The Lonely Brain

The Lonely Brain is an independent, socially, un-social podcast. True stories of the strange, wicked, and wonderful are shared in an unexpected and innovative style. Creator, Fitch Francis, brings storytelling, music, and audio effects together in a ground-breaking way that has not been experienced in modern day podcasts.

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Episodes

Jeffrey Dahmer Part 1

Dahmer Part 1 Jeffrey Dahmer is one the most famous serial killers of all time. In part 1 Fitch covers Jeffs childhood, some animal bones, a lucky jogger, some tadpoles and Dahmers first Victim Steven Hicks. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thelonelybrain/the-lonely-brain-podcast-season-3?ref=user_menu...

Apr 20, 2020•28 min•Season 2Ep. 1

Jeffrey Dahmer Part 2

Dahmer Part 2 In part 2, Jeff goes to grandmas. He gets a job at a chocolate factory and makes love to a mannequin... Several times. The sickness continues. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thelonelybrain/the-lonely-brain-podcast-season-3?ref=user_menu

Apr 20, 2020•27 min•Season 2Ep. 2

Jeffrey Dahmer Part 3

Dahmer Part 3 In part 3, Dahmer Kills a lot, shits out candlesticks and goes to Therapy. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thelonelybrain/the-lonely-brain-podcast-season-3?ref=user_menu

Apr 20, 2020•25 min•Season 2Ep. 3

Jeffrey Dahmer Part 4

Jeffrey Dahmer Part 4 Dahmer Gets beat to death and we find out what happens to his stuff.... Its gone https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thelonelybrain/the-lonely-brain-podcast-season-3?ref=user_menu

Apr 20, 2020•35 min•Season 2Ep. 4

Annie and Her Barrel

Annie Taylor Annie Taylor was the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel. She survived, others did not. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thelonelybrain/the-lonely-brain-podcast-season-3?ref=user_menu

Apr 20, 2020•21 min•Season 2Ep. 5

Kill The Santa Claus Part 1

Kill The Santa Claus In December of 1923 Marshall Ratliff Dressed up as Santa Claus and robbed the First National Bank. 6 People died and Ratliff was Hung by the neck. Also, be careful in Texas. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thelonelybrain/the-lonely-brain-podcast-season-3?ref=user_menu...

Apr 20, 2020•18 min•Season 2Ep. 6

Kill The Santa Claus Part 2

Kill The Santa Claus Part 2 In December of 1923 Marshall Ratliff Dressed up as Santa Claus and robbed the First National Bank. 6 People died and Ratliff was Hung by the neck. Also, be careful in Texas. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thelonelybrain/the-lonely-brain-podcast-season-3?ref=user_menu

Apr 20, 2020•19 min•Season 2Ep. 7

Season 2 Update

Season 2 will be coming out April 20th! Don't Tell anyone.

Feb 20, 2020•48 sec

S01E08 Pixie Stick Of Death

On Halloween 1974 near Pasadena Texas, Timothy O'Bryan Went trick or treating with his father and sister. He would be dead from eating a piece of tainted Halloween candy just hours later.

Dec 23, 2019•18 min•Season 1Ep. 8

Alcatraz Part 1

In part 1 we go over Murders, executions, some odd inmates and of course, Hamms Beer. Its never a dull moment at Alcatraz...

Sep 25, 2019•45 min•Season 1Ep. 6

Alcatraz Part 2

Morris and the Anglin brothers escape never to be seen again. Serial killer and mob boss Whitey Bulger shares his feelings and we find a head... in a box.

Sep 25, 2019•43 min•Season 1Ep. 7

S01E05 Lansa Flight 508

On December 24th in Lima Peru, flight 508 Exploded above the Amazon rainforest killing 91 of the 92 passengers on board. A 17 year old girl named Juliane Koepcke, still strapped in her seat fell 10,000 feet into the jungle and survived.

Jun 19, 2019•34 min•Season 1Ep. 5

S01E01 Ride The Lightning

14 year old George Stinney jr was one of the youngest people legally executed in the U.S. March of 1944 Stinney was accused of brutally murdering 2 girls in Alcolu South Carolina. He was sentenced to death by electric chair and was executed within 83 days of being arrested.

May 28, 2019•24 min•Season 1Ep. 1

S01E02 Sturdy McCurdy

Elmer McCurdy was perhaps one of the last outlaws of the wildwest. He was killed in 1911 and was later found in 1976 hanging by a noose in a funhouse; this is his story.

May 28, 2019•25 min•Season 1Ep. 2

S01E03 Bath Bomb

On May 18 1927 hell came to Bath Michigan when Andrew Kehoe the school treasurer secretly planted over 500 pounds of explosives inside the school building, killing many of the teachers and children that were inside. It remains the worst school massacre on American soil.

May 28, 2019•30 min•Season 1Ep. 3

S01E04 Leopold and Loeb

In may of 1924 two Rich kids Nathan Leopold jr and Richard Loeb kidnapped and killed a 14 year old boy named Bobby Franks. It was one of the biggest trials of the 20th century... The perfect crime?

May 27, 2019•34 min•Season 1Ep. 4

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