Doomed to Fail

By Taylor Pineiro, Farz SokhansanjComedy True Crime History

Doomed to Fail episodes

April 27 Ep 244: Arsenic Obsession - The Valentine Meat-Juice Incident
Today let's talk about the 'murder' of James Maybrick - a businessman in Liverpool in the 1880s who loved to medicate with poisions. A good, what-doesn't-kill-me-makes-me-stronger kind of guy.

James's young American wife, Florence, will be accused and tried of murder. It's a story of unmet expectations, Victorian medicine, and a very strong case for prison reform, even well over 100 years later.

Florence's book is avaialble via the public domain - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/55773

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45 min
April 20 Ep 243: The Stars at Night are Big and Bright - The Texas Killing Fields
True Crime Tuesday (it's Monday) - let's explore the Texas Killing Fields - an expanse of land near Galveston (which is near the ocean) that has been used for decades to drop bodies. Mostly young women who were vulnerable, the stories are tragic. The murderers are terrifying in their ability to evade police (like getting out on bail and just disappearing to Panama).

This is part 1!
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33 min
April 13 Ep 242: Don't Stop Believin' - glee
I feel like glee is one of the most 'you had to be there' shows on TV? It's FULL of 2010s pop songs, remixes, and awkwardly improbable teenager shenanigans. Today we'll talk about the premise of the show (really, just kids forced to be in a glee club) and some of the early deaths of three of glee's main characters. In 2013 Cory Monteith died of a drug overdose, in 2018 Mark Salling died by suic*de after horrible things came to light, and in 2020, Naya Rivera drowned while boating with her son.

That's a lot.
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45 min
April 06 Ep 241: A Ship of Dreams (and Gold) - The SS Central America
Picture it - it's 1857, and you are on a ship filled with gold from San Francisco to the East Coast of the USA! There are so many things that could go wrong crossing Panama, heading up the Caribbean, pirates, probably? Then the boat DOES sink along with a crap-ton of gold. Fast forward to the 1980s when Tommy Gregory Thompson (treasure hunter, thief, crazy man) starts to find the gold!
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28 min
March 31 Ep 240: Fighting for Education for all - Malala Yousafzai
Today we have the not-doomed story of Malala Yousafzai - who campaigned for girls to go to school in Pakistan when the Taliban was invading her area and demanding that women and girls stay inside and stop their education. Today, Malala's voice is a global cry for reform.
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33 min
March 16 Ep 239: Parasocial murder - Grant Amato
Today, we learn about Grant Amato - a former nurse (dishonorably discharged) and dude in love with a 'cam girl' - so in love that he stole a TON of money from his family and also murdered them.

I worry about the people who are in love with their Chat GPT.
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36 min
March 09 Ep 238: Olympic retro - Tonya Harding & Nancy Kerrigan
We're back! Happy Women's History Month! We think this counts - well, specifically, Taylor thinks this counts. The main characters are women, and the men in this story are SUCH IDIOTS that it's a + for women.

It's 1994, and the rivalry between Tonya Harding & Nancy Kerrigan is heating up (I know, I know). Enter Tonya's ex/current husband, Jeff, and his band of boobs (tm).

It's the Olympics! It's a crime! Tonya & Nancy are INCREDIBLE athletes!

Join us!

Are you young enough not to know what happens? Fascinating.
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47 min
March 07 Women's History Month! Yay! (Sad noisemaker sound followed by popping balloons and probably some crying)
Join me as I ramble through our Women's History episodes! Find them anywhere you listen to podcasts! Learn some stuff! Cry with me!

Ep 1 - Part 1: Catherine the Great & Peter III
Ep 4 - Part 2: A World of Love to You - Eleanor Roosevelt & Lorena Hickok
Ep 23 - Part 1: Our Lady of the Night - Mary Shelley
Ep 50: Let them have Portillo's: The saga of Marie Antoinette
Ep 90 - Echoes of the Sky: Amelia Earhart's Enduring Influence
Ep 93 - Disaster at Shift's End: The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
Ep 94 - The Most Fashionable Nazi Collaborator: Coco Chanel
Ep 97 - A Famous British Woman is Missing!!!: It's Agatha Christie this time
Ep 98 - The Never-ending Story: Henrietta Lacks
Ep 129 - Mother of Sparrows: The Vengeance of Saint Olga of Kiev
Ep 145 - Witch Trials: Not just in Salem!
Ep 155: Don't go chasing waterfalls in Honduras - Lisa Left Eye Lopes
Ep 176: Who's to say Virgin Blood doesn't stop aging? - Elizabeth Bathory
Ep 178: The Miracle Worker & The Miracle - The Helen Keller story
Ep 180: The Beast of Belsen - Irma Grese
Ep 181: Hitler's Favorite Film Maker - Leni Riefenstahl
Ep 182: Hitler's Least Favorite Spy - Virginia Hall
Ep 185: Mapping the Earth from Space - Dr. Valerie L. Thomas & her career at NASA
Ep 186: Flying the Skies above India & Breaking Barriers - Sarla Thukral
Ep 204: Fancy a Duel after the Opera? - Julie d'Aubigny
Ep 207: Hey Ladies!!! - Sappho
Ep 220: One for you, Sixteen for me - Sybil & her Multiple Personalities
Ep 231: Wash your hands! - Typhoid Mary
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23 min
February 23 Re-Release: The Atlanta Olypmic Bombing
We're travelling this week so one more Olympics Episode for you! This one is wild - it's 1996, and the Atlanta Olympic Centennial Park is open late. Security guard Richard Jewel is on the lookout for shenanigans and finds himself the first responder to a horrible attack that leaves one dead and many shaken.

Jewell is a dork - he's the kind of guy who takes his security role super seriously. You kind of want to make fun of him, but then you get to know him and realize he was the best man for the job, and a really kind soul.

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52 min
February 18 Re-Release: Terror in Munich - Olympics 1972
Part 3 of our Olympics Episodes is here for re-release! We're back in Germany (well, West Germany now) for the 1972 Summer Olympics. A team from Israel is held hostage by the Palestinian group "Black September." It ended in deaths, heartbreak, and a forever changed Global Stage.
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53 min

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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 disasters have been avoided?