History Dweebs - A look at True Crime, Murders, Serial Killers and the Darkside of History

By Tim Scott, Charles Walters and Brandy HerrmannComedy Comedy Interviews

History Dweebs - A look at True Crime, Murders, Serial Killers and the Darkside of History episodes

September 24, 2015 Scandal - The Fatty Arbuckle Story
Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle was one of Hollywood's biggest stars in the early 20th century. In 1921, he was at the center of the film industry's first major scandal. Arbuckle became the defendant in three widely publicized trials for the rape and manslaughter of an aspiring young actress named Virginia Rappe.
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1 hr 17 min
September 18, 2015 Serial Killers in Love - Ottis Toole and Henry Lee Lucas
Ottis Toole and Henery lee Lucas were friends, lovers and serial killers. It is believed they were responsible for, as many as, 200 murders in the 1970s and 80s. Their most well known victim was 7 year old Adam Walsh.
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1 hr 10 min
September 11, 2015 Wanted: Dead or Alive - Jesse James
Join us as we discuss the life and death of America's favorite Outlaw - Jesse James.
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1 hr 29 min
September 05, 2015 The Dating Game Killer - Rodney Alcala
Rodney Alcala is a convicted rapist and serial killer responsible for at least 5 murders and perhaps as many as 130. Alcala is known as the "Dating Game Killer" because, in the middle of his killing spree, he appeared as a contestant on the popular T.V. game show.
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57 min
September 02, 2015 Terror under the Big Top - The Hartford Circus Fire of 1944
The Hartford circus fire was one of the worst fire disasters in the U.S. history. The fire occurred during an afternoon performance of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus that was attended by 6,000 to 8,000 people. More than 168 people died and more than 700 were injured.
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1 hr 7 min
August 29, 2015 The Killing of Alfalfa
Carl Switzer was better known as the beloved "Alfalfa" from the "Our Gang" series. In 1959, Switzer was brutually murdered during a dispute over $50.
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48 min
August 27, 2015 American Gangster - Pretty Boy Floyd
Charles "Pretty Boy Floyd" was an American Bank Robber and Folk Hero who met his fate when Police gunned him down in 1934.
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47 min
August 21, 2015 Audie Murphy - The Story Of A True American Hero
Audie Murphy was one of the most decorated American combat soldiers of World War II, receiving every military combat award for valor available from the U.S. Army. After the war, he went on to have a remarkable career on the big screen.
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1 hr 4 min
August 07, 2015 Charles Whitman - The University of Texas Tower Shooting
Charles Whitman was an intelligent, mild -mannered former Marine who killed 16 people at the University of Texas in 1966.
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1 hr 15 min
July 31, 2015 The Day the Music Died - The tragic deaths of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper
On February 3, 1959, rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson were killed in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa, together with the pilot, Roger Peterson. The event became known as "The day the music died"
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1 hr 6 min