530 - Killed By A Co-Star: The Daniella Perez Story
In 1992, rising Brazilian television star Daniella Perez was brutally murdered by the very actor playing her romantic interest on one of the...
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Timesuck with Dan Cummins
Each week, Dan Cummins takes fascinating listener suggested topics and enthusiastically dives into time sucks about everything from Charles Manson to the Lizard Illuminati, absurdly and sarc...
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Short Suck 68: The Zanesville Massacre/ Lions, Tigers, and Bears… Oh, Sh**!!
In October of 2011, the quiet Ohio town of Zanesville descended into chaos when dozens of lions, tigers, bears, and other dangerous exotic a...
529 - Lou Pearlman: Boy Bands, Blimps, and a $300 Million Scam
Lou Pearlman helped launch two of the biggest boy bands of the 1990s, the Backstreet Boys and NSYNC, while secretly building a massive empir...
528 - The Atlanta Child Murders (2 of 2)
As the Atlanta Child Murders continue, investigators finally begin uncovering physical evidence that could lead them to the person responsib...
Short Suck 67: The Failed Execution of Christa Pike
Just last week, on September 30th, 2026, Tennessee tried to execute convicted murderer Christa Pike—twice—and somehow, she survived. This Sh...
527 - The Atlanta Child Murders (1 of 2)
Between 1979 and 1981, thirty Black children, teenagers, and young adults all disappeared from the streets of Atlanta, triggering one of the...
526 - Anthony Bourdain: Hungry for Everything
Anthony Bourdain went from a heroin-addicted line cook bouncing between chaotic New York kitchens to a bestselling author and beloved world...
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 s...
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...
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 wer...
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...
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 Valle...
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—...
Short Suck 64: The Skunk Ape
Today we journey deep into the swamps of Florida to investigate the legend of the Skunk Ape, Bigfoot’s smaller, stinkier, swamp-dwelling cou...
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 identi...
520 - Mother of Frankenstein: Mary Shelley
Mary Shelley didn't just create Frankenstein - she helped invent modern science fiction while forever changing the landscape of horror. This...
Short Suck 63: The Children's Crusade: Faith, Folly, and 30,000 Kids
In 1212, thousands of children set out across Europe believing God would part the Mediterranean and lead them peacefully to Jerusalem. (Spoi...
519 - Death Before Divorce: The Kouri Richins Case
When Utah realtor and children's author Kouri Richins reported her husband dead after what appeared to be a tragic medical emergency, invest...
518 - San Ysidro McDonald's Massacre
From the troubled life of James Huberty to the horrifying events inside a San Ysidro McDonald's on July 18th, 1984, we explore how one of Am...
517 - The Buffalo River Cult: Murder, Prophecy, and... a Ghost Girl??
In 1978, a fanatical doomsday cult disappeared into the Arkansas Ozarks believing the end of the world was arriving fast... which it did (fo...