Chelsy And Noelle Go To Hell

Congress actually held a hearing on MKUltra, and for a brief, glorious moment it looked like we'd get a serious discussion about CIA mind control experiments, Frank Olson, Sidney Gottlieb, Charles Manson, and newly declassified files. Instead, the hearing devolved into an anti-vaccine spectacle complete with political grandstanding and conspiracy talking points. This week we're breaking down every...

The Confederacy lost the Civil War, but the myth it built afterward never really died. In this episode, we unpack the Lost Cause: the postwar propaganda campaign that recast slavery as “states’ rights,” turned Confederate leaders into martyrs, and helped justify monuments, textbooks, and generations of historical denial. From secession documents to Black Union soldier massacres, Confederate prison...

For years, the village of Artigat lived with an absence no one could bury. Martin Guerre had vanished, leaving behind a wife, a child, and a household suspended between grief, duty, and doubt. Then, after more than a decade, Martin came home older, changed, and carrying memories that seemed to unlock every door he had left behind. The village welcomed him back, but as the household began to settle...

Tonight, we open the forbidden folder and dive into The Apocalypse of Adam , an ancient Gnostic text from the Nag Hammadi Library. From Adam as a cosmic whistleblower to hidden knowledge, false rulers, the Orsini family, the Grey Pope, and Antichrist conspiracy lore, this episode traces how ancient apocalypse becomes modern conspiracy mythology.

As Northern Ireland spiraled into The Troubles, Dolours and Marian Price emerged from a world where republicanism was not radical but inherited. In this episode, we trace their path from Belfast activism to the Provisional IRA, the Old Bailey bombing, prison hunger strikes, and the uneasy shift from armed struggle to political compromise.

In Part 1, we break down the brutal history of Ireland under British rule, from early colonization and land seizures to the Penal Laws and the Great Famine. This episode explores how centuries of empire, religious division, and economic control reshaped Irish society and laid the foundation for rebellion, nationalism, and the modern conflict. 

In this episode, we unpack the long road to the Iraq War, from the 1953 CIA-backed coup in Iran and U.S. support for Saddam Hussein during the Iran–Iraq War to Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait, the Gulf War, sanctions, weapons inspections, and the Bush administration’s false claims about weapons of mass destruction. We dig into how 9/11 reshaped U.S. foreign policy, how figures tied to PNAC pushed for re...

Join us on a deep dive into Jeffrey Epstein’s rise, the controversial 2008 plea deal, the 2019 arrest, and why the case shattered public trust. We break down the documented timeline, legal protection claims, and the Mossad intelligence theory: what’s proven, what’s alleged, and why the story still fuels conspiracy.

Step into the new year with a round of 20 (not 20) Questions that starts playful, then turns a little darker. Between deep cuts, hot takes, and answers that land harder than expected, they keep circling back to what it means to remember 9/11 and carry that weight into a new chapter. It is funny in places, uncomfortable in others, and more honest than anyone had planned.

From lion mascots to graduation ceremonies, DARE shaped childhoods across America. But behind the nostalgia is a story of failed drug policy, public-relations panic, and police branding aimed at kids. This episode traces how DARE spread, why it endured, and what it was really selling. 

In December 2025, the U.S. government broke tradition by refusing to recognize World AIDS Day; echoing the deadly silence that fueled the early epidemic. This episode traces the history of AIDS stigma, activism, and policy failure, from Reagan to today, and honors the caretakers, communities, and cultural figures who fought to make survival possible. Take a human look at how prejudice reshapes pub...

Mary Shelley did not crawl out of the fog one night holding Frankenstein; rather she was born into a political and philosophical pressure cooker. Her mother wanted to tear gender roles out by the roots, her father thought government was a rigged scam, and her childhood house was full of banned books, radical houseguests, and casual corpse reanimation talk over dinner. Out of bad husbands, laudanum...

The Church calls it God’s punishment, the King swears it’s “just wolves,” and the people actually burying half-eaten children keep saying, " No. This is something else."   In this episode, we dive into three years of throat-ripped corpses and a monster whose body conveniently rotted before anyone important could examine it. Was La Bête du Gévaudan a freak predator, an escaped exotic, or an early b...

Before tarot became a tool for fortune-telling and self-reflection, it was a luxury pastime enjoyed by nobles in Renaissance Italy. In this episode, we trace tarot’s surprising journey from hand-painted trionfi decks in the courts of Milan and Ferrara, to its transformation during the French occult revival, and finally to its modern role as a guide for intuition, psychology, and personal growth. A...

In 1630s France, a convent erupts in convulsions, visions, and blasphemous ecstasies, accusations that lead to one of history’s most infamous possession trials. This is the story of hysteria and desire colliding with politics and power, where faith becomes performance and a priest becomes a sacrifice.  Join us in the journey of how Mother Superior Jeanne des Anges, Cardinal Richelieu, and a town o...

Journey back to 1487, a Europe ravaged by plague, famine, and a desperate Catholic Church clinging to power. In this haunting episode, we expose how corruption, papal chaos, and mass paranoia collided to create the perfect storm for witch hunts. One book, the Malleus Maleficarum , turned fear into a weapon, unleashed brutal torture chambers, and set thousands of innocents ablaze. From secret sabba...

August 31, 1939: a voice crackles over the airwaves: “ This is Gliwice. The station is in Polish hands. ” By dawn, German tanks are rolling across the border. But the so-called attack was a performance, complete with props, corpses, and propaganda. Join us as we uncover the Gleiwitz Incident, the staged spark that set Europe on fire.

Step inside the 42-foot ring and trace the circus from Ancient Rome’s Circus Maximus to Barnum’s “Greatest Show on Earth.” Discover how equestrian tricks, freak shows, and animal acts built a global spectacle — and how cruelty, exploitation, and spectacle shaped its rise and fall. We uncover the stories of performers, animals, and women under the big top, and explore how modern circus art transfor...

In this episode, we trace the gritty, budget-driven rise of reality TV from MTV’s The Real World to VH1’s chaotic “celebreality” era. You’ll hear how networks cut costs by ditching writers, actors, and sets—and how that led to megahits like Flavor of Love , Rock of Love , and Megan Wants a Millionaire . But behind the drama was a dangerous lack of oversight. We unpack the shocking true crime that...

Join us as we expose the deadly truth behind the Followers of Christ—a secretive cult where medical care is forbidden, obedience is demanded, and preventable deaths are buried in plain sight. Survivors speak out, records vanish, and the body count keeps rising.

On the anniversary of the Pulse nightclub shooting, we reflect on the legacy of queer resistance—from medical torture disguised as treatment to the state-sanctioned violence that sparked the Stonewall Uprising. This episode uncovers the sanitized history of Pride and centers the voices so often erased: trans women of color, sex workers, street kids, and the criminalized. Before Pride was a parade,...

Bananas: cheap, cheerful... and covered in blood. This week, we peel back the sickly sweet skin of the banana industry to uncover CIA coups, corporate death squads, and a century of colonial capitalism. From United Fruit to Chiquita, it’s not just fruit—it’s a crime scene in a peel. Thanks to Tony Guacamole for the tip.

Before “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” and rainbow capitalism, there was the Lavender Scare—a government-backed witch hunt targeting LGBTQ+ federal employees as threats to national security. In this episode, we uncover how Cold War paranoia collided with homophobia, turning queerness into a crime of patriotism. From surveillance and mass firings to one man’s fight that helped spark a movement, we trace th...

Before Pride, before Stonewall, before RuPaul’s Drag Race—there was William Dorsey Swann. Born into slavery in 1860, Swann became the first self-proclaimed drag queen in American history and led a radical movement of joy, defiance, and survival in the heart of post-Civil War Washington D.C. In this episode, we dive into the miraculous story of America’s first queer freedom fighter—a man who threw...

On a cold February night in 1978, five men left a basketball game in Chico, California, for what should have been a routine drive home. But instead of heading south, they veered east—deep into the remote and frigid Plumas National Forest—never to be seen alive again. Was it a wrong turn, a sinister encounter, or something far stranger?  This is the haunting mystery of the Yuba County Five.