Short Suck 66: Locusta of Gaul: The World’s First Serial Killer?
Long before forensic science could expose a killer, poison was one of ancient Rome’s deadliest—and hardest to detect—weapons, and few were said to wield it better than the mysterious Locusta of Gaul. ...
25 Sep 47min
525 - The Franklin Conspiracy: Satanic Panic or a Real Cover-Up?
When a massive financial scandal erupted in Omaha in the late 1980s, allegations soon followed that politically connected power players were involved in something far darker: an interstate child sex-t...
21 Sep 3h 18min
524 - Bible John: Glasgow's Dancing Killer
In late 1960s Glasgow, three women went out dancing at the legendary Barrowland Ballroom.... and never made it home alive. Their murders were linked to a mysterious stranger who became known as Bible ...
14 Sep 2h 18min
Short Suck 65: The Lady With the Lamp: Florence Nightingale’s War on Death
Florence Nightingale didn’t just become the world’s most famous nurse - she helped revolutionize modern medicine, battling horrific hospital conditions, deadly disease, entrenched sexism, and staggeri...
11 Sep 51min
523 - The Immortality Industry: Silicon Valley’s War on Death
What if aging isn’t inevitable...and death is a problem science might someday solve? From groundbreaking longevity research to Silicon Valley billionaires, rogue biohackers, young-blood transfusions, ...
7 Sep 2h 36min
522 - The Mary Kay Opportunity! The Dark Truth About MLMs
Mary Kay Ash turned a $5,000 investment into a cosmetics empire that promised generations of women financial independence, recognition, and—if they climbed high enough—that famous pink Cadillac. But.....
31 Aug 2h 52min
521 - The Serpent: Serial Killer Charles Sobhraj
Long before Catch Me If You Can made Frank Abagnale famous, another master con man was crisscrossing the globe under countless stolen identities and leaving a trail of bodies behind him. Charles Sobh...
24 Aug 2h 53min
