Doomed to Fail

By Taylor Pineiro, Farz Sokhansanj

Twice weekly, we bring you stories of history's most notorious disasters and epic failures. Join us as we analyze the red flags and ask the important questions. How did things go so wrong? Could these... more

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May 08, 2024 Ep 105 - Examining the Great Thinker: Socrates
Welcome to Taylor's 4th-grade Philosophy Class! We'll learn the very basics of the life of Socrates; Taylor will totally misinterpret one of his greatest edicts, “The unexamined life is not worth living,” and we'll learn a little about the life of the Ancient Greek Thinkers.
The 'Doomed' part is that Socrates LOVED Athens with all his heart, and even when the gigantic jury of 501 Athenian Men find him guilty of not honoring the Gods of Athens & corrupting the youth, he still won't leave.
This isn't really for 4th graders. There is some swearing.
Sources:
Socrates: A Man for Our Times - https://www.everand.com/audiobook/630261989/Socrates-A-Man-for-Our-Times
Socrates' Speech: Analyzing Plato's Symposium, Part VII | The New Thinkery Ep. 43 - https://www.everand.com/podcast/697650730/Socrates-Speech-Analyzing-Plato-s-Symposium-Part-VII-The-New-Thinkery-Ep-43-In-the-seventh-installment-of-an-ongoing-series-breaking-down-Plato

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37min
May 06, 2024 Ep 104 - Big Trouble in Little Skidmore, Missouri
Today we revisit the small town from Episode 19 - Skidmore, Missouri. Why does Skidmore have a disproportionately high number of violent crimes? We know that town bully Ken McElroy was killed by a mob and no one was ever charged. We also know that a young man, Branson Kayne Perry, walked out his front door and never came back in 2001 - AND we know his cousin poor Bobbie Jo Stinnett was murdered by an exceptionally horrible Lisa Marie Montgomery. For a very small town very bad things happen in Skidmore.
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44min
May 03, 2024 Ep 21 - Part 2: The Least Great Showman - Grady Stiles
Hi! Let's re-release Ep 21 part 2 - the story of Grady Stiles. Grady didn't have a chance, really, born into essentially the circus Grady and his family traveled the us as "Lobster" people. Well, just listen to this horrible tale of what happens next.
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35min
May 01, 2024 Ep 103 - The Final Bow: Tragedy and Treachery of Daniel Wozniak
🎙️ New Episode Alert! 🚨 Dive into the chilling case of Daniel Wozniak in our latest podcast episode. We dissect the shocking events leading up to his infamous crimes, unravel the mind of a murderer, and explore the trial that captivated the nation. 🔍💡 Tune in now to uncover the dark side of human nature. #TrueCrime #Podcast #DanielWozniak

(T wrote this with ChatGPT because she is le tired)
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April 29, 2024 Ep 102 - The Fatal Masquerade: Bal des Ardents
Today, we bring you to one of the worst parties of all time. It's 1393, and The Mad French King, Charles VI - was mock-celebrating the third marriage of his wife's lady-in-waiting (I know that's confusing, hang on), and the celebration turned into a horror show when The Duke of Orleans brought a torch a tad too close to the King and his buddies dressed like wild men of the woods.

Someone invite us to a masquerade please!
Sources:
The French King Who Believed He Was Made of Glass - https://daily.jstor.org/french-king-who-believed-made-glass/
https://forvo.com/word/bal_des_ardents/
A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century
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April 29, 2024 Ep 21 - Part 1: Taylor's Favorite Murder - Hinterkaifeck
Let's go way back to Taylor's Favorite Murder - the family murders at Hinterkaifeck.

In the quiet expanse of Bavarian countryside, a small farmstead became the setting for one of the most perplexing unsolved mysteries in German history. Join us this week as we delve into the chilling events of the Hinterkaifeck murders. Who could commit such heinous crimes, and why remain shrouded by the shadows of the past? We'll explore the eerie preludes, the gruesome discovery, and the tangled theories that continue to haunt the legacy of Hinterkaifeck.
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42min
April 24, 2024 Ep 101 - The Immortal Persian King: Cyrus The Great
Today we go WAY back to 600 BC (-600 if you're like Taylor and want to be mathy about time) to the birth of the first of the Great Persian Kings, Cyrus the Great. We'll cover Cyrus's childhood, being raised thinking he was a shepherd's son, his return to the Persian Court, his conquest of the Medes, and the Fall of Babylon.
We could go on so many side quests - this is just the beginning of this story!

Sources:
Xenophon’s Cyrus the Great - https://www.amazon.com/Xenophons-Cyrus-Great-Arts-Leadership/dp/0312364695
Dan Carlin’s Kings of Kings - https://www.dancarlin.com/product/hardcore-history-56-kings-kings/
The Bible
Cyrus the Great - Charles River Editors - https://www.amazon.com/Cyrus-Great-Founded-Achaemenid-Persian/dp/1704741963
Will Durant - Our oriental heritage -
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074CF5NP9?binding=hardcover&ref=dbs_dp_rwt_sb_pc_thcv
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51min
April 22, 2024 Ep 100 - Murder in a Locked Room: William H. Wallace
And we're back for episode 100!!!!!!!!

Farz tells the historical True Crime story of the murder of Julia Wallace. It's a mystery to this day! Her husband was called away on a mystery work call turned wild goose chase. Meanwhile, Julia is murdered in her home, and the cash box is stolen. It's a classic whodunnit and one of those cases where it could ONLY be the prime suspect, but also impossible for the prime suspect to do!

Put on your deerstalker cap and join us!
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38min
April 13, 2024 Ep 20 - Part 2: Oh The Humanity!!! - The Hindenburg
Our final Spring Break episode is on The Hindenburg! Ok, it must have been very nice to fly this Nazi air-bag across the Atlantic Ocean - but the ending was not so great. It was an awful few minutes that will be burned into our memories forever.
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37min
April 12, 2024 Ep 20 - Part 1: Call the Keystone Cops - It's Fatty Arbuckle
Imagine one of the most famous movie stars of the time being embroiled in a sex scandal (that's both the plot of this story and a joke because things today in 2024 are literally insane). Fatty Arbuckle was at a party in San Francisco and a woman died. We won't ever know what really happened, but the following scandal ruined many lives.
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35min

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