Midnight Facts for Insomniacs

By Shane Rogers

A podcast of fascinating facts! What do extraterrestrial radio signals and a mushroom from Texas have in common? What is a “number station“ and why is it so spine-tinglingly creepy? Join comedians Sha... more

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How many episodes does Midnight Facts for Insomniacs have?

The podcast currently has 282 episodes available.

Midnight Facts for Insomniacs episodes:

February 22, 2024Prison Breaks: Alcatraz and El Chapo
Unlock gripping true stories that defy the confines of steel and stone in this tunneling, plotting, unshackled episode of MFFI.
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In this episode:
Alcatraz, aka The Rock
Joseph Bowers: The First Attempt
John Paul Scott: The First "Success"
Theodore Cole and Ralph Roe: The First Unknowns
Escape from Alcatraz: The Most Famous
Frank Morris
John and Clarence Anglin
Alan Clayton West
The Plan
The Escape
The Aftermath
Jaouquin Archibald Guzman Loera
"El Chapo"
The Sinaloa Cartel
First Incarceration and Escape: Puente Grande
Second Incarceration and Escape: Altiplano
Third Incarceraton and No Escape: Florence Superman (ADX Florence)
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Support the show by becoming a Midnight Minion, Menace, or Maniac, and unlock exclusive bonus content over at PATREON
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Chat with fellow insomniacs and vote on episode topics via DISCORD
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Join the Midnight Masses!
Become an Insomniac by dropping a review, adding us on social media, and contacting us with episode ideas.
And we now have Midnight Merch! Show your Insomniac pride and pick up a tee shirt or coffee mug to spread the word!
Midnight Merch
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1h 1min
February 15, 2024 After Midnight with Hrag Tarbinian: The Top 5 TV Shows That Need To Be Rebooted/Continued (Sample)
It's the first ever repeat-guest! Comedian Hrag Tarbinian joins the guys to debate the top five TV shows that deserve a second chance.

Which TV shows are in your top 5? Tell us in the Discord...
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Access the entire back catalog of After Midnights, plus bonus episodes and video livestreams over at the brand new MFFI Patreon:
PATREON
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Join the Midnight Masses!
Become an Insomniac by dropping a review, adding us on social media, and contacting us with episode ideas.
And we now have Midnight Merch! Show your Insomniac pride and pick up a tee shirt or coffee mug to spread the word!
Midnight Merch
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21min
February 08, 2024Black Holes: Time-Warping Cosmic Paradoxes
How powerful is a singularity? Can anything escape from an event horizon? Do black holes “suck”?
Dive into the cosmic shadows with Shane and Duncan as they unravel the mind-warping, gravity-bending science behind black holes.
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In this episode:
Sagittarius A*
Primordial Black Holes
John Michell
Dark stars
Gravitationally Completely Collapsed Objects
John Wheeler
Cygnus X-1
Event Horizon Telescope
Messier 87
Supernovae
Red Giants, White Dwarves, Blue Supergiants
Einstein and General Relativity
Gravity
Nuclear Forces and Electromagnetism
Quantum Mechanics
Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
Quantum Entanglement
Hawking Radiation/Evaporation
Sanduleak −69 202
Event Horizon
Singularity
Photon Sphere
Accretion Discs
Time Dilation
TOE (Theory of Everything)
String Theory
Spaghettification
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Support the show by becoming a Midnight Minion, Menace, or Maniac, and unlock exclusive bonus content over at PATREON
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Chat with fellow insomniacs and vote on episode topics via DISCORD
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Join the Midnight Masses!
Become an Insomniac by dropping a review, adding us on social media, and contacting us with episode ideas.
And we now have Midnight Merch! Show your Insomniac pride and pick up a tee shirt or coffee mug to spread the word!
Midnight Merch
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59min
February 01, 2024 (SAMPLE) After Midnight Livestream: The Top 5 Movies We Wish We Could See Again For the First Time
Some movies are evergreen; you can watch them over and over again and enjoy the experience equally every time. But others were specifically constructed to blow your mind on that very first watch, and they never hit the same way again.
Which first-time films are in your top 5? Tell us in the Discord...
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Access the entire back catalog of After Midnights, plus bonus episodes and video livestreams over at the brand new MFFI Patreon:
PATREON
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Join the Midnight Masses!
Become an Insomniac by dropping a review, adding us on social media, and contacting us with episode ideas.
And we now have Midnight Merch! Show your Insomniac pride and pick up a tee shirt or coffee mug to spread the word!
Midnight Merch
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21min
January 25, 2024Decoding Blood: The History of Genetics and DNA Profiling (Forensics Part 2)
Follow Shane and Duncan along the twists and turns of the double helix as they unravel the history of genetics and DNA profiling. From Watson and Crick to the Human Genome Project, from Green River to the Golden State Killer, learn how genetic material holds the key to solving seemingly unsolvable crimes and curing formerly incurable diseases.
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In this episode:
Deoxyribonucleic Acid: The "Blueprint for Life"
The Structure of DNA
Nucleotides: Adenine, Cytosine, Thymine, Guanine
Sugar Phosphates
Friedrick Miescher
Photo 51
Rosalind Franklin
Watson and Crick
The Eagle Pub
Nature Magazine
DNA Sequencing
Frederick Sanger
The Human Genome Project
DNA Profiling
Jeffrey Glassberg
Alec Jeffries
Murderer Colin Pitchfork: The First Success
Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism
The Green River Killer: Gary Ridgeway
The Golden State Killer: James D'Angelo Junior
CODIS: The Combined Data Index System
Touch-DNA
The Pitfalls of Partial DNA
Successes
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Support the show by becoming a Midnight Minion, Menace, or Maniac, and unlock exclusive bonus content over at PATREON
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Chat with fellow insomniacs and vote on episode topics via DISCORD
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Join the Midnight Masses!
Become an Insomniac by dropping a review, adding us on social media, and contacting us with episode ideas.
And we now have Midnight Merch! Show your Insomniac pride and pick up a tee shirt or coffee mug to spread the word!
Midnight Merch
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54min
January 18, 2024 (Full Episode) After Midnight with Red Scott: The Top 5 Movies Adapted from Books, Redux
Comedian Red Scott from the Failure to Adapt podcast joins Shane and Duncan to revisit a popular subject: the top 5 movies adapted from books.
Who’s in your top 5? Tell us in the Discord...
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Access the entire back catalog of After Midnights, plus bonus episodes and video livestreams over at the brand new MFFI Patreon:
PATREON
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Join the Midnight Masses!
Become an Insomniac by dropping a review, adding us on social media, and contacting us with episode ideas.
And we now have Midnight Merch! Show your Insomniac pride and pick up a tee shirt or coffee mug to spread the word!
Midnight Merch
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Instagram
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1h 1min
January 11, 2024Blood, Sweat, Fingerprints and Tears: Forensic Science
What do blood, sweat, tears, and fingerprints have in common? They can all be used to solve crimes. In this episode of Midnight Facts for Insomniacs, Shane and Duncan explore the fascinating world of forensic science, and debunk some of the most ridiculous Hollywood myths. Crime doesn't pay, but it sure makes for a great episode…
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In this episode:
A short history of forensics
Pre-forensics
Trial by combat
Cruentation
Eureka! Archimedes and water displacement
The Theory of Discernable Uniqueness
Likelihood Ratios
Fingerprints
Dermal Ridge Skin
Turing Patterns
Whorls, Loops, and Arches
The Henry Classification System
Dermatoglyphs
Adermatoglyphia
Dactyloscopy
Johann Christoph Andreas Mayer
Jean Evangelista Purkyne
Henry Faulds
The Loupe
The first success: Francisca Rojas
Paul Jean Coulier and iodine fuming
IAFIS: Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System
Blood Spatter
Michael C. Hall and Dexter Morgan
Herbert MacDonell
The [Basement] Laboratory of Forensic Science
The International Association of Bloodstain Pattern Analysts
Debunking: The 2009 report by the National Academy of Sciences
Splatter vs Spatter
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Support the show by becoming a Midnight Minion, Menace, or Maniac, and unlock exclusive bonus content over at PATREON
~
Chat with fellow insomniacs and vote on episode topics via DISCORD
~
Join the Midnight Masses!
Become an Insomniac by dropping a review, adding us on social media, and contacting us with episode ideas.
And we now have Midnight Merch! Show your Insomniac pride and pick up a tee shirt or coffee mug to spread the word!
Midnight Merch
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Leave an Audio Message!
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Podcast Website
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52min
January 04, 2024 After Midnight Livestream: The Top 5 Friendliest (and 5 Least Friendly) Actors [Sample]
You don’t have to be a good person to be a great actor. In fact, some of the most celebrated actors of our time are widely acknowledged to be insufferable bastards. Who are the worst of the worst? And who are the exceptions? In the most recent livestream, a distinguished group of minions, menaces, and maniacs joined Shane and Duncan to create a definitive list.
Who’s in your top 5? Tell us in the Discord...
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Access the entire back catalog of After Midnights, plus bonus episodes and video livestreams over at the brand new MFFI Patreon:
PATREON
~
Join the Midnight Masses!
Become an Insomniac by dropping a review, adding us on social media, and contacting us with episode ideas.
And we now have Midnight Merch! Show your Insomniac pride and pick up a tee shirt or coffee mug to spread the word!
Midnight Merch
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24min
December 28, 2023Famous Ships Lost at Sea
Which nautical tragedy represents the largest loss of life in non-combat American Navy history? Are there any undiscovered shipwrecks in American lakes? How much treasure would you get to keep if you could find the most valuable shipwreck that still hasn’t been discovered? Prepare for a journey through maritime history’s darkest waters, as Shane and Duncan delve into four chilling tales of ships lost at sea…

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In this episode:
USS Cyclops
Flor de la Mar
Le Griffon
SS Waratah
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Support the show by becoming a Midnight Minion, Menace, or Maniac, and unlock exclusive bonus content over at PATREON
~
Chat with fellow insomniacs and vote on episode topics via DISCORD
~
Join the Midnight Masses!
Become an Insomniac by dropping a review, adding us on social media, and contacting us with episode ideas.
And we now have Midnight Merch! Show your Insomniac pride and pick up a tee shirt or coffee mug to spread the word!
Midnight Merch
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41min
December 21, 2023 After Midnight Livestream - Full Episode: The Top 5 Holiday Songs (Re-Release)
Christmas bonuses abound! In this case we're unlocking a Patreon-exclusive by releasing a full After Midnight episode from last holiday season: 'Tis the season to debate the greatest holiday songs of all time...or, in Duncan's case, to argue over whether a "great" holiday song even exists...

What's in your top 5? Tell us in the Discord...
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Access the entire back catalog of After Midnights, plus bonus episodes and video livestreams over at the brand new MFFI Patreon:
PATREON
~
Join the Midnight Masses!
Become an Insomniac by dropping a review, adding us on social media, and contacting us with episode ideas.
And we now have Midnight Merch! Show your Insomniac pride and pick up a tee shirt or coffee mug to spread the word!
Midnight Merch
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Podcast Website
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29min

FAQs about Midnight Facts for Insomniacs:

How many episodes does Midnight Facts for Insomniacs have?

The podcast currently has 282 episodes available.

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