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Let us warmly welcome you back into the American Utopia of Allen Dulles. First, we give a very brief recounting of America’s involvement in the Russian Civil War, and then we fast forward ahead to the 1940s when Dulles was engaging in a power struggle in Washington with Harry Truman while the early CIA dipped its toes in regime change during the 1948 Italian elections and a young congressman from...

This week, Team LU discuss the undisputed heavyweight champion of Rock and Roll Debauchery: GG Allin. GG was a filthy, violent, disturbed freak, and the many tales of his extreme actions both on and off stage stand as testament to these facts. He was no one to admire, for sure. But he did record a few rippers tho… Follow The Rock & Roll Underground here: @leftunreadpod @poorfidalgo @gluten_yung An...

This week, the LU Boiz explore the life and times of one of history’s most overlooked figures: The legendary Viking Age Explorer, Warrior, Poet and King, Hrolf Brownbreeches. Through a close examination of the historical record, notably the 12th Century Icelandic Epic Hrolfingr Saga, we hope to shine some light on a guy who just doesn’t get as much attention as he deserves. Follow the Varangian Gu...

Hello from the gutters of New York City... Join us for another American Haunting tale. In the summer of 1976, a string of killings began in the New York City boroughs of Queens and the Bronx. Despite the modus operandi being similar throughout them, the police did not realize they had a string of serial murders until the following year. By the summer of 1977, the city was completely gripped in fea...

This week, the LU Boys discuss the fascinating, millenia-old phenomenon of Demonic Possession and Exorcism. Since prehistory, man has often found wild, fantastic explanations for every variety of malady, including the notion of the body being infested by malign spirits. However, despite advances in modern medicine and research into mental illness, many people persist in some variation of this beli...

Come with us on a journey out of space and time, into another dimension… This week, the lads continue their Halloween-special month with another terrifying tale. Join us as we examine the Pont-Saint-Esprit mass psychosis in the small French commune from 1951. Following some unexplained poisoning of the bread in the town, its residents were descended into a week straight from Hell as they began att...

This week, in our first ghoulish October episode, the LU Boys talk about one of history’s most misunderstood, troubled young men: Vlad III of Wallachia, more famously known as Vlad Tepes, or the Impaler (ooooh I wonder why…). Best remembered in the public eye as a purported inspiration behind the character of Count Dracula, we will dive a bit deeper into the man revered as one of the most importan...

This week, the LU boys discuss a plethora or lesser known cryptids, eschewing the basic ass Loch Ness Monsters and Bigfeet to talk about the really fringe, dumb ones that aren't famous for a reason. If you listen closely you might notice the worst Judas Priest song in here too.    Follow the Menehune on Twitter: @leftunreadpod (also our instagram) @poorfidalgo @gluten_yung Drop us a line at leftun...

This week, Evan and Cam sat down with Alex Herbert, PhD candidate in Soviet History and co-host of the Providence Leftist Radio podcast, to discuss the collapse of the Soviet Union. We ended up mostly eschewing our notes and just picking his brain about the period, and it was great. We think you'll agree. Also, R.I.P. Norm Macdonald. You can follow the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet on Twitter: @...

In this week’s episode, we kick off a new miniseries called American Haunting about various supernatural, occult, or unresolved mysteries reverberating throughout America in the 20th century with a look at the curious case of Frank Olson, an American military and CIA scientist who was dosed with LSD on a work retreat and died under mysterious circumstances a week later. And at the top of the episo...

This week, the LU Boys discuss various including (but not limited to) cheese, hot genocidal Roman History takes, Clay Higgins being the best, and the awesome Nic Cage flick Pig, which *spoiler* we both liked. Follow the Oinking Hogs on twitter and instagram: @leftunreadpod @poorfidalgo @gluten_yung Original theme by Interesting Times Gang: itgang.bandcamp.com

This week, the LU boys take a break from discussing the upsetting, the macabre, the freakishly depraved, to chat about one of our nation’s most bodacious bashes: The Donner Party. Heck yeah. Get your name on the Donner Dinner Party guest list on Twitter: @leftunreadpod (Twitter and Instagram) @poorfidalgo @gluten_yung You can get in touch with us at leftunreadpod@gmail.com Original theme music by...

Join us this week as we dive back into American deep politics while we reintroduce you to Allen Dulles, first civilian Director of Central Intelligence. We take a trip first to Dulles as an old man reminiscing on the Bay of Pigs disaster and his cold feelings towards deceased former president John Fitzgerald Kennedy, and then we double back to World War II and Dulles’ double crossing of FDR and he...

Part 2 of 2 in the Opium Wars series. Following Episode 25, wherein the LU boys discussed the cultural backdrop and lead-up to the Opium Wars, this week they dive into the armed conflicts in earnest, discussing the massive damage done to both Chinese sovereignty and national identity, and the after effects of each. Follow Sengge Rinchen's Mongol Cavalry on Twitter: @leftunreadpod @poorfidalgo @glu...

This week, we talk about a delicious hodgepodge of topics, ranging from the Ohio Special Election, to Cori Bush being a boss, to the David Lowery flick The Green Knight, which apparently a lot of people don't like (spoiler, we do).   Follow the Knights of the Round Table: @leftunreadpod (Twitter and instagram) @poorfidalgo @gluten_yung you can also email us at leftunreadpod@gmail.com  with ideas,...

Part 1 of 2 in the Opium Wars series. You’ve heard about the wildly successful ‘War on Drugs’, right? Remember D.A.R.E.? ‘Just Say No’? Well what if we told you that the ‘anti-drug’ narrative pushed by Western governments isn’t really the whole story? What if instead of ‘Just Say No’, the motto was ‘You absolutely better say Yes or we’ll literally murder you lol’? What if governments were the ones...

Dive with us into the deep state as we uncover the primordial soup which spewed forth the nascent American security apparatus of World War II and the post-war era. First, we discuss some current happenings around Latin America, and then we go back to the 1930s and the Business Plot, an attempted putsch by Wall Street bankers to install a military dictatorship in America. Then, we get to the OSS in...

Part 2 of 2 in the Jack the Ripper series. At last, we return to Whitechapel, where we come to the grisly, and yet thoroughly unsatisfying conclusion to the mysterious rampage through Whitechapel. Who was the Ripper? Why did they do what they did? Will we ever know? I dunno, listen and find out what we think. Follow the Whitechapel Vigilance Committee on Twitter: @leftunreadpod (also our instagram...

Join us this week as the security state boiz return to South America. First, we stopover briefly in Peru to update everyone on the election of Pedro Castillo to the presidency over the daughter of Alberto Fujimori, the 90's dictator of the country. Then, we go over to Bolivia and explore the presidency of Evo Morales and the coup that toppled his regime before the resurgence of his party in 2020 t...

Part 1 of 2 in the Jack the Ripper series. On this week’s return to the Left Unsolved Double Secret Deluxe Mystery Case Files, the LU boys discuss arguably the most infamous string of serial murders in recorded history, and the highly zesty, deeply troubled mystery person who committed them: Jack the Ripper. Hold onto your butts. Follow the Arch Ripperologists here: @leftunreadpod (Twitter & Insta...

Part 4 of 4 in the History of the Kings of Britain series. Join us this week as we wrap up this medieval pseudohistory book with one of the earliest installments of the Arthurian legend. King Arthur unites the Britons and protects the island from the Saxon invasions before he dies and the island descends into chaos, leading to the mass emigration of the Britons to Brittany and the domination of th...

Ohhhhhh snap, you know we had to do it to 'em again with another MOVIE episode. This time, the LU Boys are joined by Patrick from This Is Bad and Ian from Miscarriage of Justice and Film Basics with Bassists on the Rigs of Dad network (please check these shows and all of their other projects because they rule) to discuss the ULTIMATE CUT of Oliver Stone's 2004 epic dud Alexander. It was a fun conv...

Check it out, BRO, we talk exclusively about butt stuff in this one, and you know that isn't even a joke because that's just the kind of show this is haha heck yeah. Follow the Booty Boys on Twitter: @leftunreadpod @poorfidalgo @gluten_yung And check out Interesting Times Gang, who provide all our rockin' tunes, here: itgang.bandcamp.com

Part 3 of 4 in the History of the Kings of Britain series. The Rud Hud Hudibras Boiz cordially welcome you back to the island of Britain, where we embark on part three of Geoffrey of Monmouth’s pseudo-history 12th century book The History of the Kings of Britain. In this episode, we cover the history after the Romans reprimand the Britons for sucking and leave the island for good, whereupon the Ho...

This week, the LU boys veer away from explicitly human history to examine the relationship between man and his best friend’s wild cousin. Specifically, we’ll be focusing on wolves in North America, how they’ve interacted with humans here, and how that relates to current pending legislation in the state of Idaho which will lead to one of the largest wolf culls in recent history, which *spoiler aler...