Timesuck with Dan Cummins

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Each week, Dan Cummins enthusiastically deep dives into everything from cults to killers to conspiracies, absurdly and sarcastically sharing the best of what he uncovers with you. Join the Cult of the Curious!

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418 - A Brief(ish) History of Torture

When did we meatsacks start torturing one another? How did we do it? How have torture methods changed over the years, and what are some of the worst torture methods of all time? Where does the "music" of Yoko Ono fit into all this? Covering so much strange information today.

2 h y 16 min
26 AGO

417 - The Slavemaster: Serial Killer John Edward Robinson

This one is a doozy! John Edward Robinson may be the most intelligent serial killer I've ever come across. This guy fooled so, so many people with over 40 years of brazen crimes. Doctors, psychiatrists, detectives, and so, so many victims. In addition to being a serial killer, this BDSM-obsessed dirtbag, scammed hundreds if not thousands of people for four decades.

2 h y 52 min
23 AGO

Short Suck #16 - Clinical Vampirism: Are Vampires Real?

Have you ever heard of "clinical vampirism," more commonly known today as Renfield's Syndrome? One review of psychiatric literature claims that over 50,000 people addicted to drinking blood have appeared in case studies from 1892 to 2010. But does that mean that any of them are actually, at least medically speaking, vampires?

59 min
19 AGO

416 - Alexander Hamilton

An in-depth look at the Founding Father behind the hit musical Hamilton. How did Alexander contribute to the founding of the United States? And how did he end up dying in a duel with fellow politician Aaron Burr?

2 h y 31 min
12 AGO

415 - The Kidwelly Sex Cult

Back in 2011, Wales would be shocked to learn that for the previous 14 years, an actual cause for Satanic Panic had existed in the quaint little town of Kidwelly. A cult based on the occult teachings of Aleister Crowley had hidden in plain sight, and their occult rituals too often involved having sex with children....

2 h y 21 min
9 AGO

Short Suck #15 - Ruby Franke

On August 30th, 2023, Ruby Franke, a recently very popular Youtuber and "momfluencer" was arrested, along with her therapist, boss, and mentor, Jodi Hildebrandt, and charged with six counts of aggravated child abuse. Both are now in prison. What happened to the woman who over two million people used to look to for parenting advice?

1 h y 5 min
5 AGO

414 - The Taiping Rebellion: The Craziest, Bloodiest Civil War Ever

Did you know that in that in 1850, Hong Xiuquan, a man who interpreted literal fever demons as religious visions from God informing him that he was Jesus's little brother and that he needed to overthrow the Qing Dynasty and take over all of China, almost did just that? He raised an army that fought imperial China for over decade and waged a war that left between 20 and 70 million people dead.

2 h y 32 min
29 JUL

413 - The Gainesville Ripper

Danny Rolling brought terror to the college town of Gainesville, Florida, when he brutally murdered five students there in August of 1990. The career criminal raped several of his victims, mutilated most of them, and decapitated one. His terrifying crimes would go on to inspire the Scream horror movie franchise.

2 h y 35 min

04/09/2016

What is Timesuck?

Welcome to Timesuck! Do you wonder how people end up in doomsday cults? Or why they believe in OUTLANDISH conspiracies? Are you morbidly curious about history’s most depraved serial killers - and wonder why they committed their terrible crimes? Me too! Join me, comedic host Dan Cummins, for heavily researched episodes every week, where I deep dive on topics like The Scorecard Killer, Randy Kraft, the NXIVM Cult, the Q Anon Conspiracy, the 1980 New Mexico Prison Riot, the life of Wild West legend Doc Holliday, the crimes of R Kelly, the Armenian Genocide, fictional horror pioneer H.P. Lovecraft, and so much more. If it’s interesting, we’ll research it! And I’ll make sure the presentation is anything but dry, boring, and…. proper. Get irreverent with me! Join the Cult of the Curious and learn something new each and every week!

04/09/2016

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Dan Cummins

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30/04/2020

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Each week, Dan Cummins enthusiastically deep dives into everything from cults to killers to conspiracies, absurdly and sarcastically sharing the best of what he uncovers with you. Join the Cult of the Curious!

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Dan Cummins
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