodiest Civil War Ever

05 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Did you know that in that in 1850, Hong Xiuquan, a man who interpreted literal fever demons as religious visions from God informing him that he was Je...

413 - The Gainesville Ripper

29 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Rolling brought terror to the college town of Gainesville, Florida, when he brutally murdered five students there in August of 1990. The career ...

Short Suck #14 - Michael Collins: The Man Who Made Ireland

26 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ever heard of Irish revolutionary Michael Collins? The Big Fellow? His heroic contributions to the fight for Irish Independence, while ignored/overloo...

412 - Saddam Hussein

22 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Taking a look into the life of the former dictator of Iraq today, which will of course lead us into at least summarizing the first and second Persian ...

411 - The Monster of Florence

15 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Between 1968 and 1985, eight couples having sex in either parked vehicles or a tent in remote areas just outside of Florence, Italy were murdered. The...

Short Suck #13 - The Tsuyama Massacre

12 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The Tsuyama Massacre. The strange tale of one sexually frustrated man, Mutsuo Toi, who cut the power lines that fed electricity to his entire village ...

410 - The Love Has Won Cult

08 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The Love Has Won Cult was led by Amy Carlson, who died from alcohol abuse, anorexia, and colloidal silver dosing at the age of only 45 on April 16th, ...

409 - Elvis Presley

01 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What do you know about the King, baby? Did you know how poor he was growing up? How quickly he became famous as an adult? Did you know he had a pet ch...

Short Suck #12 - The Dark Truth about Pornhub (And Where You Can Jerk/Rub Ethically!)

28 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Do you know why Pornhub removed over 80% of its content at the end of 2020? The site was littered with child pornography and rape videos. Is it still?...

408 - Larry Nassar and the US Gymnastics Scandal

24 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

How was Dr. Larry Nasser able to sexually abuse over 500 victims, almost all of them young female gymnasts, over a period of 25+ years, in plain sight...

407 - Serial Flasher/Rapist/Killer Randy Woodfield

17 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

I don't know if anyone has ever loved exposing themselves to strangers as much as Randy Woodfield. The serial flasher, rapist, and I-5 Killer had an u...

Short Suck #11 - The Khamar-Daban Incident

14 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What really happened to a group of seven hikers in the Khamar-Daban mountain range in Siberia on August 5th, 1993? Did six of them really begin to ble...

406 - Nickelodeon's Dan Schneider: Witch Hunt Victim or Predator?

10 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On March 17th, 2024, the first episode of a five-part docuseries, Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV aired on Investigation Discovery and MAX, acc...

405 - The Real Peaky Blinders

03 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today we learn about who the real Peaky Blinders were? How much of the hit BBC/Netflix series is historically accurate? Who were these stylish Birming...

404 - The Moonies Cult 2: Empire in Decline

28 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today we conclude yesterday's wild exploration of the cult Sun Myung Moon founded in Seoul, South Korea, in 1954. Moon's corruption and insanity final...

403 - The Moonies Cult: Sex, Control, and Marrying the Dead

27 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In Seoul, South Korea, in 1954, Sun Myung Moon founded the Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity, a new religious institut...

Short Suck #10 - Andrea Yates

24 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On June 20th, 2001, former high school valedictorian, captain of the swim team, and registered nurse, Andrea Yates, coldly drowned all five of her chi...

402 - Population Control Conspiracies: Are Wealthy Elites Trying To Kill You?

20 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Are wealthy elites like Bill Gates and George Soros using their money and power to sterilize and/or kill you through vaccines, chemtrails, and more in...

401 - Kenneth McDuff: The Broomstick Killer

13 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Kenneth McDuff killed three high school students the night of August 6th, 1966, repeatedly raping and sexually torturing one of them first. He'd be se...

Short Suck #9 - The US Human Body Trade

10 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What happens to your body when it is donated to science? Does it actually end up in front of some doctor or medical student? Not necessarily. Sometime...

400 - Molly and Michael Jackson: Rolling on the King of Pop!

06 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Michael Jackson is the most successful solo act in the history of recorded music. Only the Beatles have sold more albums. He has the top selling album...

399 - Osage Murders: The True Story Behind Killers of the Flower Moon

29 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The Osage Reign of Terror - dramatized recently in the 2023 award winning Martin Scorsese film, Killers of the Flower Moon based on the 2017 book of t...

Short Suck #8 - Horror in the Woods: The Keddie Cabin Murders

26 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On Saturday night, April 11th, 1981, a young mother, her teenage son, and her son's teenage friend, were all violently murdered in the small, pictures...

398 - August Engelhardt and the Coconut Cult

22 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Did you know that in 1902, August Engelhardt travelled from Germany to a small island in the South Pacific and tried to build a community based mostly...

397 - Jim Bakker: The Rise and Fall (and Rise Again) of an American Grifter

15 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Jim Bakker, and his wife, Tammy Faye, revolutionized tele-evangelism in the 1970s and 1980s. Their PTL Club, was, at it's height, pulling in millions ...

Short Suck #7 - Survive the Apocalypse in Style: The World of Luxury Doomsday Bunkers

12 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Do you have a plan in mind for what you would do in a doomsday event like nuclear war, alien invasion, a deadly plague, some Terminator Skynet style "...

396 - One Man Race War: Joseph Paul Franklin

08 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

From 1977 to 1980, Joseph Paul Franklin went on a multi-state murder and mayhem spree, bombing a synagogue, shooting at people exiting another, and sh...

395 - Ervil LeBaron: The Mormon Manson

03 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ervil LeBaron was raised by a cult leader... would have several brothers who were cult leaders...and would father several more cult leaders. And out o...

394 - Serial Killer Richard Byrd: The Las Vegas Strip Strangler

01 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Have you ever heard of disturbing serial killer Richard Byrd? He raped and strangled eight young women to death in Las Vegas between 1991 and 2001, bu...

393 - Tonight We Dine In Hell! The Spartans

25 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today we explore what life was really like for ancient Greece's feared warriors, the Spartans. How close was it to the Hollywood depiction in movies l...

Short Suck #6 - A Van Life Nightmare: The Gabby Petito Story

22 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On July 2nd, 2021, 22 year-old Gabby Petito and her fiancé, 23 year old Brian Laundrie, left the quaint hamlet of Blue Point, Long Island to embark u...

392 - Let The People Trip! (What Psychedelics Are and Where They Come From)

18 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Very informative episode today! I learned so much and hope you do too. We explore the history of human psychedelic usage, and also dive into the origi...

391 - Skinny Folks Go To Heaven: The Remnant Fellowship Cult

11 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Did you ever think that overeating, specifically, could send your soul to Hell? Or that not losing enough weight, fast enough, could jeopardize your s...

Short Suck #5 - The Wild West's Deadliest Hitman: Jim "Killer" Miller

08 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Jim Miller. Killin' Jim. Right before stepping off a wooden crate with a noose around his neck, in front of the members of the lynch mob that wanted h...

390 - The Florida Vampire Murders

04 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On the night of November 25th, 1996, Rick Wendorf, 49, and his partner Ruth Queen, 54, were beaten to death with a crowbar inside their home in Eustis...

389 - The Fourth Dimension

26 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Exploring some super interesting and strange territory today. I might not be able to record any more podcasts because NOW MY BRAIN IS MELTED! In this ...

Short Suck #4 - The Dark Disappearing Act of John List

23 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today's Short Suck is all about John List.  With a bankruptcy looming, worried about the shame he'd face for no longer being able to provide his fami...

388 - How To Rid Yourself of Demons: A History of Exorcisms

19 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today I share the real practice and history of the classic Catholic exorcism that so many of us have seen in films like 1973's The Exorcist and 2023's...

387 - Evil Eyes: Carl "The Sunday Morning Slasher" Watts

12 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The Sunday Morning Slasher, Carl Watts, is thought to have killed over 100 women between Michigan and Texas, from 1974 to 1982. He's also the only US ...

Short Suck #3 - Is Bigger Better? The Scary World of Penis Enlargement

09 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

 Today's Short Suck is all about the weird, wild world of penis enlargement! What options are out there? Are they safe? And why are so many unsatisfi...

386 - The Lady of Silence: Mexico's First Hunt For a Serial Killer

05 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Between 1998 and 2006, at least 48 elderly women were strangled to death in Mexico City. These murders would lead to Mexico's first ever investigation...

385 - Brain Damage, Murder, and Football: The Aaron Hernandez Story

29 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

I've wanted to dig into this story for a couple of years now. Aaron seemed to have EVERYTHING going for him. And he threw it all away through committi...

Short Suck #2 - Grizzly Bear vs Mountain Man: The Story of Hugh Glass

26 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today's Short Suck is all about the life of Hugh Glass - the man whose insane story of surviving a Grizzly Bear attack inspired the 2015 Leonardo DiCa...

384 - Satanic Panic and the West Memphis Three

22 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In the Spring of 1993, three eight-year-old boys were murdered in West Memphis, Arkansas. And immediately, thanks to outlandish, paranoid Satanic Pani...

383 - The Iron Claw: The Von Erich Curse

15 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The story behind the new Iron Claw movie starring Zac Effron and Jeremy Allen White. Was the Von Erich wrestling family actually cursed? I understand ...

Short Suck #1 - The Strange Tale of Lobster Boy

12 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The first in what will hopefully be many Short Sucks! 45-60 minute stories delivered in a more traditional type of story-telling. No inside jokes and ...

382 - The Riverside Killer: America's Forgotten Serial Killer

08 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Sharing the life and crimes today of William Lester Suff aka the Riverside Killer. Convicted of killing twelve women after being arrest in 1992 after ...

381 - The Cult of the Twin Flames Universe

01 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Whether or not you've seen the recent Amazon and/or Netflix docuseries on Twin Flames Universe, I think you're gonna love this one. Another cult episo...

380 - Kentucky Fried Suck!

25 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

For this year's annual, inspirational episode and wrap-up, I share the surprisingly inspiring and entertaining tale of Colonel Harland Sanders, man be...

379 - The Incelosphere: Sex, Hate, and Violence

18 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Did you know the term "incel" no longer generally refers to someone who is just lonely and horny? Now, it's more synonymous with a new kind of domesti...

378 - Zombies, White Camps, and Murder: The Story of Lori Vallow

11 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

I know - this episode is a long one! I tried to cut as much as I could that didn't feel relevant to tell this tale. I really did! There's just so much...

377 - The Murdaugh Murders: Rise and Fall of a Low Country Dynasty

04 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

I finally look into what all the hype about the Murdaugh family murders is about. And the hype... is justified. I provide a summary of the Murdaugh's ...

376 - Debunking The World's Most Dangerous Conspiracy: The Protocols

27 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Want to know where a lot of the core ideas from the many conspiracies that revolve around the idea the a small, secretive cabal of wealthy Jews contro...

375 - The Cleveland Kidnappings: Tremont's House of Horrors

20 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On the evening of May 6th, 2013, in the Tremont neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio, three enduring mysteries were shockingly solved. Three missing Clevel...

374 - The Duggar's Dark Secrets

13 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

You probably are pretty familiar with the Duggar family, from TLC's hit show 19 and Counting. But do you know about the sexual abuse they hid for year...

373 - The Chicago Tylenol Murders

06 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Who decided to add cyanide to a bunch of bottles of Tylenol in the Chicago area in 1982? A couple of real shifty, odd suspects emerged in an investiga...

372 - Gilles de Rais: Medieval Monster or Witch-Hunt Victim?

30 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Headed to 15th century to explore the life of a man who may have been the wealthiest noble in all of France at one point, and commander of France's mi...

371 - The School of The Prophets Cult Killings

23 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week we dig into both LDS and FLDS teachings, and learn about The School of the Prophets, a group composted largely of FLDS polygamists who belie...

370 - The Cuban Revolution: Fidel Castro's Communist Tranformation

16 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

When Fidel Castro took over Cuba in 1959, he deposed a dictator. And then the man who promised democracy turned into a dictator himself, and turned Cu...

369 - Larry Hall: Serial Killer or "Wannabe"?

09 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Is Larry Hall, currently incarcerated in federal prison on a charge of kidnapping for the purposes of sexual gratification, one of America's most prol...

368 - The Korean War: First Shots of the Cold War

02 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

How much do you know about "The Forgotten War" as the Korean War - technically a UN Police Action - is often called? Sandwiched between WW2 and Vietna...

367 - The Bloody Briley Brothers

25 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Have you heard of the Briley Brothers? Three young brothers, and a teenage neighbor, went on a vicious murder, robbery, and rape spree in Richmond, Vi...

366 - Black Holes and the Nature of the Universe!

18 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

My favorite episode in months. One that I'm hoping the most curious of the cult of the curious will truly enjoy. Today, we look at the very nature of ...

365 - The Trailside Killer

11 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Between August of 1979, and May of 1981, convicted serial rapist David Carpenter escalated to murdering his rape victims, and he killed at least seven...

364 - The Mystery of the Great Library of Ancient Alexandria

04 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Did the fall and/or destruction of the Great Library of Alexandria really set human progress a thousand years? Would w bee flying around in spaceships...

363 - NATLFED: Communist Cult Hiding in America

28 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In the early '70s, a man presenting himself as Eugenio Mario Perente-Ramos creates the Eastern Farmworkers Association  - an organization purportedly...

362 - Watergate: When Faith in American Politics Was Destroyed

21 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On August 9th, 1974, Richard Milhous Nixon, the 37th President of the United States of America, while serving his second term (after winning in a land...

361 - The UK's Jeffrey Dahmer: Dennis Nilsen

14 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In addition to being a serial killer who very likely killed at least 15 young men and boys around London between 1978 and 1983... Dennis Nilsen was a...

360 - The Lynching of Emmett Till

07 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Early on the morning of August 28th, 1955, 14-year-old Emmett Till was kidnapped from his great-uncle's home by two white men, Roy Bryant and JW Milam...

359 - William Shakespeare (Billy Shakes?)

31 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

What do we known about William Shakespeare the man? And why are his works still popular today? Who was Billy Shakes? We dive into the legacy of the En...

358 - The Mysterious Disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370

24 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On March 8th, 2014, 227 passengers boarded Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, taking off from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia at 12:41 a.m., destined to arrive in B...

357 - Whitey Bulger: How the FBI Built a Mob Boss

17 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today we take a fascinating look into how Whitey Bulger rose to power in Boston's underworld in the 70's and 80's, with not only the FBI's protection,...

356 - Jerry Brudos: The Shoe Fetish Slayer

10 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We got a weird one today! Wow. Jerry Brudos was a serial killer who became completely consumed with sexual fantasies revolving around women's shoes - ...

355 - Witchcraft!

03 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today we do a deep dive on the history of witchcraft. What is witchcraft? How does it differ from organized religion? Why did burning witches ever bec...

354 - The Redemption Experiment of Serial Killer Jack Unterweger

26 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In the Spring of 1990, when Jack Unterweger was released from prison in Austria after serving fifteen years for strangling an eighteen year-old to dea...

353 - The Crusades

19 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

From 1095 to 1291 CE, thousands and thousands of knights, peasants, nobles, soldiers, and more left Europe for the Holy Land around Jerusalem to take ...

352 - R. Kelly's Sex Cult

12 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Did R. Kelly truly have a sex cult?  For around a quarter-of-a-century Robert Sylvester Kelly wrote hit after hit after hit, becoming one of the most...