Timesuck with Dan Cummins

Dan Cummins

Jump down new rabbit holes with Timesuck, the weekly podcast that takes you on a fascinating and bizarre journey through history’s darkest corners, most shocking conspiracies, and wildest true stories. Hosted by acclaimed standup comedian and storyteller Dan Cummins, each episode blends dark humor with deep research to uncover hidden truths about infamous historical figures, unsolved mysteries, notorious serial killers, and more. If you crave the weird, the wild, and the unexpected, Timesuck is your next obsession!

And check out the Short Sucks, a new series of 40-60 minute episodes two Fridays a month. These bite-sized stories are perfect for when you want a quick dose of Timesuck (or need more addictive content to consume while you’re waiting for your next Timesuck!)

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Jul 14, 2017 · 1 hr 42 min
BONUS 7 - Vlad "the Impaler" Dracula: Man Behind the Vampire
How do you become the real life basis for the most famous monster of our time? By being one of the most sadistic and terrifying figures who ever lived. Vlad impaled, disemboweled, boiled, burned, hacked, tortured, and beheaded his way in world wide notoriety, his name still recognizable over 500 years after his death. Forget medieval - we go full-evil - on the darkest edition of Timesuck yet. Like the new logo? Hire Timesucker Anduin Vaid for all your graphic design needs. Hit him up at anduin.
Jul 10, 2017 · 1 hr 45 min
43 - The Lost City of Atlantis! So Many Crazy Theories...
Atlantis! Did a highly advanced civilization sink into the sea tens of thousands of years ago? Can the cultures of the Romans, Maya, Incas, Mesopotamians, Greeks and more all be traced back to it? Or is Atlantis just another myth? An oceanic metropolis invented by the Greek philosopher Plato to teach a moral lesson to ancient Athenians? Find out in the wild and crazy ride we have to take to unravel the mystery of today’s Timesuck. Today's Timesuck is sponsored by Mack Weldon! Go to www.mackwe
Jul 3, 2017 · 1 hr 50 min
42 - Martin Luther King, Jr.: Life, Legacy and Assassination Conspiracy
How much do you really know about Martin Luther King, Jr.? Did you know he was so committed to nonviolence that he refused to even defend himself from a white supremacist that once attacked him on stage? That he urged angry neighbors to stay calm after someone bombed HIS house? Did you know a government investigative committee determined that his assassination was likely a part of a conspiracy? A verdict a civil court also later confirmed. Find out all this and more in the longest, deepest Times
Jun 26, 2017 · 1 hr 35 min
41 - Blood and Glory: True Tales of the Texas Rangers
If it weren't for the Texas Rangers, Texas probably wouldn't be a state today. These wild, eccentric frontiersman rode into battle on crippled legs, gun wound shortened arms, shot horseshoes out of cannons and did whatever it took to get the job done and win independence from Mexico. Meet the real Walker, Texas Ranger, meet the man who brought down Bonnie and Clyde, and learn some gritty Texas history along the way. Timesuck goes deep in the heart of Texas to tell Texas-sized tales of it's first
Jun 19, 2017 · 1 hr 28 min
40 - Doomsday Drama! Nostradamus & Apocalypse Prophets
Did Nostradamus predict a series of major world events that would occur hundreds of years after his death? Did he know when the world would end? Or is it all just a bunch of ridiculous nonsense? Find out who Nostradamus was, what he predicted, what I think of those predictions and learn a little about what most doomsday predictions are based on and how many times doomsday prophets have been wrong the past few millennia in this apocalyptic edition of Timesuck! This episode of Timesuck is brough
Jun 12, 2017 · 1 hr 38 min
39 - Bonnie & Clyde: Original Gangsters
On May 23rd, 1934, 23 year old Bonnie Parker was shot 26 times. 25 year old Clyde Barrow was shot 17 times. They died in a hail of gunfire, initiated by legendary Texas Ranger Frank Hamer, who'd come out of retirement to catch them. Why did the law man want them that dead? Because for over two years, the Barrow gang had been behind a preposterous number of bank robberies, prison breakouts, and murders. Who were Bonnie and Clyde? Why'd they do it? Find out in this high speed pursuit, bustin' loo
Jun 5, 2017 · 1 hr 28 min
38 - JFK Assassination Part 2 of 2
The conclusion of Timesuck's first two part episode. Do I think Oswald killed Kennedy? I don't think so. Do I think the CIA was involved in Kennedy's death? I do think so. I know this all sounds crazy! But take a listen and find out why I came to the conclusions I did researching the most mind-bending topic I've looked into so far. Today's episode is brought to you by Dollar Shave Club. Go to www.dollarshaveclub.com/timesuck today and get their badass Executive razor handle, four stainless steel
Jun 2, 2017 · 1 hr 31 min
BONUS 6 - JFK Assassination Part 1 of 2
We know that on November 22nd, 1963, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, was assassinated at 12:30PM CST while traveling through Dallas, Texas, in a 1961 open-top, Lincoln Continental convertible limousine. Why can't we all agree on who killed him or why he was killed? Listen in for the deepest suck yet! www.timesuckpodcast.com
May 29, 2017 · 1 hr 18 min
37 - Shark Attacks! Great Whites, Megalodon, & Blood in the Water…
Why do sharks terrify us? How dangerous are they? Can they attack in fresh water!?! Can they nibble your dick off!?! SO MANY QUESTIONS!!! So many answers on this getting ready for summertime, shark-infested edition of Timesuck! Today's episode is brought to you by Dollar Shave Club. Go to www.dollarshaveclub.com/timesuck today and get their badass Executive razor handle, four stainless steel, six blade cartridges and a tube of Dr. Carver's Shave Butter sent to your door for only 5 bucks! Best ra
May 22, 2017 · 1 hr 31 min
36 - Jeffrey Dahmer: The Cannibal of Milwaukee
Sadist. Rapist. Pedophile. Murderer. Cannibal. Necrophiliac. Jeffrey Dahmer was all of these things. But why? Why did he do it? What exactly did he do? Find out on this fascinating and cringeworthy edition of Timesuck! This episode of Timesuck is brought to you by Audible. Go to www.audible.com/TIMESUCK and get a free audiobook with your 30 day trial membership!
May 15, 2017 · 1 hr 24 min
35 - Murder, Drugs, Porn, and Pirates: Tales From the Dark Web
On Friday, May 25th, 2015, 31 year old Ross Ulbricht, aka the Dread Pirate Roberts, was sentenced to life in prison for money laundering, computer hacking, conspiracy to traffic narcotics, "drug kingpin" charges, and he narrowly avoided "procurement of murder" charges. All for running the online, dark web marketplace, The Silk Road. What is the "dark web", should we keep it around, and are online marketplaces for vice, like the Silk Road, actually a good idea? Today's episode is sponsored by Ma
May 8, 2017 · 1 hr 27 min
34 - Jonestown Massacre: Cult leader Jim Jones and his mass suicide in South America
The most insane suck yet, Timesuckers. How did a pastor and political activist convince nearly 1,000 people to move from California to a communist jungle compound in Guyana and then kill themselves by drinking poisoned Flavor Aid? Listen, find out, and take advantage of some great deals from this episode's sponsors! *** Turn your commute into something more with a free trial at Audible. Go to Audible.com/timesuck to start sucking their many audiobooks right now. *** Timesuckers can also join th
May 1, 2017 · 1 hr
33 - Designer Babies: The Scary Pandora's Box of Genetic Modification
What exactly are designer babies? What plants and animals have scientists already genetically modified? Have any humans been genetically modified? How will genetic modification affect the future of the human race? Find out and get 20% off any purchase at Mackweldon.com by using the promo code TIMESUCK
Apr 28, 2017 · 1 hr 34 min
BONUS 5 - Pablo Escobar: Coke, Power, Mayhem & So Much Money
How do you rise from being so poor your parents can't afford to buy you shoes for school to being the 7th richest man in the entire world? If you're Pablo Escobar you do it through violence, intimidation, and selling a crazy amount of cocaine. Eighty percent of America's 80's coke came from Pablo and at the height of his power it made him 420 million dollars... A WEEK. He had a fleet of yachts, hundreds of homes, even a personal zoo, but he still ended up dying essentially poor and alone with a
Apr 24, 2017 · 1 hr 28 min
32 - Marilyn Monroe: Life, Death, & Murder Conspiracy
What do you know about Marilyn Monroe? Did you know it took years after she being "discovered" for her to "make it"? That she spent part of her childhood in an orphanage? That she never knew who her father was? Or that her mother spent most of Marilyn's childhood committed to various mental institutions? Or that she took on the Hollywood studio contract system and won, paving the way for modern actors and actresses to also become producers and control their careers more than she ever could? She
Apr 17, 2017 · 1 hr 17 min
31 - The Mandela Effect: False Memories, Satanic Cults, Parallel Universes, and more...
The Mandela Effect: a large group of people remembering an event that never happened or remembering an alternate version of an event that did happen in the same, incorrect way. Is this proof that there are parallel dimensions some of us are slipping in and out of? Is it the perfectly explainable result of false memory creation? Or, is it a glitch in some futuristic computer simulation we're all currently (virtually) living in? We go full Twilight Zone on today's Timesuck! And please, if you have
Apr 10, 2017 · 1 hr 30 min
30 - Caligula: Rome's Monstrous Son
Special guest episode! The hosts of the wildly entertaining Crime and Sports and Small Town Murder podcasts, James Pietragallo and Jimmie Whisman, ride along for today's suck on ancient Rome and one of the tyrants it created, Caligula. Was Caligula a debaucherous madman? Or, just product of the times he lived in? Was he both? Find out for yourself on the most torturous, sex-crazed, over-the-top Timesuck yet. And PLEASE, help keep Timesuck keep going by filling one a 30 second survey at http://po
Apr 3, 2017 · 1 hr 12 min
29 - The Mysterious Death of Elisa Lam
On February 1st, 2013, 21 year old Canadian college student Elisa Lam vanished while staying at the Cecil hotel in downtown Los Angeles. Her nude, decomposing body isn't found until the morning of February 19th, after hotel residents complain of foul-tasting water. A strange, four minute hotel elevator camera video capturing the last moments she's ever seen alive goes viral, and a murder mystery is born that has the internet obsessed to this day over what really happened. Find out what conclusio
Mar 31, 2017 · 1 hr 27 min
BONUS 4 - Scientology
Scientology. What do they believe? How did it begin? Who, exactly, was L Ron Hubbard? What appeal does it have for Tom Cruise? So much crazy revealed on this OT9, beyond clear, Sea Org edition of Timesuck.
Mar 27, 2017 · 1 hr 11 min
28 - Blackbeard the pirate!
In just a year as captain of his own fleet of pirates, Blackbeard made one hell of a name for himself. A name that's lasted to this day. Pistols, cutlasses, looting, plundering - even the lawless Buccaneer island of Tortuga and pirate city of Nassau explored on this swashbuckling edition of Timesuck!

Timesuck with Dan Cummins

BONUS 7 - Vlad "the Impaler" Dracula: Man Behind the Vampire

43 - The Lost City of Atlantis! So Many Crazy Theories...

42 - Martin Luther King, Jr.: Life, Legacy and Assassination Conspiracy

41 - Blood and Glory: True Tales of the Texas Rangers

40 - Doomsday Drama! Nostradamus & Apocalypse Prophets

39 - Bonnie & Clyde: Original Gangsters

38 - JFK Assassination Part 2 of 2

BONUS 6 - JFK Assassination Part 1 of 2

37 - Shark Attacks! Great Whites, Megalodon, & Blood in the Water…

36 - Jeffrey Dahmer: The Cannibal of Milwaukee

35 - Murder, Drugs, Porn, and Pirates: Tales From the Dark Web

34 - Jonestown Massacre: Cult leader Jim Jones and his mass suicide in South America

33 - Designer Babies: The Scary Pandora's Box of Genetic Modification

BONUS 5 - Pablo Escobar: Coke, Power, Mayhem & So Much Money

32 - Marilyn Monroe: Life, Death, & Murder Conspiracy

31 - The Mandela Effect: False Memories, Satanic Cults, Parallel Universes, and more...

30 - Caligula: Rome's Monstrous Son

29 - The Mysterious Death of Elisa Lam

BONUS 4 - Scientology

28 - Blackbeard the pirate!