Things I Learned Last Night

Become a Patron and Get Early Access to Ad-Free Episodes: https://www.patreon.com/tillnpodcast This episode of the Things I Learned Last Night podcast covers the incredible story of Marilyn Hartman, a woman who repeatedly was able to sneak onto commercial airline flights without a ticket starting in 2002. She was first caught in 2014 on a flight from San Jose to LAX but claims she successfully snu...

Become a Patron and Get Early Access to Ad-Free Episodes: https://www.patreon.com/tillnpodcast This episode of Things I Learned Last Night is about the mysterious Circleville Letters that terrorized the small town of Circleville, Ohio, starting in the 1970s. The letters contained damaging information and threats and were sent to hundreds of residents over nearly 20 years. The first recipient was t...

Become a Patron and Get Early Access to Ad-Free Episodes: https://www.patreon.com/tillnpodcast In this episode of the Things I Learned Last Night Podcast, Tim and Jaron talk about the alleged Kersey Time Slip incident, where a group of British teenage boys in 1957 got lost while on a training exercise in the woods and stumbled upon what seemed to be a ghost town version of the village Kersey. The...

Become a Patron and Get Early Access to Ad-Free Episodes: https://www.patreon.com/tillnpodcast This comedy podcast episode covers the tragic 1982 Chicago Tylenol murders, where seven people died after taking cyanide-laced Extra-Strength Tylenol capsules. In September 1982, 12-year-old Mary Kellerman died after taking Tylenol for a cold. That same day, Adam Janus died after taking Tylenol. His fami...

Become a Patron and Get Early Access to Ad-Free Episodes: https://www.patreon.com/tillnpodcast In the mid-1800s, paleontology was a new and exciting field. Only a handful of dinosaur species had been discovered, offering tantalizing clues about these ancient beasts. Two ambitious paleontologists, Edward Drinker Cope and Othniel Charles Marsh, raced to uncover new fossils and name new species, igni...

Become a Patron and Get Early Access to Ad-Free Episodes: https://www.patreon.com/tillnpodcast Rudolf Diesel invented an efficient new engine that revolutionized transportation and industry. But his life ended abruptly under mysterious circumstances. Diesel was born in 1858 in Paris to German parents. As a young man, he studied engineering against his family's wishes. After working on refrigeratio...

Become a Patron and Get Early Access to Ad-Free Episodes: https://www.patreon.com/tillnpodcast Danny Casolaro was a writer and poet who took on freelance technology news columns to pay the bills. In the 1980s, he was assigned to investigate a lawsuit between a small company called Casolaro and the U.S. Department of Justice. Casolaro had created a database software called PROMIS that was licensed...

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Become a Patron and Get Early Access to Ad-Free Episodes: https://www.patreon.com/tillnpodcast Andre Stander had an unusual career path. He grew up wanting to be a police officer like his father and achieved that goal quickly, rising to the rank of captain by age 26. However, Stander soon grew bored with his job and started robbing banks in the 1970s as a way to get an adrenaline rush. Stander wou...

Become a Patron and Get Early Access to Ad-Free Episodes: https://www.patreon.com/tillnpodcast The history of alcohol consumption in America is a fascinating one, full of cultural shifts, criminal enterprises, and larger-than-life characters. In the early days of America, alcohol was an integral part of daily life and work. People drank constantly throughout the day, and it was totally normal and...

Become a Patron and Get Early Access to Ad-Free Episodes: https://www.patreon.com/tillnpodcast Billy Mitchell was once the undisputed king of arcade gaming. Back in the 1980s and 90s, he held world records in classic games like Donkey Kong, Pac-Man, and Centipede. With his signature mullet and American flag tie, Mitchell was the face of competitive gaming before e-sports was even a thing. But in r...

Become a Patron and Get Early Access to Ad-Free Episodes: https://www.patreon.com/tillnpodcast A new chemical compound discovered in the 1950s called per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, has quietly infiltrated nearly every corner of our lives. Marketed under the household name "Teflon," PFAS at first seemed like a miracle invention - resistant to heat, stains, water, and even insects. It...

Become a Patron and Get Early Access to Ad-Free Episodes: https://www.patreon.com/tillnpodcast The Lobster War was an obscure conflict between France and Brazil in the early 1960s. It began when France wanted access to large populations of spiny lobsters off the coast of Mauritania, which had recently gained independence from France. Since France could no longer freely take resources from its form...

Become a Patron and Get Early Access to Ad-Free Episodes: https://www.patreon.com/tillnpodcast Kenny Veach was a YouTuber who became obsessed with finding a mysterious cave near Area 51. Veach was known for making bad inventions and posting hiking videos where he brought minimal provisions. In a YouTube comment, he claimed there was an M-shaped cave that gave off strange vibrations. This sparked a...

Become a Patron and Get Early Access to Ad-Free Episodes: https://www.patreon.com/tillnpodcast Jean Baptiste was a grave robber in 19th century Utah. Originally from Ireland, Baptiste moved to Salt Lake City where he got a job as a gravedigger. In 1862, he was caught robbing the grave of a notorious outlaw and exiled to a deserted island in the Great Salt Lake. The island owners would check on him...

Become a Patron and Get Early Access to Ad-Free Episodes: https://www.patreon.com/tillnpodcast Tycho Brahe was a 16th century Danish astronomer. Brahe was born into a noble family but then kidnapped by his wealthy uncle Jørgen as a child. Jørgen wanted Brahe to become a lawyer but Brahe was fascinated by astronomy. After Jørgen's death, Brahe inherited his wealth and built an elaborate island obse...

Become a Patron and Get Early Access to Ad-Free Episodes: https://www.patreon.com/tillnpodcast Tonda Dickerson was a waitress at a Waffle House in Alabama who won $10 million in the lottery in 1999 after a regular customer tipped her with a winning ticket. Tonda decided to take the winnings as an annuity rather than a lump sum. Her co-workers sued her saying they had a verbal agreement to split an...

Become a Patron and Get Early Access to Ad-Free Episodes: https://www.patreon.com/tillnpodcast In 2004, Marvin Heemeyer went on a rampage in the small Colorado town of Granby using a homemade armored bulldozer he had secretly built over the course of a year. Heemeyer had a history of disputes with local government and businesses, feeling they were corrupt and conspiring against him. After being fi...

Become a Patron and Get Early Access to Ad-Free Episodes: https://www.patreon.com/tillnpodcast This episode of the podcast covers the history of chiropractic care and its founder, D.D. Palmer. It starts by explaining how D.D. Palmer was practicing magnetic healing in the late 1800s but then discovered chiropractic when he adjusted the neck of his janitor, who was deaf and regained some of his hear...

Become a Patron and Get Early Access to Ad-Free Episodes: https://www.patreon.com/tillnpodcast This episode tells the story of Kevin McCallister, a young boy who gets accidentally left behind when his family goes on a Christmas trip to France. Kevin initially enjoys having the house to himself but soon has to defend it from two burglars known as the Wet Bandits. Kevin sets up elaborate booby traps...

Become a Patron and Get Early Access to Ad-Free Episodes: https://www.patreon.com/tillnpodcast This podcast episode is about the life of famous magician and escape artist Harry Houdini. It details his early life as a contortionist and acrobat and how he got into magic and lockpicking. It discusses his rise to fame through publicity stunts like jumping off bridges while handcuffed and his touring a...

Become a Patron and Get Early Access to Ad-Free Episodes: https://www.patreon.com/tillnpodcast Jimmy Zhong was a computer science student who got involved with bitcoin in its early days. He mined a significant amount of bitcoin and used it to fund a lavish party lifestyle in college. Later, he discovered a vulnerability on the dark web marketplace Silk Road that allowed him to steal around $13 mil...

Become a Patron and Get Early Access to Ad-Free Episodes: https://www.patreon.com/tillnpodcast In the annals of psychology, the story of Gua Kellogg stands out as a groundbreaking experiment that delved into the intricacies of human-chimpanzee interaction. Join us as we unfold the fascinating narrative of Winthrop and Luella Kellogg, who dared to challenge the norms of the 1930s by bringing a chim...

Become a Patron and Get Early Access to Ad-Free Episodes: https://www.patreon.com/tillnpodcast John Edwards Mack, born on October 4, 1929, was an American psychiatrist and professor at Harvard Medical School. His career unfolded as an intriguing journey through psychology, marked by a distinctive interest in the uncharted territories of alien abductions. Things I Learned Last Night is an education...