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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November 10, 2025 Stocks & Pillory: Think About What You Did
On this episode Dan and Kevin cover: comments, trick or treat, rumors, cat names, Quantum Leap, Elizabeth Needham, fraud, Perkin Warbeck, witness for hire, cangue, very first victim, witchcraft, slaves, Dermott Arkansas, Finland, Bulgogi beef, D&D on Patreon, and much much more!!

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October 27, 2025 Werewolf Trials: Strange Salve
On this episode Dan and Kevin cover: American work life, No Kings, BDSM monsters, that damn cardinal, accusations, setting the stage, Werewolves of Poligny, Gilles Garnier, pre-historic times, Gilgamesh, King Lycaon, bad geography, Peter Stumpp, propaganda, an entire family of wolves, child serial killer, the Hound of God, hysteria in decline, the Tallow Man, vampire vs werewolf, What We Do In The Shadows, and much much more!!

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1h 25min
October 13, 2025 Buried Alive: Quite Efficient
On this episode Dan and Kevin cover: Dwarf Metal, a programming note, The Long Walk, fast food, The Saxons, The Franks, Vestial Virgins, grounding, Moesha, phasing out, Anabaptist, beastiality, war time, accidents, a bad radio voice, the process, safety coffins, and much, much more!!

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1h 19min
September 07, 2025 Lead Sprinkler: Receive Now Your Blessing
On this episode Dan and Kevin cover: doing voices, Dolly Parton, a message from a listener, Dexter's Laboratory, blasphemer, other substances, don't pop blisters, an aspergillum, myths and tales, KFC, catfish, and much more!!
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1h 2min
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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