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If you've ever wanted to know about champagne, satanism, the Stonewall Uprising, chaos theory, LSD, El Nino, true crime and Rosa Parks, then look no further. Josh and Chuck have you covered.
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If you've ever wanted to know about champagne, satanism, the Stonewall Uprising, chaos theory, LSD, El Nino, true crime and Rosa Parks, then look no further. Josh and Chuck have you covered.
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Episodes
Selects: How Area 51 Works
9/27/2025
The secret military base Area 51 is inextricably linked to every secret, shady project the US government is rumored to be involved in – from reverse-engineering alien technology to coordinating a one-world government. The truth is much more mundane. Listen to this classic episode as Josh and Chuck break it down.
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Duration:00:50:50
SYSK’s Fall True Crime Playlist: The Hinterkaifeck Axe Murders
9/26/2025
In 1922, a little farm in the woods of Bavaria became the site of what would become Germany’s most famous unsolved murder, when six people were brutally killed with a pick axe. What led up to it and followed is nothing short of bizarre.
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Duration:00:46:52
SYSK’s Fall True Crime Playlist: SYSK Live: The DB Cooper Heist
9/26/2025
Join Josh and Chuck live from Seattle as they (sky)dive into one of the most brazen robberies in the annals of crime and the only unsolved airline hijacking in American history.
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Duration:01:30:32
SYSK’s Fall True Crime Playlist: Who Committed the 1912 Villisca Ax Murders?
9/26/2025
In a small town in Iowa in 1912 eight people were murdered in the grisliest of ways while they slept. Local reputations were ruined when accusations flew, but could a drifting serial killer working across the Midwest have been behind it?
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Duration:00:46:25
SYSK’s Fall True Crime Playlist: The Tylenol Murders, Part I
9/26/2025
On one terrible day in Chicago in 1982, seven people died suddenly and mysteriously. In just a matter of hours, it becomes clear, someone has poisoned bottles of Extra-Strength Tylenol, one of the most trusted and widely-used products in America.
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Duration:00:44:19
SYSK’s Fall True Crime Playlist: The Chowchilla Bus Kidnapping
9/26/2025
The largest ever kidnapping case in the United States went down in the small town of Chowchilla, CA. Learn all about it today.
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Duration:00:55:06
SYSK’s Fall True Crime Playlist: The Tylenol Murders, Part II
9/26/2025
The panic that began in Chicago spreads and begins to change the world. The investigation into the murders turns up leads and suspects, but still no one has ever been charged with the murders. It remains unsolved to this day. Find out the extent of what we know in this classic episode.
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Duration:00:45:54
SYSK’s Fall True Crime Playlist: The Tale of the Bloody Benders
9/26/2025
Long before we knew what serial killers were, a family in remote Kansas was disposing of victims at their family farm. Listen in to the Tale of the Bloody Benders if you dare!
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Duration:00:48:55
SYSK’s Fall True Crime Playlist: The Harvey’s Casino Bombing of 1980
9/26/2025
In August of 1980 a bomb containing 1,000 pounds of dynamite was quietly delivered to Harvey’s, a casino and resort at Lake Tahoe. This kicked off a whirlwind caper that lasted 30 hours and ended up nearly demolishing the 11-story resort.
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Duration:00:40:57
SYSK’s Fall True Crime Playlist: The Strange Unsolved Murder of Ken McElroy
9/26/2025
The murder of Ken McElroy comes off like a story from a cheap paperback book you’d get to read on a plane. But this is a true crime story, set in Missouri in the early 80s. And boy does it pack a punch.
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Duration:00:46:08
SYSK’s Fall True Crime Playlist: The Harrowing Story of the North Hollywood Shootout
9/26/2025
Tune in today to listen to the story of when North Hollywood became a war zone after a brazen bank robbery.
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Duration:00:52:21
SYSK’s Fall True Crime Playlist: The Unsolved Indiana Dunes Disappearances
9/26/2025
In July 1966, three women out for a day at the beach waded into the water of Lake Michigan, got onto a boat and were never heard from again. To this day, not a trace of them has ever turned up and theories of what became of them abound.
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Duration:00:41:00
SYSK’s Fall True Crime Playlist: How The Great Train Robbery Worked
9/26/2025
In 1963, 15 men got together in England to pull off one of the most daring heists in history. The Great Train Robbery was the crime of the century, capturing the public's attention and leaving them torn on who to root for - the cops or the robbers. Learn all about England's greatest heist in today's episode.
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Duration:00:43:33
A Tribute To The Far Side
9/25/2025
The Far Side is one of the greatest cartoons in history. Today we go to great lengths to convince you of that.
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Duration:00:43:51
Short Stuff: Death Cap Mushroom
9/24/2025
The death cap mushroom lives up to its name. It’s a mushroom cap that causes death. Find out why.
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Duration:00:11:45
Tdhtdhtdhtdhtdh: Sound Effects!
9/23/2025
Sound effects are one of the unsung parts of any movie or TV show – they’re best when you don’t even notice them making what you see on screen even more real, and when they’re off you notice immediately. Learn how hard this amazing craft is in this episode.
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Duration:00:49:39
Selects: Slime Mold: 0% Mold, 100% Amazing
9/20/2025
If you’ve ever wandered past what looked like a pile of dog barf on a log during a hike in the woods, you’d just seen slime mold - one of the most perplexing organisms on Earth. Listen to this classic episode and get as amazed as Josh and Chuck were when they recorded it.
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Duration:00:49:04
The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment
9/18/2025
As part of our shameful history series, today we dive into the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiments of the 1930s, 40s, 50s, 60s and into the 70s.
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Duration:00:40:59
Short Stuff: Killing a Dead Body
9/17/2025
If you try to kill someone who was already dead is that a bad thing? Yeah? How bad?
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Duration:00:14:00
What was the Four Pests Campaign?
9/16/2025
Say one thing about Mao's communist China, they could kill some sparrows. Learn why and how in today's episode.
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Duration:00:38:39