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Side Stories: The Goose Who Wore Nikes

Ben 'n' Henry break down this week's true crime news: drone reconnaissance, a cock-shaped turkey tail, a goose who wears shoes, the great chicken wing debate, and MUCH MORE. Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

Episode 422: The 1971 Manson Family Western Surplus Shootout

This week, we recount the bizarre scheme by the Manson family to save Charles Manson from prison and the famous shootout that ensued between the would-be rescue party and the Hawthorne police department. Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

Side Stories: Political Immunity

Ben 'n' Henry break down this week's true crime news: a man flies by LAX with a jetpack, the curious case of Flordelis dos Santos de Souza, a mother and son get way too close during quarantine, and MUCH MORE. Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

Episode 1: The Psychic Readers Network Part I – CLEO 2020

Check out the newest show on the Last Podcast Network: FRAUDSTERS. This is episode one. And you can find Fraudsters right here on Spotify. We'll be back with Side Stories and Last Podcast on the Left next week. Hail yourselves! --- It’s crime! It’s funny! It’s true-cromedy! In this pilot episode of Fraudsters, hosts Seena Ghaznavi and Justin Williams will take you back in time to revisit Miss Cleo and the Psychic Readers Network to find out how they swindled people out of millions, one fak...

Episode 421: The Beast of Boggy Creek

This week, we delve into the legend of a hairy humanoid that haunts the surrounding area of a small town in southern Arkansas. And we find out what happens when monster hunters, movie makers, and Arkansas gift shop owners catch Fouke Monster fever. Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

Side Stories: Stuck in the Pipe

Ben 'n' Henry break down this week's true crime news: the alleged killers of Jam Master Jay are arrested, a man's body is found in a waterslide pipe, and MUCH MORE. Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

Episode 420: Jodi Arias Part II - Juror #7

As we close the Jodi Arias saga, we meet the attorneys defending and prosecuting Arias, see how Jodi transforms for the cameras, and hear her spin a yarn of sexual abuse and Mormon misadventure. Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

Side Stories: The Giggle Button

Ben 'n' Henry break down this week's true crime news: siren head, the tokoloshe, the gateway experience, the troll doll giggle button controversy, and MUCH MORE. Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

Episode 419: Jodi Arias Part I - WAP

On the first of a two part series, we cover one of the most notorious murders of this century thus far: the killing of Travis Alexander at the hands of Jodi Arias. On this episode, we cover the lives of both, the relationship that led to the slaying, and the murder itself.  Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

Side Stories: 60-Foot Robot

Ben 'n' Henry break down this week's true crime news: a 60-foot Gundam robot takes its first step, a Lori Vallow update, Annabelle the doll flies first class, a Zaborowski opens fire, and MORE.

Relaxed Fit: Unsolved Mysteries Roundup

On this week's Relaxed Fit episode, we talk about some of the odder unsolved mysteries that have since been solved — including a bizarre murder confession on a shock jock radio show. Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

Side Stories: Alien Autopsy

Ben 'n' Henry break down this week's true crime news: UFO disclosure news, a serial killer on a military base, zombie deers, and MUCH MORE.

Episode 418: The Slenderman Enigma

Today, we explore the internet phenomenon known as Slenderman from the perspective of a living story that somehow managed to jump out into the real world despite being super lame. Will his domination be challenged by the Scungilli Man? Only time will tell.  Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

Side Stories: Hex the Moon

Ben 'n' Henry break down this week's true crime news: the son of a judge is shot dead, baby witches are hexing the moon, a Mississauga man ties used condoms to cars, and MUCH MORE. Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

Episode 417: Herbert Mullin Part II - Big Herb

On the conclusion to our series on Herbert Mullin, we cover the vast majority of his killing spree, which included two families, a group of teenage hikers, and a priest, plus we expand on the inner lore of one of the scariest schizophrenic serial killers to ever exist.  Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

Side Stories: Semen-Tainted Flutes

Ben 'n' Henry break down this week's true crime news: the Wayfair conspiracy, Britney Spears, a music teacher donates semen-tainted flutes, and MUCH MORE.

Episode 416: Herbert Mullin Part I - Blow Grass

On the first of a two part series on the man himself, we cover schizophrenic serial killer Herb Mullin, who murdered thirteen people in Santa Cruz, CA in the 1970s in order to prevent California from dropping into the ocean.

Side Stories: Jizzlaine

Ben 'n' Henry break down this week's true crime news: Ghislaine Maxwell is captured, a son suspects his father of being a vampire and then beats him to death, a Dutch torture chamber is found, and MUCH MORE.

Relaxed Fit: The Botched Lobotomies of Rosemary Kennedy & Howard Dully

On this week's Relaxed Fit episode, we dive into the oft-forgotten Kennedy, Rosemary, and her disastrous lobotomy, as well as the icepick procedure done to Howard Dully.

Side Stories: Loch Ness Catfish

Ben 'n' Henry break down this week's true crime news: a suspected sex trafficking house is burned in Milwaukee, a leech crawls inside a man's dick, has the Loch Ness Monster been found?, and MUCH MORE.

Episode 415: The Tall Whites

On today's episode, we explore the world of the chalky alien species known as the Tall Whites, who terrorized a young airman in the Mojave Desert for two years back in the late sixties as a part of a secret liaison program with the United States government. Allegedly. 

Side Stories: Randonauts

Ben 'n' Henry break down this week's true crime news: Tik Tok teens discover some grisly baggage, Where in the World is Ghislaine?, a belligerently drunk monkey attacks, and MUCH MORE.

Episode 414: Lobotomies Part II - Assistant to the Bone Slicer

On the conclusion to our series on the history of lobotomies, we explore just how the procedure became the most popular mental health treatment of the forties, despite the horrific and unpredictable side effects that came with shoving an ice pick up through an eye socket and wiggling it around in their brain, plus the reason why the lobotomy fell out of favor. 

Side Stories: eBay e-Hate

Ben 'n' Henry break down this week's true crime news: 6 ex-eBay employees make life hell for eBay critics, a woman has improper relationships with several dogs, a dark twist in the Lori Vallow saga, a stabbing occurs on a ghost hunt, and MUCH MORE.

Episode 413: Lobotomies Part I - The Cathartic and the Emetic

On the first of a two part series, we cover one of the strangest medical procedures of the 20th century: lobotomies. Join us as we explore the life of the man who popularized the procedure and just how the medical community came to think that it was a good idea in the first place.

Side Stories: Treasure Hunt

Ben 'n' Henry break down this week's true crime news: a billionaire tempts treasure hunters into a perilous adventure, an evening of urethral sounding goes awry, an incel blows himself up with a bomb intended for cheerleaders, and MUCH MORE.

Relaxed Fit: Buried Alive

On this week's Relaxed Fit, we talk about the history of being buried alive, escape artist Bill Shirk, the Amazing Joe, and the Spanish porn star charged with manslaughter in connection with a toad venom ritual.

Side Stories: Don't Eat Grandma

Ben 'n' Henry break down this week's true crime stories: an assault case involving a large pickle, a Carole Baskins update, a cannibal with a hankerin' for grandmas, and a look at the protests currently happening across the United States.

Episode 412: Madame Blavatsky Part III - The Secret Doctrine

On this, our conclusion to our series on Madame Blavatsky, we cover both the fraud committed by Madame Blavatsky in India that still sullies her reputation to this day as well as her most influential work, The Secret Doctrine, and all of the influence both good and bad that it had on the century that came after. 

Side Stories: ANITA & The Black Hat Man

Ben 'n' Henry break down this week's true crime news: Tales of the Black Hat Man, a machete-wielding maniac is "not angry, just upset", a slain pedophile's daughter celebrates his killer, and MORE.

Episode 411: Madame Blavatsky Part II - Dr. Beard

On the second part to our series on Madame Helena Blavatsky, we cover her years in New York City, where the mother of modern occultism hooked up with her longtime acolyte Henry Steele Olcott and became a minor celebrity while inserting herself into the world of spiritualism.

Side Stories: Blue Lights Over Brazil

Ben 'n' Henry break down this week's true crime news: blue orbs appear over Brazil in a mass UFO sighting, the story of Gary Plauché, the GTA Killer, masked mannequin sex doll soccer fans, and MUCH MORE.

Episode 410: Madame Blavatsky Part I - There's Something Wrong With Jimmy

It's finally time for us to explore the life of one of the most famous occultists of all time: Madame Helena Blavatsky. Join us on this first part as we mostly cover the veiled years of Blavatsky's life, when she supposedly travelled the world and formed the knowledge base for what would prove to be the blueprints for 20th century occultism. 

Side Stories: Constipated Lizard

Ben 'n' Henry break down this week's true crime news: a wine country caper, objectum sexuality, a man buries his mom alive, a lizard with a record-breaking poop, and MORE.

Relaxed Fit: The Cardiff Giant

On this week's Relaxed Fit episode, we talk about the trickster mastermind behind one of the 19th century’s most sensational hoaxes: the discovery of a 10-foot-tall giant.

Side Stories: Plague Doctor

Ben 'n' Henry break down this week's true crime news: a response from the homeowner involved in the Honolulu home invasion, another Lori Vallow update, the lawyer of Carole Baskins' missing husband speaks, AND MORE.

Episode 409: Gef the Talking Mongoose

On today's episode, we cover one of the most bizarre hauntings/visitations in the history of UK, and it's exactly what it sounds like. Join us as we explore the adventures of the Irving family on the Isle of Man along with their curious companion, Gef the Talking Mongoose. 

Side Stories: Space Poltergeist

Ben 'n' Henry break down this week's true crime and paranormal news: the Pentagon formally releases UFO footage, police capture a man dismembering his wife, and MORE.

Episode 408: The Yorkshire Ripper Part II - The Chorlton Glumpers

On the conclusion to our series on the Yorkshire Ripper, we horrific continuance of Peter Sutcliffe's murder spree all the way to the end, as well as how the investigation into his crimes failed again and again and again.   Night Vigil by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5746-night-vigil License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Side Stories: Piss Shrine

Ben 'n' Henry break down this week's true crime news: Mary Kay Letourneau is single and looking, a Honolulu home invasion gets weirder and weirder, Indonesia deploys ghosts to protect against the virus, and MORE.

Episode 407: The Yorkshire Ripper Part I - John Carpenter's Fonzie

Side Stories: Psychic Nukes

Ben 'n' Henry break down this week's true crime news: porn-filled Easter eggs, Tom Delonge spots UFO activity, and a classified government document warns of the possibility of psychics nuking cities.

The LPN Show: Episode 2 — Hot Dog Slangin

We're slipping another episode of The LPN Show into the feed today, enjoy! On today's episode: Holden McNeely teaches Ben about Chet Hanks and how not to raise a child, then we take a trip to Ben's advice corner.  Wanna listen to more? Search for THE LPN SHOW on Spotify!

Episode 406: Giant Humanoids

It's a return to the weird on this week's Last Podcast as we explore the myth, the alternative anthropology, and the Biblical ufology of giant humanoids. 

Side Stories: Smart Toilet

Ben 'n' Henry break down this week's true crime news: train attacks, "analprints", a lady goes on a coughing spree, and MORE.

The LPN Show: Episode 1 — Welcome to the Dumb Show

Here's a bonus preview of our new show, The LPN Show. On episode one, Ben is joined by Jackie to talk about how many cowboys Ben can fight, where Jackie will be in 10 years, and how Ben can get a sugar daddy.  Find The LPN Show on Spotify! New episode of Side Stories out tomorrow! Hail yourselves!

Relaxed Fit: Lead Masks Case / Zanesville Zoo

This week, we got a relaxed fit ep that delves into the mysterious Brazilian lead masks case, the ferocious Zanesville Zoo animal escape, and MORE.

Side Stories: Grim Sleeper, Chicken Lover

Ben 'n' Henry break down this week's true crime news: another Joe Exotic update, the Grim Sleeper is no more, a man does something unseemly with a chicken, and MORE.

Episode 405: JFK Part VI / The Conspiracy Part II - Executive Diapers and Also the Truth

On the final chapter of our series on the JFK assassination, we explore the many hows of what a conspiracy-driven killing of the President might have looked like, and it all ends with our serious take on what we think actually occurred. 

Side Stories: Tiger King

Ben 'n' Henry break down this week's true crime news: the new Joe Exotic docu-series, BooberEats, a woman hides a severed head in a box of sex toys, and MORE. [SPOILER ALERT: If you haven't seen "Tiger King" and want to skip the Joe Exotic talk, go to 38:00]