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The Chijon Family was a nightmarishly savage South Korean gang that blazed a brief but blood-soaked trail of terror between 1993 and 1994. Spearheaded by 27-year-old Kim Gi-hwan—a man consu ... Show More
May 22
Tank Made It This Far: He's A Real One!
Oh Tank….look what you made me do, look what I made for you. Thank goodness there’s an “episode” about you and you’re not dead! Anyway, you’ll always have a place at Psychopedia. THANK YOU for giving us the gift of you for two years! Catch you in the sunlight, Macrohost. To learn ... Show More
7m 19s
May 21
EP126: Starvation Death Cult
In April 2023, Kenyan authorities uncovered a waking nightmare: hundreds of shallow graves scattered across the forest floor in Shakahola. What began as ten bodies quickly ballooned into over 400—most of them women and children, many brutally mutilated, raped, or missing organs l ... Show More
1h 26m
Mar 2024
58: Murder House: The Korean Cannibal Gang and the Woman Who Escaped Them
Rule #1: We Hate The Rich. Rule #2: Death is the only thing that awaits he who betrays this group. Rule #3: Never trust a woman, not even your own mother. This is the story of the Chijon Family, South Korea's most infamous gang, and the woman they kidnapped who lead to their undo ... Show More
50m 24s
Dec 2019
The Beach Boys Pt. 2: Endless Bummer, Hollywood Paranoia, Onstage Fist Fights, Incest, and Cocaine
In the aftermath of the Manson Family murders, Hollywood was gripped with fear. Various investigations stitched together a deluded White Album-inspired explanation of the killing spree. But Dennis Wilson knew the truth—that he had made a terrible, irreversible mistake and that no ... Show More
44m 59s
Apr 8
Meet The Chicago Outfit's Most Infamous Hitman
Kurt Calabrese grew up in the Chicago mafia known as The Outfit. His father, Frank Calabrese Sr, was the premier hitman, known for strangling his victims with his bare hands. But Frank didn't just leave the violence at work. He trained his sons Kurt and Frank Jr in the mob enforc ... Show More
46m 8s
Mar 2025
The Most Insane Prison Gang Ever: South Africa's Numbers Gang
South Africa's secretive Numbers Gangs almost defy description; they're one part cult, one part religion, and all parts violent psychopaths. Emerging originally as bandits preying on gold miners and policemen in colonial South Africa, they took shape in the brutal prison system o ... Show More
58m 56s
Aug 2024
The Cannibal Count of Pisa
CW: Cannibalism, child death Dante's Inferno presents a stark view of the ninth circle of Hell, the circle reserved for traitors, in which sinners are stuck in agony in a frozen lake. One such sinner is the Ugolino della Gheradesca, a Pisan nobleman who, as Dante imagines, is for ... Show More
37m 7s
Aug 2024
The Ice Metal Casket Killer | Apichai Ongwisit | 2019| 1/2
In the quiet suburban district of Bang Kae in Bangkok stood a large mansion. By day, it was a symbol of luxury and elegance. But as night fell, there seemed to be an unsettling silence that enveloped the property. Then one day in 2019, authorities would show up as part of an ongo ... Show More
17m 35s
Aug 2024
The Ice Metal Casket Killer | Apichai Ongwisit | 2019| 2/2
In the quiet suburban district of Bang Kae in Bangkok stood a large mansion. By day, it was a symbol of luxury and elegance. But as night fell, there seemed to be an unsettling silence that enveloped the property. Then one day in 2019, authorities would show up as part of an ongo ... Show More
17m 22s
Sep 2024
Episode 591: Josef Fritzl Part I - Dungeon Master
The boys are back in full effect and it's gonna' get dark as we begin a tale of kidnap, rape, child abuse, torture, slavery, and murder with the story of one of the worst fathers in human history - Josef Fritzel.
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1h 23m