The Random Intellectual

The Cecil hotel is a hotel in Los Angeles, California that has had a sorted past to say the least. Murders, suicides, and even serial killers have been a part of its history. The infamous death of Elisa Lam has made the hotel a kind of dark tourist attraction and a Netflix documentary has been made about it. We’ll tell you about some of the craziness that has gone on in the hotel throughout the years and we’ll tell you exactly what we think of the documentary.

The Jamison family disappeared on October 8, 2009 and were never seen alive again. In fact, partial skeletal remains weren’t found until 4 years later. There are many good theories of what possibly happened to them but no real evidence and no suspects. To this day their murders are unsolved with no real leads. We’ll tell you what we think happened on this week’s episode.

Jeffrey Epstein was an American financier and a convicted sex offender. He basically started a prostitution ring where he and his wealthy friends would sexually abuse women and girls. With the help of his friend Ghislaine Maxwell, many young girls were sexually assaulted for years. Eventually Epstein was caught and died in prison. His death does seem suspicious to many. So what happened? Listen to this week’s episode and we’ll fill you in.

How many times has being drunk got you into trouble? How many times has being drunk saved your life? This week we’re going to be talking about people who survived death by being drunk. We’ll also tell you how inebriation can sometimes be a life saver!

When we talk about Dr. Death we’re talking about assisted suicides. We’ll tell you all about Philip Nitschke and Jack Kevorkian and the death machines they used to help kill people who desperately wanted to die. We’ll talk about all the moral and ethical dilemmas surrounding assisted suicides and what consequences these two had to deal with for doing what they believed was right. You won’t want to miss it.

When you think of nuns, what comes to mind? Strict, older ladies that like to discipline with rulers? Those are not the nuns we are talking about. We are talking about bad ass nuns. The nuns who stand up for what they believe in, spend time in prison rather than betray their beliefs. Nuns that kick ass.

Pablo Escobar and El Chapo were insanely powerful drug lords in the 1980’s-1990’s. El Chapo’s base was Mexico and transported drugs into the U.S. via tunnels while Escobar was in Columbia and used planes to get his drugs to America. Both were ruthless and killed thousands of people to get what they wanted. On this week’s episode we’ll be telling you all the details in these drug lords lives.

Cryonics is the low-temperature freezing of a human corpse or sometimes just the head in hopes that one day it could be revived with new technology sometime in the future. Some believe that while maybe a body cannot be resurrected perhaps the personality or memory of a person can be uploaded inside of a robot. Skeptics think this is a foolish way to try to outsmart death and will never work. Do you think it’s possible? On this week’s podcast, we will discuss cryonics, cryogenics, cryotherapy, and a whole bunch of other “cryo” stuff!

Stalking is when a person repeatedly and persistently engages in unwanted communication and sometimes they approach a person in order to invoke fear in them. There are several famous stalker cases we will be talking about as well as talking about the different types of stalkers and what you can do to keep yourself safe. You don’t want to miss it!