The Lesser Known People Podcast

Have you ever fantasized about starting drug empire and collecting a menagerie of exotic animals? Pondered what would happen to them after the policia take you down? Hypothesized how much cocaine a hippo needs to get high? Manifest your nose with the gang and find the answers you seek in this wild story.

A tenth century Arab scribe is forced into a series of life threatening situations after he stumbles upon a band of Volga Vikings in southern Russia. The ensuing adventure inspired the movie, The Thirteenth Warrior.

A little collection of spooky shorties that are guaranteed to make your tummy feel weird and force you to ask "now just wtf is going on here?" Dancing plagues, killer fungi, a toxic lady, and a love that pushes the limits of death, yeeesh.

Babies, water, and famous album covers. Bring anything to mind? In this episode we learn about the mild mannered Spencer. An average man with an infamous infancy. Where he is today and what crazy nonsense people will do for money.

Got a little extra dog food laying around? Good news! You can use it pay a man to torture you . . . If we're lying, we're dying; come learn about Russ McKamey before he kills someone and goes to prison for the rest of his life.

The gang saddles up and goes off on a rootin' tootin' horse-meat slingin' women-hatin' Texas lawmaker

Sir Douglas Mawson, a legendary man known for his icy adventures at the beginning of the 20th century, but he also went through quite a few ordeals, including crevasse deaths (of friends), as well as madness followed by death (of friends) brought on by hypervitaminosis A (cause of gross stuff, of course). We also figured that squirrels are a valid unit of measurement. Come check it out.

"Are we inside a Truman show enclosed world, thousands of miles wide? This is part of a series of videos that shows not only is it possible, but likely." - Mark K Sargent. Yeah, so we make fun of this guy pretty bad.

Reverend Dr Donald Omand was an Exorcist from the Church of England. Part 1 of the series covers his vampiric adventures that may or may not have been a cover for his extramarital exploits. "The Don" travels far and wide to exorcise these demons while humble bragging the whole time. There are more installments on this Circus Priest coming soon!

The man who gifted us T-Pain's signature sound and who re-animated Cher's corpse, Andy Hildebrand invents auto-tune and changes the face of pop music forever.

The gang takes turns to give teasers for future episodes. The list includes a Circus Priest, the founder of Autotune, a daring polar expedition, and some assholes flat earth theory that involves a domed Pog. Check it out and get titillated for future episodes!

The boys are talking bank heists - In 2006, thieves break into the Banco Rio in Buenos Aires. After a 7 hour police standoff, police storm the bank to find the robbers, and $20 million in valuables, have disappeared without a trace

We hope everyone is ready for this wild ride - two undercover police officers in 1990 Michigan setup a fake wedding for themselves with a bunch of local drug dealers as guests to bust as many of them as possible in one go, due to lack of funding for normal procedures. Needless to say, this one got rather silly along the way.

Elizabeth Holmes had a dream to make Healthcare more affordable; and she would stop at nothing to defraud investors out of billions of dollars to promote a "life-saving" machine that would never work.

This week, the gang explores lesser known injuries and deaths from making movies. Scraping the bottom of the barrel, KY Jelly throws together a listicle of deaths from the annals of hollywood. A stunt woman, some kittens, and even old Tom Sizemore gets a nod.

An LKP Oldie but Goldie! Our initial release of the Mr. Hands episode was "hurty on the ears", according to one review. So we remastered the entire episode so you can enjoy the horse love more comfortably. Grab the reins, slide your feet in the stirrups, and get ready to learn more about Mr Hands and his friend the DENOMINATOR.

Amy Carlson went from New Age heartthrob to blue-skinned and dead in one wild story. Join us as we chase down the tale of a real life, modern day mummy.

David Miscavige has been leading the Church of Scientology since the death of L. Ron Hubbard. Under Miscavige's rule, Scientology has shifted from run-of-the-mill cult to full fledged clown show. Beatings, subversion, coercion, manipulation, and potentially murder are not out of the question for Miscavige. He even bullied the IRS into doing his bidding. This guy is a nightmare.

Thirty Seven Days of Peril, the Truman Everts story. Alternate title: Who the hell thought it would be a good idea to let a tax collector go on an expedition to survey the rugged American West?

When real life super hero Phoenix Jones isn't accosting citizens with tacos, he's keeping the streets of Seattle safe. With his trusty pepper spray and his catch phrase, "I'm a superhero!", evildoers don't stand a chance.

An American badass, Robert Smalls lived a big ole life; born into slavery, he constructs and leads a plan for freedom, including family and friends, to later happily find himself paid by the Union to fuck over the southern navy, and finally rounding out his life as a politician of great renown and unexpected groundings, back in a time when left was right, ya had to get up to get down, and fuck the...

Blowing loads and huffing toads, Spanish porn actor Nacho Vidal has a long storied career in the pornographic arts and never-ending legal issues.

In this bizarre story, Richard Heene builds and launches a homemade helium balloon into the atmosphere. Shortly after the launch, he tells authorities he believes his six year old son, Falcon, is trapped inside. Local police and the National Guard track the balloon over 50 miles only to find the boy later, hiding in the attic at home. Listen in as we unravel this strange hoax and discuss these eve...

In this episode of Lesser Known Domain Names, the gang talks about the most publicized legal battles on a domain name. Gary Kremen originally registers the domain in 1994, but he loses control after Stephen Cohen, through some less than legal actions, changes ownership ownership over to himself. Join us for a wild ride of misrepresentation, the internet in the 90s, and how to get out of paying $65...