Who'd A Thunk It?

I like sports. Hell, I even love sports. I don't memorize stats or even watch professional sports on a consistent basis, but I do have a deep appreciation for each game. Over the years I've heard tid bits of stories surrounding the history and origin of certain sports. So I decided to dig into that a little deeper and make a podcast episode about it.  Blog: http://acunit.home.blog/?p=5059

Perhaps the most memorable thing about Sea Monkeys was how unremarkable they were and how that seemed to have taught an entire generation an important lesson: reality isn't nearly as spectacular as our dreams.  Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2022/11/16/sea-monkeys-from-the-moon-to-the-kkk/

Giants, did they and do they still walk among us?  Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2022/11/09/giants-of-old/

Traveling can be fun or it can be a nightmare... or both. But when arriving at Denver, Colorado via airplane, the gazes of travelers inevitably fall on a giant statue that not only appears as if it has trotted right out of a nightmare, but has a back story suggesting it is cursed.  Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2022/11/02/blucifer/

What if I told you Wes Craven based his horror classic on real-life events? The real-life inspiration for this iconic horror film was a family that survived the Cambodian genocide of the 1970s. Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2022/10/12/nightmare-in-cambodia/

About 500 years before Christopher Columbus crossed the ocean blue (1492), Erik the Red and Leif Erikson set out on the North Atlantic Ocean and started settlements on Greenland. Erik's son Leif went on to be the first European to reach the New World, a feat that was so difficult that he was seldom believed by his fellow man. Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2022/10/05/leif-erikson-day/

The town of Palisade was known as the most dangerous and lawless town in America... but is now known as the world's first theme park!  Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2022/09/28/palisade-nevada/

Tomoaki Hamatsu was manipulated and lied to in order to boost ratings of a Japanese Reality TV show. He is credited for hosting the first-ever video game live stream. He is in the Guinness book of world records. He has scaled Mount Everest. He is The Eggplant.  The Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2022/09/21/the-eggplant/

This week's episode is about Sawney Bean and his clan of murderous incest cannibal family members. Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2022/09/14/the-caves-have-eyes/

Mary Vincent is an artist and victims' advocate. She became known to the public after surviving a violent attack in which her arms were cut off while hitchhiking in 1978. Vincent has focused her adult life on her art, and she generally avoids the public spotlight. Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2022/09/07/mary-vincent-refused-to-die/

This past weekend was one of my best friend's bachelor party that was supposed to be in Charleston SC. But the Best Man took all of our money for the mansion on the beach, booked a crappy shack 30+ minutes out of town, and snorted the $3,700 leftover... right up his now scabbed and scarred nose.  Sorry for the interference... I think I need a new mic.  Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2022...

MKULTRA  was a sweeping CIA program investigating mind control and often using unknowing civilians as test subjects. Blog:  https://acunit.home.blog/2022/08/24/mk-ultra/

Napoleon Bonaparte, later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led several successful campaigns during the Revolutionary Wars... and after his death, his "mummified tendon" went on a bizarre journey.  Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2022/08/17/napoleons-schlong/

After surviving the Great Depression and World War II, Dick Proenneke ventured to Alaska in search of a simple life away from the world — and ended up staying there in a cabin he built by hand for the next three decades. Blog:  https://acunit.home.blog/2022/08/10/dick-proenneke/

Quicksand isn't nearly as dangerous as all those old movies make it out to be... or is it?! Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2022/08/03/quicksand/

Morse code is one of the most efficient forms of communication and has been the subject of some pivotal moments throughout history.  Blog:  https://acunit.home.blog/2022/07/27/morse-code/

Squid can fly... deal with it. Blog:  https://acunit.home.blog/2022/07/20/flying-cephalopods/

The Dyatlov Pass incident was about 9 hikers in the Soviet Union that tragically and mysteriously died in the Ural Mountains in February of 1959. The circumstances surrounding their deaths are horrifying.  Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2022/07/13/the-dyatlov-pass-incident/

Episode #119 is about one of the greatest diplomatic resolutions to an international dispute in history.  Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2022/07/06/the-whisky-war/

What would it take to disappear in today's society? How and why might someone pack up and say goodbye to everything they once knew? Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2022/06/29/lets-disappear/

When I found out people catch on fire for no apparent reason it scared the sh*t out of me as a kid.  Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2022/06/22/spontaneous-human-combustion/

The Legion is comprised of some badass fellas, but so are a lot of other military units around the world. The reason why the FFL is unique, the reason I decided to do a podcast episode on them, is how they recruit.  Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2022/06/15/the-french-foreign-legion/

The world's greatest stuntman is the topic of this week's episode. Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2022/06/08/evel-knievel/

Contrary to what the title suggests, episode #114 is just about the different branches and departments of law enforcement within the USA.  Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2022/06/01/50-shades-of-blue/

Popping pimples, eating spicy food, watching horror movies, and riding roller coasters are all things that people derive pleasure from via Benign Masochism. Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2022/05/25/benign-masochism/