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The Stanford Prison Experiment

The Stanford prison experiment ( SPE ) was an attempt to investigate the psychological effects of perceived power, focusing on the struggle between prisoners and prison guards . It was conducted at Stanford University on August 14–20, 1971, by a research group led by psychology professor Philip Zimbardo using college students. [1] It was funded by the U.S. Office of Naval Research [2] as an investigation into the causes of difficulties between guards and prisoners in the United States Navy and U...

Jun 21, 2017•45 min

J. Edgar Hoover

John Edgar Hoover (January 1, 1895 – May 2, 1972), better known as J. Edgar Hoover , was the first Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of the United States. He was appointed as the sixth director of the Bureau of Investigation — the FBI's predecessor — in 1924 and was instrumental in founding the FBI in 1935, where he remained director until his death in 1972 at the age of 77. Hoover has been credited with building the FBI into a larger crime-fighting agency than it was at its ...

Jun 14, 2017•40 min

Centralia, PA

Centralia is a borough and near- ghost town in Columbia County , Pennsylvania , United States . Its population has dwindled from more than 1,000 residents in 1980 to only 10 in 2010 [5] —a result of the coal mine fire which has been burning beneath the borough since 1962. Centralia, which is part of the Bloomsburg–Berwick metropolitan area , is the least-populated municipality in Pennsylvania. It is completely surrounded by Conyngham Township . --- To support the show, check us out on Patreon ....

Jun 07, 2017•43 min

Watergate [True Crime Special]

Watergate was a major political scandal that occurred in the United States in the 1970s, following a break-in at the Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C. on June 17, 1972 and President Richard Nixon ’s administration ’s attempted cover-up of its involvement. When the conspiracy was discovered and investigated by the U.S. Congress , the Nixon administration’s resistance to its probes led to a constitutional crisis ....

May 31, 2017•41 min

Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 – June 8, 1845) was an American soldier and statesman who served as the seventh President of the United States from 1829 to 1837 and was the founder of the Democratic Party . Before being elected to the presidency, Jackson served in Congress and gained fame as a general in the United States Army . As president, Jackson sought to advance the rights of the "common man" against a "corrupt aristocracy" and to preserve the Union. He became a practicing lawyer in Tenness...

May 24, 2017•39 min

The Goiânia accident

The Goiânia accident was a radioactive contamination accident that occurred on September 13, 1987, at Goiânia , in the Brazilian state of Goiás , after an old radiotherapy source was stolen from an abandoned hospital site in the city. It was subsequently handled by many people, resulting in four deaths. About 112,000 people were examined for radioactive contamination and 249 were found to have significant levels of radioactive material in or on their bodies. [1] [2] In the cleanup operation, top...

May 17, 2017•40 min

The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Only four episodes in and we've worked "ass" in to the title twice. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria , heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg , occurred on 28 June 1914 in Sarajevo when they were shot dead by Gavrilo Princip . Princip was one of a group of six assassins (five Serbs and one Bosniak ) coordinated by Danilo Ilić , a Bosnian Serb and a member of the Black Hand secret society. The political objective of the a...

May 17, 2017•35 min

Kim Jong-Un

Kim Jong-un born 8 January 1984 or 5 July 1984) [3] is the Chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) and supreme leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), commonly referred to as North Korea . Kim is the second child of Kim Jong-il (1941–2011) and his consort Ko Yong-hui . [6] Little is known for certain about Kim Jong-un. Before taking power, he had barely been seen in public, and many of the activities of both Kim and his government remain shrouded in secrecy. [7] Even de...

May 17, 2017•42 min

Near Death Experience

A near-death experience ( NDE ) is a personal experience associated with death or impending death . Such experiences may encompass a variety of sensations including detachment from the body, feelings of levitation, total serenity, security, warmth, the experience of absolute dissolution, and the presence of a light. [1] Neuroscience research suggests that an NDE is a subjective phenomenon resulting from "disturbed bodily multisensory integration" that occurs during life-threatening events. [2] N...

May 17, 2017•41 min

The Chernobyl Disaster

The Chernobyl disaster , also referred to as the Chernobyl accident , was a catastrophic nuclear accident . It occurred on 26 April 1986 in the No.4 light water graphite moderated reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant near Pripyat , in what was then part of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic of the Soviet Union (USSR). During a late night safety test which simulated power-failure and in which safety systems were deliberately turned off, a combination of inherent reactor design flaws ...

May 17, 2017•37 min

Promo for First Episode

This is a promo for our first episode. Expect all of the first five episodes to drop on Wednesday, May 17, 2017.

May 16, 2017•2 min

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