Who'd A Thunk It?

This episode is about a horrific serial rapist who terrorized a community for over a decade. Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2023/12/19/beast-of-jersey/

I found out about a little cult near where I live and did and episode about them Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2023/12/04/harmonist-rappites/

The Hubble Telescope was named after an amazingly human person. Blog: http://acunit.home.blog/2023/11/20/hubble-and-the-universe/

Three poems about war and the history that made them Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2023/11/14/war-poetry/

The man who discovered dinosaurs was a weird-horrible person. Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2023/11/07/terrible-lizard/

Back in 2009, a family captivated the nation when they told police their 6-year-old boy floated away in a makeshift weather balloon. Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2023/10/31/balloon-boy/

The true story of a serial killer who amassed a cult following in Mexico City and killed dozens. Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2023/10/24/borderland/

The 2008 movie the Strangers kind of sucked... but the murders that inspired it were very interesting. Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2023/10/17/strangers/

The movie The Blog is about an alien blob that falls from outer space and engulfs people into a horrible, gooey death... and it's based on a true story. Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2023/10/10/the-blob/

Rabies is one of the oldest, most terrifying, and most fatal diseases known to man. Which is why I chose it as a topic to kick off 2023's Who'd a Thunk It? FRIGHTFEST! Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2023/10/03/rabies/

"Putting riveting tools in the Mohawks’ hands was like putting ham with eggs. They were natural-born bridgemen, said one construction company official." - Carnegie Museum of Natural History Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2023/09/26/skywalkers/

Dustin Hoffman took home an Oscar award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his portrayal of the autistic savant Raymond in the film Rain Man. Dustin Hoffman's character is based on a real person named Laurence Kim Peek. Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2023/09/19/the-real-rain-man/

The spotted lanternfly is a menace and needs to be stopped! Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2023/09/12/stomp-the-invader/

Have you ever walked past a bridge or pier and thought: "how the hell did they make this?" Well the answer may shock you. Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2023/09/05/the-caissons/

He was an American Marine Corps aviator, engineer, astronaut, businessman, and politician. He was the third American in space, and the first American to orbit the Earth, circling it three times in 1962. Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2023/08/29/piss-in-the-wind/

This tales comes from WW1 and the Russian Civil War, but about men who weren't interested in fighting in either one of those really. Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2023/08/22/czechoslovak-legionnaires/

Playing cards are cool and I wanted to know about their history... and some Fun Facts! Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2023/08/15/cards/

At age 9 he joined the circus and by age 14 he got his first performance! Only to suffer a career ending injury. But fear not, this one has a happy ending :) Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2023/08/08/soviet-strong-man/

This rare species of canine was thought to be extinct until a guy name Peter saw one in a Brazilian cave. It looks and acts like no other species of canine on the planet. Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2023/08/01/the-bush-dog/

The Indonesian island of Sumatra has a native plant that can only be found there: the Titan Arum (AKA the Corpse Flower) Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2023/07/25/corpse-flower/

They use the ancient art of falconry to keep tourist destinations free of pesky birds. Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2023/07/18/modern-falconry/

Was this monument created by a satanic cult? We will likely never know

Bees are being used to sniff out explosives, meth labs, and dead bodies

Hawaii wasn't always the 50th state. It used to be its own thing and how that changed came about is a story worth telling

The US drops bombs ... even on itself

Court Jesters, fools, and baffoons!

Halley's comet made people go bonkers in the past.

Recorded this one on my phone due to technical issues. Hope you enjoy

This episode is about Imperial Japan Unit 731's worst experiments. They are some of the most horrific war crimes ever committed. Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2023/05/10/unit-731/

This week I'm having a hard time finding the motivation to dig deep into one topic... so I didn't. I've decided to share short little snippets of historical stories I've accumulated over the years. I hope you... enjoy. Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2023/05/03/unheard-history/

April 12th, 1910, The New York Times wrote: "Lake cow bacon, made from the delicious hyacinth-fed hippopotamus of Louisiana's lily-fringed streams, should soon be obtainable from the Southern packing houses." It was not a joke. Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2023/04/26/lake-bacon/

A story about pair of sisters who lead a successful and peaceful protest at the top of the globe. Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2023/04/19/anchorage-parking-fairies/

What was once thought to be a worthless hunk of bronze in a box found at the bottom of the sea is now regarded as one of the most expensive devices ever created in the ancient world. Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2023/04/12/ancient-computer/

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy was initially developed in 1987, and today my wife's gonna talk about it! Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2023/04/04/emdr/

John Paul Jones (born John Paul; July 6, 1747 – July 18, 1792) was a Scottish-American naval captain who was the United States' first well-known naval commander in the American Revolutionary War. Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2023/03/29/john-paul-jones/

In 2022, an Australian crime thriller movie based on the events surrounding Daniel Morcombe's murder and more so the investigation into his murderer was released titled The Stranger. It was written and directed by Thomas M. Wright. *WARNING this episode is full of SPOILERS* Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2023/03/22/mr-big/

The thing that set's Doc Ellis's first and only no-hitter apart from the other 317 was that he was, as Doc puts it: "High as a Georgia Pine." https://acunit.home.blog/2023/03/15/doc-ellis-and-the-no-no/

Episode #87 of this podcast titled "Where does our poop go?" examined where human waste ends up... down here on Earth. This episode I wanted to look into a question that randomly popped into my head the other day: "How do astronauts poop? Where does all of their bodily waste go?" Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2023/03/08/space-poop/

If you ask someone on the street what the first thing they think of when you bring up JFK is, they will most certainly say his death... but the man lived a... colorful life. Today's episode is about one small story from his life before he ever became president of the Free world. Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2023/03/01/jfk-and-the-coconut/

All it took to kick off a panic was a weather balloon. Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2023/02/22/the-battle-of-los-angeles/

They were called "Gypsies" because Europeans mistakenly believed they came from Egypt. But Gypsies are actually an ethnic group called Roma (Romani or Romany), NOT to be confused with Romanians or the ancient Romans. Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2023/02/15/gypsy/

Schwerer Gustav was the largest-calibre rifled weapon ever used in combat, and in terms of overall weight, the heaviest mobile artillery piece ever built. It fired the heaviest shells of any artillery piece, and it was referenced in Breaking Bad! Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2023/02/08/heavy-gustav/

On the morning of September 30th, 1999, at Japan's Tokaimura nuclear power plant, and a preventable accident caused an unfathomable amount of suffering for Hisashi Ouchi.  Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2023/01/25/unwillingly-kept-alive/

For the most part, water in boat=having a bad time. Well, there is one story from history that took this notion and flipped it on its head. The crazy sonz-a-bitches on the USS Texas during WW2 intentionally filled their vessel with water because it somehow helped them beat the Nazis! Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2023/01/18/the-uss-texas/

For my 3rd Anniversary episode, we will be taking a look back on the past year, not just in what the Podcast has done, but what my wife and I have been through in our personal lives. This is a reflection on 2022. Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2023/01/11/anniversary-episode-3/

Gustaf Håkansson applied to join in an endurance bicycle race in Sweden that spanned the entire country... his application was rejected because Gustaf was 66 years old. Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2023/01/04/gustaf-hakansson/

Within the last month or so, the US National Ignition Facility in California conducted a nuclear fusion experiment. That is because if nuclear fusion can be replicated on earth at an industrial scale, it could provide virtually limitless clean, safe, and affordable energy to meet the world’s demand. Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2022/12/21/nuclear-fusion-and-our-future/

Blanche Monnier's life story is tragic. There are two different stories surrounding her life one with a scary villain that did horrible things to her... and the true story that I find even more haunting.  Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2022/12/14/blanche-monnier/

Among Us is an enjoyable social game that also reveals quite a lot about us humans and how we work together.  Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2022/12/07/impostor/

May 19th of 1985 the Philadelphia Police dropped a bomb on a Philadelphian residential block. They let the fires blaze for over an hour and a half before allowing fire and rescue to respond. Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2022/11/30/philly-bombed-itself/