Show Notes Episode 466: Oh Great, Lincoln’s Ghost Again Part 2 of Spooktacular 2024 This week Host Dave Bledsoe experiences the sensation that someone is watching himself while he is sleeping, only to awake to a bouncer dragging him out for passing out on the bar (again).  On the show this week we continue Spooktacular 2024 “Is There A Ghost In My House” by asking if Abraham Lincoln’s ghost (among others) haunts the White House. (Hint: Definitely not.) Along the way we discover that Dave is running out of ways to open the show. (shocking?) From there we dive right into why Americans LOVE ghost stories so much. (We love to believe in things that don’t exist, like trickle down economics!) We examine how Spiritualism made believing in ghosts so popular that even the First Lady could do it.  Then we ask the hard questions about Ghost Lincoln. (Like how pissed off would you be to have to keep coming to your job even after you're dead?) We learn that Winston Churchill went Full Monty in front of a Dead President and discuss all the other ghosts beside Honest Abe. Our Sponsor this week is My Bodyguard, because someone probably wants to kill you.  We open the show with a PBS show asking a dumb question and close with Ronnie Gavelin who is tired of seeing the ghost all the time. Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheHell_Podcast The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/soKPDA3qdWY?si=Qarxg1WVaYZI8GdU Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: The Rise of Spiritualism in 19th Century America https://www.historyisnowmagazine.com/blog/2021/10/18/the-rise-of-spiritualism-in-19th-century-america Séances at the White House? Why these first ladies turned to the occult https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/seances-at-the-white-house The Legends of Lincoln's Ghost https://boundarystones.weta.org/2020/10/29/legends-lincolns-ghost The Wilderness Hunter by Theodore Roosevelt https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Wilderness_Hunter/R8FsFGuZxaEC?q=supernatural&gbpv=1&bsq=Bauman#f=false Forgotten Ghosts of the White House https://www.whitehousehistory.org/the-forgotten-ghosts-that-haunted-the-white-house Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Episode 465: The Amityville Horrible Part 1 of Spooktacular 2024 “Is There A Ghost In My House?” This week Host Dave Bledsoe insists he is not responsible for this bar tab since it was incurred while he was possessed by demon alcohol. (The bouncers performed a quick and dirty exorcism and he paid right up!) On the show this week we kick off Spooktacular 2024 with the REAL story behind The Amityville Horror. (Hint: It was all for the money.) Along the way we learned that Dave’s has a lot of stories about ghosts and none of them are true. (Same for ALL of his stories.) Then we dive right into the factual portions of the story, the parts about the house and the brutal murders that took place. (The actual story is pretty horrible.) Then we meet the Lutz family, who thought they got a great deal on a murder house but they found out what they really got was a ticket on the ghost gravy train! (All they had to do was lie a little!) We learn that pretty much everything in the book and movie were made up one night over way too much wine and way to little ethical standards. (God Bless America!) Our sponsor this week is Revenant Realtors, because ghosts need housing too. We open the show with a news report from 1979 and close with Marshal Mathers in a song that we definitely, probably, don’t,  have the rights to play on the show. Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheHell_Podcast The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/8VYQRKIbQ4I?si=rj-GNLXubkZTBUjY Buy Our Hat: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Neighbors Recall DeFeos As 'Nice, Normal Family' https://www.nytimes.com/1974/11/15/archives/neighbors-recall-defeos-as-nice-normal-family-drink-and-play-music.html The Real Life Amityville Horror https://web.archive.org/web/20081219094155/http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/notorious_murders/family/amityville/3.html George Lutz's Amityville Horror http://www.ghostvillage.com/legends/2005/legends36_04122005.shtml BEHIND THE BEST SELLERS https://www.nytimes.com/1978/01/22/archives/behind-the-best-sellers-jay-anson.html The brutal truth about Amityville: It wasn’t ghosts but something worse https://english.elpais.com/usa/2022-01-10/it-wasnt-ghosts-but-something-worse-the-brutal-truth-about-amityville.html The Amityville Hoax at 40: why the myth endures https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA477640965&sid=googleScholar&v=2.1&it=r&linkaccess=abs&issn=10639330&p=AONE&sw=w&userGroupName=nysl_oweb&isGeoAuthType=true&aty=geo Lutz Vs Weber https://web.archive.org/web/20110707134116/http://www.amityvillemurders.com/lutzvweber.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Show Notes Episode 464: “I Ain’t Afraid of Reagan’s Ghost” WTH Movie Night: Ghostbusters! This week Host Dave Bledsoe gets beaten up and thrown out of a TriBeca firehouse after drunkenly showing up at 3:00 AM insisting he was there to “bust some ghosts”. (The fire fighters busted his nose.) On the show this week it is a WTH Movie Night! This time 1984’s supernatural, super right wing,  super box office hit, Ghostbusters. (Yep, Dave is gonna ruin the movie for you) Along the way we discover why Dave keeps doing shows about things he doesn’t believe in. (Hint: a shockingly small amount of money.) Then we dive right into the backstory of how a Saturday Night Live alumni wrote a script based on his grandfather and fighting ghosts in space. (No kidding, this was in the original script for the movie) We find out how Harold Ramis was brought in to make the story slightly less crazy and MUCH less expensive to produce. We briefly talk about the movie (because you’ve ALL seen it, repeatedly) and then we totally ruin one of your childhood’s most cherished memories by explaining how it was all about politics. (What an asshole.) Our Sponsor this week is Spectral Supply Warehouse, our prices have to be seen to be believed. We open with the Ghostbusters ready to believe you and close with  Leo Moracchioli who needs directory assistance. Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheHell_Podcast The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/hF39e_hnFb8?si=U_W7UhGd-A9FNOix Buy Our Hat: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Dan Aykroyd on his family history in the occult and why he wanted to be part of Hotel Paranormal https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/television/article-dan-aykroyd-on-his-family-history-in-the-occult-and-why-he-wanted-to/ An Oral History of Ghostbusters https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/news/a27498/ghostbusters-oral-history/ Behind the Scenes The Making of Ghostbusters: How Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, and “The Murricane” Built “The Perfect Comedy” https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2014/06/ghostbusters-making-of Wikipedia: Ghostbusters https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostbusters#Legacy The Economic Lesson in Ghostbusters Everyone Missed https://www.aier.org/article/the-economic-lesson-in-ghostbusters-everyone-missed/ The Secret Money Messages Hidden in Ghostbusters https://www.fastcompany.com/91064604/the-secret-money-messages-hidden-in-ghostbusters The original Ghostbusters was hugely political. The new one, not so much. https://www.vox.com/2016/7/20/12204422/ghostbusters-political-movies Ghostbusters, the greatest movie ever made about Republican economic policy https://qz.com/176613/ghostbusters-harold-ramis-greatest-movie-ever-about-republican-economic-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It’s time, Spooktacular 2024 kicks off with our series, “Is There A Ghost In My House?” All October brings you stories of hauntings  that may, or more likely, may NOT be true. So join us for some ghost stories starting October 7th for Spooktacular 2024! (Music by JBJ Music) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Episode 463: Gonna Love Me In My Chevy Van This week Host Dave Bledsoe drunkenly climbs into the back of a van and insists the driver take him back to 1986. (The cops closed the doors of the paddy wagon and took him to The Tombs. Again) On the show this week we go back to the 1970’s when the vans all airbrushed murals on the sides and waterbeds in the back! We talk about Van Life in the 70s! Along the way we learn that Dave’s Senior Prom experience was exactly what you might expect from him. (He got high in the parking lot.) Then we dive right into what vans are and why we are using them to pad out six minutes of content for the show. (We have a formula and we stick to it!) Then we dive right into how cool people decided to make their vans more than just boxes on wheels, they would make them artistic sex wagons. (Pro-tip: Bean Bags) We learn how van conversions went mainstream and then inevitably into corporate money makers, and died. (Blame Lee Iacocca.) Our sponsor this week is Corey’s Custom Conversions, the man for your van! We open with the story of vans and close with John G Chapman, who gave a girl a ride in his wagon. Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheHell_Podcast The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music:https://youtu.be/ehUYONulQ3s?si=AgXU270W7Khiq804 Buy Our Hat: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: 1971 Chevrolet G20 Van Catalog and Classic Car Guide, Ratings and Features https://metrommp.com/Classic-Car-Guides-Ratings-Features/Chevrolet/1971-Chevrolet-G20-Van-Catalog/ Boogie vans: the history & the present https://www.classic-american.com/boogie-vans/ Remembering the American Van Craze of the 1970s https://www.motorcities.org/story-of-the-week/2024/remembering-the-american-van-craze-of-the-1970s The Van (1977) https://geekvsgoth.com/2011/09/12/the-van-1977/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Show Notes Episode 462: Saga of A Star Wars Rip Off This week Host Dave Bledsoe angrily shouts at Producer Gavin insisting he was NOT playing with his dolls again. (He totally was.) On the show this week we head back to 1978 to talk about a short lived but influential Science Fiction TV show that wasn’t JUST a Star Wars rip off. (But kind of  doing that a little) Battlestar Galactica. Along the way we learn a little about some other short lived shows of the 70’s. (That Janeway/Odo crime fighting team up sounded great!) Then we dive right into the story of a Hollywood titan, some Latter Day Saint theology and how they came together to fight the Cylons. We follow the story from production to debut in theaters and on the small screen at home.  We meet the actors who would create memorable characters (and some we wish we could forget, FUCK BOXY!). From the beginning of its single season to the inevitable lawsuits we tell the story of a ragtag fugitive fleet trying desperately to find a new way to monetize the Star Wars mania sweeping the world.   Our Sponsor this week is Sy Lonika’s Centurion AI, who wants you to know, they have a plan.  We open the show with a promo for the show and close with TBone Shady who is just looking for some kind of way out of here. Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheHell_Podcast The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music:https://youtu.be/ehUYONulQ3s?si=AgXU270W7Khiq804 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Wikipedia: Battlestar Galactica (1978) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlestar_Galactica_(1978_TV_series) AFI CATALOG OF FEATURE FILMS BATTLESTAR GALACTICA SAGA OF A STAR WORLD https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/56136 A Tale of Two Galacticas https://www.tvobscurities.com/articles/two_galacticas/ Born-Again 'Battlestar' https://www.beliefnet.com/entertainment/movies/2005/05/born-again-battlestar.aspx Mormon creator of 'Battlestar Galactica' dared to produce something profound https://www.deseret.com/2014/11/22/20553208/mormon-creator-of-battlestar-galactica-dared-to-produce-something-profound/ Ahead of its Time — The Rise and Fall of the Original Battlestar Galactica https://robert-b-marks.medium.com/ahead-of-its-time-the-rise-and-fall-of-the-original-battlestar-galactica-ae9bcb669d60 Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. v. MCA, Inc., 715 F. 2d 1327 - Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit 1983 https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=17217847881299692282&hl=en&as_sdt=100000000002 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Episode 461: Life Is A Highway This week Host Dave Bledsoe gets drunk at an East Village dive bar and takes a cab home and calls it his “Summer Road Trip”. On the show this week we scrape the bottom of the barrel for content and talk about how Dave’s family entertained him driving across the country in the 80’s. (Yeah, he really phoned it in. Again.) Along the way we learn about Dave’s “adult” trip from coast to coast. (So many truck stops) Then we dive right into the history of the interstate system before we talk about the greatest roadside stop in America: Stuckey’s! (We TOLD you things that were on the content shelf were thin this week!)  From there we weave our way through various roadside attractions, tourist traps and money grabs that make a cross-country road trip so incredible. From Tucumcari to Wall Drug we mention all the places you COULD visit and why you shouldn’t. So come for the world's largest ball of twine, stay for the birthplace of a fictional television character and hit the road with a fat, middle aged drunk man. (Virtually, of course, Dave doesn't have a license.)  Our Sponsor this week is Rodney’s Roadside Retreat, where the fun isn’t! We open the show with this word from Stuckey’s and close with The Fiasco who want you to go on a little trip with them. Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheHell_Podcast The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/GaiU3XN_K4o?si=sCir3FXPY_BEdKW_ We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Nostalgia Personified Live Show Neshaminy Creek Brewing Co. Sunday, September 15 Citations Needed: Cadillac Ranch https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/2220 Ted Hustead Is Dead at 96; Built the Popular Wall Drug https://www.nytimes.com/1999/01/17/us/ted-hustead-is-dead-at-96-built-the-popular-wall-drug.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Show Notes Episode 460: A Beef With Oprah This week host Dave Bledsoe is thrown out of the cookout when the other attendees realize no one there actually knew him. (Happens a lot.) On the show this week we talk about that time in the 90’s when the cattle industry bit off more than they could chew by suing Oprah. (Bad idea.) Along the way we discover that Dave will eat anything so long as it is mostly dead and free. (Some of the things we aren’t even sure are really foods.) Then we dive right into our story by explaining why meat may be murder, but it is also very good for the economy. We then skip across the pond to Gavin’s homeland who didn’t understand that cows eat grass, not other cows. (We blame Margaret Thatcher.) We briefly (and badly) explain Mad Cow Disease, prions and Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease before FINALLY getting to part about Oprah. (Mostly because Dave is afraid of offending Oprah fans, which he should be.) Our Sponsor this week is Last Week’s Meats, our meat should be OK, if you cook it right away. We open the show with Oprah’s case in the news and close with Forgotten Covers and their burger preferences. Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheHell_Podcast The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/TArJnY-8koo?si=w5Ix5YLL3i9Kfxxe We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Nostalgia Personified Live Show Neshaminy Creek Brewing Co. Sunday, September 15 Citations Needed: A breakdown of the American beef sector https://clear.ucdavis.edu/explainers/how-do-us-cattle-ranchers-put-food-our-table The decade that changed everything https://www.meatpoultry.com/articles/19092-the-decade-that-changed-everything Wikipedia: Mad Cow Crisis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_cow_crisis#Deep_socio-economic_crisis The time Oprah Winfrey beefed with the Texas cattle industry https://www.texastribune.org/2018/01/10/time-oprah-winfrey-beefed-texas-cattle-industry/ 'We cleaned up her act' For six weeks in 1998, star turned town on head https://www.amarillo.com/story/news/local/2011/05/22/we-cleaned-her-act/13159793007/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Show Notes Episode 459: “I Can Call You Geraldo, and You Can Call Me Al Capone This week Host Dave Bledsoe goes searching for buried treasure (meaning he dug through his Winter coats looking for money to buy booze.) On the show this week we talk about that time Geraldo Rivera knocked down a wall in Chicago on live TV because someone lied about Al Capne having a vault there. Along the way we discover why a young Dave spends all that time in the bathroom claiming he was “brushing his teeth”. (He was touching himself.) THen we dive right into the backstory with a little about Al Capone (bad guy) and a lot more about Geraldo Rivera (really bad guy). From there we discover how the guy from the People’s Court (Not Judge Wapner or Rusty the Bailiff) was instrumental in getting The Mystery of Al Capone’s Vault on television. (He had to pay for that hairpiece somehow.) Then we give the step by step of how at least thirty million Americans watched so dudes dig a hole for two hours only to find some papers and empty liquor bottles. (They could have just looked under Dave’s bed if that is what they wanted.) We close with how this resurrected Geraldo’s career.  (Sometimes, dead is better.) Our Sponsor this week is Nunzio’s Locksmithing and Safe Cracking, WHY you personally can’t open the thing, THAT is YOUR BUSINESS. We open the show with a promo for the vault show and close with The Barefoot Movement who want you to know you can call them Al. Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheHell_Podcast The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/FN8xSEm11j4?si=qeudrk2T-nFHMZmJ We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Nostalgia Personified Live Show Neshaminy Creek Brewing Co. Sunday, September 15 Citations Needed: Wikipedia: Geraldo Rivera https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geraldo_Rivera Oral History: When Geraldo Rivera Opened Al Capone's Vault https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/78842/oral-history-30-years-ago-geraldo-rivera-opened-al-capones-vault Vintage Chicago Tribune: Watch and revisit ‘The Mystery of Al Capone’s Vaults’ hosted by Geraldo Rivera https://www.chicagotribune.com/2023/04/20/vintage-chicago-tribune-watch-and-revisit-the-mystery-of-al-capones-vaults-hosted-by-geraldo-rivera/ ‘The Mystery of Al Capone’s Vaults’: Watch the highly-rated, live TV special hosted by Geraldo Rivera in 1986 https://www.chicagotribune.com/2023/04/20/the-mystery-of-al-capones-vaults-watch-the-highly-rated-live-tv-special-hosted-by-geraldo-rivera-in-1986/ Gun-toting Geraldo under fire for the story that never was https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/1365910/Gun-toting-Geraldo-under-fire-for-the-story-that-never-was.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Show Notes Episode 458: How We Learned Not to Worry and Ignore the Bomb This week Host Dave Bledsoe slams half a bottle of tequila, jumps on the bar and screams “AIR RAID WARNING” before stage diving into the mosh pit. (It wasn’t a mosh pit, it was a wedding reception, in which he had crashed. They were doing the chicken dance and he was arrested. Again.) On the show this week we tell you about that time in 1971 when the Emergency Broadcast System told everyone the end was nigh! (But it wasn’t nigh, someone had a fucked up very, very, badly.) Along the way we discover that Dave doesn’t think of himself as an “influencer”. (Anyone who is “influenced” by Dave needs to check right into rehab.) Then we dive right into why we have an Emergency Broadcast System (Harry Truman and nukes) and all the ways it went dreadfully wrong in 1971. (Honestly people , label your files clearly!  You will be glad you did!) Finally we examine why people just sort of stopped worrying about the end of the world from nukes. (Probably because of all the other ways it was ending right in front of their eyes.) Our Sponsor this week is Jimmy Earl’s Bait Shop and Doomsday Supply. The end is near, but the fish are still biting.  We open with an innovative way of letting you know this is a test and close with The Black Jeans who have some balloons they bought. Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheHell_Podcast The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/tpMFQWbOfHo?si=9eVTtvjl44KtHRDo We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: ‘Nuclear Alert’ Proves False https://www.nytimes.com/1971/02/21/archives/nuclear-alert-proves-false-a-false-emergency-nuclear-alert-is-laid.html The False ‘Emergency’ https://www.nytimes.com/1971/02/22/archives/the-false-emergency.html For 40 Minutes in 1971, It Seemed the End Was Near https://www.history.com/news/america-was-once-tricked-into-believing-nuclear-war-had-begun Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Show Notes Summer Short: “Don’t Page Me, Bro!” This week Host Dave Bledsoe slaps an old beeper he found in a box in the basement on the bar and asks if “doctors drank for free” (They don’t and he isn’t one.)  On the show this week we are doing a Summer Short about that time in the late 80’s when every kid with the beeper in America was slinging smack. (They weren’t and it was racist moral panic thing.) Along the way we learn about the Worst Summer of Dave’s Life. (He couldn’t drink for a couple of weeks.) Then we dive into the story with the “411” on pagers (but just the basics, this IS a Summer Short) before getting to the meat of the story: how beepers became synonymous with the drug trade. (Was the media involved? You already know the answer!) We then chart the progress from school suspension to felony beeper possession in America’s schools. (Fuck, White People were so scared of Black kids!) We see the fever break thanks to Howard Stern. (We are not making this up) and of course millions of dollars spent by corporations. Our Sponsor this week is Beeper City, your one and pretty much only stop, for all your beeper needs. We open with all the reasons your dad should buy you a beeper and close with Sir Mix A Lot beep beep beeping along. Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheHell_Podcast The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/MPZ3cO2zOdQ?si=QGWS2v3qCOZs7mQv We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed:  MESSAGE IS OUT ON BEEPERS https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1988/07/11/message-is-out-on-beepers/58840caa-523e-413b-9224-60ad94d7803f/ Street Smart: Drug dealers turn on to beepers https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,962483,00.html Schools Silencing Beepers https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-and-observer/143472926/ The Forgotten War on Beepers https://newsletter.pessimistsarchive.org/p/the-forgotten-war-on-beepers BEEPER BAN IN SCHOOLS URGED https://www.chicagotribune.com/1988/11/30/beeper-ban-in-schools-urged/ Bad News Beepers https://tedium.co/2023/06/07/pager-schools-negative-reputation-history/ 'Cockroaches of the healthcare system': Why many physicians still use pagers https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/healthcare-information-technology/cockroaches-of-the-healthcare-system-why-many-physicians-still-use-pagers.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Show Notes Episode 370-371 Mega-Mix The Summer of Sam Redux This week Host Dave Bledsoe takes a “well deserved” rest after “working so hard” on the Summer Series. (All he did was show up in the studio and slur drunkenly into a microphone.) So while he “rests” (If by resting you mean squats in a dimly lit dive bar arguing with the bartender over how many rounds he’s ordered).  So while he “refreshes” we offer a megamix of two episodes we first ran in 2022 as a part of that year’s Summer Series. It is all about the Summer of Sam! So slip on your Boogie Shoes, snug up those bell bottoms and unbutton your flare collared shirt down the navel and get ready to dance! (Just make sure you don’t park in secluded places after the discos close!) Show Theme: https://www.jamendo.com/track/421668/prelude-to-common-sense The Show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheHell_Podcast The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Closing Music: https://youtu.be/g-7uRvLMtzU We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Son of Sam fires into a car, killing a woman sitting next to her boyfriend https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/son-sam-kills-woman-sitting-boyfriend-article-1.3351723 Son of Sam shoots and kills couple sitting in parked car in the Bronx https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/son-sam-killer-murders-couple-bronx-1977-article-1.3065668 How David Berkowitz Terrorized 1970s New York City As The Demonic ‘Son Of Sam’ Killer https://allthatsinteresting.com/son-of-sam-david-berkowitz Key witness describes spotting Son of Sam before attack https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/don-afraid-sam-spotter-article-1.3361705 David Berkowitz Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Berkowitz John L. Keenan, Who Led the ‘Son of Sam’ Manhunt, Dies at 99 https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/22/obituaries/John-L-Keenan-Dies.html SOME DOUBT BERKOWITZ IS AN ONLY ‘SON’ https://nypost.com/1999/06/22/some-doubt-berkowitz-is-an-only-son/ Netflix’s Sons Of Sam Looks At The Real Cost Of True Crime Obsession https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2021/05/10458626/maury-terry-sons-of-sam-netflix-ending Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Show Notes Episode 457: When You Wish Upon A Starr Part Two of Bill Clinton and Summer Series 2024 Finale  This week Host Dave Bledsoe parses the definition of the term “owed” in relation to a bar tab. (It depends on what the word “owed” means.) On the show this week we wrap up Summer Series 2024 and the story of Bill Clinton with the Sex Scandal that defined the 90’s. (There are ZERO Monica jokes here, move on if that is what you are looking for.) Along the way we learn that Dave had a strong sexual attraction to Bill Clinton. (He is always trying to fuck his way to the top!) Then we dive right into why Bill Clinton got into trouble in the first place. (Also Dick Nixon was fucking Zsa Zsa Gabor?) We give the short, short version of Whitewater just to show how far out in left field Ken Starr was with the whole Monica thing! We then meet young Miss Lewinsky (She got fucked by more that just Bill Clinton) and how she and Bill did a very dumb thing together. Then we meet Linda, who loved Monica so much that she betrayed her hoping for a fat book deal. (Linda Tripp is treated EXACTLY how she deserves in this story.) Finally, we examine the moral, legal and ethical points of the whole scandal. (Bill OUGHT to have resigned!) Our Sponsor this week is Caca de Perro Cubano El Presidente Premium, slip it in, it feels nice! We open with CNN Breaking News and close with Mister Runnerholic, who wants their dream to come true. Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheHell_Podcast The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music:https://youtu.be/t894hkM6IKc?si=vbrkXai5m3PUHc3d We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: My darlink Zsa Zsa had nine husbands, and slept with Nixon. But her real love? Her Shiht zus https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1296141/My-darlink-Zsa-Zsa-husbands-slept-Nixon-But-real-love-Her-shih-tzus.html#comments Wikipedia: United States Department of Justice Office of Special Counsel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Justice_Office_of_Special_Counsel ABC News Special Report https://abcnews.go.com/US/video/president-clinton-deposed-paula-jones-case-part-60300741 Lewinsky: Two Coasts, Two Lives, Many Images https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/lewprofile.htm Linda Tripp: A Catalyst of a Clinton Scandal Who Maintained She’d Done Right https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/12/26/linda-tripp-obituary-2020-448351 The Impeachment Trial of President William Clinton: An Account https://www.famous-trials.com/clinton/884-home Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Show Notes Episode 456: “Stand By Your Man” Part 4 of Summer Series 2024 This week Host Dave Bledsoe finds himself in ethical hot water when he gets drunk and starts confessing to things he really ought to keep to himself. (Like literally! It happens in the first ten minutes of this episode.) On the show this week we kick off the finale of Summer Series 2024 with part one of a two part show about the many peccadillos of William Jefferson Clinton! (A very horny man!) Along the way we learn things about Dave no one asked for and no one wanted.  Then we dive right into the history of the Man from Hope. (His biggest hope was getting some pussy). From his young life in Arkansas to his education at Dave’s alma mater (Dave never graduated from there, and they keep threatening to sue him for saying this) to his time at Oxford and finally Yale.  We introduce his wife and life partner who for good and bad stood by her man. Then we move right along to his time in Arkansas politics. (Horn dogging all the way) and to his rise in national politics.  Then we meet some of the women (just some, the list is long!) who have had sex with Bill Clinton, whether they wanted to or not. (Things get icky).  Finally we talk about the lawsuit that brought Bill’s House of Horny Cards down. Our Sponsor this week is Leo Brisky, Divorce Lawyer, because, let’s face it, some people shouldn’t be married. We open with Bill and Hill on 60 Minutes and close with Roman Music, who will be faithful no matter what. Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheHell_Podcast The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music:https://youtu.be/SHHYQAbKFeY?si=WD_wsUR6pCNjixJB We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Troopers Say Clinton Sought Silence on Personal Affairs : Arkansas: The White House calls their allegations about the President’s private life ‘ridiculous.’ https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-12-21-mn-4179-story.html On Tortuous Route, Sexual Assault Accusation Against Clinton Resurfaces https://www.nytimes.com/1999/02/24/us/on-tortuous-route-sexual-assault-accusation-against-clinton-resurfaces.html Affidavit From Jane Doe #5 https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/affidavit122398.htm Declaration of Gennifer G. Flowers https://web.archive.org/web/20080726150653/https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/pjones/docs/flowers031398.htm Declaration of Paula Jones https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/pjones/docs/jonesdec031398.htm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Show Notes Episode 455: We Have Clearance Clarence Part Three of Summer Series 2024 This week Host Dave Bledsoe stumbles in a butch lesbian bar and finds himself among people who will FINALLY buy him drinks. (They found him so harmless they adopted him!) On the show week we talk about the horniest Supreme Court Justice nominee since Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., Horny Clarence Thomas! (Check your coke cans for pubes folks!) Along the way we chart Dave’s evolution from misogynist pig to soft soy boy. (One of the few good things he’s done with his life!) Then we dive right into our story about a young man, an abusive grandfathers and his dream to eradicate Civil Rights for African Americans and finally repeal that pesky 13th Amendment.(He might just do it!) We follow his life journey from black radical to radical fascism with stops in pornography, misogyny and gross sexual harassment on the way! We meet Anita Hill, the woman who stood up to Horny Clarence but was not a match for Genial Joe Biden.  Finally, we examine the legacy of Anita Hill for women and how Clarence Thomas fucking won in the end. (Not a happy story.) Our Sponsor this week is Rent-A-Justice, when you don’t have enough money to buy a Supreme Court Justice outright you can rent to own one!  We open with news coverage of Horny Clarence and close with Clarence Carter who be strokin’! Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheHell_Podcast The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/NO0SFWYIZNg?si=uol1gdDxQQjihJ28 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Wikipedia: Clarence Thomas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_Thomas#Early_life Unforgiven https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2007/11/12/unforgiven Ex-Companion Details ‘Real’ Thomas https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/23/us/politics/23thomas.html Opening Statement of Anita Hill to the Senate Judiciary Committee https://web.archive.org/web/20180304163805/http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/PDFFiles/Anita%20Hill%20-%20Opening%20Statement.pdf Senators’ Private Deal Kept ‘2nd Woman’ Off TV : Thomas: Democrats feared Republican attacks on Angela Wright’s public testimony. Biden’s handling of the hearing is criticized. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-10-17-mn-911-story.html Becoming the Third Wave by Rebecca Walker https://heathengrrl.blogspot.com/2007/02/becoming-third-wave-by-rebecca-walker.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Show Notes Episode 454: “Where The F**K Did I Say Build A Waterslide?” Part Two of Summer Series 2024 This week Host Dave Bledsoe finds himself in a situation of over promising and under delivering vis-à-vie paying for the staggering amounts of drinks he has consumed. (The bouncers were not at all interested in the timeshare opportunity he offered in recompense.) On the show this week we turn back to the pulpit with the story of a man who loved God so much, he just HAD to build him a theme park. (And also stealing millions for himself) Reverend Jim Bakker. Along the way we discover that comes from a long line of people not good with money. (The difference being Dave just drinks with his money versus their trying  to help people)Then we dive into a brief history of religion in America and why it has so many con men. (Again people, THE MONEY!) From there we meet a young man from Muskeegon who met the girl of his dreams and set out to build an empire with his faith. (Using other people’s money, of course) We TRY to treat Tammy Faye as lightly as possible, we are not monsters. We meet Jessica Hahn, who was either Machiavellian jezebel or a twenty one year old victim of a powerful, amoral man. (We leave it to you to decide.) Finally we explain how it all fell apart. (You see, there was this waterslide.) Our Sponsor this week is St Matthew’s Accounting and Bookkeeping, trust the name Jesus trusted with his money. We open the show with ABC new coverage of the scandal and close with Heart Attack, who have been talking to Jesus. Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheHell_Podcast The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/8BuVm0v9ZJQ?si=i1T2Ti4ogNiIWCnD We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Spartan Herald Journal Oct 7 1989 https://web.archive.org/web/20200213143115/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=doYfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nM4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=6009,3137616&dq=finding-refuge-in-a-doting-grandmother&hl=en FOR JIM AND TAMMY BAKKER, EXCESS WIPED OUT A RAPID CLIMB TO SUCCESS https://www.nytimes.com/1987/05/16/us/for-jim-and-tammy-bakker-excess-wiped-out-a-rapid-climb-to-success.html The Second Coming Of Televangelist Jim Bakker https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/kelseymckinney/second-coming-of-televangelist-jim-bakker The scandals that brought down the Bakkers, once among US's most famous televangelists https://abcnews.go.com/US/scandals-brought-bakkers-uss-famous-televangelists/story?id=60389342 Bakker Issues Denial of Rival TV Minister’s New Sex Allegations https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-04-26-mn-1576-story.html Wikipedia: Jim Bakker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bakker#Fraud_conviction_and_imprisonment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Show Notes Episode 453: I Have Sinned Against You  Part 1 of Summer Series 2024 This week Host Dave Bledsoe gets religion as he fervently prays for absolution of his bar tab. (Prayer is always the last refuge of a scoundrel and a deadbeat.) On the show this week we kick off Summer Series 2024 Let’s Talk About (Scandals) with part one, the story of a pious man who loved to “minister” to the sex workers just a little too much: Reverend Jimmy Swaggart. Along the way Dave explains why he is such a disappointment to his family. (Well one of the many reasons.) Then give you a brief history of why Christians are compelled to want you to be a Christian too. (Enjoy this copy of The Watch Tower.) Then we meet Jimmy Lee Swaggart, cousin to Jerry Lee Lewis and Mickey Gilley. (True, we looked it up!) We follow Jimmy’s rise from humble servant of the Lord singing in church to preaching on the television and finally the pulpit of a multi-million dollar international ministry. (Did he have his own private jet? You bet your ass he did.) We learn how Jimmy spent millions of tax free dollars every year. (Did he sponsor a private army in Africa that committed war crimes?  You bet your ass he did!) Finally, we find out what brought it all down for the Reverend. (A low rent hotel and a lower rent sex worker.)  Our Sponsor this week is Sin Away, we can’t absolve your sins, but we can plea bargain them down. We open the show with news footage of Jerry’s little goof ‘em up and close with Gates & Goodell who want you to conserve electricity. Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheHell_Podcast The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/ORJzGGHa2OQ?si=b6qgHcCCjjTPp91H We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Wikipedia: Jimmy Swaggart https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Swaggart Wikipedia: Tent Revivals https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tent_revival About Jimmy Swaggart https://www.jsm.org/about-jimmy-swaggart JIMMY SWAGGART AND THE SNARE OF SIN https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1988/02/25/jimmy-swaggart-and-the-snare-of-sin/d07127d2-c412-4738-98d9-3b186d1b92f9/ The Fall of Jimmy Swaggart https://people.com/archive/cover-story-the-fall-of-jimmy-swaggart-vol-29-no-9/ Woman Riding in Swaggart Car Says She’s a Prostitute https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-10-12-mn-202-story.html Swaggart: God Says `It's None Of Your Business' https://web.archive.org/web/20200219033627/https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19911017&slug=1311458 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Show Notes Summer Short #2: Cause of Death: Pop Rocks This week Host Dave Bledsoe tries to impress an old drunk lady at the bar by offering to demonstrate the size of his Eructation, and gets tasered before she learned it meant burps. (She tasered him again after she did learn it) On the show this week, it’s a Summer Short, smaller episodes we do to give our writers a break during the Summer.  This week, the tragic death of Life Cereal’s Mikey by Pop Rock consumption. (Hint: It didn’t happen.) Along the way we learn that Dave ‘s poor life choices are part of a long history with him. (Ask his parents) Then we move right into an abbreviated history of all things carbonated candy. We meet the inventors and companies that shepherded this life changing product to store shelves.(For a little while) Then comes the tragic story of how Coke took the life of an American icon. (The soda, not the nose candy.) Finally we expose the REAL TRUTH ™ behind the story of Pop Rocks. (Hint: It wasn’t exploding kids.) Our Returning Sponsor this week is The Year 1983, 1983, we gave you Nintendo and took everything else you loved  in exchange!  We open the show with a 1979 commercial for the Death Candy and close with Steven DeLio who has some thoughts on things that go “pop”.  Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheHell_Podcast The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/Jo4T9MZe_M0?si=N4zVhG8K8DHEU-fK We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: When Pop Rocks Exploded In the 1970s https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/646469/pop-rocks-candy-explosion-1970s Did Pop Rocks and Soda Kill 'Little Mikey'? https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pop-rocks-soda/ M I K E Y : A N   I N V E S T I G A T I O N . https://web.archive.org/web/20070610224045/http://www.mcsweeneys.net/2002/10/07mikey.html How the Explosive 'Pop Rocks and Coke' Legend Destroyed an Iconic Candy Brand https://www.thrillist.com/eat/nation/pop-rocks-urban-legend-mikey-death Pop Rocks - The Candy that Killed a Child T.V. Star https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/pop-rocks-candy-killed-child-tv-star-gregory-farrell-pqole Wikipedia: Pop Rocks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_Rocks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Show Notes Episode 452: Subterranean Homesick Alien Autopsy This week Host Dave Bledsoe is back from his tax deductible “research trip” where he was researching a story about a old, fat, drunk man who gets thrown out of bars in a small southeastern Tennessee town screaming “You can’t do this, I was born here!” (He was, and they can.) On the show this week we examine a television show that purported to show an alien autopsy that aired on Fox in 1995. (Fox, bringing the bullshit for over thirty years!) Along the way we learn that Dave saw a UFO on his flight, or at least what he thought was one. (It wasn’t. He was drunk.) Then we dive right into why Americans Wanted To Believe in UFOs back in the mid 90’s. (It was more that they wanted to have a threesome with Scully and Mulder.) We meet the “brains” behind Alien Autopsy: Fact or Fiction and ask the question, was Jonathan Frakes having money troubles when he did this? From there we introduce you to the English record producer who “accidentally” discovered footage proving that life exists on other planets and were visiting Earth for decades. (They aren’t and he didn’t.) Finally, we discuss WHY people believed it was real. (people are very stupid.) Our returning Sponsor is Morley Cigarettes, America Smokes a Morely.  We open with the Fox Special and close with Warrenmusic who met a friend on the subway. Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheHell_Podcast The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music:https://youtu.be/uZpDRZMWyM4?si=aPWV555CD--CE3rK We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: The Last Time There Was a Craze About UFOs and Aliens https://www.thebulwark.com/p/the-last-time-there-was-a-craze-about-ufos-and-aliens E.T. or B.S.? When Fox Aired Its Infamous 'Alien Autopsy' in 1995 https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/fox-1995-alien-autopsy-hoax AUTOPSY OR FRAUD-TOPSY? https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,983764,00.html Santill's Controversial Autopsy Movie http://www.v-j-enterprises.com/kjeff396.html Man behind infamous ‘alien autopsy’ video finally reveals the whole truth behind it https://metro.co.uk/2017/09/25/man-behind-infamous-alien-autopsy-video-finally-reveals-the-whole-truth-behind-it-6954667/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Our Big Summer Series is going to be a HOT one, as Dave digs the dirt on all the scandals that USED to mean the end of a career. Coming in July to a pod feed near you! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices