Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
329 - Dungeons and Dragons: Satanic Tool or Harmless Game?
02 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today we dig into the history of Dungeons and Dragons and look at what influences Gary Gygax and oth...
328 - The Inspiration of Helen Keller and the 2022 Bad Magic Year End Wrap
26 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We take a look this week at the incredibly inspirational life of Helen Keller. She accomplished SO m...
327 - Josef Mengele: Nazi Angel of Death (Happy Holidays)
19 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Josef Mengele was a great guy! Just very misunderstood. Wait, no. I'm thinking of someone else. Jose...
326 - Herb Baumeister: Serial Killing Leads to a Haunting?
12 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Herb Baumeister was VERY likely the I-70 Strangler, killing a suspected nine boys and men between 19...
325 - IHOPKC: Cult or Cult Incubator?
05 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Evangelical End Times pastor Mike Bickle founded the International House of Prayer in 1999, later re...
324 - The Mouse Utopia Experiments
28 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Strange and thought provoking episode today! In the 1940s, 50s, and early 60s, animal behavior resea...
323 - Devastation in Asia: WW2 (Part 2 of 2)
21 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Pacific War may have been even more brutal than the War in Europe. Imperial Japan had a ferociou...
322 - Europe’s Darkest Hour: WW2 (Part 1 of 2)
14 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Another whopper of a topic that could not be more action packed. WW2. Going over the war in Europe t...
321 - Blood on the Reservation: MMIW
07 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
So much to go over in under three hours! Why are indigenous women on reservations in the US being ki...
320 - Cannibal Cop
31 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On October 25, 2012, NYPD Office Gilberto Valle was arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit k...
319 - The Bloody Harpes
24 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How much do you know about America's first documented serial killers, The Bloody Harpes? Micajah and...
318 - Bloods and Crips - America's Deadliest Gang Rivalry
17 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today we cover the formation of the infamous Bloods and Crips gang rivalry. How did it get started? ...
317 - The Casanova Killer: Paul John Knowles
10 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For four months in 1974, 28 year old Paul John Knowles went on a reckless murder spree across the Un...
316 - Bayer AG: The Most EVIL Corporation in the World?
03 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Is Bayer AG really EVIL? Or have they, like a lot of companies done both really good things - like m...
315 - The MRTCG: One of the World's Deadliest Doomsday Cults
26 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The name The Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God might not sound familiar, b...
314 - George Motherf*cking Carlin: Best To Ever Do It
19 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Get ready to meet one of my comedy heroes, but only if you can handle a LOT of profanity. George Car...
313 - The Bayou Strangler - Serial Killer Ronald Dominique
12 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ronald Dominique confessed to raping and murdering 23 boys and men between the ages of 16 and 46 bet...
312 - The Catholic Church's Long History of Sex Scandals
05 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Emotional episode today! At least for me. We examine the Catholic Church's long history of sex sca...
311 - The Murder of Dee Dee Blanchard: Did She Have It Coming?
29 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In June of 2015, 48-year-old Dee Dee Blanchard was murdered in cold blood. Her murderer snuck into h...
310 - The Many Lives of Clark Rockefeller
22 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Long before German con artist Anna Sorokin aka Anna Delvey captured America's attention thanks to th...
309 - The Scorecard Killer: Randy Kraft
15 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Randy Kraft might just be the most brutal and prolific serial killer you've never heard of. Convic...
308 - Black Lords, Power Crystals, and Suicides - The Cult of Conscious Development
08 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The story of this little known cult is WILD. Was the cult leader, Terri Hoffman, capable of some kin...
307 - Crikey! The Croc Hunter Steve Irwin
01 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Steve Irwin, better known as the Crocodile Hunter, was a wildlife enthusiast and conservationist, ow...
306 - The Sex Slave Murders: Gerald and Charlene Gallegos
25 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As a couple, Gerald and Charlene Gallego turned their dark sexual desires into a murderous rampage...
305 - Edward Snowden: Hero, Traitor, or Both?
18 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Off and on from 2006 to 2012, Snowden had worked as a CIA analyst, a subcontractor for the NSA, and ...
304 - Super Predator Peter Nygard and an interview with Chris Hansen
11 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Rare interview on the Suck today! Chris Hansen from To Catch a Predator, and his new podcast Predato...
303 - Mysterious Disappearances...
04 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
So many of us have thought about disappearing and starting a new life somewhere else. It's a common ...
302 - Alive! The 1972 Andes Flight Disaster
27 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In 1972, the 45 passengers and crew of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 faced extreme weather, avalanc...
301 - The DC Sniper Attacks: A Cult of Two
20 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In October of 2002, the DC Snipers terrorized residents of Washington DC, Virginia, and Maryland for...
300 - Bass Reeves on Acid: Trippin’ in the Wild West
13 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
LSD is a powerful, mind-bending drug. Only a crazy person would try and tell a coherent and compelli...
299 - The Ripper Crew: Chicago's Satanic Serial Killers
06 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Brace yourself for this one. If you can't handle graphic depictions of sexual abuse directed in the ...
298 - Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh: The Cult Leader Who Built a City in Oregon
30 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes the truth is stranger than fiction. Such a good example of that with this week's episode. ...
297 - The Holocaust 2 of 2: Fallout, Atonement, and Denial
23 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Apologies for my weak voice today! Remnant of a second bout with Covid. Had to drink several cups of...
296 - The Holocaust 1 of 2: Build Up and Atrocities
16 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As early as 1933, Hitler and the Nazis - the National Socialist German Worker’s Party - began pass...
295 - The Dating Game Killer
09 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Rodney Alcala - the Dating Game Killer. Not as well known, but just as vicious as any other killer...
294 - Vladimir Putin
02 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Vladimir Putin. Who is the former KGB officer who has led Russia since 2000? Is he a friend of a foe...
293 - Jeffrey Epstein Suicide Conspiracies: Part 2 of 2
25 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
After laying out so much of what we know about Epstein last week, this week we get more speculative ...
292 - Jeffrey Epstein Suicide Conspiracies: Part 1 of 2
18 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We know that Jeffrey Epstein was born on January 20th, 1953 in Brooklyn, New York City. We also know...
291 - The CIA, Smuggling Drugs, and Fighting Communism: The Story of Air America
11 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Fascinating stuff today! I knew almost nothing about Air America - the CIA's secret airline - befo...
290 - Amish Killer Edward Gingerich
04 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Long before he brutally murdered his wife Katie - crushing her head and disemboweling her on March 1...
289 - Robert Yates: Serial Killing "Family Man"
28 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Robert Lee Yates often described himself as a "family man." And he was a family man. He was a marrie...
288 - Doctor Death: Jack Kevorkian and the Right to Die Debate
21 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Death! How comfortable are you thinking about it? Talking about? What rights should be afforded to y...
287 - Raëlism: UFO Sex Cult?
14 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Did you know that Jesus was half-alien? And so was Buddha? And Muhammed, Joseph Smith, Moses, Abraha...
286 - Betty White: Much More Than a Golden Girl
07 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On December 31st, 2021, Hollywood legend and literally the most well-liked living person in America ...
285 - The 2017 Las Vegas Shooting and Conspiracies Surrounding It
28 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On the night of October 1, 2017, Stephen Paddock opened fire on a crowd attending the final night of...
284 - The Amish Life: Quaint or Terrible?
21 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A lot to unpack today! Who are the Amish? Why do they dress and live like it's still the 17th centur...
283 - A Descent Into Madness: The 1980 New Mexico Prison Riot
14 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
At 1:40AM on February 2nd, 1980, a group of inmates at the New Mexico State Penitentiary attacked th...
282 - Attila the Hun: Evil or Slandered?
07 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Attila the Hun! Does his name conjure up images of savagery in your mind? Of a bloodthirsty warrior-...
281 - Arthur Shawcross: The Genesee River Killer
31 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Arthur Shawcross was born on June 6th, 1945 in Kittery, Maine and he would grow up to terrorize the ...
280 - The Murder of Laci Peterson - Who Really Killed Her?
24 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Did Scott Peterson REALLY kill Laci Peterson? Did you know that zero direct evidence tied him to the...
279 - Celtic Mythology
17 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Get ready for a brain buster. Or at least prepare to witness my brain being busted. Celtic mythology...
278 - Sex, Silverware, and Immortality: The Oneida Community Cult
10 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Did you know that if lots of people have lots of unprotected sex and the men never ejaculate you c...
277 - Prostitution: The History and Morality of Sex Work
03 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What, EXACTLY, is “prostitution”? How is it defined? Are prostitute and sex worker interchangeab...
276 - Robert MF'n Smalls and Year End Recap
27 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Robert Smalls! He was born a slave in Beaufort, South Carolina in 1839. Then he'd pull off a darin...
275 - Appalachian Cryptids
20 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Flatwoods Monster. The Whirling Whimpus. Devil Dogs and Sheepsquatch. The Virginia Moonshine Man...
274 - The Ken and Barbie Killers
13 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In early 1992, young married couple Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka seemed to have a lot going for t...
273 - The Hells Angels
06 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Did you know that Hunter S Thompson of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas fame was one of the first peop...
272 - The Opioid Epidemic
29 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Covering a lot of ground today! Going over the history of human opioid usage - the opium poppy is on...
271 - The Menendez Brothers: Parent Killing Sociopaths? Victims? Both?
22 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
I had a lot of fun on this one taking a nostalgic look at US culture in 1989 and 1993. Also found th...
270: Boone Helm the Kentucky Cannibal: One the Wild West's Wildest Outlaws
15 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Levi Boone Helm. The Kentucky Cannibal. Born in 1828 in Kentucky, and hanged in Montana Territory in...
269 - Japan's Deadliest Doomsday Cult: Aum Shinrikyo
08 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Aum Shinrikyo was a Japanese doomsday cult led by psychotic madman Shoko Asahara, a man who claimed...
268 - The Dark History of Nursery Rhymes
01 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Who put the rock-a-bye-baby up in the tree branch, and why? Seems irresponsible. When it was raining...
267 - Doctor Satan: The Insane Story of Serial Killer Marcel Petiot
25 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Halloween! This episode feels appropriately dark enough for Halloween week. French serial kill...
266 - The Oregon Trail
18 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Oregon Trail was 2,100 plus mile journey from Independence, Missouri all the way to Oregon City,...
265 - The Dolphin Point Experiment: LSD, Aliens, NASA, and Dolphin Sex
11 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Oh boy. This is an especially weird one. Sometimes truth really is stranger than fiction. In the sum...
264 - Alcatraz: Prison Escapes, Infamous Inmates, and More
04 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today we head to The Rock, America's Devil Island - Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary. So much prison-re...
263 - The Freeway Killer William Bonin and His Death Van
27 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
William Bonin is a little known serial killer who died via lethal injection in 1996 in San Quentin, ...
262 - The Jehovah's Witnesses: Doomsday Cult
20 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
I'm guessing you know of the Jehovah's Witnesses. You've heard of them. Maybe you've noticed their "...
261 - The Grim Sleeper Serial Killer and the Southside Slayer murders
13 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Lonnie David Franklin Jr. was but one of the numerous prolific serial killers preying on sex workers...
260 - Robin Williams: A Wonderful Mind's Rise and Fall
06 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Robin Williams knew how to make people feel deeply. He could give you a belly laugh - or a cathartic...
259 - Lady Diana: The People's Princess's Life, Death, and Conspiracies
30 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Let's get royal, Meatsacks! Born a minor aristocrat, Diana Spencer grew up to become one of the most...
258 - Celebrity Cloning Conspiracies
23 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Oh boy. Did you know that some people think that Avril Lavigne, Britney Spears, Beyoncé, Eminem, so...
257 - The Dexter Killer Mark Twitchell
16 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Twitchell really wanted to become a serial killer. In 2008, after discovering the Showtime seri...
256 - Cult! Cult! Cult! The Aggressive Christianity Mission Training Corps
09 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A very recent Christian militant cult, the Aggressive Christianity Mission Training Corps was founde...
255 - Ancient Aliens and Ancient Sumerians
02 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Lot to unpack in this one! Today we are blending history, aliens, and conspiracy. We'll be talking a...
254 - Jodi Arias and the Murder of Travis Alexander
26 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Remember Jodi Arias? Remember why her trial back in 2013 captivated so many and made so many headlin...
253 - Hammer Happy Serial Killer Peter Kürten, the "Vampire of Dusseldorf"
19 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This guy. Killing mainly in 1929 when he was 46, the final year of his freedom, Peter Kürten would ...
252 - Aliens, Sexual Abuse, Disco, Racism, and ... Egyptians? The Nuwaubian Nation of Moors Cult
12 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
So much WTF!?! coming at you today. Wow. Dwight York is a maniac. And a terrible writer. And only a ...
251 - The Real Inglorious Basterds: Operation Greenup
05 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Operation Greenup was a covert OSS operation carried out by a special group of men many have called ...
250 - Serial Killing Sex-Crazed Couple: Fred and Rose West
28 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
My God. This story is so over-the-top, it's hard to accept as true. But sadly, it did happen. For ro...
249 - H.P. Lovecraft, the Cthulhu Mythos, and the Horror You Love Today
21 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hope you have as fun listening to this one as I had making it! I had no idea prior to digging into t...
248 - P.T. Barnum and His "Human Curiosities"
14 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Big episode for a big, complex topic today. PT Barnum has been called the The Greatest Showman on Ea...
247 - The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
07 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Great Pyramid of Giza. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon. Colossus of Rhodes. The Lighthouse of Ale...
246 - Trail of Tears
31 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
When the 1830s began, nearly 125,000 various tribal members lived on millions of acres of land in Ge...
245 - Karl Denke, the Cannibal of Ziębice
24 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Heard of this guy before? If you haven't, I'm with you. I hadn't either. And then once I got into th...
244 - Crazy US Laws!
17 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today we take a fun and sometimes concerning tour around the United States looking at laws that are ...
243 - The Angel's Landing Cult
10 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Cult! Cult! Cult! We're back to sucking on a cult - a small and relatively unknown one which is surp...
242 - Jameson Whiskey and Cannibalism
03 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Whiskey! Today’s suck is SOAKED in whiskey. Mostly, in Jameson - some Irish whiskey.John Jameson -...
241 - QAnon and Antifa: Who, What, And Why?
26 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
QAnon is the conspiracy cult involving so, so many things. It MOSTLY centers around belief in an eli...
240 - Anonymous and the World of Hackers
19 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
“We are Legion. We do not forgive. We do not forget. Expect us.” Anonymous - the hacking colle...
239 - El Chapo, the Sinaloa Cartel, and the War on Drugs
12 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What a wild one we have today. I set out, fascinated by his two escapes from prison, to only explore...
238 - Mao Zedong: Father of Communist China and Worst Mass Murderer of All Time?
05 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Mao Zedong's name is associated with one of the heinous totalitarian regimes of the 20th century - i...
237 - The Pig Farmer Killer: Canada's Filthy Robert Pickton
29 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Robert Pickton was born in 1949 just outside of Vancouver, CA, in Port Coquitlam, on a pig farm. His...
236 - The Yosemite Killer and the Abduction of Steven Stayner
22 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We got a wild one today. Today's Suck is really three Sucks in one. There is the abduction of Steven...
235 - Ward MF'n Hall
15 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today we take a huge deviation for the type of topic we typically cover here on Timesuck. The Space ...
234 - The Elan School, the Cult of Synanon, and the Troubling Troubled Teen Industry
08 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Founded in 1974 by a man named Joe Ricci, the Elan School was supposed to be someplace where you cou...
233 - Blackwater and the US Private Military Industry
01 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Blackwater. Now known as Academi. Once known as Xe Services. A private military company. One of many...
232 - The Great Emu War
22 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Great Emu War! Such a weird and fun tale to tell. What an odd historical period. As World War I ...
231 - Dante's Inferno
15 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dante's Inferno! One of the most influential literary works ever written. Put to parchment in the ea...
230 - Armenian Genocide
08 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This might be the first episode to get me death threats. The Turkish government does NOT like being ...