Podcasts about Prohibition

This class explores the Torah's unique command to 'be strong' against eating blood, examining Rashi's two explanations and their implications for character refinement. It also discusses how true connection to Hashem is achieved by emulating His kindness, not just through explicit commandments. https://www.torahrecordings.com/classes/by_parsha/005_devarim/004_reay/022

Russell Shorto, author of Smalltime: A Story of My Family and the Mob, provides a historical and personal exploration of organized crime in the small industrial town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, framing the American Mafia as a "mirror of American capitalism." The story traces the family's roots back to Sicily, where the author's great-grandfather, Antonino Scioto (later Tony Shorto), emigrated to work in coal mines before his mysterious murder in Italy in 1920. This tragedy forced his son, Rosario "Russell" Shorto, to become the family's provider at age six, eventually finding his way into the world of bootlegging and gambling during Prohibition. Russell developed specialized skills as a card and dice cheat, finding a mentor in a neighborhood "Black Hand" leader. In the late 1930s, Shorto partnered with Joe Regino, a mobster sent from Philadelphia to establish a local franchise. Their base of operations, City Cigar, became a central hub for a gambling empire that included the numbers racket, pinball, and card games, all protected by a sophisticated system of bribing local police and politicians. Shorto emphasizes the social context of ethnic prejudice, noting that many Italianimmigrants turned to the "underworld" because legitimate economic paths were often closed to them. The book also examines the internal family toll of this lifestyle—secrets, alcoholism, and the strain of living multiple lives—as the author and his father attempt to reconstruct the history of a man who never "broke cover." The empire eventually crumbled under the pressure of federal investigations led by Bobby Kennedy and local fallout from the unsolved 1960 murder of bookie Pippy diFalco. (2)1899 CAMBRIA COUNTY, PA

巧妙なハックをクイズにしました。「ドラクエのデータ容量を節約した話」「禁酒法でもワインを売る方法」など、色々な世界で戦うハックを紹介します。【巧妙ハックの送付はこちら】おたよりの内容に「巧妙ハック」を入れて送ってください！https://forms.gle/BLEZpLcdEPmoZTH4A【目次】0:00 巧妙なハックをクイズで楽しもう5:10 制約が独特の響きを生み出した6:06 ゲーム音楽のデータ削減秘話11:37 Windowsは素晴らしいOS12:27 昔の太字フォントを再現してみよう19:08 禁酒法でもワインを売る画期的な方法24:08 捕まらないためのうまい売り文句28:21 禁酒法時代のハックを使うパチンコ店29:15 ケーキかビスケットかで起きた大論争31:42 区別のポイントでは揉めがち33:12 常識破りのハックに挑んだあのお菓子37:32 みんなの巧妙なハックを募集します【参考文献】◯ねとらぼ「「カタカナは20文字だけ」「没アイテムで宝箱がカラッポに」 ファミコンハードの限界に挑んだ制作者たち(1/3)」（ https://nlab.itmedia.co.jp/cont/articles/3274704/ ）→ドラクエ、FFのデータ量節約話。◯雑学ネタ帳「ドラクエで使用できるカタカナは20文字」（ https://zatsuneta.com/archives/005115.html ）→「ダースドラゴン」の話はここから。◯Microsoft Learn「Drawing Text from Different Fonts on the Same Line」（ https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/gdi/drawing-text-from-different-fonts-on-the-same-line ）→Windows擬似ボールド公式仕様について。◯Now I Know「Another Brick in the Wall of Prohibition」（ https://nowiknow.com/another-brick-in-the-wall-of-prohibition/ ）→ダチョウ倶楽部的な「ワインのレンガ」販売方法。◯スパークル法律事務所「【SPARKLE スイーツ法務の事件簿】ケーキかビスケットか？-ジャファケーキ事件(英国)」（ https://note.com/sparklelegal/n/nefbab5654a96 ）→ジャファケーキのVATの話。◯GOV.UK「VFOOD6260 - Excepted items: Confectionery: The bounds of confectionery, sweets, chocolates, chocolate biscuits, cakes and biscuits: The borderline between cakes and biscuits」（ https://www.gov.uk/hmrc-internal-manuals/vat-food/vfood6260 ）→ジャファケーキ判例の判定基準9項目について。◯BBC News「Is VAT suffering a mid-life crisis at 40?」（ https://www.bbc.com/news/business-21961566 ）→12インチの巨大ジャファケーキを焼いて法廷に持ち込んだ話について。◯Mental Floss「The Question that Baffled Britain's High Court: Are Pringles Potato Chips?」（ https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/560995/are-pringles-potato-chips-britain-high-court ）→プリングルスがケーキかどうか。◯サイエンスタイム「プリングルズの形状は、スーパーコンピュータを用いた空気力学に基づく計算により決定されている」（ https://www.sciencetime.jp/post/30 ）→プリングルスの形状について【サポーターコミュニティへの加入はこちらから！】https://yurugengo.com/support【お仕事依頼はこちら！】info@pedantic.jp【堀元見プロフィール】慶應義塾大学理工学部卒。専攻は情報工学。理屈っぽいコンテンツを作り散らかすことで生計を立てている。Twitter→https://twitter.com/kenhori2noteマガジン→https://note.com/kenhori2/m/m125fc4524aca個人YouTube→https://www.youtube.com/@kenHorimoto【水野太貴プロフィール】1995年生まれ。愛知県出身。名古屋大学文学部卒。専攻は言語学。本業は雑誌編集者。著書に『会話の0.2秒を言語学する 』（新潮社）などがある。Podcast「神保町で会いましょう」のパーソナリティも務める。Twitter→https://x.com/yuru_mizuno神保町で会いましょう→https://open.spotify.com/show/6cYkvDO0HnJKLPgDBGUjjS

Recorded Live at San Diego Comic Con on July 24, 2026!Lawyers take on the Amazon series Spider-Noir. What are the rules for private eyes fighting organized crime? What war crimes are committed by performing experiments on prisoners of war? Which crime carries the more stringent penalty: vigilantism or violating Prohibition? A panel of judges and attorneys examines the web of legal issues in Spider-Noir, taking on the black-and-white questions of the law. Featuring Kathy Steinman (San Diego Deputy City Attorney), Michael Dennis, Stephen Tollafield, Vana Palacio (Greenberg Traurig, LLP), and Michael Skeen. Moderated by Kate Bridal (Now It's Ruined Podcast). Presented by The Legal Geeks.Send us Fan MailSupport the showNo part of this recording should be considered legal advice.Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, and TikTok @TheLegalGeeks

https://linktr.ee/csjosephWar has always been the fastest way to create Unconscious Developed (UD) men — but it often destroys their marriages and relationships when they come home.In this raw episode of the C.S. Joseph Podcast, we break down the psychological and relational tragedy that occurs when subconscious developed (SD) men are sent to war and return as unconscious developed (UD) men. We explore how war acts as the ultimate rite of passage, why SD men often don't survive while some transform into “soldier ants,” the role of the Octagram in compatibility, why even golden pair relationships fail after this transformation, and the painful reality many veterans face when they return to subconscious developed wives.We also cover:• Why SD women are statistically more likely to cheat while their husbands are at war• The loyalty gap between SD and UD women• How this dynamic fuels fatherlessness, feminism, and the scapegoating of UD men• The generational cycle that began after World War I and continues today• Why proper fathering and becoming UD yourself is the only real solutionThis is one of the most important episodes for understanding modern masculinity, relationships, and why so many veterans come home to nothing.Timestamps:0:00 - Intro: War, Masculine-Feminine Relationships & the Subconscious Development Crisis1:40 - War Separates the Men From the Boys & Creates UD Men the Fastest3:50 - Historical Reality: More Women Than Men, Polygyny & Widows5:40 - The Church's Push for Monogamy & Its Long-Term Damage7:20 - Modern War Scenario: Drafting SD Men in a Potential WW39:10 - Why SD Men Struggle & Die in War (Over-Mothered & Under-Fathered)11:00 - The Battlefield Transformation: Worker Ants Become Soldier Ants + PTSD Theory13:10 - Coming Home UD to an SD Wife: The Incompatibility Crisis14:50 - Even Golden Pairs Fail: Why the Octagram Is Critical for Compatibility16:30 - Cheating During War & The Jarhead Reality18:10 - UD Women Loyalty vs SD Women Attention Starvation19:40 - Veteran Struggles: Conflict at Home, High Suicide Rates & Societal Betrayal21:30 - Baby Booms, Prohibition & Creating Generations of SD People23:00 - The Scapegoating of UD Men, Feminism & The Endless Fatherlessness Cycle24:00 - The Solution: Men Must Become UD & Raise Sons Differently + Final ThoughtsWant to master compatibility and the Octagram? Watch Season 42 (fully complete) inside the Ego Hackers community:https://skool.com/csjosephEverything you need to connect with me and go deeper:https://linktr.ee/csjoseph#CSJoseph #UnconsciousDevelopment #SubconsciousDevelopment #UDMen #SDMen #WarChangesMen #Masculinity #RiteOfPassage #Octagram #JungianPsychology #Relationships #Fatherlessness #Veterans #EgoHackers #CSJosephPodcast

Send us Fan MailWe sit down with Bill McBrayer to trace how a forgotten Kentucky bourbon legacy turns into a living brand, starting with a family story, a trademark deadline, and a mash bill hidden in the historical record. We talk through the hard parts of building a whiskey company the right way, plus the joy of watching family history become something you can taste and share. • the moment a trademark requirement forces real bourbon production • digging up William Harris McBrayer's story and why it matters to bourbon history • finding the 1870 mash bill reference and recreating a high-corn legacy recipe • partnering with Wilderness Trail and using heirloom Bloody Butcher corn • navigating licensing, controlled-state hurdles, and early bottling decisions • securing the Cedar Brook trademark and rebuilding brand identity • visiting and buying land tied to the Cedar Brook distillery site near Lawrenceburg • Whiskey Trust and Prohibition context that shaped Kentucky bourbon brands • walking through the current lineup: legacy mash bill, bottled-in-bond, and weeded bourbon • single barrel releases, Legacy Club access, and expanding distribution Sign up for the legacy club, doesn't cost anything. A family name can disappear from bourbon shelves for decades, but it doesn't have to stay gone. We're joined by Bill McBrayer, president and steward of McBrayer Legacy Spirits, to unpack the true story behind bringing an old Kentucky bourbon lineage back to life and why it started with something as unromantic as a trademark deadline.We talk about the rabbit hole that begins with genealogy research and a historic blog post, then turns into a real distilling plan when Bill learns he has to “use” the brand to keep it. From there, the conversation gets wonderfully specific: an 1870 letter connected to E H Taylor, a high-corn mash bill, heirloom Bloody Butcher red corn, and working with Wilderness Trail to recreate a legacy profile that stands out in today's crowded craft whiskey market.The story also moves beyond the bottle. Bill shares what it takes to navigate licensing, distribution, and the slow economics of aging Kentucky bourbon for 8, 10, or 12 years. We dig into Lawrenceburg history, the Cedar Brook distillery site, the Whiskey Trust era, and how protecting a heritage brand becomes a responsibility, not a hustle.If you care about bourbon history, bottled-in-bond releases, single barrel picks, and building a family-owned whiskey brand with long-term purpose, you'll want this one. Subscribe, share with a bourbon friend, and leave us a review with your favorite “lost brand” comeback story. If You Have Gohsts voice over Whiskey ThiefSupport the showhttps://www.scotchybourbonboys.comThe Scotchy bourbon Boys are #3 in Feedspots Top 60 whiskey podcasts in the world    https://podcast.feedspot.com/whiskey_podcasts/

Recorded live at the House of Suze during Tales of the Cocktail in New Orleans 2026.Why This Episode MattersDiscover how the American beefsteak became a tool for political organizing in New York and New Jersey.Learn the feast's essential rules: endless meat, bread as a plate and no concern for remaining clean.Hear how Prohibition and women's suffrage changed public drinking—and the beefsteak itself.Find out how New Jersey preserved the tradition after it faded elsewhere.The ConversationMark Pascal, Francis Schott and Sother Teague take the stage together to explore one of America's messiest, and most political, dining traditions.The American beefsteak began as a nineteenth-century feast where politicians served voters and ward leaders all the steak and beer they could handle. Matching aprons erased the appearance of social rank, and the room became a place to reward loyalty, recruit supporters and build political alliances.The panel lays out the beefsteak's non-negotiables: slices of beef served continuously on pieces of bread, no forks, no knives and traditionally no napkins. Diners eat the meat, stack the bread and use their aprons to wipe their hands. As Sother puts it, the guiding principle was “opulence over elegance.”They trace the tradition through Tammany Hall, organized labor and the East Side–West Side beefsteak rivalry. They also examine how Prohibition and women's suffrage helped transform the formerly all-male event into a more social and mixed-gender gathering.When beefsteaks began disappearing after World War II, New Jersey butcher Garrett “Hap” Nightingale revived them as fundraisers for fire departments, churches, and community organizations. The conversation also compares the beefsteak with Southern pig pickin's, crab boils, clambakes and pancake breakfasts.Along the way, Sother recounts the six-plane journey that brought him to Tales, while Mark and Francis explain how they transported steaks, produce and Himalayan salt bricks from New Jersey to New Orleans.The evening's menu includes brisket, roast beef, Wagyu, house-made mozzarella and steaks finished on 500-degree salt bricks. Steak sauce is permitted, although putting it on the Wagyu may cause Francis emotional distress.Guest BioSother Teague is a bartender, hospitality professional and drinks historian best known for Amor y Amargo and Overthrow Hospitality. He is also a co-host of The Speakeasy and Sauced podcasts.Timestamps00:00 Live from the House of Suze at Tales of the Cocktail02:15 What is an American beefsteak?05:00 Tammany Hall, political organizing and “opulence over elegance”10:00 Six planes, ten cooler bags and salt bricks on an airplane13:00 Excess, Prohibition and the end of the all-male beefsteak21:00 How New Jersey revived the tradition23:00 Pig pickings and other regional communal feasts25:00 Wagyu, salt bricks and the steak-sauce debateInfoSother Teague https://www.overthrowhospitality.com/teamPodcasts: The Speakeasy, SaucedRecorded AtHouse of SuzeTales of the CocktailNew Orleans, LouisianaFeatured PartnersSuze and BCIOld ForesterSerene Craft Beer DistributorsSubscribe: Restaurant Guys' Regularhttps://restaurantguysregulars.buzzsprout.com/Magyar Bankhttps://www.magbank.com/Stage Left Wine Shophttps://www.stageleftwineshop.com/Our PlacesStage Left Steakhttps://www.stageleft.com/Catherine Lombardi Restauranthttps://www.catherinelombardi.com/Stage Left Wineshophttps://www.stageleftwineshop.com/Reach Out to The Guys!TheGuys@restaurantguyspodcast.com

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Episode Theme: Preserving Black History Through Fiction, Courage, and Storytelling“Welcome to The Jamir Smith Show. Today we're joined by award-winning author, journalist, and former attorney Ashton Lattimore. Her highly anticipated second novel, RUNNER, takes readers into the world of Prohibition-era Martha's Vineyard, where history, mystery, and resilience collide. Ashton, congratulations on the book. How are you feeling as you prepare to share this story with the world?”The Story Behind the Story Your books feel deeply researched but emotionally intimate.What first stopped you in your tracks during that visit to the Martha's Vineyard museum?What made you realize this wasn't just history,it was a story that deserved to be told?RUNNERWithout giving too much away…Introduce us to your protagonist. What makes her unforgettable?Lena She's navigating grief, family secrets, and survival. Which part of her journey resonated most with you personally?Rum-running during Prohibition is rarely explored through a Black lens. Why was it important to reclaim that perspective?Instagram @astonlattimore@jamir_smith

This is a Vintage episode from 2010.Why This Episode MattersHow a freedom-loving nation came to outlaw the manufacture, sale and transportation of alcohol through a constitutional amendment.Why women's suffrage, progressive reformers, wealthy industrialists and economic politics created unexpected alliances on both sides of Prohibition.How Prohibition fueled corruption and organized crime while weakening Americans' respect for the law.Why speakeasies helped create nightclubs, cocktail parties and social drinking among men and women.The BanterMark Pascal and Francis Schott debate a New York Times writer who confronted chef Marc Forgione after hearing him berate an employee during service. The Guys agree the chef was out of line, but walking into his kitchen to reprimand him was, too. The ConversationThe Restaurant Guys are joined by author and historian Daniel Okrent to discuss Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition.Daniel explains how Prohibition grew from a surprisingly broad political coalition that included progressives, suffragists, religious reformers and working-class organizations. Meanwhile, some wealthy conservatives opposed it because they feared government interference—and wanted liquor taxes to replace income taxes.They explore the unintended consequences of America's “noble experiment,” including widespread bribery, poisoned liquor, the creation of national organized-crime networks and a growing disregard for laws that much of the population refused to obey.Prohibition also transformed American social life. Speakeasies welcomed women into public drinking establishments, introduced table service and entertainment, and helped give rise to nightclubs, cocktail parties and the modern dinner party.Daniel also reveals his other claim to fame: inventing fantasy baseball—an achievement Mark considers nearly as important as documenting Prohibition.Guest BioDaniel Okrent is an author, editor and historian whose books include Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition. A Pulitzer Prize finalist and former public editor of The New York Times, he is also credited with inventing Rotisserie League Baseball, the game that launched modern fantasy sports.Timestamps00:00 When a diner confronts a chef13:45 Daniel Okrent joins the show16:00 How Prohibition became law21:00 Women's suffrage and the temperance movement24:00 America's drinking culture before Prohibition28:40 Why Prohibition began to collapse31:20 Corruption and the rise of organized crime34:40 How speakeasies changed nightlife39:00 Prohibition's lasting cultural impact InfoDaniel's bookAuthor of Last Call: The Rise and Fall of ProhibitionSubscribe: Restaurant Guys' Regularhttps://restaurantguysregulars.buzzsprout.com/Magyar Bankhttps://www.magbank.com/Stage Left Wine Shophttps://www.stageleftwineshop.com/Our PlacesStage Left Steakhttps://www.stageleft.com/Catherine Lombardi Restauranthttps://www.catherinelombardi.com/Stage Left Wineshophttps://www.stageleftwineshop.com/Reach Out to The Guys!TheGuys@restaurantguyspodcast.com

Rick Collins, Esq., NSCA-CSCS, is a lawyer who defends the nutrition and fitness community, a partner at Collins Gann McCloskey & Barry PLLC, and General Counsel to the International Society of Sports Nutrition. Peptides are everywhere right now, but most of what's sold online as BPC-157 or TB-500 is illegal — and the FDA is about to decide what happens next. Rick breaks down the science, the legal gray market, and why the military's new testosterone screening policy matters too. Expect to learn what actually counts as a "peptide," how GLP-1 drugs normalized injectable medications and fueled the gray market, what the FDA's own scientists concluded about BPC-157 and TB-500, why Rick's caseload has shifted from steroids to 80-90% peptide cases, what a possible "experimental peptide" middle-ground category could look like, and what really happens when the FDA raids a peptide seller, and much more. Connect with Rick:www.RickCollins.com Episodes you'll enjoy next: #371 — Peptides, TRT, GLPs & Bloodwork: How to Do It Safely (and What Most People Miss) with John Gorman: Listen here #319 — Exploring the World of Peptides with Anthony Castore: Listen here Episode Timestamps: 4:07 Rick's background as a lawyer and his standard legal disclaimer 6:14 What actually counts as a "peptide" 8:25 How GLP-1 drugs normalized injectable medications 10:44 Loss of trust in the FDA fuels the gray market 11:46 The rise of personal health autonomy 13:40 Two markets: the medical model vs. "bro science" 16:23 Inside the FDA Compounding Advisory Committee meeting 19:23 FDA scientists' verdict on BPC-157 and TB-500 20:49 Why the science on BPC-157 is still so thin 22:07 Prohibition logic: the black market will keep growing 25:47 A possible middle ground: an "experimental peptide" category 32:11 Rick's caseload shift — from steroids to 80-90% peptide cases 35:30 Why big pharma cares about tirzepatide and retatrutide knockoffs 42:28 Pete Hegseth and testosterone screening in the military 46:57 Why the new TRT policy may be "much ado about nothing" 49:23 Low testosterone's real, well-documented health risks 52:26 Richard Dawkins, The Selfish Gene, and biohacking against nature 57:12 The schism between orthodox medicine and biohacking 62:39 What happens when the FDA raids a peptide seller 63:30 Connect with Rick Collins Get the Daily Fitness Insider newsletter (free): https://www.miketnelson.com/newsletter

Topics: Draw Near to God (James 4:8), James 4:1-12, Judaic Ritual Cleansing, Hearts Purified by Faith (Acts 15:9), Judaism Temple Practices, Blood Required to Draw Near (Exodus 25-26, Leviticus 16, Hebrews 9), The Most Holy Place and Curtain, Captive to the Traditions of Men (Colossians 2:8), Judging the Law and Not Doing it (James 4:11), Conditional Transaction of Animal Blood, Jesus the Lamb of God Takes Away Sins (John 1:29), Perfect and Single Offering of Christ (Hebrews 1:3, Hebrews 10:12), Priests Standing Daily vs Christ Sitting Down, Oneness and One Spirit With the Lord (1 Corinthians 6:17, Colossians 3:3), Body as the Temple of God (1 Corinthians 3:16, 1 Corinthians 6:19), Drawing Near Through Assurance of Faith (Hebrews 10:22, Hebrews 11:6), Perfect High Priest Sympathizing With Weaknesses (Hebrews 4:14-15), Eternal Intercession and Complete Salvation (Hebrews 7:25), Inward Pouring of the Holy Spirit (Romans 5:5), Accusations of the Law (John 5:45), Conditional Grace vs True Grace (Romans 11:6), Proverbs Prosperity and Commandments (Proverbs 3:1-34), Satan Disarmed and His Work Destroyed (Colossians 2:15, 1 John 3:8), Saints vs Sinners Identity, Removing the Stony Heart (Ezekiel 36:26), Vain Humility vs Fruit of the Spirit Joy, Prohibition of Slander in the Law (Leviticus 19:16, Exodus 20:16), Boasting in Faith and Works (James 2), Torn Veil and Uninterrupted Presence of GodSupport the showSign up for Matt's free daily devotional!  https://mattmcmillen.com/newsletter

Explore Dry Creek Vineyard in California's Dry Creek Valley with guest Darren Abel and returning guest Stephen Nasiatka. We discuss the winery's history, signature wines including Mariness and Spencer's Hill Petite Sirah, Sonoma wine country, and delicious food pairing ideas you can try at home. Dry Creek Vineyard has been a pioneer in California's Dry Creek Valley since 1972, helping shape the region into one of Sonoma County's premier wine destinations. In this Virtual Winery Visit, I'm joined by Darren Abel, Director of Hospitality and Retail Sales at Dry Creek Vineyard, along with returning guest Stephen Nasiatka, Founder and Chief Wine Officer of StephenUncorked and a Dry Creek Vineyard Ambassador. We begin with the story of winery founder David Stare, an MIT graduate with Boston roots, whose vision helped establish the first winery built in the Dry Creek Valley after Prohibition. Darren explains what makes the region's climate and soils so well suited to varieties like Sauvignon Blanc, Zinfandel, and Petite Sirah, and why Dry Creek Vineyard has remained committed to producing wines that express the unique character of the valley. Along the way, we taste two featured wines: 2023 Mariness, a distinctive white Bordeaux-style blend with bright acidity, layered texture, and excellent food-pairing versatility. 2021 Spencer's Hill Petite Sirah, a rich yet approachable expression of Petite Sirah that showcases the winery's gentle approach to winemaking. Of course, the conversation wouldn't be complete without plenty of food pairing ideas. We discuss oysters, lobster, grilled steak, barbecue, braised short ribs, dark chocolate, and more, while I share my own pairing experiences with Mariness alongside pan-seared scallops and Spencer's Hill Petite Sirah with sausage and kale pasta. Whether you're planning a trip to Sonoma County or simply looking for inspiration for your next bottle of wine, this episode offers a behind-the-scenes look at one of California's most respected family wineries. In this episode, you'll learn: The history behind Dry Creek Vineyard and its role in reviving the Dry Creek Valley. Why the winery focuses on varieties that thrive in its unique terroir. The story behind Mariness and Spencer's Hill Petite Sirah. Practical food pairing ideas for both wines. What makes Dry Creek Vineyard a memorable stop when visiting Sonoma wine country.

The Haunted Rock Island Roadhouse is a 50,000-square-foot former YMCA building located at 500 20th Street in Rock Island, Illinois. It has been officially recognized as a paranormal hotspot since investigations began in 2018. The structure, built in 1913, is historically linked to Prohibition-era organized crime…including serving as a front for a brothel run by Helen Van Dale, and a speakeasy connected to mobsters like John Looney and Al Capone!!!https://hauntedus.com/illinois/haunted-rock-island-ymca/https://www.hauntedrooms.com/illinois/ghost-hunts/rock-island-roadhousehttps://rockislandroadhouse.com/investigations-%26-eventshttps://rockislandroadhouse.com/historyhttps://www.iheart.com/podcast/263-222-paranormal-podcast-27825258/episode/483-rock-island-roadhouse-haunted-history-298623850/https://search.brave.com/ask?q=rock+island+roadhouse+haunted&conversation=094caba970434470d3a0c56d2d81f6a0ea51

Los Angeles hides an almost overwhelming number of ghosts behind its glamour, from the piano-playing spirit at Hollywood's Magic Castle and the body found in the Cecil Hotel's water tank to the sex-magick rocket scientist, Father Yod's robed disciples, and the cults that made the City of Angels a capital of the occult.EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/hauntedlaREAD or DOWNLOAD the full transcript of this episode: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p98dtw7CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:24.727 = Hollywood's Haunted Magic Castle00:09:13.905 = Los Angeles' Haunted Hotels ***00:27:05.636 = Los Angeles: City of the Occult ***00:51:50.907 = L.A. Ghosts ***01:01:24.337 = Show Close*** = Begins immediately after inserted ad breakLISTEN ON PODCAST APPS: Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.com/wdapps*No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast*SOURCES and RESOURCES:“Hollywood's Haunted Magic Castle” by Christina Sanza for Graveyard Shift: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/nhdf2f29“Los Angeles' Haunted Hotels” by Andy Miller from Weird History: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/mvbdcwac“L.A. Ghosts” by Jen Lennon for Graveyard Shift: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/39xypc6c“Los Angeles: City Of The Occult” by Christine Aprile for Weird History: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/4y9rj77r(Over time links may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness.Originally aired: April, 2021This episode of Weird Darkness turns to Los Angeles, the City of Angels, and the almost overwhelming number of ghosts, haunted hotels, and occult history hiding behind its glamour, from the Magic Castle and the Cecil Hotel to the sex-magick rocket scientist Jack Parsons, cult leader Father Yod, and the ghosts of Griffith Park.It opens inside Hollywood's Magic Castle at 7001 Franklin Avenue, the private clubhouse of the Academy of Magical Arts, where the Houdini Séance Room honors a magician who spent his career trying to debunk spiritualism and left his wife Bess the code phrase "Rosabelle, believe" for contact from the afterlife. The castle carries the story of Irma, the piano-playing ghost said to have died in 1932 and returned to the mansion built in 1909 by Rollin B. Lane, along with the ghost of magician Dai Vernon near his favorite seat in the Palace of Prestidigitation, the unidentified girl in the Haunted Cellar, and a Halloween 2011 fire that started at the exact time of Houdini's 1926 death and gutted the Dante Room while sparing the Houdini Room.From there the episode checks into the haunted hotels of Los Angeles, beginning with the Knickerbocker, which opened in Hollywood in July of 1929, hosted Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio on their honeymoon, and staged Bess Houdini's tenth and final rooftop séance the night an isolated thunderstorm struck the building alone. It moves through the Ambassador on Wilshire Boulevard, where Robert F. Kennedy was gunned down by Sirhan Sirhan in the kitchen on June 4, 1968, the Rosslyn Annex with its forgotten Prohibition speakeasy, the Alexandria and its bricked-off phantom wing, the Biltmore where Elizabeth Short, the Black Dahlia, was last seen before her 1947 murder, and the Cecil Hotel, home to serial killers Richard Ramirez and Jack Unterweger and the site where guest Elisa Lam was found dead in the rooftop water tank in 2013 after guests complained the water tasted strange.Next the episode traces L.A.'s long history of the occult, running from Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard and his early Pasadena partnership with rocket scientist Jack Parsons, who performed the "Babalon Working" ritual and later died at 37 in a home laboratory explosion, to Charles Manson and the Family murders of August 1969 that killed Sharon Tate and six others, Carlos Castaneda and the Yaqui shaman Don Juan Matus who launched the New Age movement, and Jim Baker, the marine turned messiah Father Yod, who took fourteen wives and led the Source Family from a Hollywood Hills mansion. It covers avant-garde filmmaker Kenneth Anger and the witch Marjorie Cameron, the 1920 LAPD raid on the Mazdaznan sun-worshipers, the love-cult of Edith Maida Lessing at Mount Helios, the Devil's Gate Dam in Pasadena, and the curse Petronilla Feliz laid on the land that became Griffith Park.The episode closes with a tour of famous L.A. ghosts: the more than one hundred jumpers off Pasadena's Colorado Street "suicide bridge," including Myrtle Ward, whose daughter survived the fall; the body parts Marines found in a freezer at the abandoned Rancho Los Amigos hospital in 2006; picnic table number 29 in Griffith Park, where a couple was crushed by a falling tree in 1976; Bela Lugosi's hearse drifting past his favorite cigar shop; the many spirits of the Queen Mary docked in Long Beach; the unsolved 1929 deaths of Ned Doheny and Hugh Plunkett at Greystone Mansion; the ghost of Superman actor George Reeves; and Bob Baker, still haunting his marionette theater alongside the dead puppeteers who worked there.

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This is a Vintage episode from 2006.Why This Episode MattersHow America's cocktail golden age flourished from the Gilded Age through Prohibition and how it eventually gave way to highballs and vodka.Why pre-Prohibition whiskey was stronger, more aromatic and dramatically different from much of what followed.How cocktail historians reconstruct forgotten drinks using antique bar guides, vintage bottles and nearly vanished ingredients.Why Ted Haigh believes cocktails should engage an adult palate rather than conceal alcohol beneath sweetness.BanterMark Pascal and Francis Schott explore the emerging trend of beer cocktails, from shandies and Black Velvets to some considerably more questionable corporate creations.The ConversationCocktail historian Ted Haigh, better known as Dr. Cocktail, traces the rise, decline and early revival of the American cocktail. He explains how elaborate Gilded Age drinks survived Prohibition, only to be displaced by blended whiskey, highballs and increasingly neutral spirits.Ted shares how he uncovers forgotten recipes in antique books and newspapers, then searches for the obscure bottles needed to recreate them. The conversation moves from bonded whiskey and Amer Picon to drinks that deserved to disappear, vodka's reliance on marketing and the disputed 200th anniversary of the cocktail.Guest BioTed Haigh, widely known as Dr. Cocktail, is a cocktail historian, author and award-winning graphic designer. His research, writing and extensive collection of historic bar books, bottles and artifacts helped introduce a new generation to overlooked drinks from the pre-Prohibition and Prohibition eras. He was also one of the founders of the Museum of the American Cocktail. Timestamps00:00 Beer cocktails, shandies and pairing beer with food08:24 The golden age of American cocktails—and the rise of the highball12:19 Pre-Prohibition whiskey and the value of acquired tastes16:31 How forgotten cocktails are discovered and reconstructed20:05 Amer Picon, obscure ingredients and drinks best left behind25:20 The cocktail's disputed anniversary, vodka and raw eggsInfoTed's book Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails: Prohibition Centennial Edition Museum of the American CocktailCafe D'Alsace https://www.cafedalsace.com/If you want a chance to get two tickets to our Bourbon, Beer & Beefsteak and live recording with Sother Teague and Jack McGarry in New Orleans on July 21, 2026,sign up to be a Restaurant Guys Regular (our paid subscribers) here  https://restaurantguysregulars.buzzsprout.com/ Then email TheGuys@restaurantguyspodcast.com. Put "beefsteak" in the subject line. We'll pick the winner and let you Subscribe: Restaurant Guys' Regularhttps://restaurantguysregulars.buzzsprout.com/Magyar Bankhttps://www.magbank.com/Stage Left Wine Shophttps://www.stageleftwineshop.com/Our PlacesStage Left Steakhttps://www.stageleft.com/Catherine Lombardi Restauranthttps://www.catherinelombardi.com/Stage Left Wineshophttps://www.stageleftwineshop.com/Reach Out to The Guys!TheGuys@restaurantguyspodcast.com

PODCAST EPISODE | An Analog Brain In A Digital Age With Marco Ciappelli Every organization has a policy on AI. Most of them are unwritten, unspoken, and enforced by silence. Priyanka Dave — behavioral scientist, dual PhD, and the person responsible for teaching an entire university system how to work with these tools — explains what actually happens inside a company that refuses to say the word out loud.

Send us Fan MailWe sit down with Greg from Hayner Distilling to trace a 150-year Ohio whiskey legacy from 1866 through Prohibition to a modern revival built on blending, transparency, and great barrels. We also dig into what makes a memorable tasting-room experience and why limited releases and community events can pull people off the shelf and into the story. • Hayner Distilling history from 1866 to Prohibition to a 2020 relaunch • Rebuilding the brand by reverse-engineering a 1904 bottle sample • Why Hayner uses Bardstown Bourbon Company for contract distilling • Blending philosophy vs single barrels, chasing complexity over “smooth” • Rye and bourbon combinations that win blind tastings • Barrel proof experience with fill-your-own bottles from the barrel • Expansion plans for a larger 1910s to 1920s themed space • Troy, Ohio stops to pair with a distillery trip • Craft whiskey marketing realities, crowded shelves, and earning the second bottle • Event talk: Bourbon and Cigars at Mother Stewart's plus an exclusive Hayner bottle www.scotchybourbonboys.com for all things Scotchy Bourbon Boys. And then also we're on Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, X make sure, and then also Apple iHeart and Spotify, whether you listen to us or you watch us, make sure that you leave us good feedback. Become a member on YouTube or even on Facebook. But either way, also if you're on Apple, please leave us a good review. Five-star reviews are great, they get us better algorithm and searches. And then remember, good bourbon equals good times and good friends. Make sure you drink responsibly, don't drink and drive, and be like us. Live your life uncut and unfiltered. And AI is going to take us out. A forgotten Ohio whiskey giant is back and it's not pretending the old world never changed. We're joined by Greg from Hayner Distilling in Troy, Ohio to unpack how a brand founded in 1866 became the largest distiller in the state, shut down with Prohibition, and then re-emerged in 2020 with a very modern playbook: transparency, barrel selection, and serious whiskey blending.We get into the nuts and bolts of the revival, including how Hayner took a 1904 bottle sample to Bardstown Bourbon Company to help reverse-engineer an original-style mash bill, then built today's lineup while their own barrels come of age. If you care about craft whiskey, sourced bourbon done right, MGP rye, and what separates a smart blend from a random mix, you'll love the way Greg talks about complexity, mouthfeel, and why blends often beat single barrels in blind tastings.Then we shift from liquid to experience. We talk distillery visits, Hayner's barrel proof “fill-your-own” setup, and the big expansion into a larger 1910s to 1920s themed tasting space with a whiskey thieving room and a dedicated history area. We also preview the Bourbon and Cigars event at Mother Stewart's and the exclusive Hayner bottle tied to it, plus why limited releases and community-driven events still matter in a crowded bourbon market.If you're into Ohio bourbon, American whiskey history, and the future of blending culture, hit play. Subscribe, share this with a whiskey friend, and leave us a five-star review so more people can find the show. If You Have Gohsts voice over Whiskey ThiefSupport the showhttps://www.scotchybourbonboys.comThe Scotchy bourbon Boys are #3 in Feedspots Top 60 whiskey podcasts in the world    https://podcast.feedspot.com/whiskey_podcasts/

This week on The Whiskey Trip Podcast, Big Chief welcomes the incredible women of Whiskey Wenches Spirits Society for a conversation filled with history, friendship, and exceptional spirits.   Founder Amanda Engelhorn, Brittni, and the remarkable Eleanor, born in 1933, the same year Prohibition came to an end, join the ride to share their stories, their love of whiskey, and the community they've built through Whiskey Wenches Spirits Society.   Together, they take a deep dive into the mission of Whiskey Wenches Spirits Society, discussing the welcoming space it has created for women to learn about whiskey, build confidence, and form lasting friendships. They also explore the rich history of women in whiskey, from pioneering distillers and bootleggers to the women leading today's spirits industry.   Eleanor enjoys Spirit Hound Distillers' Eleanor Gin, crafted in her honor, while Amanda and Brittni sip a cask strength Spirit Hound American Single Malt finished in Suerte Reposado tequila barrels.   Big Chief kicks off the first half with a Maple Finished Rye from Seldom Seen Whiskey by his good friend Kevin Holy, offering notes of maple, baking spice, toasted oak, and rye spice. In the second half, he pours a cask strength American Single Malt from Deerhammer, showcasing rich malt, honey, caramel, toasted oak, and a long, warming finish.   From the end of Prohibition to today's whiskey renaissance, this episode celebrates the women, stories, and shared pours that continue to shape the whiskey world.   Cheers, and keep taking the ride!

Episode 427: In the summer of 1934, John Sackville Labatt was one of the most recognizable names in Canada. The fifty-three-year-old president of John Labatt Limited had spent nearly two decades running one of the country's largest and oldest breweries, a family business built across three generations and tested by Prohibition, the Depression, and the rum-running trade that kept it alive through both. On the morning of August 14, he left his Lake Huron summer home running late for a meeting and took a shortcut through the forest on a little-used dirt road outside Sarnia. What happened on that road set off the largest manhunt in Canadian history, triggered Canada's first kidnapping trial, and sent an innocent man to prison for a crime he had nothing to do with. Sources:John Sackville Labatt | The Canadian EncyclopediaJohn Labatt's 1934 kidnap | The StarJohn Sackville Labatt | WikipediaLabatt Brewing Company | WikipediaProhibition in Canada | WikipediaLabatt Brewing | Company SiteLambton County's Infamous Abduction: The John S. Labatt Kidnapping - ArchivedLambton County's Infamous Abduction: The John S. Labatt Kidnapping - NewSnatched! by Susan Goldenberg - Ebook | ScribdThe Courier-News • Fri, Aug 17, 1934 • Page 10 • (Bridgewater, New Jersey)The Courier-News • Fri, Aug 17, 1934 • Page 1 • (Bridgewater, New Jersey)The Windsor Star • Fri, Aug 17, 1934 • Page 1 • (Windsor, Ontario, Canada)The Windsor Star • Sat, Sep 08, 1934 • Page 9 • (Windsor, Ontario, Canada)The Windsor Star • Sat, Feb 01, 1936 • Page 11 • (Windsor, Ontario, Canada)The Hamilton Spectator • Tue, Sep 11, 1906 • Page 9 • (Hamilton, Ontario, Canada)The Molsons, The Labatts and The St.Johns | StJohnsWort.ca Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In This Episode Erin and Weer'd discuss: an Everytown article railing against the 2nd Amendment for Independence Day; California doubling down on the Glock Ban despite the US Department of Justice filing an injunction against it; Virginia being attacked in court by the NRA and DOJ for their "Assault Firearms Ban"; a new gun control group trying to bully businesses for "supporting" companies that make "assault weapons". Paul heard Weer'd make a mistake about distilling and sets him straight; and David tells us how to repair a damaged gun stock. Did you know that we have a Patreon? Join now for the low, low cost of $4/month (that's $1/podcast) and you'll get to listen to our podcast on Friday instead of Mondays, as well as patron-only content like mag dump episodes, our hilarious blooper reels and film tracks. Main Topic What Does Freedom Really Mean this Fourth of July? Bonta to Enforce Glock Ban "Aggressively" Virginia 'Assault Firearms' Ban Takes Effect Amid Murky Legal Situation, Record Rifle Sales  New Gun Control Group Wants to Shame 'Enablers' of Firearms Industry Joat Rope (formerly Paul's Unnamed Segment) Dispelling Myths: Methanol  A study on the possibilities to lower the content of methyl-alcohol in eaux-de-vie de fruits The U.S. government poisoned alcohol during Prohibition. Green Potatoes Causes and Concerns Gun Lovers and Other Strangers ACP 141 Brownells Stock Repair Pin Kit Brownells Surgical Tubing Brownells Acraglas 2 Gun Bedding Kit Brownells Acraglas Gel 2 Gun Bedding Kit Brownells Old Fashioned Whiting Nitrile Gloves Wooden Dowel Kit Bicycle Inner Tube Steaming the Dents of a Remington Model 11 Shotgun Stock Fixing a Cracked Buttstock & Forend on a Remington Model 11 Rifle Stock Repair and Refinish With Turnbull Custom Guns Anvil 074: Chipped Mauser Toe Repair Anvil 004: Gew91 MAJOR Stock Repair Okie Dokie Brena Bock Author Page David Bock Author Page Team And More  

Patrick explores the uneasy mix of technology and privacy, scrutinizing the spread of license plate cameras and asking how far society should go for safety while exposing the subtle risks of constant surveillance, even venturing into stories of public pushback and legal gray areas. He threads in glimpses of Catholic life, from natural family planning to the unexpected issues arising in interfaith families, never shying from questions of conscience or odd historical footnotes like Prohibition’s wine bricks. More Flock cameras cut down in Houston amid some privacy concerns (00:45) Tom - We were both on the board of Dominican School of Theology. I met you at the meeting. I was frustrated because I couldn't get a Master's degree. I think you went and talked to the President. I got a Master's degree because of you. (11:28) Wine Bricks Joanna - Is marriage valid if the couple decides not to have children because of their age? (20:05) Elizabeth - I want to thank you for talking about the SSPX. It has been very helpful for me because I was raised sedevacantist. (28:44) Jeanne - NFP is not used only for preventing pregnancy. It actually helps a woman's cycle and can aid in getting pregnant. (33:04) John (email) - As a retired State Trooper, I can tell you that most cameras you see at intersections are not for surveillance. (38:02) Lisa - My husband and I are looking for a home. There is a house that was previously a Church for sale (may be nondenominational). Can we buy it? (43:32) Gaby - My sister is married to a Muslim man. She did not raise her kids Catholic. Her son is getting married. Should I attend the wedding? (46:42)

We close out the season at DIE with a last 7 Minutes in Heaven comprising a pair of tidbits for our deathly connoisseurs. Are you a proud bearer of quality tattoos that you would hate to see pass into the great beyond along with your temporary flesh vessel (or body if you want to be boring about it)? Marianne highlights a unique service that removes tattoos for after death preservation. Then she details some clever Prohibition-era ingenuity in the form of Zinkers, headstones stuffed to the gills with your libation of choice. Celebrate the end of Spring with us* in style, Land of the Living!* Please ignore the date on your lying calendarLinks of Note:Tattoo preservation after deathhttps://www.youtube.com/shorts/fgK3xS-s834Zinkers!https://www.rockngem.com/zinc-headstones-zinkers/https://www.fredminnick.com/2013/01/01/the-grave-that-once-held-liquor/#deathiseverything #DeathIsEverythingPodcast #7MinutesInHeaven#7MinutesInHeavenwithMarianneandChris #7MinutesInHeavenwithMCA #7MinutesInHeavenwithDIEpod #deathpodcast #LApodcast #takingchances #landoftheliving #RandomDeathStuff #TattooPreservation #Zinkers #Prohibition #GoodbyeSpringHelloSummerThanks for listening, Land of the Living! Subscribe, and follow us on Instagram @die.podcast for updates! Check out deathiseverything.com for merchandise and more!If you want to say hello, email us at hello@deathiseverything.com . We're dying to hear from you!

Patrick answers questions that span family history, language, and the challenges of Catholic life, blending stories of his upbringing and unexpected lessons from Carmelite Sisters with practical guidance about the canon of Scripture and priestly obedience. He shifts from laughter over grape bricks in Prohibition-era Masses to serious, nuanced advice on excommunication, confession, and the boundaries of loyalty for clergy, all while weaving in listeners’ stories that echo his own. The episode surges with warmth, candor, and an unpredictable mix of the ordinary and the profound. Mark (email) – Do you speak Spanish a lot at home? (00:55) Diane - Why aren’t more of the books written on Jesus in the bible? (09:09) John (email) - Priest loyalty to Bishops, Cardinals and Pope? JO (email) – What is the name of the DNA book you recommended? Christy (email) – Question about excommunication Larry (email) - When Jesus cursed the fig tree in the gospel, wasn't He showing some anger? Jamie - When I was non-denominational, I was made to do an immersive baptism, even though I was Catholicly baptized. Do I need to confess that now? (35:11) Elijah (email) - How did they celebrate mass during prohibition? (41:58) Joe (email) - Mexican Heritage and the Carmelite Sisters (47:33)

Americans as a population have an unusually large appetite for psychoactive drugs, whether legal or illegal. And American history has been marked by periodic moral panics over drug use and normalization or legalization, as we're experiencing right now. Why is that? What is it about US society that makes drug use simultaneously so appealing and reviled? Writer and scholar Benjamin Fong weighs in. (Encore presentation.) Resources: Benjamin Yen-Yi Fong, Quick Fixes: Drugs in America from Prohibition to the 21st Century Binge Verso, 2023 The post America's Drug Binge appeared first on KPFA.

For a few terrifying hours in the summer of 1955, two Kentucky families emptied their guns into small, glowing creatures that swarmed their farmhouse and simply would not die — and to this day, no one agrees on whether they fought off aliens, owls, or something the mind conjured out of the dark.EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/kellyhopkinsvilleREAD or DOWNLOAD the full transcript of this episode: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p86wb4mFEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: It's considered one of the most bizarre and convincing extraterrestrial events ever reported… we'll look at the alien encounter in 1955's Hopkinsville, Kentucky that was experienced by two terrified families. (The Hopkinsville Encounter) *** In the deep jungles of the Congo, natives tell of a giant creature that, once described, sounds exactly like a long-necked dinosaur. But how could this be? And is it pure legend? Perhaps not, as one noted biologist from the area saw it with his own eyes and reported it. We'll look at the supposed real sighting of Mokele-Mbembe, the living dinosaur of the Congo! (Dinosaur Observed In The Congo) *** Running a club during prohibition was extremely lucrative… and extremely dangerous, as one Theodore Lakoff would've learned… had he been awake when he was murdered. (The Mysterious Death of Theodore Lakoff) *** Benjamin Franklin was known not just as one of the father's of the United States of America, but also as an inventor, a womanizer, and a man with a bit of an ornery streak in him – as is evidenced by a series of letters he wrote to the New England Courant, where he pretended to be a woman. (Who Was Mrs. Silence Dogood?) *** The internet is a vital part of modern life. Without web access, all kinds of businesses and jobs would be unable to function. So, as you can imagine, there are plenty of people who would love to see the internet crumble. And many have tried. (Taking Down The World Wide Web) *** In 1983 sightings poured in from people on the California coast who claim they saw a sea monster. (The California Sea Monster)CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = The Foreboding00:01:10.244 = Show Open00:03:40.994 = The Hopkinsville Encounter00:13:15.837 = Dinosaur Observed in the Congo ***00:27:07.561 = Taking Down The World Wide Web ***00:36:42.752 = The Mysterious Death of Theodor Lakoff00:43:15.319 = Who Was Mrs. Silence Dogood?00:49:11.286 = The California Sea Monster00:55:29.517 = Show Close*** = Begins immediately after inserted ad breakLISTEN ON PODCAST APPS: Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.com/wdapps*No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast*SOURCES and RESOURCES:“The Hopkinsville Encounter” by Hannah Collins for Ranker.com's Graveyard Shift:https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/yp8pnfx7“Dinosaur Observed in the Congo” by Richard Greenwell for the ISC Newsletter: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/yc3r3mpp“The Mysterious Death of Theodore Lakoff” by Kathi Kresol for HauntedRockford.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/ku5x3cat“Who Was Mrs. Silence Dogood?” by Bipin Dimri for HistoricMysteries.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p868eac“Taking Down the World Wide Web” by Benjamin Thomas for ListVerse.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/c85j5cau“The California Sea Monster” by Malcom Smith for Malcom's Cryptids: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/yc2wts7h(Over time links may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness.Originally aired: December, 2021Weird Darkness pulls together a farmhouse siege by little gray creatures in Kentucky, a biologist's claimed sighting of a living dinosaur in the Congo, decades of attempts to knock the internet offline, an unsolved Prohibition murder in Illinois, a teenage Benjamin Franklin's literary hoax, and a hundred-foot sea serpent sighted off the California coast.It opens on August 21, 1955, when Billy Ray Taylor stepped out to the well at Glennie Lankford's farmhouse in Kelly, outside Hopkinsville, Kentucky, and watched a bright object drop behind the trees. Two families spent the night barricaded indoors, firing a 12-gauge shotgun and a .22 rifle at short gray creatures with spindly legs and glowing eyes that peered through windows and swiped at Taylor from the roof, yet the buckshot rang off them like sheet metal before they floated away unharmed. Skeptics later blamed an aggressive great horned owl or a green glow of bioluminescent foxfire, while the U.S. Air Force's Project Blue Book dismissed the case as a hoax and filed it under C.P., for crackpot.From there the episode reaches the Likouala swamps of the People's Republic of the Congo, where in 1983 biologist Marcellin Agnagna became the first trained scientist to claim he had seen Mokele-Mbembe, the long-necked animal described as a surviving dinosaur for over two centuries. At remote Lake Télé on May 1, 1983, he watched a creature with a long neck, small head, and broad back rising some fifteen feet above the water, judged it a Mesozoic sauropod, and waded out to film it — only to find he had left the lens cap on, and his last roll of film later developed black.Next comes a survey of attempts to knock the internet offline since Tim Berners-Lee launched the World Wide Web. A man named Liu in Weifang, China tore apart four China Telecom junction boxes in 2016 to bury footage of himself joining a public "granny dance," while the Mirai botnet's 2016 assault on the firm Dyn took down Twitter, Netflix, and CNN, and Cornell student Robert Tappan Morris had loosed the first such attack by accident in 1988. It ends on Seth Aaron Pendley, a Texas man arrested in 2021 for plotting to blow up a Virginia data center with C-4 in hopes of crippling most of the web.The show then drops back to January 1931, when roadhouse owner Theodore Lakoff was shot once through the top of the head as he slept in his own Rockford, Illinois resort, a Prohibition den of liquor, gambling, and women he ran under the alias Tony Evanoff. His wallet lay emptied while far more cash sat untouched, and suspicion fell on twenty-year-old Viola Hunsficker, said to be extorting him, until ballistics cleared the pistol found in her apartment. Investigators then turned up five other women who each believed she was his only sweetheart, and the killing was never solved.Then it reaches back to 1722 Boston, where a witty widow named Silence Dogood published letters in the New England Courant skewering religious hypocrisy, Harvard, and fashion, charming readers so thoroughly that several men wrote in offering to marry her. She was the invention of sixteen-year-old Benjamin Franklin, an apprentice in his brother James's print shop who slipped the letters under the door at night for six months before revealing himself, then carried his taste for hoaxes to Philadelphia and a fabricated 1730 account of a Mount Holly witch trial.The episode closes off the California coast, where on October 31, 1983 a highway crew above Stinson Beach watched a dark, slender animal roughly a hundred feet long swim toward shore, trailed by about a hundred birds and two dozen sea lions. Crew member Matt Ratto described three humps rising straight from the water before a head lifted to look around, and days later, near Costa Mesa, a surfer named Young Hutchinson reported a long black eel-like animal with no dorsal fins surfacing ten feet from his board — though a Caltech spokesman offered that the witnesses might have seen a whale or a line of porpoises.

The U.S. Constitution can feel intimidating—but what if understanding it is one of the most empowering things you can do? This week, JVN sits down with constitutional law professor, legal scholar, and Strict Scrutiny co-host Melissa Murray to unpack what the Constitution actually says, how it's evolved over time, and what it does to shape our daily lives here in the U.S. Together, they break down the myths, the amendments, and the big debates that continue to define U.S. democracy. From the origins of Prohibition to the long fight for women's rights, Melissa explains why the Constitution was designed to change—and why “We the People” have always been central to that process. They also explore what rights the Constitution does (and doesn't) guarantee, how constitutional amendments come to be, and what power ordinary people have to shape the country's future. Get your copy of THE U.S. CONSTITUTION: AN ANNOTATED GUIDE FOR THE MODERN READER here Catch Strict Scrutiny wherever you get your podcasts! .  Wanna see JVN on stage? Get tix to the Hot & Healed Comedy Tour here.  Full Video Episodes now available on YouTube.  Follow Melissa Murray on Instagram @profmmurray   Follow Strict Scrutiny on Instagram @stricscrutinypodcast  Follow us on Instagram @gettingbetterwithjvn Follow Jonathan on Instagram @jvn Executive  Producer, Chris McClure Producer, Editor & Engineer is Nathanael McClure Production support from: Chad Hall Our theme music is also composed by Nathanael McClure. Curious about bringing your brand to life on the show? Email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Long before Las Vegas, one man built an empire on violence, bootlegging, and bribery. This week, Rachael dives into the extraordinary life of Owney Madden—the Hell's Kitchen street thug who survived multiple assassination attempts, became one of the most powerful figures in organized crime during Prohibition, and quietly transformed himself into a respected businessman.From brutal gang wars in New York to controlling a vast liquor empire, Madden's fingerprints were all over some of the most infamous chapters in American crime history. But despite his reputation, he managed to evade the fate that claimed so many of his rivals, living out his final years far from the streets that made him a legend.How did one of the deadliest gangsters of the 20th century escape prison, outlive his enemies, and rewrite his own story? Pour yourself a stiff drink—this is the unbelievable rise of the man they called "The Killer".

A Nobel laureate in economics argues the bans we pass to protect our morals are quietly killing people and the data backs him up. Why the line between a market we allow and one we forbid is mostly an accident of disgust. Subscribe if you want science with evidence, not speculation. My guest won the 2012 Nobel Prize for designing the systems that match kidney donors to patients who would otherwise die waiting. We cover why it's easy to buy heroin but hard to hire a hitman, what surrogacy bans actually do to the babies they're meant to protect, why paying kidney donors could end a shortage that kills thousands a year, and the trade-off statement he wants every lawmaker to say out loud. He has been called an organ trafficker. He explains why that's the point. What you'll hear: Why banning something that people want often makes it more dangerous The kidney market America won't build and what that silence costs What the hitman vs. heroin ban asymmetry tells us about effective prohibition The McCormick statement: the trade-off acknowledgment most policy debates refuse to make How prediction markets are eroding the boundary between public and private information Whether Milton Friedman was right to be embarrassed by the economics Nobel There's no such thing as a solution. There are only trade-offs. CHAPTERS 00:00  Who gets called an organ trafficker? 02:26  What makes a transaction repugnant? 03:14  Why bans without support create black markets 03:36  Heroin is easy. Hitmen are not. Why? 04:44  Prohibition, NASCAR, and moonshine 07:26  Surrogacy: legal here, criminal in Europe 12:30  When money turns something legal into a crime 14:28  Can religion corrupt a market? 15:56  Who actually pays for college? 21:38  The Enhanced Games: drugs as a marketing platform 25:30  Adderall, Erd0151s, and the science of getting sharper 30:58  Why AI makes market congestion worse before better 35:00  100,000 kidney failures a year. 30,000 transplants. 36:44  Portland decriminalized heroin. It failed. 39:22  The trade-off statement politicians refuse to make 41:14  Can you legalize sex work and shrink trafficking? 47:42  Kahneman chose to die. Who should decide? 48:30  Should we put GLP-1 drugs in the water? 56:12  America is the Saudi Arabia of blood plasma 01:00:54  Prediction markets and inside information 01:01:34  Sports gambling is more addictive than it looks 01:11:40  Peter Nobel called economics a marketing stunt 01:13:32  Is economics a real science? Get the transcript, fascinating bonus content, and my Monday M.A.G.I.C. Message: https://briankeating.com/yt Have a .edu email and live in the USA? You automatically win a meteorite: https://BrianKeating.com/edu Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/DrBrianKeating?sub_confirmation=1 Support Into the Impossible on Patreon, get my weekly M.A.G.I.C. Message, unfiltered bonus content, and live monthly Office Hours with me: https://www.patreon.com/drbriankeating Join this channel for perks, monthly Office Hours, and your name in the Member Roster at the end of every episode: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmXH_moPhfkqCk6S3b9RWuw/join Get your three free gifts when you join my Multiverse of Minds: https://BrianKeating.com/cosmic Featured Guest: Alvin Roth website: https://web.stanford.edu/~alroth/ Moral Economics (book): https://www.amazon.com/Moral-Economics-Prostitution-Controversial-Transactions/dp/1541702018 My books: Losing the Nobel Prize (memoir): http://amzn.to/2sa5UpA Think Like a Nobel Prize Winner: https://a.co/d/03ezQFu Focus Like a Nobel Prize Winner: https://a.co/d/hi50U9U Galileo's Dialogue (first-ever audiobook): https://a.co/d/iZPi9Un Twitter/X: https://x.com/BrianKeating Substack: https://briankeating.substack.com Blog: https://briankeating.com/blog Audio-only: https://briankeating.com/podcast #intotheimpossible #briankeating #economics #NobelPrize #AlvinRoth #marketdesign #podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices