Torture

By Kevin Young & Dan Hourigan

Ever wanted to know where things like The Rack or The Brazen Bull came from and why? Want to delve deep into what made Pol Pot or Idi Amin the tyrant's they became? Hosts Kevin Young and Dan Hourig

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August 10, 2025 Hanging Cage: Dick Seamen Cox Oort
On this episode Dan and Kevin cover: Bub the zombie, deaths, Pam & Liam, Andrew Mills, highway men, John the Painter, arson, different types, William Kidd, French nuns, hanging coffins, Rick & Morty, and much more!
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1h 6min
July 27, 2025 Nero Episode 2: Over Dramaticus
On this episode Dan and Kevin cover: Superman, getting rid of threats, Lincoln, losing a child, the great fire, Domus Aurea, Christian persecution, debauchery, conspiracy, Sporus, a trip to Greece, being abandoned, delaying the inevitable, assisted suicide, the after effects, the Tigellinus files, and much much more!

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1h 35min
July 13, 2025 Nero Episode 1: I'm A Star, Mommy
On our Season 4 Premier, Dan and Kevin cover: We hate summer, camps, long names, a difficult birth, incest, a new name, the parents, mentors, an overbearing mother, baby's first political murder, bad influences, a loveless marriage, matricide, unpopular divorce, Tigellinus, and much much more!!

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1h 47min
June 29, 2025 Scavenger's Daughter: Do The Skevington's Gyves
On our season 3 finale Dan and Kevin cover: TikTok trends, 28 Years Later, ruining movies, Luke Kirby, The Rack, Old Liz, Thomas Cottom, the spy Sledd, an escape plan, sacrifice, Novocain, Qs are the worst, Liberty of the Tower, name evolution, the show going forward, King James, and much much more!!

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1h 8min
June 08, 2025 Nazino Island: The Very Hungry Games
On this episode Dan and Kevin cover: AI, the fire department at Dan's house, cat talk, Stalin, Taco Trump, resettlement, OGPU, internal passports, a bad train ride, Tomsk, a river cruise, out sourcing, chaos, making bread, gangs, escape plans, cannibalism, Yellowjackets, location, the Velichko Report, and much much more!!
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1h 43min
May 25, 2025 Electrocution: Poor Old Burger Head
On this episode Dan and Kevin cover: a new kitten, Evil Dead, the problem with new shows, Goldust, an assassination attempt, the electric chair, botched executions, picana, a science lesson, coal mining, volts vs amps, the bathtub method, ECT, student abuse, and much much more!!

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1h 23min
May 04, 2025 The Death of Fan Man-yee: Hello Kitty
On this episode Dan and Kevin cover: A/C, hornet time,1999, a haunted girl, early life, 8 track, fast food, getting clean, a big mistake, chili oil, beatings, body disposal, brussels sprouts, the arrests, the trial, and much more!

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1h 15min
April 20, 2025 Crucifixion: Unfortunate Wood
On this episode Dan and Kevin cover: WrestleMania, missing a week, Easter, eggs, the process, Alexander the Great, weird Greek names, Rome, Siege of Jerusalem, Mt. Dew, scourging, Constantine I, 26 Martyrs of Nagasaki, bad nuns, exorcism, Fillet-O-Fish, Conan the O'Brian, and much much more!!

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1h 27min
March 30, 2025 Iron Maiden: Sounds Cool
On this episode Dan and Kevin cover: Muppets, Rose was the villain, eclectic tastes, Arnocorps, Aldric the Black, Dan is Kenny, stealing jokes, Chat GPT, Marcus Regulus, evil ancient robots, an old friend, propaganda, Iraqi National Olympic Committee, the wisdom of Cookie Monster, and much more!!

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1h 17min
March 16, 2025 Necklacing: People's Court
On this episode Dan and Kevin cover: Daylight savings, bingo 1985, Sello, the history of South Africa, segregation, the Sharpeville massacre, Nelson Mandela, air fryers, Maki Skosana, Desmond Tutu, Mandela United Football Club, Black July, Haiti, Tim Lopez, the end of apartheid, and much much more!!

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