That's So Fcked Up
646 episodes - English - Latest episode: 11 days ago -That's So Fcked Up is a true crime lite podcast primarily about cults, but also murder and other generally awful things. TSFU brings you enthralling stories while looking at what causes them to happen. Join host Ashley Love Richards as she and her various co-hosts discuss what inspires people to do the awful things that they do. Nature? Nurture? Society? Let's investigate from our couches together!
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Hate Crime: The Death of Matthew Shepard (BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY RE-RELEASE)
December 02, 2023 05:13 - 46 minutes - 64.1 MBToday would have been Matthew Shepard's 47th birthday. But Matthew's life was brutally cut short, in 1998, when he was just 22. Matthew was a gay man who got into a truck with two homophobes who lured him into their vehicle saying they just wanted to hang out... with the intent of robbing and killing him instead. This was one of the first cases to get any proper attention for the plight of the LGBTQAI+ community. The Westboro Baptist church is also insanely evil. Happy birthday Matthew and ...
HOLIDAY BONUS: Hate Crime- The Death of Matthew Shepard
December 02, 2023 05:13 - 46 minutes - 64.1 MBToday would have been Matthew Shepard's 47th birthday. But Matthew's life was brutally cut short, in 1998, when he was just 22. Matthew was a gay man who got into a truck with two homophobes who lured him into their vehicle saying they just wanted to hang out... with the intent of robbing and killing him instead. This was one of the first cases to get any proper attention for the plight of the LGBTQAI+ community. The Westboro Baptist church is also insanely evil. Happy birthday Matthew and ...
Fairy Tale Fckery- Ep. 3: Disney Scandals
November 29, 2023 10:00 - 55 minutes - 127 MBThis week, Ash and Katy Hearne-Church from Queens Podcast are talking about scandals within the wonderful world of Disney.We've got racism, sexism (even SA, ewww what?!), psychedelics, Stockholm Syndrome, secret dicks drawn on castles and more! Follow Katy and her co-host Nathan on Instagram and YouTube! They get boozy and talk historical queens, it's an absolute blast! And make sure to check out OUR NEW YouTube channel while you're at it! Incredible research on this whole season by Elizabe...
Cult- Love Has Won and "Mother God" (PATREON VAULT RELEASE)
November 27, 2023 17:36 - 1 hour - 167 MBWe have a special episode for y'all today in honor of HBO's release of Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God. This puppy is from the Patreon Vault, enjoy! Today we're taking you alllll the way back to May of 2021 when Ash and one of her amazing former co-hosts Cam talked about Colorado cult Love Has Won! At the time of the recording, "Mother God" had been found dead just weeks prior. It's not been two and half years and a great documentary just came out on HBO! Check out the YouTube LIVE we ...
Ep. 166- Haunted: The Winchester Mystery House
November 24, 2023 10:00 - 50 minutes - 116 MBThis week, Ali tells Ash about the Winchester Mystery House! You've probably heard of it, but do you know the story behind it?? w đŞâ¨If you'd like access to over 125 episodes that aren't on the regular feed, and you'd like them all ad free, join our Patreon for as little as $5 a month! https://www.patreon.com/TSFU đ¨Make sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@tsfuthepodcastlive đ˛Subscribe to our podcast on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thats-so-fck...
Fairy Tale Fckery- Ep. 2: The Original Disney Princess Fairy Tales
November 22, 2023 14:21 - 48 minutes - 111 MBHear Ye, Hear Ye! Ashley Love Richards from That's So Fcked Up the Podcast and Katy Hearne-Church from Queens Podcast are back for another insane episode of TSFU Presents: Fairy Tale Fckery! Last week Katy and Ash talked about the origins of some of the most famous fairy tales in history, and they have quite dark themes. That's a great episode to start with as it gives some context for today's stories! This week Ash tells Katy about the original fairy tales that inspired the stories of some ...
Ep. 165- The Disappearance of Natalee Holloway (CASE SOLVED)
November 17, 2023 15:13 - 53 minutes - 122 MBMany of you know the case of Natalee Holloway, she disappeared 18 years ago when she was just 18 years old. On a senior class trip to Aruba, Natalee met Joran van der Sloot, a 17 year old who would change her life and that of her family's forever. Natalee was last seen with van der Sloot on May 30, 2005, and he remained a prime suspect for many years. Van der Sloot lived freely for the next few years, extorting Natalee's mom and gambling with said money, until he was finally charged with murd...
Fairy Tale Fckery- Ep. 1: The Origins of Common and Creepy Fairy Tales
November 15, 2023 10:00 - 47 minutes - 43.5 MBAsh has the pleasure of co-hosting with Katy Hearne-Church from Queens Podcast this month! Ash and Katy spend this season talking about all things fairy tales, and nursery rhymes, and princesses, and Disney! If this doesn't sound like TSFU material to you, we promise it is! This week the gals kick off the season with fairy tale origins. They talk about the history of fairy tales and how they originated, as well as the meanings behind some of the most well known stories. Tales that you almost...
Ep. 164- Cult: Colonia Dignidad, A Torturous Nazi Compound in Chile
November 13, 2023 16:28 - 1 hour - 139 MBThis week, Ali tells Ash about the "German torture cult" that you may have recently heard about on TikTok or other socials, but this baby was born, lived a long and fucked life and died years ago. Started in 1961 by Nazi pedophile Paul Shäfer, this isolated colony was located in the rural town of Parral and was known as a little German paradise in Chile. Villagers thought that if their child got picked to live there (or even kidnapped) that they'd have a better life, without poverty. Behind ...
Cult- Twin Flames Universe, Love and Restraining Orders ("ESCAPING TWIN FLAMES" RE-RELEASE)
November 09, 2023 21:23 - 56 minutes - 129 MBThe Twin Flames Universe (CULT) is on fire! Amazon recently came out with Desperately Seeking Soulmate: Escaping Twin Flames and Netflix came out with Escaping Twin Flames today! Back in August of 2022, Ash and Michelle talked about the insane cult that's supposedly trying to help people find their super soulmates aka Twin Flames. Michelle talked about a truly insidious group, Twin Flames Universe. These asshats took a very old concept and have sold it to thousands, claiming that everyone h...
TRENDING: Cult - Twin Flames Universe, Love and Restraining Orders
November 09, 2023 21:23 - 56 minutes - 129 MBThe Twin Flames Universe (CULT) is on fire! Amazon recently came out with Desperately Seeking Soulmate: Escaping Twin Flames and Netflix came out with Escaping Twin Flames today! Back in August of 2022, Ash and Michelle talked about the insane cult that's supposedly trying to help people find their super soulmates aka Twin Flames. Michelle talked about a truly insidious group, Twin Flames Universe. These asshats took a very old concept and have sold it to thousands, claiming that everyone h...
The New F Word- Ep. 6: "Arrows Activated" and The Joshua Generation
November 03, 2023 22:25 - 1 hour - 139 MBOk, we know that Halloween has passed, but this is probably the scariest episode we've released in some time. In our final episode of "The New F Word" (for now) Fallon summarizes the last episode of Shiny Happy People, "Arrows Activated". In this episode, "despite Gothard's demise and Josh Duggars' disturbing new crimes, the movement goes on. Fundamentalists have consolidated political power nationwide to reshape society in their own image." - Amazon Prime Ash then talks about one of the sc...
Ash Learns The Bible Spooky Special- Ep. 5: Vampires and Exorcisms (PATREON EXCLUSIVE SNEAK PEEK)
October 31, 2023 20:54 - 22 minutes - 52.1 MBHappy Halloween Cultings, today you're getting TWO episodes because we love you that much! Your co-host Ryan here hijacking the show notes. Today we have a Halloween special where I attempt to teach Ashley about vampire like creatures and exorcisms in the bible! She and Kristal were definitely here for it and I hope you are too. As always we have a lot of fun along the way. Enjoy! If you'd like to hear the rest of this episode, with no commercials, or any of the other 8 episodes where Ash l...
Patreon Exclusive Sneak Peak: Ash Learns The Bible Spooky Special- Ep. 5: Vampires and Exorcisms
October 31, 2023 20:54 - 22 minutes - 52.1 MBHappy Halloween Cultings, today you're getting TWO episodes because we love you that much! Your co-host Ryan here hijacking the show notes. Today we have a Halloween special where I attempt to teach Ashley about vampire like creatures and exorcisms in the bible! She and Kristal were definitely here for it and I hope you are too. As always we have a lot of fun along the way. Enjoy! If you'd like to hear the rest of this episode, with no commercials, or any of the other 8 episodes where Ash l...
TSFU Halloween Spookysode III- Scary Listener Stories
October 31, 2023 20:27 - 31 minutes - 73 MBHappy Halloween Cultlings! It's TSFU's third annual Spookysode, how exciting! Today, Ash and Fallon bring you anonymous stories from listeners around the globe! Murders, terrifying nightmares and ghosts. All of the spooky Halloween stuff. Be safe out there tonight friends! -Join us for as little as $5 a month on Patreon! -We have super fun merch, go take a look! -We'd love to see you in our Discord, come hang out! -Audio editing by Ophelia Stone.
Cultertainment Corner- Ep. 4: Culty Movies with Apostate Alex
October 30, 2023 20:44 - 51 minutes - 47.4 MBWe hope you've enjoyed CULTOBER's cultertainment recommendations! Nobody asked her to do the hard work of compiling 45 shows, movies and documentaries to keep you entertained and informed but y'all know she's here to give you what you didn't know you wanted or needed! In our last recommendation episode, Ash and Apostate Alex, from Ash and Alex Do Scientology, talk about culty movies that they love and why! For links to all of the shows that Ash recommended, and where you can stream them, cli...
Cultertainment Corner- Ep. 3: Culty/Scammy Docs and TV Shows with Fallon
October 27, 2023 22:13 - 1 hour - 156 MBThis week, Ash is joined by research assistant and editor turned co-host, Fallon Morey, for more cultertainment recommendations on culty and scammy documentaries and shows. Go follow her on Instagram! For links to all of the shows that Ash recommended, and where you can stream them, click here! -Join us for as little as $5 a month on Patreon! -We have super fun merch, go take a look! -We'd love to see you in our Discord, come hang out! -Audio editing by Tina Lukic.
Binge or Bust?- Ep. 18: White Right: Meeting the Enemy
October 25, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 62.7 MBWe've been talking about Christian Nationalism quite a bit recently as we've been discussing Christian fundamentalism and other related topics. It got us to thinking about why people think and behave the way that they do, and the answers that we found in the doc were surprisingly deep and pretty heart-wrenching. "White Right: Meeting the Enemy is a 2017 documentary directed by Deeyah Khan. Deeyah travels to the United States to meet with some of the country's most prominent neo-Nazis and whi...
The New F Word- Ep. 5: "Under Authority" and The Quiverfull Movement
October 24, 2023 18:00 - 1 hour - 204 MBkan TW: sexual assault and child sex abuse. -Join us for as little as $5 a month on Patreon! -We have super fun merch, go take a look! -We'd love to see you in our Discord, come hang out! -Audio editing by River Innes. -Sources: https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/books/q-and-a/a41047/growing-up-quiverfull-interview/ https://www.npr.org/2009/03/25/102005062/in-quiverfull-movement-birth-control-is-shunned#:~:text=The%20movement%2C%20called%20Quiverfull%2C%20is,the%20right%20number%2...
Listen Now: New Podcast âGhost Storyâ
October 23, 2023 19:55 - 9 minutes - 21.1 MBTristan Redman is a journalist who doesnât believe in ghosts. But weird things happened in his teenage bedroom â weirder than normal. When, years later, he discovers subsequent occupants of his family home say they have been visited by the ghost of a faceless woman, heâs curious. It just so happens that the house Tristan grew up in is right next door to the house where his wifeâs great grandmother, Naomi Dancy, was murdered â killed by two gunshots to the face. Could there be a connection? Tr...
Cultertainment Corner- Ep. 2: Culty/Scammy Docs and TV Shows with Roberta Blevins
October 20, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 175 MBThis week, Ash is joined by Roberta Blevins of the Life After MLM podcast, and the Amazon Prime docuseries LulaRich! Roberta Blevins is a former Hun, who left the MLM world in 2017 and began publicly educating and speaking out against it. In her time in MLM, she was involved as a consultant for 3; It Works!, LuLaRoe and Modere, and a customer of many. Since leaving MLM, she has educated herself on the systemic structure of the business model, the psychological manipulation, the seedy underbel...
The New F Word- Ep. 4: "Growing Up Gothard" and the IBLP Child Abuse Manual, "To Train Up a Child"
October 19, 2023 15:25 - 1 hour - 213 MBThis week Fallon summarizes the second episode of Shiny Happy People, "Growing Up Gothard". In this episode, "as IBLP's homeschooling empire grows, it becomes clear that patriarchal, abusive authority is at the core of Bill Gothard and Jim Bob Duggar's power." - Amazon Prime Ash then talks to Fallon about the IBLP's official child abuse manual, To Train Up a Child. Authored by Michael and Debi Pearl, the book has led to the death of at least three children. The purpose of the book is to brea...
Listen Now: MrBallenâs Medical Mysteries
October 18, 2023 18:54 - 7 minutes - 16.8 MBFollow MrBallenâs Medical Mysteries wherever you get your podcasts. You can binge the first 8 episodes, early and ad-free on Amazon Music. Download the Amazon Music app today. The human body is a miracle. But when itâs not working, it can be the stuff of nightmares. On this new series from master storyteller MrBallen, weâre sharing medical horror stories and diagnostic mysteries that are surgically calibrated to make your blood run cold. From bizarre, unheard-of diseases and miraculous reco...
Cultertainment Corner- Ep. 1: Culty TV Shows with Ali
October 13, 2023 16:30 - 37 minutes - 85.2 MBHope you're having the spookiest Friday the 13th during this here first annual CULTOBER! This week Ash and some of the TSFU crew are living it up in Miami! We are going to a haunted house, but everyone except Ash is a baby and doesn't wanna visit Robert đ (or they just don't want to drive 7 hours to Key West but whatevs)... For the rest of the month, Ash will be doing cultertainments recs with various guests. This week, Ash gives Ali recommendations on awesome culty TV shows! For links to a...
The New F Word- Ep. 3: "Meet the Duggars" and TLC, A Modern Day Freak Show
October 10, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 238 MB"The New F Word" is a sort of hybrid between "TSFU Presents" and "Binge or Bust?", where Ash and co-host Fallon Morey watch and discuss the Amazon Prime docuseries, "Shiny Happy People", about the Duggar family, their TLC show "16, 17, etc. Kids and Counting", the charismatic leader that they follow, Bill Gothard (a Fundamentalist Christian, aka "Fundie", minster), Christian Fundamentalism and topics identified in the series that they felt needed further exploring. This week Ash summarizes t...
CULTOBER: Devious Dolls- Robert (2023)
October 10, 2023 00:17 - 1 hour - 126 MBIn its fifth season, TSFU Presents centered around the world's most terrifying dolls. CULTOBER seemed like a really appropriate time to re-release these little devils out into the world, and for y'all to re-familiarize yourself with our behind the scenes team! In the cold, dark January of this year, Ash was joined by audio editor Gaytrice Perdue and audio editor, researcher and now co-host Ryan Pregent, as they discuss probably the most haunted doll in existence, Robert the Doll! This child ...
The New F Word- Ep. 2: The C, N, F and E Words with Katherine Spearing
October 06, 2023 15:13 - 1 hour - 159 MB"The New F Word" is a sort of hybrid between "TSFU Presents" and "Binge or Bust?", where Ash and co-host Fallon Morey watch and discuss the Amazon Prime docuseries, "Shiny Happy People", about the Duggar family, their TLC show "16, 17, etc. Kids and Counting", the charismatic leader that they follow, Bill Gothard (a Fundamentalist Christian, aka "Fundie", minster), Christian Fundamentalism and so much more. They also identify sub topics in the doc to look deeper into such as the abuse of wome...
CULTOBER: Patreon Vault- Elsagate, the Dark Side of YouTube Kids (2021)
October 05, 2023 23:07 - 49 minutes - 89.7 MBIt's CULTOBER day 5 and we're releasing an especially terrifying episode from the Patreon Vault. This was a Patreon exclusive segment that Cam Dexter used to host called Dexter's Conjectures! This is a topic that more people need to be made aware of, and an especially important episode for anyone with young children who they care about in their lives! Back in December of 2021, Cam took us into the extremely odd and disgusting world of the little known internet phenomenon called Elsagate. Yo...
CULTOBER: New York Noir- The Sarah Lawrence College Cult (2022)
October 04, 2023 21:58 - 1 hour - 125 MBIn 2023, it's CULTOBER day 4, but on October 3, 2022, it was the first episode of the second season of That's So Fucked Up Presents, "New York Noir". Ash was honored to be joined by exoneree, journalist, public speaker, author and host of the podcast Labyrinths, Amanda Knox, as she told her the story of the Sarah Lawrence College Cult. When Talia Ray's recently released ex-convict father, Larry, was brought into Slonim Woods 9 dorm at Sarah Lawrence College, it was under the pretense that he...
The New F Word- Ep. 1: Christian Fundamentalist Influencers with Lindsey Williams
October 03, 2023 17:23 - 1 hour - 71.8 MBIt's CULTOBER and TSFU Presents the new season, "The New F Word"! "The New F Word" is a sort of hybrid between "TSFU Presents" and "Binge or Bust?", where Ash and co-host Fallon Morey watch and discuss the Amazon Prime docuseries, "Shiny Happy People", about the Duggar family, their TLC show "16, 17, etc. Kids and Counting", the charismatic leader that they follow, Bill Gothard (a Fundamentalist Christian, aka "Fundie", minster), Christian Fundamentalism and so much more. They also identify ...
CULTOBER: Vampire Panic- The Highgate Cemetery Vampire (2022)
October 02, 2023 21:29 - 43 minutes - 79.7 MBGet in loser, we're going dueling. Welcome to CULTOBER day 2! Today we go back to October of last year when Ash and Michelle talked about the vampire panic of the UK in the 60's and the Highgate Cemetery Vampire!â Satanic cult rituals, a haunted pub, media frenzy and a decades-long duel between celeb wizards about what was haunting the famous Highgate Cemetery!â Check out Michelle talking about slaying some Nazis with our friend Dawn Brody, from HILF: History I'd Like To Fuck here! Do you ...
CULTOBER: Spookysode- Ronald Clark O'Bryan aka The Candy Man and Scary Listener Stories (2021)
October 02, 2023 02:21 - 37 minutes - 67.9 MBIt's not a Listenersode, it's just an episode... but really it's our first annual TSFU Spookysode! This episode is with former audio engineer Evette Darensbourg, from October 2021. If you're a new listener you may have heard her sweet little voice pop in during the Cam episodes! Happy CULTOBER friends, we hope you're staying safe out there! This week we have a special little twist on a regular Listenersode, not only do we have two spooky stories from listeners, but Ash will also be telling y...
Ep. 163- New Mexico State Prison Riot: The Most Brutal in US History
September 29, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 202 MBAt around 10:30 pm on February 1st, 1980, some of the prisoners in the medium security dormitory E-2 at New Mexico State Penitentiary (aka "Old Main), mostly cell-block 5 guys (men who'd been transferred into the dorm style room from maximum security single cells), were drinking hooch and decided they were going to take down the guards when they came in for bed checks, and that they did. What ensued was 36 hours of horrific deadly rioting. Hostages, torture, fire and inches of fluids everywhe...
The 27 Club- Ep. 4: Amy Winehouse
September 27, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 161 MBThe gals wrap up The 27 Club with the young lady known for her sultry voice, winged eyeliner and beehive hair-do, Amy Winehouse. Although she struggled with drug and alcohol addiction, she rose to success in her short life. In 2008, her album Back To Black was the 2nd highest selling album in the world and the next year she was entered into the Guinness Book Of World Records for the Most Grammy Awards won by a British Female Act. She even started her own music label. Amy sadly passed away fro...
Listen Now: This Is Actually Happening
September 25, 2023 16:32 - 6 minutes - 11.1 MBWhat if you were trafficked into a cult...or were mauled by a grizzly bear...or were stabbed 27 times by a serial killer - what would you do? This is Actually Happening brings you extraordinary true stories of life-changing events told by the people who lived them. In their newest season, youâll hear from a man who watched as his wife developed 21 new identities, or the women who began seeing demons everywhere inhabiting people, including her own son. These stories will have you on the edge o...
Ep. 162- Asylums: America's Most Haunted Part II
September 23, 2023 22:35 - 42 minutes - 78 MBThis is the second part of a two part episode, make sure to listen to part one first (we pick things back up at The Waverly Hills Sanatorium and the beginning of the episode won't make sense without listening to part one first)! Ali finishes telling Ash about the horrors at The Waverly Hills Sanatorium in Louisville, Kentucky, and talks about two of America's other most haunted asylums. The gals take you to Pennhurst State School and Hospital in Spring City, Pennsylvania, and Eloise Psychiat...
Listen Now: The Apology Line
September 21, 2023 16:15 - 6 minutes - 12.3 MBFor fifteen years you could call a private number in Manhattan and anonymously apologize for anything. It was called The Apology Line. This is the story of the phone line and the man at the other end who became consumed by his own creation. He was known as âMr. Apology.â As thousands of callers flooded the line, confessing to everything from shoplifting to adultery, drug dealing, to murder, Mr. Apology realized he couldnât just listen. He had to do something, even if it meant risking everyth...
The 27 Club- Ep. 3: Jim Morrison
September 20, 2023 15:12 - 49 minutes - 113 MBThis week, Ali tells Ash about Jim Morrison, the controversial lead singer of The Doors who died at the young age of... you guessed it, 27. You heard about him last week when he allegedly grabbed fellow 27 Club member Janis Joplin by the hair and she hit him over the head with a bottle of Southern Comfort. He was also known as The King of Orgasmic Rock and The Lizard King. His dad had a hand in starting the Vietnam war and he was a big fan of Nietzsche. Jim Morrison is a wild ride. -Join us ...
Ep. 161- Asylums: America's Most Haunted Part I
September 15, 2023 09:10 - 31 minutes - 72.3 MBWe're kicking off spooky season a little bit early this year... and what's spookier than some of America's oldest and most haunted asylums?! Ali tells Ash about some of America's historically most haunted asylums, such as Waverly Hills Sanatorium in Louisville, Kentucky, Pennhurst State School and Hospital in Spring City, Pennsylvania, and Eloise Psychiatric Hospital in Westland, Michigan. Shock therapy, hydrotherapy, lobotomies, unsanitary conditions, violence, abuse, corruption, ableism, m...
The 27 Club- Ep. 2: Janis Joplin
September 14, 2023 17:45 - 59 minutes - 135 MBThis month, your hosts, Ash and Ali, are covering The 27 Club, a list of approximately 75 popular musicians, artists, actors, and other celebrities who all died at the mysterious age of 27. Ali details the stories of the deaths of four young, prolific musicians who all tragically joined the infamous 27 Club. Ali tells the story of Janis Joplin, aka "The Wild Woman of Blues", who joined the 27 Club in October of 1970, at the height of her career and the psychedelic rock era. Janis, like so ma...
Ep. 159- Mysteriously Murdered: Shannan Gilbert - Part I
September 08, 2023 18:44 - 44 minutes - 82.1 MBOn May 1, 2010 Shannan Gilbert was working as an independent escort in the area of Oak Beach, Long Island when she went missing. After leaving a customer's house in a panic, and several frantic phone calls to the police, cops finally showed up in the area around 45 minutes later, with Shannan nowhere to be found. Shannan is thought to be a possible victim of the Long Island Serial Killer, let us know what you think! Enjoy the episode, and don't forget that this is just the first part, part 2...
Ep. 160- Mysteriously Murdered: Shannan Gilbert - Part II
September 08, 2023 18:40 - 36 minutes - 33.3 MBThis is the second part of a two-parter, make sure to listen to part I first! On May 1, 2010 Shannan Gilbert was working as an independent escort in the area of Oak Beach, Long Island when she went missing. After leaving a customer's house in a panic, and several frantic phone calls to the police, cops finally showed up in the area around 45 minutes later, with Shannan nowhere to be found. Shannan is thought to be a possible victim of the Long Island Serial Killer, let us know what you think...
The 27 Club- Ep. 1: Kurt Cobain
September 08, 2023 00:16 - 1 hour - 153 MBTSFU Presents is back bay-baysss! And this month, your hosts, Ash and Ali, are covering "The 27 Club", a list of approximately 75 popular musicians, artists, actors, and other celebrities who all died at the mysterious age of 27. Ali details the stories of the deaths of four young, prolific musicians who all tragically joined the infamous "27 Club". In our first episode, Ali tells Ash Kurt Cobain's story. You probably know and love Kurt, or at least a few of his songs. Who doesn't love a li...
Binge or Bust?- Ep. 17: The King of Kong- A Fistful of Quarters
September 06, 2023 21:08 - 59 minutes - 110 MBThis is the BORB that you didn't know you wanted or needed, but abso-freaking-lutely do. You're welcome y'all, this week gets 5 bingeable gold stars! "The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters is a 2007 American documentary film about competitive arcade gaming directed by Seth Gordon. It follows Steve Wiebe in his attempts to take the high score record for the 1981 arcade game Donkey Kong from Billy Mitchell." - Wikipedia -Join us for as little as $5 a month on Patreon! -We'd love to see you ...
Ep. 158- Stockholm Syndrome: The Origin Story and The Kidnapping of Patty Hearst
September 01, 2023 16:31 - 56 minutes - 129 MBThe phrase "Stockholm Syndrome" is widely recognized, but not many people know its' origin story. This week, Ali tells Ash about the failed Swedish bank heist in which the captor's hostages quickly started sympathizing with them, and how it led to the well known term. She also talks about the infamous kidnapping of Patricia "Patty" Hearst, the granddaughter of American publishing mogul William Hearst. She was kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army in 1974 and was found and arrested for ...
Ep. 157- Abusive Scumbags: Hip-Hop Group Die Antwoord
August 25, 2023 09:00 - 37 minutes - 86.3 MBAaannnddd the list grows longer on #peoplewecantlistentoanymore. What is wrong with people? The more we look, it seems the fewer "artists'" work we can support, Die Antwoord being the latest. Of course, they have some pretty catchy songs, ugh. But that doesn't mean that they aren't terrible people, they are, and we've taken them off of our playlists now. This week, Ali talks about Die Antwoord, an alternative hip hop duo out of Cape Town, South Africa. Partners on stage and in life and sickn...
Ash and Alex Do Scientology- Ep. 9: Ash and Alex Stop Doing Scientology
August 24, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 145 MBOh man friends, it has been sooooo real doing Scientology with Alex! We certainly have learned a lot! But alas, TSFU isn't an anti-Scientology show, so on to other coercive groups we go! Ash and Alex talk about a particularly odd run-in that Alex has with Jared Leto (I know, ewwwww, make sure to listen to our episode on him now if you haven't yet!) and what they'll be getting up to in the coming months. Don't worry gang, we're not going away, things are just gonna change a little... stay tun...
Listen Now: SNAPPED
August 23, 2023 20:50 - 3 minutes - 5.2 MBSNAPPED is a brutally honest inquiry into historically white sororities and fraternities at American universities. After sharing her own harrowing experience as an Alpha Phi sister in season one, host Lucy Taylor passes the microphone to SNAPPED listeners to tell their own stories, illustrating the rampant racism, slut shaming, and abuse that continue to plague these institutions. The result is a plea for parents, college students, and potential new members to hear what sororities and frater...
SNAPPED: The Podcast, Season 3 Out Now!
August 23, 2023 20:50 - 3 minutes - 5.2 MBSNAPPED is a brutally honest inquiry into historically white sororities and fraternities at American universities. After sharing her own harrowing experience as an Alpha Phi sister in season one, host Lucy Taylor passes the microphone to SNAPPED listeners to tell their own stories, illustrating the rampant racism, slut shaming, and abuse that continue to plague these institutions. The result is a plea for parents, college students, and potential new members to hear what sororities and frater...
Ep. 156- Paroled: Leslie Van Houten, Former "Manson Girl" Part II
August 18, 2023 07:29 - 1 hour - 141 MBLeslie Van Houten was 19 at the time of the crime that she committed under the coercive control of arguably the most infamous cult leader of all time, Charles Manson. She has spent 54 years in prison for stabbing a dead or dying woman. We are not negating the brutality of the crimes committed by the Manson Family, and do not wish to diminish the atrocities that were inflicted on the victims. One important fact that is often misreported is that Leslie was not present at the infamous Tate murd...