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Diver extraordinaire Jonathan Martin joins us to discuss the types and hazards of diving, including decompression sickness (the "bends"), nitrogen narcosis, high pressure nervous syndrome, and isobaric counterdiffusion. Plus Rice Krispie neck, The Martini Effect and SHITTY JOBS: compressor diving. Part 1 of 2. Music: "I Threw A Kiss In The Ocean" Benny Goodman Images  

It's time for Kevin, Toren, and Joe to return to their Evil Dudes In History series, this time looking at Dennis "Bind, Torture, Kill" Rader. His bad spelling and grammar, dog euthanizations, and oh yeah, several horrible murders. Trigger Warning: Rape, Murder Music: "Please God No" by The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets Less than a week left until the Lesser of Two Evils Marathon! Get your tickets now! Images (Note: Disturbing photos of BTK himself below are not victims! Still disturbing though!) Crime Scene and Autopsy Photos of Rader’s victims -- WARNING!! VERY GRAPHIC IMAGES: Otero Family: http://murderpedia.org/male.R/r/rader-dennis-otero-family.htm Kathryn / Kevin Bright: http://murderpedia.org/male.R/r/rader-dennis-kathryn-bright.htm Shirley Vian: http://murderpedia.org/male.R/r/rader-dennis-shirley-vian.htm Nancy Fox: http://murderpedia.org/male.R/r/rader-dennis-nancy-fox.htm Marine Hedge: http://murderpedia.org/male.R/r/rader-dennis-marine-hedge.htm Vicky Weg

The wonderful world of leeches includes bloodletting, leech collectors, the tempest prognosticator, hirudotherapy, how to properly remove a leech, plus news and pop culture. Music: "Leeches" by Toren Atkinson Lyrics I heard you scream I tried to ask about it you had a dream You wouldn't talk about it I'm guessing you were down in the bog you're coming out to find its covered you with leeches back in the day of all the barber-surgeons not feeling great a sickness is emergin' well there was only one thing to do sit in the chair they're gonna cover you with leeches oh what a day can you even imagine you lost a thumb were gonna reattach it the clotting blood it gums up the works we'll get it out we're gonna cover you with leeches Images  

Dr Rob returns to talk about the terrible tumors - or at least the non-cancerous ones. Includes molar pregnancies, teratomas, fetus in fetu, gourmand syndrome, and -omas of all kinds. Music: "I've Found A New Baby" by Lionel Hampton Links http://www.tumorlibrary.com/ Teratoma Image Search (WARNING: EW!) Images Videos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQpPeMGQv90 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJyBy_cgTtA

Kevin, Joe, and Toren are back again with a look at our next Evil Dame In History: Cocaine Godmother Griselda Blanco. Motorcycle hits, hits on children, her massive cocaine habit, arrests and the shenanigans that got her free. All that plus the return of Lesser of Two Evils! Music: "Deadly Weapon" by Eddy Howard Links Cocaine Cowboys 2 Griselda's Letters Cosby's World Tumblr Images Videos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqvwBH-Jg4k http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKA1CXBOchY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hi8yI5_Zets http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cx_M3_FBUTY

Pull our finger, Soda Jerks! Instead of pretending fooling people is comedy this April Fools we're celebrating the gross that makes you laugh: flatulence! Why we fart, why it smells, and faaaaaarts innnnn spaaaaace! Then fart history with Japanese Fart Scrolls, Benjamin Franklin's demand for fart science, professional flatulists and fartistes, Adolf Hitler's other offensive gas, and is that a soviet sub or is something farting in the ocean? In the news we'll look at a few people fired for farting on-the-job, fart-lighting injuries, the return of "Shit Dick", and a flatulence-caused stabbing. Then we select some personal favorites and new weird finds in flatulence pop culture. Plus: The world's oldest known joke! Music: "Big Dick Farts a Polka" by Jonathan Coulton Links He-gassen Fart Scrolls Red Letter Media: Thunderpants Images Videos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUjGIVNIBdw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcrPP-HPPeo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9GU4P-1AWI http://www.youtube.co

Grenados, jam tin grenades, the Mills bomb, potato masher, jumping hand grenades, hornet's nest grenades and chemical hand grenades. Plus falling on a grenade and a public service announcement on how to survive a frag grenade attack. Music: "Oooh-Oh Boom!" by Benny Goodman with Martha Tilton Images Videos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qU3rSI_tl8U http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwBFepUkQms

Mr. Dr. Greg Bole rejoins Joe, Toren, and Kevin to talk about the marine mammals called whales. We'll play "Whale or No Such Thing", talk about exploding whale autopsies, the story of the real-life inspiration for Moby Dick: "The Essex", "Blackfish" and Tillicum's attacks, plus a dramatic reading on whale penis fashion from Moby Dick. Music: "The Dying Sailor to his Shipmates" by Paul Clayton Links Hector's Beaked Whale Ginko Toothed Beaked Whale Beaty Biodiversity Museum House on the Rock Whale Images Videos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynQ_cw6oHMg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5B_poyjBqYE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chVk5ziw0lM

Abortion in the news and in pop culture. Plus a Public Service Announcement on Pregnancy Crisis Centers. With guespert Katie Scoular. Part 2 of 2! Music: "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby" Andrews Sisters & Bing Crosby. Charity O' The Week: The Morgentaler Clinic Images Videos Paste the URL here while in HTML view. Make sure no secret code gets in. Just the URL, and WordPress will auto-embed.

Katie Scoular returns to discuss the ins and outs (mostly outs) of abortion. We look at some basic pregnancy facts, the different types of abortion (safe and unsafe), fetal viability, abortifacients, and abortion in history. Part 1 of 2. Music: "I'm Nobody's Baby" by Roy Eldridge & Mildred Bailey Charity O' The Week: National Network of Abortion Funds Images  

This week, Joe, Kevin, and Toren discuss child labor. They'll discuss the eleven worst countries for child labor, the prevalence of child labor in chocolate production, tobacco, video games, and in mining. Plus: Oliver Twist and some curiously comedic examples of child labor in pop culture. Music: "Angels with Dirty Faces" by Cab Calloway featuring June Richmond Links GMB Akash Child Labor Photos Images Videos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJpaqRNKqks#t=2299 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Vfbv6hNeng

Coulrophobes beware! We talk about killer and suicidal clowns, including John Wayne Gacy, clown assassinations, and of course, Juggalos. Plus dangerous clowns in pop culture! Music: "Laughing on the Outside (Crying on the Inside)" by Andy Russell Images Videos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLMoCIDSCIE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJai18eys0M http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JGUKtc9Bjc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v96fv67ak0o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rJj5S1fwXE

Gavin Pitts joins Kevin, Toren, and Joe again via Skype to talk head lice, body lice, public lice, Strigiphilus Garylarsoni,  Aristotle's "spontaneous generation" theory, the lice-spread typhus outbreak in the first World War, perukes, Archbishop Thomas Becket, German WWII de-lousing stations, Japanese Unit 731,  as well as South Park's "Lice Capades" episode. Correction: Joe stated there are four countries not using the metric system. It's actually just three: USA, Liberia, and Burma. Get with the times, America. Music: “The Kwellada Kid” by SNFU Images  Videos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEBmZAf3oK4

Food tasters, Wiley's poison squad, tetra ethyl lead, pesticide-contaminated lunches, a new botulinum toxin, and the usual pop culture. Plus - what's the lethal dose of various toxins? With Dr. Jenna Moccia, part 2 of 2! Music: "Spooky Scherzo" by Sam Fonteyn Images  

Dr Jenna Moccia joins us to talk nightshade, strychnine, curare, arsenic, ricin, cyanide, botulinum, chemotherapy, the 1858 Bradford Sweets poisonings, the 1971 Iraq mercury grain poisonin, plus the largest mass poisoning of a population in history. Part 1 of 2. Music: "Life or Death" by Jack Beaver Images

Part three of our Maritime Mishaps series continues with a look at complete loss of water-going vessels: Shipwrecks! We'll look at the wrecks of the Swedish "Vasa", the Admiral Nakhimov, the MS Estonia, Tek Sing, Le Joola, leading up to the deadliest shipwreck ever: the MV Doña Paz.  Then we do some news, and talk mostly about the shipwreck movie: Titanic! Music: "Return to Melanesia" by The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets Links Vasa (Wikipedia) Images Videos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VchsHhPIx_s

We discuss several instances of people cast away to deserted islands in history, and provide a PSA on how to survive! We also analyze Robinsonades such as Robinson Crusoe (on Earth and on Mars), Swiss Family Robinson, Lost in Space, Lord of the Flies, and more. I can't believe we didn't talk about Cast Away! Music: "Where Did Robinson Crusoe Go With Friday on Saturday Night?" by Al Jolson Images Videos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYxx-NsH6UA Robinson Crusoe On Mars by crazedigitalmovies

This week, Joe, Kevin, and Toren look at getting stuck out on the open ocean. We'll cover the several dangers of being lost at sea, as well as tales of survivors of some of the longest (and grossest) "unplanned extended ocean vacations" such as the Baileys, amazing survivor Poon-Lim, and the Robertson family. In The News we've got a religious family set adrift and a survivor found in a capsized tugboat 98 feet underwater! Correction: Joe was wrong, tigers love water. Music: "Night On The Water" by Helen Ward Links How To Survive At Sea Wolmi 306 Captain Suh's account of the rescue of the Baileys part 1 Wolmi 306 Captain Suh's account of the rescue of the Baileys part 2 Images Videos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_4FPG48SkU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bV8NraEwtbI

Joanna Gaskell joins us to discuss dead zones, the deforestation of Easter Island, the Dust Bowl, the Great Sparrow Campaign, the desiccation of the Aral Sea, the draining of the Mesopotamian Marshes, and mountain top removal mining. Also: shape-changing testicles in pop culture! Charity O' the Week: Nature Conservancy Music: "Dust Pneumonia Blues" by Woody Guthrie Links The Critical Hit Show Standard Action Images Videos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnGBqBip9aM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgjbCljrlhk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQCwhjWNcH8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbSkRS8Ih7o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oc-P8oDuS0Q

Jordan "Funk Hole" Pratt joins us to discuss WWI's Western front, The Battle of the Trench, The Battle of the Crater, trench foot, dysentery, chlorine and mustard gas, self-inflicted wounds, trench raids plus news and pop culture. Music: "Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag" by Art Mooney Don't forget our Season 5 Fundraiser! Images Links Trench Warfare Videos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vH3-Gt7mgyM