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Jack Luna
Host Jack Luna covers the worlds darkest stories, while holding you close in an itchy blanket.
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Apr 12, 2020 • 18min
10. ARCHIVE - Uncle Jimmy's Easter
Uncle Jimmy woke up with a hangover and headed downstairs. His brothers beautiful family had filled his Mothers house. It was Easter. An occasion that always overshadowed Jimmy’s birthday. But not this time.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dark-topic/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsOur Sponsors:* Check out IQbar and use my code DARK for a great deal: https://www.eatiqbar.com* Check out Kensington Publishing: https://www.kensingtonbooks.com* Check out Mood and use my code DARKTOPIC for a great deal: https://mood.com* Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com* Check out TruDiagnostic and use my code DARKTOPIC for a great deal: https://www.trudiagnostic.comSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dark-topic2753/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Apr 12, 2020 • 45min
9. ARCHIVE - The Silent Angels of Albert Fish pt.2
“I am a man of passion. You don’t know what that means, unless you are my kind. At the orphanage where they put me just before Garfield was assassinated, there were some older boys that caught a horse in a slopping field. They got the horse up against a fence down at the bottom of the field and tied him up.An old horse.They put kerosene on his tail and lit it and cut the rope and away went that old horse busting through fences to get away from the fire. But the fire went with him.That horse, that’s me. That’s the man of passion. The fire chases you and catches you and then it’s in your blood. And after that, it’s the fire that has control, not the man.Blame the fire of passion for what Albert H. Fish has done…"Writing Credit - Tyler Bell. Visit www.westsidefairytales.comResearch Credit - Dr. Hagar BarakSources:Robert Keller, Confessions of a Cannibal, 2015John Borowski, Albert Fish in his own words, Waterfront Publications 2012https://www.nytimes.com/1936/01/17/archives/slayer-of-budd-girl-dies-in-electric-chair-albert-fish-65-pays.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/1930/09/05/archives/man-67-seized-here-as-budd-kidnapper-wife-accuses-caretaker-as.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/1935/03/26/archives/fish-is-sentenced-admits-new-crimes-death-in-electric-chair-fixed.html https://local.theonion.com/[object%20Object]https://www.nytimes.com/1934/12/15/archives/exwife-unconcerned.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/1934/12/15/archives/police-try-to-link-budd-girls-slayer-to-3-other-crimes-fish.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/1934/12/15/archives/exwife-unconcerned.htmlStay ParanoidSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dark-topic/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsOur Sponsors:* Check out IQbar and use my code DARK for a great deal: https://www.eatiqbar.com* Check out Kensington Publishing: https://www.kensingtonbooks.com* Check out Mood and use my code DARKTOPIC for a great deal: https://mood.com* Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com* Check out TruDiagnostic and use my code DARKTOPIC for a great deal: https://www.trudiagnostic.comSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dark-topic2753/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Apr 12, 2020 • 44min
8. ARCHIVE - The Silent Angels of Albert Fish pt.1
You might think of hell as a hot place. That’s how it's depicted, in old films and cartoons. A sweltering abyss full of ghouls thrusting pitchforks, and inflicting bloody debauchery upon the recently damned. I'm not a believer in such places... but if i were... I'd be more inclined to go with the Dante’s Inferno depiction. Where hell is a cold, forgotten place. The darkest point of the universe, furthest from God, where sinners are trapped unmoving beneath the ice, and Satan mindlessly flaps his wings, trying to escape. But then...there are Devils among us. Devils who become immortalized in movies, books, television shows and podcasts... . The types contained within the Dark Topic Catalogue. The types who raise the bar of how evil and savage we can be... who inspire future psychopaths to pursue their own dark dreams and satiate their enormous appetites. The worst of which, I can almost believe were sent from an evil place … maybe spawned from a cold corner of the cosmos…, a spore that crashed here via asteroid eons ago…… eventually morphing into something unfathomable…. And burping up from the bottom of the ocean to take the form of something hideous …like an Angler Fish…. Or worse …Like an Albert Fish.Writing Credit - Tyler Bell of the Westside Fairytales Podcast. www.westsidefairytales.comResearch Credit - Doctor Barak Support Dark Topic by visiting www.patreon.com/darktopicpod and gain access to additional content.Sources:Robert Keller, Confessions of a Cannibal, 2015 John Borowski, Albert Fish in his own words, Waterfront Publications 2012https://www.nytimes.com/1936/01/17/archives/slayer-of-budd-girl-dies-in-electric-chair-albert-fish-65-pays.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/1930/09/05/archives/man-67-seized-here-as-budd-kidnapper-wife-accuses-caretaker-as.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/1935/03/26/archives/fish-is-sentenced-admits-new-crimes-death-in-electric-chair-fixed.html https://local.theonion.com/[object%20Object]https://www.nytimes.com/1934/12/15/archives/exwife-unconcerned.html https://www.nytimes.com/1934/12/15/archives/police-try-to-link-budd-girls-slayer-to-3-other-crimes-fish.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/1934/12/15/archives/exwife-unconcerned.htmlStay ParanoidSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dark-topic/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsOur Sponsors:* Check out IQbar and use my code DARK for a great deal: https://www.eatiqbar.com* Check out Kensington Publishing: https://www.kensingtonbooks.com* Check out Mood and use my code DARKTOPIC for a great deal: https://mood.com* Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com* Check out TruDiagnostic and use my code DARKTOPIC for a great deal: https://www.trudiagnostic.comSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dark-topic2753/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Apr 12, 2020 • 43min
7. ARCHIVE - The Missoula Mauler
For over a decade, a serial killer skulked among the residents of Missoula Montana. Wayne Nance was most likely the man responsible for having taken the lives of at least 6 people, although we'll never know for certain; thanks to his final targets.Sources: John Coston - To Kill and Kill AgainMusic: Tyler Jakes - Fifth Fang www.tylerjakes.comDark Topic Art: Jesse MarshallSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dark-topic/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsOur Sponsors:* Check out IQbar and use my code DARK for a great deal: https://www.eatiqbar.com* Check out Kensington Publishing: https://www.kensingtonbooks.com* Check out Mood and use my code DARKTOPIC for a great deal: https://mood.com* Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com* Check out TruDiagnostic and use my code DARKTOPIC for a great deal: https://www.trudiagnostic.comSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dark-topic2753/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Apr 12, 2020 • 22min
6. ARCHIVE - A Black Throne
From the dismantled CRIME MACHINE podcast.November 28th, 1994. Wisconsin. Columbia Correctional Institution, Maximum Security. Home of Jeffrey Dahmer.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dark-topic/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsOur Sponsors:* Check out IQbar and use my code DARK for a great deal: https://www.eatiqbar.com* Check out Kensington Publishing: https://www.kensingtonbooks.com* Check out Mood and use my code DARKTOPIC for a great deal: https://mood.com* Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com* Check out TruDiagnostic and use my code DARKTOPIC for a great deal: https://www.trudiagnostic.comSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dark-topic2753/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Apr 12, 2020 • 43min
5. ARCHIVE - Doctor Kevorkian
“Dying is not a crime” - Jack Kevorkian.Sources:60 Minutes Interviewhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozwoYhxdbTQ&t=81sYou Don’t Know Jack Documentary https://youtu.be/D8_Ket4prGUSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dark-topic/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsOur Sponsors:* Check out IQbar and use my code DARK for a great deal: https://www.eatiqbar.com* Check out Kensington Publishing: https://www.kensingtonbooks.com* Check out Mood and use my code DARKTOPIC for a great deal: https://mood.com* Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com* Check out TruDiagnostic and use my code DARKTOPIC for a great deal: https://www.trudiagnostic.comSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dark-topic2753/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Apr 12, 2020 • 22min
4. ARCHIVE - The Zed Team
The Zed Team. An unholy crew of misfits that turned on one of their own.Research - Hagar BarakPatreon - www.patreon.com/darktopicpodSOURCES :i. https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/jimmy-prout-murder-facebook-injuries-13206066ii. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tyne-40324334iii. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/may/03/cultish-neighbours-tortured-and-killed-tyneside-man-jury-told-jimmy-proutiv. https://metro.co.uk/2017/06/27/killers-jailed-for-life-for-boiling-mans-testicle-and-forcing-him-to-eat-it-6738376/v. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tyne-39794370vi. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tyne-35907061vii. https://metro.co.uk/2018/11/20/ex-wishes-she-could-say-sorry-to-dad-forced-to-eat-his-own-testicle-8157848/viii. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6406371/Cult-victims-ex-girlfriend-reveals-agony-not-able-save-him.htmlix. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/7722572/dangerous-uk-cults/x. https://genwhypod.com/blogs/the-generation-why-podcast-blog/the-murder-of-jimmy-proutxi. https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/jimmy-prout-murder-trial-live-13006731xii. https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/police-increasingly-concerned-man-woman-11099701xiii. https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/jimmy-prout-murder-trial-live-12978134xiv. https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/story-jimmy-prout-dad-two-13206598xv. https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/truth-cult-killer-zahid-zaman-13218270xvi. https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/he-like-poison-estate-residents-13205442xvii. https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/wheelchair-bound-puppetmaster-behind-jimmy-13205337xviii. https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/north-shields-death-cult-how-13205619Stay ParanoidSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dark-topic/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsOur Sponsors:* Check out IQbar and use my code DARK for a great deal: https://www.eatiqbar.com* Check out Kensington Publishing: https://www.kensingtonbooks.com* Check out Mood and use my code DARKTOPIC for a great deal: https://mood.com* Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com* Check out TruDiagnostic and use my code DARKTOPIC for a great deal: https://www.trudiagnostic.comSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dark-topic2753/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Apr 11, 2020 • 46min
3. ARCHIVE - The Invisible People
The Truck Stop Killer. Robert Ben Rhoades.This episode was co-written by Tyler Bell of The Westside Fairytales Podcast. Visit www.westsidefairytales.com for some horror fiction in podcast form.Research Credit: Doctor BarakMusic Credit: Tyler Jakes - Woodchips & Pouty Lips. www.tylerjakes.comFor DT Merch and more, visit www.darktopicpodcast.comSources:ARTICLES: https://www.gq.com/story/truck-stop-killer-gq-november-2012The author of this article was a teenage runaway hitchhiking at truck stops during the time when Rhoades was active. She had a scary encounter with a man who she later came to suspect was Rhoades, and she goes to attempt to verify her suspicion. It’s a good read with lots on insights into hitchhiking in the ‘80shttps://www.truckdrivingjobs.com/faq/the-haunting-case-of-robert-ben-rhoades-truck-stop-muderer.htmlhonestly, I cannot attest to the journalistic credentials of truck driver jobs, but they do have a refreshing angle, in that they don’t assume that truck drivers are, in general, a bunch of creepy psychos.https://www.monstersandcritics.com/smallscreen/truck-stop-killer-robert-ben-rhoades-ex-wife-recounts-time-with-serial-killer-and-rapist/basically, a link to the ID interviewhttps://abcnews.go.com/US/texas-trucker-traveling-torture-chamber-admits-murders/story?id=16037743on the 2012 trialhttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2223778/The-night-I-murdered-truck-stop-serial-killer-One-woman-tells-story-survival.htmlVanessa Veselka, who wrote the GQ article, got covered in the DM! so you know it’s truehttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/9175140/Torture-chamber-trucker-sentence-to-life-in-prison.htmlsummary of the case on after the 2012 trialhttps://healthpsychologyconsultancy.wordpress.com/2012/11/13/making-of-a-monster-robert-ben-rhoades/ An interview with a psychologist who specialized in childhood abuse (who did not interview Rhoades but did review the material) on the events that may have contributed to create this serial killer.http://maamodt.asp.radford.edu/Psyc%20405/serial%20killers/Rhodes,%20Robert%20Ben%20spring%202007.pdf Behold a timeline of his life events (that are related to his murders) recorded by students at the psychology department at Radford: (I will be checking this against the other sources to ascertain its reliability, since, just to start with, they misspelled ‘Council Bluffs, Iowa’)VIDEOS:http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x21lu4https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rj1H3_aQhTgStay ParanoidSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dark-topic/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsOur Sponsors:* Check out IQbar and use my code DARK for a great deal: https://www.eatiqbar.com* Check out Kensington Publishing: https://www.kensingtonbooks.com* Check out Mood and use my code DARKTOPIC for a great deal: https://mood.com* Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com* Check out TruDiagnostic and use my code DARKTOPIC for a great deal: https://www.trudiagnostic.comSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dark-topic2753/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Apr 11, 2020 • 47min
2. ARCHIVE - Herb Baumeister pt.2: Fox Hollow Farm
Herb Baumeister, using the alias "Brian Smart", is on the hunt. . He drives his blue Buick out to the city most evenings, and brings home men whenever his wife and kids aren't home. Which, as a result of his deteriorating facade, is quite often these days.Sourceshttps://www.thoughtco.com/herbert-richard-baumeister-973121http://www.peoplespressindy.org/2018/12/29/herb-baumeister-the-fiend-of-westfield/https://people.com/archive/while-julie-was-away-vol-46-no-26/https://www.learning-history.com/herb-baumeister/https://www.ranker.com/list/herb-baumeister-murder-facts/jessika-gilberthttp://maamodt.asp.radford.edu/Psyc%20405/serial%20killers/Baumeister,%20Herb%20-%20fall,%202005.pdfhttps://www.newspapers.com/clip/21146253/the_indianapolis_star/VideoHerb Raccoon - Wish TV Archive Files - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQuj30TsMQ0Paranormal - Knocker "BUG" (19:10) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXdr4AsJxAk&t=1167sGhost Adventures - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQVScfTTI1w&t=318sBooksWhere the Bodies are Buried, St Martin’s True CrimeYou Think You Know Me: The True Story of Herb Baumeister and the Horror at Fox Hollow Farm/Ryan Green, Ryan Green PublishingStay ParanoidSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dark-topic/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsOur Sponsors:* Check out IQbar and use my code DARK for a great deal: https://www.eatiqbar.com* Check out Kensington Publishing: https://www.kensingtonbooks.com* Check out Mood and use my code DARKTOPIC for a great deal: https://mood.com* Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com* Check out TruDiagnostic and use my code DARKTOPIC for a great deal: https://www.trudiagnostic.comSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dark-topic2753/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Apr 11, 2020 • 39min
1. ARCHIVE- Herb Baumeister pt.1
Herb Baumeister was an odd boy who grew up to become a successful, well respected family and business man. Maybe most impressive, Herb achieved his dreams while leading a double life as a gay man, and moonlighting as a prolific serial killer. Part 1.Research - Hagar BarakMusic - Tyler Jakes - www.tylerjakes.comPatreon - www.patreon.com/darktopicpodWebsite - www.darktopicpodcast.comSourceshttps://www.thoughtco.com/herbert-richard-baumeister-973121http://www.peoplespressindy.org/2018/12/29/herb-baumeister-the-fiend-of-westfield/https://people.com/archive/while-julie-was-away-vol-46-no-26/https://www.learning-history.com/herb-baumeister/https://www.ranker.com/list/herb-baumeister-murder-facts/jessika-gilberthttp://maamodt.asp.radford.edu/Psyc%20405/serial%20killers/Baumeister,%20Herb%20-%20fall,%202005.pdfhttps://www.newspapers.com/clip/21146253/the_indianapolis_star/Books-Where the Bodies are Buried, St Martin’s True Crime-You Think You Know Me: The True Story of Herb Baumeister and the Horror at Fox Hollow Farm/Ryan Green, Ryan Green PublishingStay ParanoidSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dark-topic/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsOur Sponsors:* Check out IQbar and use my code DARK for a great deal: https://www.eatiqbar.com* Check out Kensington Publishing: https://www.kensingtonbooks.com* Check out Mood and use my code DARKTOPIC for a great deal: https://mood.com* Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com* Check out TruDiagnostic and use my code DARKTOPIC for a great deal: https://www.trudiagnostic.comSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dark-topic2753/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy