When you're known as the meanest tub-bassist around, you're bound to attract all kinds.  Sometimes it's a self-proclaimed Harmonica Jesus who stumbles into being the head of a cult.  Charles Manson made having a "family" a la mode, so maybe it was bound .

In 1969, the Woodstock festival became the stuff of legends.  In 1999, the Woodstock festival became infamous.  In 2019, the Woodstock festival became... nothing.  With fifty years of colossal brand recognition, how could Woodstock 50 NOT be a massive su.

What's so cool about Patreon anyway?  Here's a free bonus episode from our series of micro disasters that come out every two weeks!   What's the worst thing that has ever happened as a consequence of you flushing a toilet?  Peter brings you something to .

There's gotta be a better way to go east than going east, or at least that's what Franklin thought when he set sail for the fabled Northwest Passage.  Maybe if you're going to risk life and limb on an expedition, don't take a ship called "The Terror" alo.

We're not going to get into the specifics, but if you combine ammonium nitrate and some other nasty things on a repurposed warship, you've got a floating time bomb.  Nobody told the spectators in the Port of Texas City on April 16th, 1947 though... Munit.

John Romero went from arcade wizard, to programming prodigy, to visionary responsible in large part for classic games like Doom, Doom 2, and Quake.  Unfortunately, there's only really one way to go when you're at the top...  id Software, an Ion Storm, a .

Let's get it on: Marvin Gaye was a landmark soul and R&B artists, but his life didn't mirror the carefree coolness of his music.  The perils of drug use, living in destructive environments, and arming your aggressor... even if it's your father.  Sexual h.

What better place to build a fishing and country club than at the edge of a recently-compromised dam?  A flood made particularly horrific by all of the debris it took with it, and Johnstown Pennsylvania didn't see it coming... or didn't want to.  Conemau.

Young boys get stranded on an island, and anyone who's read the book knows the rest of the story... or do they? A group of Tongan teenagers in the 1960s acted as a real-world experiment to see whether humanity is more "Lord of the Flies" or "The Coral Is.

Hey, we heard you like wood, so we stored wood in your wood so you can wood when you wood!  When they first built the Windy City, perhaps they should have considered building materials that were a bit less timber-based.  Controversy about Mrs. O'Leary's .