The Random Intellectual

The Amber Room was a real life treasure room. A gift from Prussia to Russia in 1716, the room boasted some 6 tons of amber, semi-precious stones, and gold inlay. Unfortunately, war is destructive, and war with Nazis can be extremely destructive, and during WWII the room was lost. But lost where? Destroyed, on a wrecked ship at the bottom of the ocean, or locked away in some secret catacombs somewhere. On this week’s episode, we’ll tell you about the history of the Amber Room and the different theories of what actually happened to it.

The Hinterkaifeck farm murders is one of Germany’s unsolved murders. Back in March 31st, 1922 the Gruber family and their maid were brutally murdered with a pickax. Although there were about 100 suspects, no one was found guilty. Did we mention the incest angle involved? If this piques your interest then tune in to this week's episode of The Random Intellectual.

On this episode of the Random Intellectual, we will be discussing sleep deprivation. We’ve all been there, you’re probably sleep deprived right now! Go to sleep! 

Going without sleep can not only affect your body but your mind. We will introduce you to some wild characters that went without sleep for longer than you can imagine. Also, David Blaine is involved and you know he is always up to some extreme shenanigans.

Who makes crop circles? And also why? On this week’s episode we will try to answer those questions, give you a little history on crop circles and tell you about some theories including our own. Don’t worry, we think it’s aliens too.

There are two things that The Random Intellectual loves to talk about the most: Halloween and murders! We can’t wait to tell you the story about the man who poisoned his own son with Halloween candy or the unfortunate final victim of the Toolbox Killers. We may have just missed Halloween but these kinds of spooky stories are always in season!

The Dancing Plague of 1518 was a weird historic event that occurred in Strasbourg, Alsace, which is now modern-day France. Some 50  - 400 people danced uncontrollably for days. A few of these people actually died and nobody really knows why. Don’t get us wrong, we have a few theories.

The Taliban has been a group with so much notoriety for the past 20-30 years. But how did they come to be? What historic event occurred that set the wheel in motion to cause a group like the Taliban to exist? Well, it was actually the Saur Revolution of 1978 that started things. On this week’s episode we’ll tell you a very brief history of how the Taliban came to be and how that affects how things are now.

What do you get when you take an unusual dentist, add a lover with all her teeth removed, combine that with another family that you can’t stand, and mix all that with a fake baroness and her two lovers all on a rough and deserted island? If you said the Galapagos Affair, you’d be right!!! This story is crazy and very true!

What do you get when you take an unusual dentist, add a lover with all her teeth removed, combine that with another family that you can’t stand, and mix all that with a fake baroness and her two lovers all on a rough and deserted island? If you said the Galapagos Affair, you’d be right!!! This story is crazy and very true!