Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
129 - Ted "The Unabomber" Kaczynski
04 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Ted Kaczynski, aka "The Unabomber", is an American domestic terrorist who conducted a seventeen-plus...
128 - Serial Killer Pedro "Monster of the Andes" Lopez
25 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
South American serial killer Pedro "Monster of the Andes" Lopez was convicted of killing 110 girls i...
127 - Pedophile Island
18 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Should we banish pedophiles to an actual island? That's essentially what Washington state has been d...
126 - The Black Panthers
11 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Black Panthers! A very controversial civil rights group originating in Oakland, California in 19...
125 - The Black Death
04 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Black Death killed between 25 and 75 million people in Europe alone in just over five years! Thi...
124 - Mothman
28 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Mothman is a strange creature reportedly witnessed mainly in the Point Pleasant area of West Vir...
123 - Serial Killer Ed Kemper: The Co-ed Killer
21 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Born on December 18, 1948, in Burbank, California, Edmund Kemper, at age 15, killed both his grandpa...
122 - Cleopatra: Queen. Seductress. Product Of SO MUCH INCEST!
14 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Whopper of a tale for you today. Battles, incest, murder, betrayal, and more! Born in 69 BCE, Cleopa...
121 - The DB Cooper Hijack Mystery
07 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
November 24th, 1971. The day before Thanksgiving. Dan Cooper, also known as DB Cooper, shows up at t...
120 - Year End Wrap Up! And More Tales of Inspiration
31 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Happy New Year's Eve! We take a look back at 2018 and a look forward to 2019 today on Timesuck. We a...
119 - Triumph Over Unbelievable Tragedy: Two Exceptional Tales!
24 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Malvika Iyer had both her hands blown off by a grenade when she was thirteen years-old. The blast al...
118 - The Alphabet Murders
17 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Three young girls were kidnapped, raped, and strangled to death near Rochester, NY in the early 70s....
117 - Harriet MF'n Tubman
10 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Harriet Tubman! One of the most important conductors on the Underground Railroad. A brave, inspirati...
116 - The Pinkerton Detective Agency - "We Never Sleep"
03 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Founded by Scottish immigrant Allan Pinkerton, Chicago’s first police detective, in 1850, the Pink...
115 - Hatfield-McCoy Feud
26 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The Hatfields and the McCoys repeatedly attacked one another in the rural Tug River Valley separatin...
114 - Illuminati Revealed! The New World Order Conspiracy
19 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The Federal Reserve Act. The Bilderbergers. The Freemasons, Wall Street, and the Council on Foreign ...
113 - World War One: Unprecedented Carnage
12 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
It's the 100th anniversary of WW1! The Great War. The War of Nations. The War to End All Wars. If on...
112 - The Russian Sleep Experiment
05 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Did Russian Scientists seal five prisoners in an airtight chamber and dosed them with an experimenta...
111 - Demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren (from Annabelle, the Conjuring, and more)
29 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The "true" horror stories of Ed and Lorraine Warren have turned into more than a billion dollars wor...
110 - Australia's Katherine Knight and the Murder Everyone Saw Coming
22 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On February 29th, 2000, in the small, rugged town of Aberdeen, Australia, forty-five year old mother...
109 - The Chessboard Killer: Alexander Pichushkin
15 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Alexander Pichushkin insisted he’d killed sixty-three people after being apprehended in 2006 but a...
108 - Lizzie Borden Took an Axe...
08 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
During an oppressive heat wave in August 1892, prominent Fall River residents Andrew and Abby Borden...
107 - The Lost Colony of Roanoke
01 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In 1587, Englishman John White led a group of 118 colonists to what was supposed to Roanoke Island. ...
106 - Andrew MF'n Jackson: Gunslingin' War Hero and President
24 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew Jackson. Seventh president of the United States. First president born to immigrant parents. O...
105 - Nikola Tesla: A Strange and Beautiful Mind
17 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Nikola Tesla. The prototypical "mad scientist". He slept only a few hours a night and devoted his li...
Bonus 26: The Way of the Samurai, a Brief History of Japan, and the Warrior Life of Miyamoto Musashi
14 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
For centuries, Japan was ruled by a military dictatorship, the Shogunate, and the samurais were the ...
104 - The Children of God Sex Cult
10 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The Children of God cult aka The Family aka The Family International is still around today which is ...
103 - The Public Suicide of Budd Dwyer and the Tragic Events That Led Up To It
03 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On January 22nd, 1987, forty-seven year-old R. Budd Dwyer, Republican State Treasurer of Pennsylvani...
102 - Immigration: Fact Versus Fiction
27 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Immigration! Man - what a big, complicated topic. What is the Unite State's history with immigration...
101 - The Candyman Killer: Houston's Nightmare
20 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dean Arnold Corll. The Candyman Killer. A Texas momma’s boy who first made friends with local kids...
100 - Drunk as F*#k Suck of the Axeman of New Orleans
13 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Well, you asked for it. We got a bunch of emails to do something special for the 100th Monday episod...
99 - Area 51: Secret Weapons Program or Alien Experimentation?
06 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
What actually goes on at Area 51? There are two competing narratives. One involves a series of class...
Bonus 25 - Werewolves: Howl at the Moon!
03 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Werewolves! Awhoooooooo! Shape-shifting creatures of the night with unusual speed, otherworldly stre...
98 - The Assassination of Lincoln: It's Crazier Than You Think
30 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
John Wilkes Booth wasn't some community theater bit player. He wasn't a bartender who did summer the...
97 - Spartacus: When Gladiators Attacked Rome Itself
23 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Spartacus was a Thracian gladiator who escaped his gladiatorial school in Capua with about 70 other ...
96 - Pennhurst State Hospital: Pennsylvania's Dirty Secret
16 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Billed now as the Pennhurst Haunted Asylum, Pennhurst was never an asylum. It wasn't a home for the ...
Bonus 24 - The Toy Box Killer: New Mexico's Satanic Sadist
13 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
WARNING/DISCLAIMER: This is the most disturbing episode of Timesuck thus far. To the point I conside...
95 - Pancho MFN' Villa: Mexico's Robin Hood
09 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Pancho Villa! Pancho Villa was a revolutionary fighter who despised the wealthy landowners who had s...
94 - The Donner Party: Cannibalism, Cholera, and More Horribleness
02 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The story of the Donner Party is one of the most disturbing tales of western migration during the ti...
93 - The Aztec Empire: So Much Human Sacrifice!
25 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Today we’re talking about the Aztecs! The Aztecs built a vast empire, one that outpaced, out-stage...
Bonus 23 - Knights Templar pt 2 of 2: Fall and Conspiracies
22 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The Knights Templar fought their last stand in the Holy Land (their last proper stand) in Acre in 12...
92 - Knights Templar pt 1 of 2: License to Kill (Rise of the Pope's Army)
18 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The Knights Templar was founded in 1119 CE on the principles of chastity, obedience and poverty - bu...
91 - The Ma Barker Gang! Ruthless 1930s Killers
11 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The Ma Barker gang robbed bank, after bank, after drugstore, after hardware store, clothing store, C...
90 - The Golden State Killer
04 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On Tuesday, April 24th, 2018, Joseph James DeAngelo, 72, was taken into custody by local police and ...
Bonus 22 - Edgar Allan Poe
01 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Edgar Allan Poe did more than write The Raven and look creepy. He also basically invented the modern...
89 - Joan of Arc
28 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Joan of Arc was BURNED ALIVE on May 30th, 1431 CE, something no one ever aspires to have written on ...
88 - Aokigahara: Japan's Suicide Forest
21 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
An alarming number of Japanese citizens have taken a dark pilgrimage to the Aokigahara forest, more ...
87 - The "Real" Men in Black
14 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Cold Open: The Men in Black. The men who inspired the movies, not Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones. Wh...
BONUS 21 - Jack the Ripper!
11 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
From August seventh to September tenth, 1888, a crazed killer who came to be known as "Jack the Ripp...
86 - The Green River Killer
07 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Gary "The Green River Killer" Ridgway is currently in prison in Walla Walla, Washington, having been...
85 - The Spanish Inquisition
30 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The Spanish Inquisition started in 1478 and lasted all the way until 1834 - and it was terrible the ...
84 - The Demonic Possession of Anneliese Michel 2 of 2
23 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In 1973, 21 year old German college student Anneliese Michel began to descend into an existence of p...
BONUS 20 - The Demonic Possession of Anneliese Michel 1 of 2
20 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Anneliese Michel would die in a small, German town on July 1st, 1976. The official cause of death? M...
83 - Lost Books of the Bible!
16 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The Lost Books of the Bible! Is that really what we’re talking about today on Timesuck? Yes. Was I...
82 - The Westboro Baptist Lunatics
09 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The Westboro Baptist Church (WBC), founded by hatemonger Fred Phelps, is an American church (cult) k...
81 - The Stanford Prison Experiment
02 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The Stanford Prison Experiment is one of the most famous psychological studies ever conducted. In 19...
BONUS 19: Richard "The Night Stalker" Ramirez
30 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Serial killer Richard Ramirez killed at least 14 people and raped and tortured at least two dozen mo...
80 - America's Guns: What is the Real Problem?
26 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Toughest topic I’ve tackled so far. Marches going on across the country to ban assault rifles. Sch...
79 - The Chernobyl Disaster: What, Why, and How Bad Was it?
19 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On Friday, April 25th, 1986, the Soviet city of Pripyat, built to support the local nuclear power pl...
78 - Defiance: the Nazi Killing Bielski Brothers
12 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The Bielski brothers led the largest Jewish-led rescue operation of Jewish civilians in ALL of World...
BONUS 18: Aleister Crowley: The Wickedest Man in the World
09 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Aleister Crowley was many things: an author, an artist, a poet, a mystic, a student, a mountaineer, ...
77 - Norse Gods
05 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
What in the shit are we talking about this week? Norse Gods! Turns out they’re still being worship...
76 - Tupac & Biggie: Fame, Money, & Murder
26 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Tupac and Biggie - two of the biggest hip hop stars of all time. And neither of them would see the a...
75 - Guns and God: David Koresh's Waco Siege
19 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Feb. 28th, 2018 will mark the 25th anniversary of the ATF raiding the Branch Davidian Compound in Wa...
BONUS 17 - Ed Gein: The Butcher of Plainfield
16 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
When murder investigators entered the rural farm house of loner Ed Gein just outside the tiny town o...
74 - The IRA: Freedom FIghters or Terrorists?
12 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The Irish Republican Army. Guys and gals who have, since their inception, been viewed as a liberatio...
73 - Digital Immortality
05 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
I recently watched the new 4th season of Black Mirror on Netflix, and, if this season has a theme, I...
72 - The Colonial Devastation of Africa
29 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Before this week I knew very little about Africa’s history. It’s a continent of many nations, na...
BONUS 16 - Doc Holliday
26 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
"I'm your huckleberry." Did the real Doc Holliday actually say that? Or was that some Hollywood dram...
71 - Stalin: Russia's Ruthless Man of Steel
22 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Joseph Stalin. Icon of the 20th century. Personification of Soviet might. Catalyst of the Cold War. ...
70 - The Jersey Devil
15 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The Jersey Devil. Is it a kangaroo-like creature with the head of a goat, horse, or dog? Most agree ...
69 - Freemasons 2 of 2: Are Freemasons the Illuminati?
08 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Do the Freemasons work hand in hand with the illuminati? Are the Freemasons and the Illuminati one a...
BONUS 15 - Freemasons 1 of 2: Original Cult of the Curious?
05 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Who are the Freemasons? An ancient, Satanic organization who are part of the illuminati and intent o...
68 - John Wayne Gacy: Chicago's Serial Killing Clown
01 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
John Wayne Gacy aka Pogo the clown aka Patches the clown aka the Devil himself. This outgoing member...
67 - Einstein: A Complicated Genius
25 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Einstein! Theoretical physicist. Nobel Prize winning mathematician. Guy who made his name synonymous...
66 - Eleanor MF'n Roosevelt
18 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Who was Eleanor Roosevelt? She was the niece of Theodore Roosevelt. The wife of Franklin D. Roosevel...
Bonus 14 - Oak Island Mystery!
15 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
What is the Oak Island Mystery? Why have been teams of people been digging hundreds of feet into the...
65 - Griselda "The Godmother" Blanco: Cocaine Queenpin
11 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Griselda Blanco. The Godmother. La Madrina. The Black Widow. The Columbian drug lord who came BEFORE...
64 - Pizzagate: How to make lies sound like truth
04 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
What the Hell is Pizzagate? It’s a detailed conspiracy theory claiming that a pedophile ring - a S...
63 - BTK Killer: Bind. Torture. Kill.
27 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
BTK. Bind. Torture. Kill. The name Wichita Serial Killer Dennis Rader gave to himself in the 1970s i...
BONUS 13 - Unit 731: Japan's Evil Experiments
24 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
What is Unit 731? It was one of Japan's WWII era medical research centers where doctors performed ho...
62 - Dyatlov Pass Incident
20 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Sometime in the late hours of Feb. 1st, 1959, nine Russian college students died tragically in the N...
61 - Chief Crazy Horse
13 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Chief Crazy Horse. Pride of the Lakota people. Brilliant military tactician who handed the US Milita...
60 - Man of War: Chesty Puller
06 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The most highly decorated Marine in the history of the Corps, Lewis "Chesty" Puller won five Navy Cr...
BONUS 12 - The Zodiac Killer
03 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Who killed five people for sure and possibly many more in central California in late 1968 and 1969 a...
59 - The Shadow People
30 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to a Halloween edition of Timesuck! Have you ever felt like something in the shadows was wat...
58 - The Bermuda Triangle
23 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
What actually goes on in the Bermuda Triangle? Do more ships and airplanes disappear within it’s b...
BONUS 11 - The Amityville Horror
20 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
At roughly 3:00 AM, Nov. 13, 1974, twenty three year old Ronald Joseph "Butch" DeFeo Jr took a thirt...
57 - The Butcher of Rostov: Serial Killer Andrei Chikatilo
16 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We go REAL dark this week on Timesuck with an examination of Russian serial killer and relentless sa...
56 - The Wonderland Murders (live performance in Hollywood!): Coke, Porn, and John Holmes
09 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Four dead bodies were found on July 1, 1981, at 8763 Wonderland Avenue in the Laurel Canyon neighbor...
BONUS 10 - Timesuck Sucks Itself
06 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Timesuck sucks itself in this special 1,000 review bonus edition of Timesuck! Why did I create Times...
55 - The Disappearance of Amelia Earhart
02 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
What happened to Amelia Earhart on July 2nd, 1937? Where did Amelia and her navigator, Fred Noonan, ...
54 - Heaven's Gate UFO Cult
25 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
What led 39 people to kill themselves in a desperate attempt to board a spaceship in 1997? Why did a...
53 - Teddy MF'n Roosevelt! President Tough Guy
18 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
America's 26th President went from an asthmatic child to a weightlifting, boxing, mountain climbing,...
BONUS 9 - The Salem Witch Trials
15 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
So much crazy in one episode. In 1692, the residents of Salem Village became obsessed with the idea ...
52 - 9/11: Looking Back at the Day That Changed America Forever
11 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The Department of Homeland Security. The enduring military occupation of Afghanistan that began as O...
51 - "The Iceman": Serial Killer Richard Kuklinski
04 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Kuklinski once shot a man twice in the head on Christmas Eve because the guy owed him $1600....
50 - The Ku Klux Klan: Who are these hatemongers?
28 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Recent events in Charlottesville, VA reminded me that the KKK is still around. I realized I've never...
BONUS 8 - Project MK Ultra: The CIA experiments with LSD
25 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In the 1950s, while many Americans were busy watching I Love Lucy or waiting for the new Elvis Presl...
49 - Kurt Cobain: The Triumph and Tragedy of Alt Rock's Greatest Icon
21 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
I remember the exact moment I first heard Nirvana and I remember the day he died. But I didn't know ...