You know Dracula, the Vampire, yeah well he's actually based on a real dude from from Eastern Europe who was actually way crazier than the character. Like burning, boiling, impaling and those are the people in his own country, That's Part 1, 

Leatherface, Norman Bates, Buffalo Bob from Silence of the Lambs, well they are all based on our next guest, Ed Gein, Ed Gein, the most unassuming guy you'd ever seen. Ed had a secret and some serious family issues. CK was finding out a lot of Ed Gein stuff for the first time and he has a lot of questions. Part 2.

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Houdini, you know the name. The father of all magicians and illusionist alike. The man made his living thinking of new ways to defy death, to amaze audiences and make them suspend their belief. But one faithful occurrence of a seance gone wrong and Houdini took it upon himself to take on the spiritulist movement as only he could. Find out how he debunked the most successful mediums of the time and how it could have led to his untimely death. 

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The year is 1692. You're none too pleased with the amount of Catholics rolling into Puritanical Salem. One day while your enjoying some rye porridge and bread on your porch you see your neighbor floating in front of you as you become overcome with sickness. Well it's obvious what's happening, you got some bad Rye and you're trippin balls right? Wrong, it means that bitch is a Witch and you gotta hang her and anyone like her. Join us for another dive into the ugly and stupid history of the good ol USA. 

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I mean the title of the episode is pretty self explanatory right? We're talking fictional heroes, those larger than life figures we used to pretend to be playing in the backyard or riding our bikes down the street. Sure they didn't consider things like property damage, bystander casualties, the laws of physics or frankly anything else, but that's why we love them. 

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Apparently there's a lot to unpack when it comes to the Knights Templar, from humble beginnings as a group of knights during the 1st Crusade meant to protect visitors to the Holy Land on the Pilgrim Road to basically becoming the Church's Black Ops unit and oh yeah, almost singlehandedly creating modern banking. When you become so powerful the King of France comes at you because he owes you money, I'd say you're a pretty big deal. Between the actual recorded history and the theories, we've crammed as much as we could into this one without needing lubricant. Join us won't you, you'll be happy you did. 

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It's one of the greatest feats of engineering in Human History. The Panama Canal was created to bridge the world's two largest oceans together in an effort to speed commerce and travel. Well that all well and good until you discover you gotta punch a trench through a country. Find out why Panama was chosen, how the French lost 20,000 workers, and why they had to pass the baton to Uncle Sam to finish the job. 

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I want you to close your eyes for a second, yes you reading this just do, well crap wait I haven't told you what to actually do yet. Okay I want you to close your eyes AND imagine your smoking Dream Team. Well that's what we did. We took our White Whales of sports, entertainment, the imagination, etc and explain what would make them the ultimate Bud Buddy. 

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What happens when you take mind control experiments started by the Nazi's in WW2, give it to the newly established CIA, and provide a bunch of money and no oversight to a bunch of assholes to research it? You get MK Ultra. The secret CIA operation to create assassins who didn't know they were assassins, spies who wouldn't remember information if captured, and interrogation that always got results. These guys dosed everyone, knowing and unknowing. They even have ties to Charles Manson. You've got a spare 2 hours and we've got what you need. 

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Depending on who's telling the events that transpired in 1971, you may hear them described as one of those three. You can decide for yourself after hearing what happened to cause the deadliest prison incident in U.S. History. A Riot caused by inhuman treatment ended with hostages taken and a portion of the prison in inmate control. Preconceived notions start getting cloudy in the Shoe-Dio when we cover what happens when you take basic human needs and rights from those society has overlooked. It a moral puzzle, how do you try to feel bad for the bad guy?

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It's Friday folks, let us guide you into your weekend with our insightful and interesting takes on the best movies of the 2000's. You're not gonna regret it...unless you do, in which case sorry, our bad, we'll try harder. 

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