Dec 27, 2022
This week, Ben reads a story about what happens when you get a little too into horror punk, which is apparently a genre. Toxic fandom meets good old-fashioned gumption in the anonymousely written and aptly named Horror Punk.
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Dec 20, 2022
Though he was born George Edward, he was always really Rube. This week, Steve tells the story of one of the strangest Hall of Famers ever to play the sport. What can we say; the man was as entertaining as he was talented. Check it out.
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Rube Waddell Was The Strangest Man In Baseball (factinate.com)
Dec 13, 2022
This week, Ben takes a lil' gander at the whitest Black Panther: Donald Nielson. The man earned his nickname because he was good at crime, but mostly, because he wore a lot of black. But after a robbery went a little off the rails, his whole gameplan changed for the worse. Or, if you host a podcast about terrible people...
Dec 6, 2022
This week Steve takes a look at a small Irishman with a big nose. But with great sniffer comes rampant, violent anger. And with rampant, violent anger comes an episode about murder-killing. Check it out!
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The terrifying London Underground 'serial killer' who pushed his 30 victims under trains (msn.com)
Nov 15, 2022
In celebration of the 200th Nonessential episode—and also as a result of the first story being shorter than anticipated, but shut up—Ben reads two different creepypastas this week!
First up is HumboldtLycanthrope's The Long List, which is a surprisingly good story about a detective haunted by a victim's trauma and...