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Apr 14, 2023
Damanhur, Italian Art Cult | Case File #153
01:12:50
In the 1970s, a cult started in Italy dedicated to creating the most beautiful artwork in the world. They built one of the most astonishing structures in the world.
The US Soldier Who Became a North Korean Movie Star | Case File #152
01:03:39
In the mid 1960s, US soldier Charles Jenkins defected from his post to escape the Vietnam war and wound up as a POW in North Korea for 40 years - where he became a movie star?
In the 1960s, a man from the newly-independent nation of Zambia started a space program to beat the US and Russia to the stars. It...didn't work but the story is hilarious and weirdly inspirational.
The Time YouTube Pranksters Assassinated Kim Jong Un's Brother | Case File #150
01:03:47
Two women were tricked into thinking they were hired to play pranks on random strangers for YouTube, but they'd end up unknowingly assassinating the North Korean dictator's older brother.
Shortly after World War I, a town in Australia was overrun by 20,000 Emu. The government decided to wage a war on them using 3 men and 2 machine guns. Somehow the government lost?
Craziest Unsolved Art Robbery Of All Time | Case File #148
01:10:47
In the 90s, unidentified thieves stole millions of dollars worth of fine art from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. They were never caught. We never saw that artwork again...
Catherine Leroy, Photographer Who Brought Empathy to the West | Case File #146
01:10:14
During the Vietnam war, one woman took photographs that were the first glimpse of the horrors of war for most Westerners. It forever changed our political landscape.
Fred Rogers built a children's show empire throughout the 50s, 60s, 70s, and 80s, but also somehow ended up nearly singlehandedly saving the porn industry???
This episode was co-written by Spandrew Spice and guest writer J Bard.