Doomed to Fail

Re-release of Episode 2 - part 1!   Another terrible story - this time of the Turpin Family - ultra religions in some ways, wild in others. David and Louise Turpin kept their children locked in their house of horrors for years. We're talking absolute filth, starvation, torture -- just all-around awful things. Outwardly, they would dress the children the same and take them on vacations!   It's weir...

This week’s true crime story is about murdering nurse Lucy Letby and the history of infanticide. We don’t know why anyone would ever hurt a baby - at the end of this convo, we have no answers; we are just exhausted and so sad. This is a recent story of a nurse gone bad… and you are supposed to trust your hospital staff - especially with lives. We mean, that’s obvious, which makes it so much more t...

Ok. Taylor does not hold back here on how mad she is at this week’s historical subject – in 1562 Franciscan Friar Diego de Landa was so convinced that the Mayan gods were the work of the Christian Devil that he burned all of the Mayan history he could find. Literally, burned in a pile of fire, books, and sculptures, and histories.  At the very least it’s a tragedy of epic proportions and only adds...

Re-release time! Get your true-crime fix by listening to part 2 of our first episode - the story of Lori Vallow - the child-murdering prophet who thinks God wanted this all to happen, also there are zombies somehow? Stay tuned till the end for an update on Lori's sentencing!   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod   Youtube:  ht...

Volcanoes part 2! – This is the story that you’ve all heard - in 79AD Mt. Vesuvius destroyed the Roman resort towns of Pompei & Herculaneum. Imagine not knowing what a volcano is really, then there are earthquakes, then there is pumice on fire flying through the air, THEN it’s pyroclastic flow day - and everything is buried.  It’s a tragedy, but it’s also a miracle, because these towns are the onl...

This week Farz tells the true crime story of the kidnapping of Colleen Stan, by the unfortunately named Hookers. It’s a survival story, but not before several long years kept in unimaginable horror. As always, it’s not uplifting.   Pics via IMDB, news.com.au, People   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod   Youtube:  https://www....

We are Re-Releasing our first episodes as stand-alone stories! We'll pull apart one of our earlier episodes every Friday into shorter half-episodes. This week we're going back to our very FIRST episode! Taylor started us off with the story of Catherine The Great and her 'wet noodle' of a husband, Peter the III. Learn how this influential leader dealt with a man-child husband and a controlling Empr...

We’re going back to India for the horrible, horrible story of the Nithari serial murders - Young girls and sex workers went missing in Delhi in 2006, their bodies found tossed into the sewer like garbage. It’s horrible. Businessman Moninder Singh and his servant Surinder Koli were charged with the murders and sentenced to death. It’s both very clear who did it and a mystery. Photos via the India T...

This week starts with Taylor taking us through the craziest year in English history - 1066. It started with King Edward the Confessor yelling ‘It was meeeeee’ - just kidding - he died (and probably confessed to a Priest right before). Anyway! Now lots of people think they are the heir to the throne and they start to fight for it from all shores of the British Isles.  There are Vikings, there are N...

Volcanoes Part 1! Way, way, way back - approx 74,000 years ago, Humans and human-like species were enjoying their time on earth with clear skies when Mt. Toba erupted in Indonesia. The blast kicked off a thousand-year ice age and killed countless animals and vegetation. In the end, only the strong survived - and we are all descendants of about 2,000 people (who were all descended from the same wom...

We start this week off with a devious tale of a post-cold-war spy, Robert Hanssen the American FBI Agent who sold secrets to Russia for, not that much money -- honestly how hard is it to be a spy? It sound like Robert walked around with his “I love the KBG” t-shirt and nobody noticed for 20 years! Turns out other spies, like, Aldrich Ames, were sharing the same info with Russia. Trust no one! For...

Next up! Step into the ring and explore the life of wrestling's enigmatic icon, Bruiser Brody. Known for his electrifying brawls and larger-than-life persona, Brody captivated audiences worldwide! He did not captivate José Gonzáles enough unfortunately, because he was murdered in 1988 at a wrestling event in Puerto Rico.   Join Farz for this wild ride! Extra points if you’re a child of the 80s and...

This week we start out with the most DTF relationship of all time - Bonnie & Clyde! These two bumbling thieves hosted an actual reign of terror over the American South for two years. It seems sexy and fun, but then you remember that 12 people died (well, 14 if you include Bonnie and Clyde, oh, and also Clyde’s brother - so 15).  These two would be the most annoying prank couple on TikTok if they w...

Next up! We are in Manhattan for the ‘only in NY’ story of the murder of Stanford White by jealous husband Henry K. Thaw. Stanford White was a super successful architect and also absolutely a sexual predator. When the former object of his desire, Gibson Girl Evelyn Nesbit, marries a narcissistic billionaire White’s days are numbered.  This is also the story of the several Madison Square Gardens, t...

We start off this week with the story of the man whose scam was so good they named it after him - the infamous Charles Ponzi. If it’s too good to be true, it’s probably not true unless you can get in and get out really quickly - then you might benefit!  Farz also notes that the first “Ponzi Scheme” was actually committed by Sarah Howe in Boston in 1879 - but a Howe Scheme doesn’t have the same rin...

Next up, we discuss the Black Widow of Texas, another woman on Death Row, Betty Lou Beets. Betty Lou didn’t have much of a chance, and she didn’t get a last meal - so we used #AI to give her one.  Betty Lou was married 6 times to 5 different dudes, we’d like to remind you that it’s OK to date people, and you do not have to get married. And, of course don’t kill anyone.   Photos via Wikipedia // #m...

This week we’re going up the Canadian coastline to tell the story of The Expulsion of the Acadians. French immigrants to the Americas just wanted to live their lives, be friends with the natives, and stay with their families (that’s oversimplifying it, but you get it). Of course, religion and the government decided to ruin the party for everyone, and A LOT of people died.  Join us for this week’s...

Next up! Taylor talks about the assassin of the assassin - Jack Ruby! It’s the wildest weekend in American History - JFK is shot on Friday just after noon - Lee Harvey Oswald goes on the run, kills a cop, gets caught, is beat up by cops, needs a sweater, and is shot by local strip club owner Jack Ruby Sunday morning - ON LIVE TV - less than 48 hours after JFK died.  We seriously don’t know how Ame...

This week Farz starts us off with THE cautionary tale of the Australian Outback, the many murders committed by Ivan Milat. We won’t look up the stats but hopefully, less people are hitchhiking these days - if you do, please be wildly careful or wildly brave like potential victim, Paul Onions. This is the story that the movie “Wolf Creek” is based off of - Farz does not recommend it as a date night...

For our second story this week Farz tells us about the one worst things out there - children who kill. Come back to 1993 with us, where malls were 80% kidnappers, 10% people smoking cigarettes, and 10% children available for kidnapping. We’re going back to the UK for the horrific murder of sweet, sweet James Patrick Bulger by the terrors Robert Thompson & Jon Venables. Learn what they did AND wher...

This week we’re trying something NEW! Instead of one super long episode, we are giving you TWO episodes - one released Monday and the other released on Wednesday! Let us know what you think! We start off with Taylor telling the story of The Ford Edsel and all the terrific marketing and business mistakes that were made for this staggering loss for Ford.  Firstly though, a plea to stop quoting Henry...

This week Farz tells two tales of the ultimate red flaggy relationship – humans & hubris. Hint - it’s been in the news! Farz covers two stories of man’s lust for dominance of the deep sea that end in disaster. First, the Byford Dolphin Accident, which contains 0 dolphins, and many gruesome deaths. Then, the Kursk submarine incident, where Russia’s inability to get along with anyone, caused things...

This week Taylor starts us off with the mysterious murder-suicide at Mayerling, a hunting lodge that’s more like a palace outside of Vienna. In 1898 Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria, and his 17-year-old mistress Baroness Mary Vetsera died, changing the course of history and leading to the ruin of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (and a little thing called WWI).  Then, Farz brings us to Miami via a killi...

This week Farz goes back across the pond to tell the story of the murderous pairing of Ian Brady and Myra Hindley. These two attacked and killed children across Manchester and buried them in the moors (which is British for super big field). A Neo-Nazi found his match in a girl who would do anything for him, takes one to know one.  This is the story of the Moors Murders.  Then, Taylor tells the tru...

This week Taylor goes back to the Gothic tale of Mary and Percy Shelley. There’s a lot of poetry, free love, and that odd ‘poor but rich-poor’ way of traveling around Europe. There’s also so much sadness, many babies that never got to grow up, dreams that never came true, and a string of broken hearts.  But also Frankenstein! It’s a story about a man who gave humanity science that quite possibly h...