Ruby Ridge
The Ruby Ridge standoff was the siege of a cabin occupied by the Weaver family in Boundary County, Idaho, in August 1992. On August 21, deputies of the 2025-05-13 01:24:56 +0000 UTC View Post
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Security incidents involving Barack Obama
Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States, was involved in multiple security incidents, including sev...
2025-04-28 13:22:33 +0000 UTC View PostThe Chameleon - Frédéric Pierre Bourdin
Frédéric Pierre Bourdin[1] (born 13 June 1974)[2...
2025-04-21 19:49:41 +0000 UTC View PostElmer McCurdy - The Worlds Worst Outlaw
Elmer J. McCurdy (January 1, 1880 – October 7, 1911) was an American outlaw who was killed in a shoot-out with police after robbing a train in 2025-04-14 16:20:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Bonnie and Clyde
Bonnie Elizabeth Parker (October 1, 1910 – May 23, 1934) and Clyde Chestnut "Champion" Barrow (March 24, 1909 – May 23, 1934) were American 2025-04-07 13:25:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis, also known as the October Crisis (Spanish: Crisis de Octubre) in Cuba, or the Caribbean Crisis (2025-03-31 13:21:03 +0000 UTC View Post
The OSS (Office of Strategic Services)
The Office of Strategic Services (OSS) was an intelligence agency of the United Sta...
2025-03-25 03:00:54 +0000 UTC View PostRoss Douthat Opinion Pieces
2 op-eds by Ross Douthat
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/30/opinion/abortion-dobbs-supreme-court.html
Audie Murphy - The Most Decorated Combat Soldier of WW2
Audie Leon Murphy (20 June 1925 – 28 May 1971)[1] was an American soldier, actor, and songwriter. He was widely celebrated as the most deco...
2025-03-10 18:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostPatron Bonus: Excuse Us While We Kiss The Sky- Part 2
https://www.gq.com/story/urban-explorers-gq-march-2013
2025-03-07 16:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostThe Little Mermaid
"The Little Mermaid" (Danish: Den lille havfrue), sometimes translated in English as "The Little Sea Maid",2025-03-03 23:14:22 +0000 UTC View Post
Patron Bonus: Excuse Us While We Kiss The Sky- Part 1
https://www.gq.com/story/urban-explorers-gq-march-2013
2025-02-28 16:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostThe Battle of Cartagena de Indias
The Battle of Cartagena de Indias (Spanish: Sitio de Cartagena de Indias, lit. 'Sieg...
2025-02-24 19:07:14 +0000 UTC View PostPornhub 2024 Year in Review
https://www.pornhub.com/insights/2024-year-in-review
2025-02-17 17:27:38 +0000 UTC View PostOp-Eds by Billionaires
Three op-eds by billionaires.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/10/28/jeff-bezos-washington-post-trust/
Ghost Ships
A ghost ship, also known as a phantom ship, is a vessel with no living crew aboard; it may be a fictional ghost...
2025-02-03 21:34:25 +0000 UTC View PostMy Immortal Chapters 29-34
It's my immortal, continued.
It's my immortal, continued.
2025-01-30 23:42:48 +0000 UTC View PostBonus Army
The Bonus Army was a group of 43,000 demonstrators – 17,000 veterans of U.S. in...
2025-01-27 20:29:45 +0000 UTC View PostChrome Tab Clean Out
Tom cleans out his unrelated chrome tabs on interesting wikipedia articles.
Pizzagate
So we actually recorded this last week on Monday so one of the last paragraphs of the episode has outdated info in it. The Pizzagate guy was killed by police during a traffic stop after allegedly pulling out a gun and pointing it at police. This incident happened 4 days after we recorded this epi...
2025-01-13 16:16:35 +0000 UTC View PostPythagoras
Pythagoras of Samos[a] (Ancient Greek: Πυθαγόρας; 2025-01-06 15:51:43 +0000 UTC View Post
The Host's Fictional Bios
This episode was inspired by our tall tales episode. We each take a crack a writing another host's fictional bio.
This was supposed to be a Christmas Episode but was delayed.
The Holy Prepruce (Foreskin) and Other Relics
The Holy Prepuce, or Holy Foreskin (Latin præputium or prepucium), is one of several 2024-12-23 17:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Snarky Restaurant Reviews
Two mean reviews. One from the Sydney Morning Herald on Coco Roco...and the other from the New York Times on Guy's American Kitchen & Bar.
Competitive Eating, Takeru Kobayashi, and Joey Chestnut
Competitive eating, or speed eating, is a sport in which participants compete against each other to eat large quantities of food, usually in a short time period. Contests are typically eight to ten minutes long, although some competitions can last up to thirty mi...
2024-12-02 17:55:13 +0000 UTC View PostSleeping Beauty
The earliest known version of the tale is found in the French narrative Perceforest, written between 1330 and 1344.
The Sinking of the Whaleship Essex
Essex was an American whaling ship from Nantucket, 2024-11-18 18:41:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Carlos Kaiser
Carlos Henrique Raposo (born 2 April 1963), commonly known as Carlos Kaiser, is a Brazilian con artist and former 2024-11-11 17:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post