The Lesser Known People Podcast

Buckle up, we're picking our top aliens for a fantasy alien league. The three-tittied alien from Total Recall is still undrafted if you want to get in on this.

Ronald Clark O'Bryan: A Not-So-Sweet Tale of the Candyman Welcome back to Lesser Known People, where we explore the underbelly of human nature through stories that leave you questioning everything you thought you knew about the world. Today, we're unwrapping the story of Ronald Clark O'Bryan, the original Candyman—not the one who haunts your dreams, but the one who makes you rethink your Halloween...

Every town has them. A local celebrity famous (or infamous) for being strange, eccentric, or just plain crazy. These are our hometown stories.

We offer our expert opinions on the Mexican Alien Mummies and present our arguments that they are, in fact, very real and very much among us.

Do you believe in Faeries? Mothmen? Phantom Kangaroos? We got what you need

A collection of tales of the reekiest rankiest fouls smell we've had the displeasure of experiencing

Thomas Szasz: The Maverick Psychiatrist Who Called 'BS' on the Couch Welcome back to Lesser Known People, where we explore the lives of those who dared to zig when everyone else zagged. Today's subject is Thomas Szasz, a psychiatrist who spent his career giving the mental health profession a piece of his mind (and, trust us, it wasn't a "you're doing great!" card). Known for his controversial view...

We couldn't name this epsiode "Dog Sex" so we named it after the Penn State Professor who screwed the pooch in this true-crime blunder.

We turn the lights down low and get intimate on this one. KY tells a modern day love story - boy robs girl, boy adds girl on Facebook, boy asks girl out.

J-Money: "I'm gonna talk about people getting their dicks cut off" Everyone else: "Alright, cool man"

Title: Jerry Martin: Canada's Answer to "Breaking Bad" Meets "Trailer Park Boys" In a world where Canada is mostly known for its polite citizens, universal healthcare, and an inexplicable obsession with hockey, one man dared to ask, "What if we just sold drugs openly on the street?" Meet Jerry Martin, a true North, not-so-great trailblazer who decided that the best way to bring about drug reform w...

Blog Title: YNW Melly: When "Murder on My Mind" Becomes Murder in Real Life Welcome, degenerate readers, to another episode of "What in the Hell Were They Thinking?" featuring none other than YNW Melly. Yes, the same Melly who decided to play Call of Duty on IRL mode with his so-called friends. Because when you're an up-and-coming rapper with a hit song called "Murder on My Mind," the logical next...

Mummies: Ancient Cure-All or the Original Soylent Green? Ah, the good old days. A time when the most reliable way to treat whatever ailed you—be it a headache, a bad case of the runs, or even an existential crisis—was to nibble on a bit of dried-up ancient corpse. Yes, folks, there was once a time when the upper crust of European society, in all their powdered-wig glory, thought the key to good he...

Sandy bathrooms, pet squirrels in cages, and Mike Posner holding an iguana. The things we've seen in the houses we visit just so we can play GameCube

Hiroo Onoda: The Last Man Standing—Because He Refused to Sit Down Hiroo Onoda wasn't just the guy who didn't get the memo—he's the guy who didn't get the memo, the telegram, the smoke signal, or the blaringly obvious signs that the entire world had moved on. And I'm not talking about your uncle who still refuses to use anything but a flip phone. Onoda took "stubborn" to levels that would make a mu...

We're giving you an inside look at the meetings we have at LKP behind closed doors. Doctor-Captain Ryan Alejandro Finkelstein pitches his latest business venture to the rest of the board.

What happens when religious tradition collides with modern medicine? In one of the strangest—and most controversial—public health crises in recent history, New York City saw an outbreak of herpes linked to traditional circumcision rituals performed by Hasidic mohels. In this episode of Lesser Known People, we dive deep into how an ancient practice led to a modern medical scandal, the public outrag...

KY enlightens the group on how the fates of Andy Dick, Phil Hartman, and Jon Lovitz are all intertwined. No surprise, Andy Dick doesn't come out of this looking good.

We all know how messy divorces can get. Sean lays out some evidence of medieval divorce by combat. Who's getting custody of Patches is going to get interesting

Ever wonder where those spam calls come from? These guys wanted to find out, and get their revenge for being mildly inconvenienced

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A story that has all of LKP's favorite things: Time travel, Coast to Coast AM, and electrical equipment theft.

Come with us on a learning journey. Are frogs insects? Are scorpion bugs? What happens if you smoke scorpion venom?

We delve deep into our own mouths for this one, talking tooth pulls and why you should never trust a dentist

Our boots on the ground reporter KY returns to prison to further expose the pigeon drug trade that is plaguing our society