The Nonessential Podcast

The Nonessential Podcast - Weekly stories of intrigue, mystery, stupidity, unbelievable...ity? From Ben Matlock (@benonessential) and Steve Gibson (@fazor3d)

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This week, Ben takes a look at a number of interesting duels throughout history, including one in which a man kills another man using only his balls*

*this statement is technically correct

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This week, we've got the story of Issei Sagawa; a little man with a huge appetite, but not the stomach for it. Spoiler alert: Cannibalism is only one of his "eccentricities."
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This week, Ben sneaks deep into the Disney vault to bring us two Walt-themed creepypasta. Check out Suicidemouse.avi & Club 33: A Dark Secret.

Also enjoy this copyright-dodging Windows paint work from Steve.

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This week, Steve takes a look at the life of Karl Denke. The successful butcher's famed Pickled Skinless Pork didn't always contain pork, but it was probably never kosher.
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This week, Ben tells the story of Michael Dowd, an NYPD officer in the 80s who's career took an interesting, if almost cliche, turn.
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This week, Steve tells the story of Zinaida Portnova, one of the Soviet Unions littlest, and best, nazi killers.
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This week, Ben explores the life of Velma Barfield: Extreme Problem Solver. Velma was a killer of multiple disciplines (because two is multiple.) And I bet you can figure out the first based on the picture we used for this post.

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Early release: This week, Steve crawls back to the Creepypasta well, and takes a long, cool, Lovecraftian sip of Cyanwrites' "The Alien."

What happens when two local cops get called to secure a Government Agent gig? Nothing good, clearly.

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This week Ben takes a look at three more creatures of Japanese mythology: a not-so-uncommon tale of a seductive, vampric woman, a creature that seems too ridiculous to be threatening, and a really, really big foot. Check it out.
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Henry Avery (Every?), better known as Long John, led a short but extremely lucrative career. This week, Steve talks about perhaps the most successful pirate to ever set sail. https://t.co/8bI08NIUBP

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This week, Ben talks about the less-than-popular Roman emperor Elegabalus. Turns out, a politician that ignores the people to instead pursue his own pleasure wasn't popular back then, either. Check it out. https://t.co/EHfQXJZi8j

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It's a creepy week for pastas everywhere, as Steve reads the police procedural existential horror story 'A 911 Call Where Nothing Made Sense' by My_outlaw_

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William "Who Needs Qualifications" Fly's pirate career was short lived, but only because he really seemed to have no idea what he was doing. Still, he had a knack for gaining support. Sounds familiar. Anyway, check out ep 226! https://t.co/p1EcF8OB78

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This week, Steve looks at the story of Dina Sanichar, the possible real-life inspiration for The Jungle Book's Mowgli, as well as a number of other "isolates." As it turns out, it's not uncommon for animals to care more about children than their respective https://t.co/hEFeYL9DZn

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Meet John Keehan aka Count Dante aka the Deadliest Man Alive. Founder of the Black Dragon Fighting Society and inventor of the "Poison Hands" technique. John was... quite a character. Check out Ep 224! https://t.co/FVgrS63zMX

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This week, Steve looks at the history behind New Jersey's Black Tom island, and why it's a bad idea to leave 2 million pounds of explosives largely unguarded. https://t.co/J1lhggzohh

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This week, Ben talks about Dennis DePue, the inspirational property assessor who, with a little hard work, and some gruesome murder, went on to inspire the opening scenes of Jeepers Creepers. Check out ep 222. https://t.co/6N9lZJ9w0Z

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In 1884, Frank Lenz bought a Penny Farthing. In 1894, he died. The two are directly related, and in this week's episode, Steve discusses the things that happened in between those two dates. https://t.co/ToniAWLRPH

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This week, Ben talks about Japanese mythology's rootin'est, tootin'est, hard-drinkin'est half-man, half-demon, who had a nearly as rootin', nearly as toon'n lover, and a pretty darn root'n toot'n offpsring. Come join us while we butcher culture, history, https://t.co/9zxngUS9dh

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New York's "Mob Cops" had a history of crimes that were almost as bad as the nickname they earned. But was it cunning and deception that allowed Stephen Caracappa and Louis Eppolito to get away with it for nearly 30 years? (Nope.) Check out episode 219, https://t.co/9KhXKkbzOP