Tag: true crime

  • Orgasm Inc (Netflix)

    Orgasm Inc (Netflix)

    Brendan’s Alternate Tagline: Why can’t sex cults ever keep it together? Quick synopsis: The story of OneTaste, a company focused on orgasms and well, some other stuff. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: I don’t want to spoil anything. But it gets crazier by the minute. Fun Fact for History Nerds: The word “orgasm” wasn’t…

  • House of Hammer (Discovery+)

    House of Hammer (Discovery+)

    Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for House of Hammer: The Long Ranger is not his biggest sin. Quick synopsis: The story of why actor Armie Hammer is a messed-up individual from a messed-up family. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: “Finsta” means a fake Instagram account. Fun Fact for History Nerds: Armie Hammer’s father inherited $180 million…

  • Operation Underworld by Matthew Black

    Operation Underworld by Matthew Black

    Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for Operation Underworld: They may be criminals, but they are still Americans. Quick synopsis: The story of how the Mafia helped the war effort during World War II. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: When TVs were first being introduced to the public, RCA had to create TVs with a transparent case,…

  • Hanged in Medicine Hat by Nathan Greenfield

    Hanged in Medicine Hat by Nathan Greenfield

    Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for Hanged in Medicine Hat: Life is so much more civilized without Nazis. Quick synopsis: The story of executions at a German POW camp in Canada. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: Yes, there is a town in Canada called Medicine Hat. Fun Fact for History Nerds: Yes, there were German POW…

  • Filthy Rich: Ghislaine Maxwell (Netflix)

    Filthy Rich: Ghislaine Maxwell (Netflix)

    Brendan’s Alternate Tagline: All of this sucks. Quick synopsis: The story of Ghislaine Maxwell, who was Jeffery Epstein’s….I don’t know how to describe her. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: Nope, nothing. Fun Fact for History Nerds: Still nothing. My Take: I’m just going to be honest with you, nerds. This one is not good.…

  • Untold: The Girlfriend Who Didn’t Exist (Netflix)

    Untold: The Girlfriend Who Didn’t Exist (Netflix)

    Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for The Girlfriend Who Didn’t Exist: Now this whole story finally makes sense! Quick synopsis: The story of all how football player Manti T’eo was catfished during college. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: Before you say, “who cares about a dumb football player?”, I would like to point out Manti volunteered…

  • Deadly Triangle by Susan Goldberg

    Deadly Triangle by Susan Goldberg

    Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for Deadly Triangle: Canadian murder, eh! Quick synopsis: The 1935 murder of famous Canadian architect Francis Mawson Rattenbury. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: Francis Rattenbury had a major windfall in creating a government building by negotiating his profits to be tied to the final cost. He then went over budget by…

  • American Mother by Gregg Olsen

    American Mother by Gregg Olsen

    Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for American Mother: Family dinners must be awkward. Quick synopsis: The story of a 1986 true crime case where people were killed by tainted medicine. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: Cyanide smells like bitter almonds. Stick to peanuts. Fun Fact for History Nerds: Anything I’d say here is a spoiler. Just…

  • The Rebel and the Kingdom by Bradley Hope

    The Rebel and the Kingdom by Bradley Hope

    Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for The Rebel and the Kingdom: You should always have a plan B when raiding an embassy. Quick synopsis: The story of an armed raid on a North Korean embassy and the person who made it happen. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: North Korea divides their people into 51 categories. About…