Doomed to Fail

Today we have the not-doomed story of Malala Yousafzai - who campaigned for girls to go to school in Pakistan when the Taliban was invading her area and demanding that women and girls stay inside and stop their education. Today, Malala's voice is a global cry for reform. Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected] 

Today, we learn about Grant Amato - a former nurse (dishonorably discharged) and dude in love with a 'cam girl' - so in love that he stole a TON of money from his family and also murdered them. I worry about the people who are in love with their Chat GPT. Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected] 

We're back! Happy Women's History Month! We think this counts - well, specifically, Taylor thinks this counts. The main characters are women, and the men in this story are SUCH IDIOTS that it's a + for women. It's 1994, and the rivalry between Tonya Harding & Nancy Kerrigan is heating up (I know, I know). Enter Tonya's ex/current husband, Jeff, and his band of boobs (tm). It's the Olympics! It's a crime! Tonya & Nancy are INCREDIBLE athletes! Join us! Are you young enough not to know what happens? Fascinating. Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected] 

Join me as I ramble through our Women's History episodes! Find them anywhere you listen to podcasts! Learn some stuff! Cry with me! Ep 1 - Part 1: Catherine the Great & Peter III Ep 4 - Part 2: A World of Love to You - Eleanor Roosevelt & Lorena Hickok Ep 23 - Part 1: Our Lady of the Night - Mary Shelley Ep 50: Let them have Portillo's: The saga of Marie Antoinette Ep 90 - Echoes of the Sky: Amelia Earhart's Enduring Influence Ep 93 - Disaster at Shift's End: The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Ep 94 - The Most Fashionable Nazi Collaborator: Coco Chanel Ep 97 - A Famous British Woman is Missing!!!: It's Agatha Christie this time Ep 98 - The Never-ending Story: Henrietta Lacks Ep 129 - Mother of Sparrows: The Vengeance of Saint Olga of Kiev Ep 145 - Witch Trials: Not just in Salem! Ep 155: Don't go chasing waterfalls in Honduras - Lisa Left Eye Lopes Ep 176: Who's to say Virgin Blood doesn't stop aging? - Elizabeth Bathory Ep 178: The Miracle Worker & The Miracle - The Helen Keller story Ep 180: The Beast of Belsen - Irma Grese Ep 181: Hitler's Favorite Film Maker - Leni Riefenstahl Ep 182: Hitler's Least Favorite Spy - Virginia Hall Ep 185: Mapping the Earth from Space - Dr. Valerie L. Thomas & her career at NASA Ep 186: Flying the Skies above India & Breaking Barriers - Sarla Thukral Ep 204: Fancy a Duel after the Opera? - Julie d'Aubigny Ep 207: Hey Ladies!!! - Sappho Ep 220: One for you, Sixteen for me - Sybil & her Multiple Personalities Ep 231: Wash your hands! - Typhoid Mary Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected] 

We're travelling this week so one more Olympics Episode for you! This one is wild - it's 1996, and the Atlanta Olympic Centennial Park is open late. Security guard Richard Jewel is on the lookout for shenanigans and finds himself the first responder to a horrible attack that leaves one dead and many shaken. Jewell is a dork - he's the kind of guy who takes his security role super seriously. You kind of want to make fun of him, but then you get to know him and realize he was the best man for the job, and a really kind soul. Learn more with us! Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected] 

Part 3 of our Olympics Episodes is here for re-release! We're back in Germany (well, West Germany now) for the 1972 Summer Olympics. A team from Israel is held hostage by the Palestinian group "Black September." It ended in deaths, heartbreak, and a forever changed Global Stage. Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected] 

When does someone turn into a super villain? Let's talk about Carlos the Jackal - part serial killer, part terrorist, full guy who just wants to make a mess. We'll walk through his childhood in South America and his adulthood in literally any organization that needed a murderer. Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected] 

Netflix just released 'The Investigation of Lucy Letby' so let's re-relase our episode on this horrible story! Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected] 

In 1936, the Olympics were hosted in Berlin, Germany. You guessed it - things were not great. We'll talk about the wonderfully talented American Jesse Owens, the invention of Basketball, and the propaganda of Leni Riefenstahl. It was a scary time to be in Europe - Hitler thought that every Olympics would be in Berlin for the rest of time, but they did not. The basketball courts would later be hanging fields. Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected] 

It's Black History Month! Today, we're talking about Robert Smalls. Smalls was born enslaved, worked on ships for the confederacy whilst enslaved, and then took it upon himself to steal a steam ship, save his family & others, sail past Ft Sumter in the middle of the night, and provide the Union with guns & info. Later, he went back south, invested in his community, and represented them in Congress. Join us for this heroic tale! Some sources:https://www.battlefields.org/learn/primary-sources/robert-smalls-bold-feat-so-skillfullyhttps://www.pbs.org/wnet/african-americans-many-rivers-to-cross/history/which-slave-sailed-himself-to-freedom/https://history.house.gov/People/Detail/21764 Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected] 

Here we go! Happy Olympics 2026! Let's re-visit our episode where we went over how it started in Ancient Greece, & how it got to be a modern event! Greece still gets special bonus treatment in the Olympics! They get to go out first & they get special access for tickets. Good for them. Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected] 

Today we have a guest!! Juan Carlos Pineiro - the creator of the Re:Mind Mental Model set (and also Taylor's husband) is here to walk us through three examples of doomed scenarios that used 'Second Order Thinking' to the detriment of many! Second Order Thinking is only thinking about immediate consequences and not thinking in the long term. Like when the city of Cleveland released millions of balloons into the air in 1986, the cultural treasure that is the Biosphere 2, and when doctors set out to give vaccines to people who hadn't had them before. Three stories of things that did NOT work as expected! Learn more about the Re:Mind card deck at https://remind.coach/ and follow Juan Carlos in Instagram @readjuancarlos - https://www.instagram.com/readjuancarlos/ Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected] 

Let's talk the invention of 911 (that's 999 or 0118 999 881 999 119 725 3 if you're British). Did you know it wasn't full adopted in the US until the 2000s?? We'll go over AT&T, telephone lines, and switchboards! You'll also hear Taylor list every time she's called 911 - feel free to share your 911 stories with us! Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected] 

Today (amongst Heated rivalry chatter), we're talking the FBI's most wanted! The list, which is more publicity than anything, was started by who else but J. Edgar Hoover! We highlight three current fugatives who go in and out of the top ten. Crypto Queen Ruja Ignatova ran a scam called OneCoin - then she boarded a RyanAir flight and disappeared! Crappy husband Robert William Fisher murdered his family in Scottsdale, AZ - he then blew up the house and escaped into a national forest (we're hoping he's dead in a cave somewhere).And! Canadian Olympic Snowboarder Ryan James Wedding went from competing on the slopes to running Mexico's biggest cartel. He's scary. Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected] 

Let's talk about space!! We do have small panic attacks thinking about how Jupiter is huge and always raining. But, we're focusing on the little guy - Pluto! We'll talk about when he was discovered, who he was named after, and how he got demoted. "Pluto is a planet" - Jerry Smith Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected] 

Hello and welcome to 2026! Let's start it out with the story of Mary Mallon, who spread Typhoid Fever around NYC in the early 1900s. For a while, Mary didn't know that she was a 'healthy carrier' of the disease. But something started happening - every place Mary worked, people got sick. She was eventually 'caught' by investigator George Soper, quarantined, let go, started cooking AGAIN, and finally quarantined for life. Wash your hands and join us! Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected] 

Let's end the year with a re-release of our girl Amelia! Be brave. Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected] 

What was the funnest day in American history?? For your consideration - here's the story of the Axeman of New Orelnes - maybe more than one person, maybe just one? But, one very well written person wrote a letter asking everyone in NOLA to have a Jazz band playing one March night in 1919... it might have been fun. Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected] 

We love stuff, but the idea of going to a store for that stuff sounds insane. Today, Farz will talk through the history of Black Friday - why do we do Thanksgiving when we do? Why do we like sales so much? Would you murder someone for a PlayStation (say no)? Happy Franksgiving & Merry Christmas! Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected] 

Hey Pachuco! It's 1943, and we're in Downtown Los Angeles! LA's population has just grown exponentially - partly with people from Mexico brought into the US specifically to address the labor shortage after all the Japanese Americans were taken into internment camps (not good!) - and partly because the US needs every young man to join the war and there are tens of thousands of 18-20 year old servicemen from a deeply segeragated American South in town. Tensions are high! The fashion among young Mexican men is the Zoot Suit - oversized jackets, big pants, and lots of flair. It makes them easy targets for racially targeted vigilante groups of servicemen to let off some steam. No white men were arrested; about 600 Mexican (and a handful of other non-white people) were arrested. Surprisingly, nobody died! Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected] 

Let's do some highlights of MKUltra because it is a can of worms! We'll talk Sidney Gottlieb America's 'poisoner in chief' who used LSD (and other drugs) to try to reprogram minds. Spoiler - you cannot do that. Sourcehttps://www.amazon.com/s?k=poisoner+in+chief&i=stripbooks&adgrpid=183397944181&hvadid=779569029006&hvdev=c&hvexpln=0&hvlocphy=9031388&hvnetw=g&hvocijid=1797291272736522472--&hvqmt=e&hvrand=1797291272736522472&hvtargid=kwd-813245151278&hydadcr=22536_13821197_8233&mcid=b8bb19d08331358680d1db8c8161b8af&tag=googhydr-20&ref=pd_sl_81f3pp8mjh_e Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected] 

Man we love a good mutiny! This, however, is a bad one. The deadliest one in history! It's 1628, and the Dutch East India Company is up to no good... We'll talk about the syphilis-addled brain of Jeronimus Cornelisz, who staged a mutiny, killed a TON of people, and ultimately was executed for all the wildly unnecessary shenanigans. Grab a Dramamine and join us! Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected] 

What would you do if you had millions and millions of dollars? Terrance Watanabe managed to gamble away the most money in history - he came from the family that invented the catalogue 'Oriental Trading'. If you were a kid in the 90s, you know what we're talking about! Learn about the dangers of gambling - including all the stuff you can do on your phone these days! Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected] 

Today, we have two stories of disasters at sporting events. First, we'll talk about the 1989 Crowd Crush at the Liverpool / Nottingham Forest FA Cup game at Hillsborough Stadium in the UK. Poor planning and new leadership ended in the deaths of 97 people. Then, we will go back to 1918 to the Happy Valley Racecourse Fire where over 600 people were killed when grandstands made of bamboo fell into food stands with open flames. Finally, we'll talk about how you can stay safe in a crowd, from knowing your exits at all times to making sure you have a few centimeters in front of your chest free for breathing. ​​HILLSBOROUGHHillsborough tragedy: a reconstruction - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCFuQLUD-LQHillsborough Disaster: How it Happened in 1989 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6kAtdwNJ5sHillsborough: anatomy of a disaster - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYNeoTXe-SE15 Darkest Moments in Sports History - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-fg7OADzsk Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected] 

Imagine you've been unstoppable - created the most popular websites and movies in the history of well, websites and movies... what would be next? You see everyone on their phone all the time out in public, and think - that's it! Shows JUST for your phone! Sounds kind of dumb, but whatever - the only thing that could possibly go wrong would be if people were trapped in their houses and devoted to their TVs in a way that they hadn't been in ages. Right - That was Quibi - phone only shows that launched right before we were all stuck inside due to Covid! A spectacular failure from Meg Whitman & Jeffrey Katzenberg. Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected] 

Read Fab's Book! "You Know It's True: The Real Story of Milli Vanilli"https://www.amazon.com/You-Know-Its-True-Vanilli/dp/B0FP4P554H We're back with the epic rise and fall of Milli Vanilli! We're old enough to remember, and we still delight in their smash hits! But it's obviously also a tragic story of fame, the music industry, race, culture, and creative freedom. We'll talk about our stars Fab Morvan and Rob Pilatus - how they found each other in 1980s Germany, rose to superstardom under the heel of the villain Frank Farian, and their very public fall from grace. It's a deeper story than you thought, but girl, you know it's true. Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected] 

Did this case enthrall you when you were a child?? I remember the song, and being sure she did it from the TV movie... but after researching I'm just not as convinced! Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected] 

Voltaire kind of said, "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." And that's pretty much Freedom of Speech in the US. You CAN say stuff, you aren't immune to consequences, but the basic right does exist. Today we'll talk about the founding of the ACLU, and the time that they supported the right to have a bad opinion. Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected] 

It's Victorian London - and if you aren't rich, things are awful. (That's actually a pattern of all of humanity and of all time if you take a second to reflect on the greed.) Imagine, though, that it's specifically the kind of awful where you are on the streets selling yourself for money in order to buy crappy booze and sleep in an even crappier rooming house if you can. Taylor read a lot of books for this - and although she doesn't believe that DNA evidence will ever find Jack the Ripper - she does believe that he probably snuck up on his victims while they were sleeping in alleyways, which I don't know changes it a bit. Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected] 

Episodes:Ep 1 - Part 2: Mommy Dearest - Lori Vallow & Chad DaybellA doomsday cult, missing children, and murders that shocked the nation. Ep 3 - Part 2: Trouble in Celebration - The Todt Family MurdersA quiet Florida town rocked by family annihilation. Ep 8 - Part 1: Terror in the Capital - The DC SnipersTwo men who turned daily errands into fatal targets. Ep 18 - Part 1: BFFs Gone Wrong - Bernie TiedeThe small-town funeral director who killed his wealthy friend. Ep 20 - Part 1: Call the Keystone Cops - It's Fatty ArbuckleHollywood’s first scandal, a death at a party, and a career destroyed. Ep 21 - Part 2: The Least Great Showman - Grady StilesThe “Lobster Boy” whose life in the sideshow ended in murder. Ep 57: A Most Dangerous Game - Alexander Pichushkin - The Chess Board KillerThe Russian “Chessboard Killer” who wanted 64 victims. Ep 81 - Responsible journalism? The Stephen Glass storyLies, fabrications, and careers killed by deceit. Ep 91 - Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night: Going PostalWorkplace shootings that coined a phrase. Ep 104 - Big Trouble in Little Skidmore, MissouriA rural town’s vigilante justice against its most feared man isn’t its only story. Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected] 

Farz & Taylor met in 2013 when they started working at a startup in Downtown Los Angeles. We understand that some people like DTLA, but Taylor personally lived in New York City for 13 years before this and has never set foot in a worse place than the area around Pershing Square.We say that because the Cecil Hotel is just a block away from where we worked, and as soon as we got into the neighborhood, Elisa Lam's body was found in a water tower. That's not the only thing to happen there, from the Night Stalker coming 'home' after a night of stalking & murdering, to ghosts in the lobby, and secret hotels within a hotel - this has it all! Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected] 

In 1996, Australian weirdo Martin Bryant killed 35 people in the deadliest shooting in Australian history. He's the worst, annoying and rude, he killed his landlords and tourists, going on a spree that shocked the nation. Australia followed up with a mass gun buyback program that has made Australia safer from gun violence, but it still has all those bugs. Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected] 

Episodes:Ep 107 - Australia's Gun Horror: The Port Arthur MassacreThe shooting spree that reshaped Australian gun laws. Ep 111 - Michigan's own 1970s Serial Killer - John Norman CollinsMichigan’s “Co-ed Killer.” Ep 120 - South American Nightmares: Luis Garavito & Pedro LopezTwo South American serial killers whose victim counts are staggering. Ep 123 - Trip down memory lane: What happened to the Cecil Hotel?Murder, mystery, and a building cursed by crime. Ep 129 - Mother of Sparrows: The Vengeance of Saint Olga of KievHoly vengeance written in blood. Ep 139 - Paradise Lost: Murder in the GalapagosParadise shattered by passion and violence. Ep 148 - A Very Famous Series of Murders in Whitechapel: Jack the RipperLondon’s most infamous unidentified killer. Ep 154: Off With Their Heads! - Medieval ExecutionerThe bloody stage of England’s past. Ep 171: Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play? - John Wilkes BoothThe insanely famous actor who killed a president. Ep 173: Revenge of the Monarch - Jamal KhashoggiA journalist murdered for speaking truth to power. Ep 176: Who's to say Virgin Blood doesn't stop aging? - Elizabeth BathoryThe “Blood Countess” and her grisly legend. Ep 183: Devil in The Big Easy - Delphine LaLaurieThe New Orleans socialite with a torture chamber. Ep 190: Suicidal pilots: Germanwings Flight 9525A pilot’s murder-suicide that stunned the skies. Ep 197: Gotta Have High Hopes - The DeFeo FamilyThe crime that haunted a house and a nation. Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected] 

This is our most popular episode ever. We can only assume that you people are kind of gross and Google this trio often. Here's the story of young men who murdered over 20 people, tortured animals, and filmed it all. Buckle up for this depraved tale from Eastern Europe. Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected] 

Imagine you live on a farm in Germany. It's winter. Your maid quits because she hears footsteps in the attic, you find a newspaper from a faraway town in the yard, and there are footsteps in the snow coming towards your house, but NOT leaving??? You would, of course, be right to be scared. Let's revisit the story of the Gruber family (and their NEW maid who was only on the job ONE day) and how their bodies were found in the barn. Someone had killed them, stayed and taken care of the animals for a while, and fled. Who do you think did it?? We put this on YouTube once and mentioned it was Taylor's Favorite Murder, and someone commented 'Who cares what your favorite murder is!?' and we were like, who are you? Have you not been on the internet yet? First day? Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected] 

Let's revisit one of the most famous murders of the 20th century - and a highlight from our tenth episode! So, OJ Simpson absolutely killed Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman. It's a tragedy that there was no justice and his poor poor kids. Anyway! Does anyone even read these descriptions?? This is the first of several murder rereleases! Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected] 

Oh boy do we have a lot of Murder episodes!! We started off mostly doing true crime before we pivoted to history and some true crime and other fun things! This is part 1 of three of our Murder episodes! Re-releases on the way! Episodes:Ep 4 - Part 1: Tragedy in Manchester - the murder of Kelly Anne BatesA teenage girl trapped in one of the UK’s most horrifying abuse-murder cases. Ep 5 - Part 2: You can just leave your family, calm down! - The Murdaugh Family MurdersWealth, power, and scandal collide in a South Carolina dynasty. Ep 6 - Part 1: Officer Black Widower - The Story of Drew PetersonA charming cop whose wives kept disappearing. Ep 7 - Part 2: Never get in a stranger's van - The Toolbox KillersTwo sadists, one van, and crimes too chilling to forget. Ep 9 - Part 2: Do as I say - The murders of Yaser SaidA so-called “honor killing” that shocked America. Ep 10 - Part 1: "If he did it" - OJ & Nicole SimpsonThe trial of the century, murder or fame’s dark price? (it’s murder) Ep 13 - Part 2: Honestly, what an a-hole - Chris WattsThe Colorado family annihilator. Ep 14 - Part 1: Demons probably aren't real, but this dude is: Pazuzu AlgaradA self-styled satanist killer in small-town North Carolina. Ep 15 - Part 2: You do not know any criminal masterminds - Tiffany Cole and (I can't believe I have to say this) Michael JacksonBetrayal, greed, and a brutal burial alive. Ep 16 - Part 1: The Saddest Thing That Happened - Andrea YatesA mother’s tragedy and the crime that forced America to face postpartum psychosis. Ep 17 - Part 2: Blondes Don't Have More Fun - Scott PetersonThe perfect husband with a deadly double life. Ep 19 - Part 2: You're the worst - Ken McElroyThe bully whose town struck back. Ep 21 - Part 1: Taylor's Favorite Murder - HinterkaifeckA farmhouse massacre that remains Germany’s greatest murder mystery. Ep 22 - Part 1: The wild life of Gypsy Rose BlanchardA life of abuse ending in a murder plot, we recorded this episode before she was released from prison. Ep 23 - Part 2: Horror at Home - The Cheshire MurdersA home invasion turned nightmare. Ep 24 - Part 1: Impossible that she did it, Impossible that she DIDN'T do it - Lizzie BordenDid she really give her parents forty whacks? Ep 24 - Part 2: A Couple of Real A-holes - The Moors MurdersBritain’s most infamous child-killers. Ep 25 - Part 2: Fake it Till You Make It - Andrew Cunanan & Gianni Versace.Murder on the steps of a Miami mansion. Ep 29: The true story of Wolf Creek: The story of Ivan MilatThe backpacker killer who inspired horror films. Ep 28: Real life Chucky dolls: The story of James BulgerThe shocking child-on-child murder that horrified the world. Ep 30: I'M JACK RUBY YOU KNOW ME! - The story of Jack Ruby - Lee Harvey Oswald's killerThe man who killed Lee Harvey Oswald, live on TV. Ep 32: Black Widow Chronicles: The Dark Saga of Betty Lou BeetsMarriages, murder, and buried bodies. Ep 34: Love, Lust, and Murder in the Gilded Age: The Riveting Tale of Evelyn Nesbit, Henry K. Thaw, and Stanford WhiteThe Gilded Age’s most scandalous love triangle turned deadly. Ep 35: The most doomed to fail relationship in history: Bonnie & ClydeAmerica’s most romanticized killers. Ep 40: The Indian Jeffrey Dahmer: The tale of Surinder KoliIndia’s “house of horrors” murder case. Ep 44: Unimaginable Cruelty - The Chilling Tale of Nurse Lucy LetbyBritain’s most prolific baby killer. Ep 49: Consensual homicide: The true story of cannibal Armin MeiwesThe “consensual homicide” case. Ep 56: A Man in the Attic: The Villisca Axe MurdersAn Iowa farmhouse drenched in blood. Ep 60: 3 Guys, 1 Hammer - The Dnepropetrovsk ManiacsUkraine’s teenage thrill killers. Ep 64: Lonely Hearts Club - The terrible relationship of Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beckseduction and slaughter. Ep 88 - Yachting in Hell: Skylar 'Scumbag' DeleonThe child actor turned yacht-murdering con man. Ep 100 - Murder in a Locked Room: William H. WallaceThe puzzle of a perfect crime. Ep 103 - The Final Bow: Tragedy and Treachery of Daniel WozniakA community theater actor with blood on his hands. 🎧 Listen to the stories of extinction, devotion, and survival wherever you get your podcasts. Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected] 

Speaking of religious history - here's a re-release of our episode on Friar Diego De Landa & the Mayans. There are many Maya people still living in Central / Meso America. They have a rich culture, but they did have tons of written history burned away by Spanish Friars - because Jesus would want you to do that? It's heartbreaking, and Taylor will always be mad about that. If you are tempted for a moment to say 'but it stopped human sacrifices' I'll stop you there & ask you to please see our episode 145 about Witch Hunts. #bless Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected] 

Religion has sparked wars, inspired art, toppled empires, and comforted the faithful. In these episodes, we explore the stories where belief shaped human history in unforgettable and sometimes unsettling ways. Episodes:Ep 5 - Part 1: Divorce is fine, calm down! - The Story of Anne Boleyn & Henry VIIIWhen Henry VIII wanted out of his first marriage, he set off a chain reaction that changed religion across Europe. Anne Boleyn’s story is one of love, power, and a church forever altered. Ep 6 - Part 2: Love you Forever! - The Story of the Taj MahalThe Taj Mahal isn’t just an architectural wonder — it’s a monument to faith, love, and loss. This is the story of Shah Jahan and the devotion that built one of the world’s most sacred sites. Ep 14 - Part 2: Big Trouble in Little Plymoth - William Bradford & Thomas MortonPuritan leader William Bradford clashed with free-spirited Thomas Morton in early New England. Their fight over religion, freedom, and morality set the stage for America’s culture wars. Ep 18 - Part 2: Our Favorite Demon Hunters - Ed & Lorraine WarrenThe Warrens claimed to battle demons, ghosts, and the devil himself. We dig into their faith-driven investigations and the blurred line between belief and exploitation. Ep 43: Maya's Curse Unveiled: The Friar Diego De Landa EnigmaFriar Diego De Landa tried to stamp out Maya religion by burning their sacred texts. But his work left behind the very records that now help us understand their spiritual world. Bonus: Interview with Marcos Antonio Hernandez - Author of "Where They Burn Books, They Also Burn People""An intimate conversation on religion, censorship, and the power of faith in shaping societies. Hernandez explores how burning books often foreshadows darker persecution. Ep 127 - Suffering for Salvation: The Complicated Legacy of Mother Teresahe Complicated Legacy of Mother Teresa — Mother Teresa is remembered as a saint, but her methods and motives sparked global debate. We explore the tension between faith, charity, and suffering. Ep 129 - Mother of Sparrows: The Vengeance of Saint Olga of KievSaint Olga is venerated for her piety — but her story is also soaked in blood and vengeance. How did a woman who burned villages alive become canonized as a holy figure? Ep 145 - Witch Trials: Not just in Salem!Europe burned, drowned, and hanged thousands of supposed witches long before Salem. We trace the hysteria, fear, and power struggles behind these trials. Ep 177: What's the worst that could happen? - The Münster Rebellion of 1534A radical religious sect seized the German city of Münster and declared it the New Jerusalem. The bloody siege that followed proved just how dangerous faith and fanaticism can become. Ep 194: The Vatican State: How did it come to be?The Vatican didn’t always exist as its own nation. This episode traces the religious and political twists that carved out the world’s smallest country with the biggest influence. Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected] 

Sources:Sybil - by Flora Rheta Schreiber - https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/sybil-by-flora-rheta-schreiber/259328/item/84207467/?#edition=4801599&idiq=3086510Sybil Exposed: The Extraordinary Story Behind the Famous Multiple Personality Case - By Debbie Nathan - https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/sybil-exposed-the-extraordinary-story-behind-the-famous-multiple-personality-case_debbie-nathan/271028/? Today, we delve into the 1970s sensational 'novel non-fiction' book 'Sybil.' Sybil is the heroic journey of a woman plagued with 16 separate personalities - they came from [and trigger warning here] horrific childhood abuse and were eventually merged with the help of her psychiatrist. The book made A LOT of money, was a made-for-TV movie, and started a company called Sybil, Inc. Was it true? Kind of? Was the real Sybil pushed into it by her doctor? Also kind of? We will talk about what's true, what isn't, and how complicated and 'magical' our human brains are. Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected] 

Imagine you have a lot of money and months of free time, so you decide to climb the highest mountain we've got. That's good for you, but if you die there, you stay there, and recently, there's a line to the top. In this re-release, we'll discuss the first time, tragic times, and the sherpas who keep the whole thing going. Aren't they the heroes? Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected] 

Remember the 1950s? We don't either, and it wasn't like, ideal for women and minorities... but there WAS this idea of a place you could go to get away - think Palm Springs now (if you ignore all the unhoused people, which you should not, someone should do something about Palm Springs). ANYWAY - here's a re-release of a time when men tried to create a paradise by changing nature, and they absolutely did not. Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected] 

Let's go back to our Volcano Series for Natural Disaster Week! Today, we'll tell the story of how Pompeii and Herculaneum were buried when Mt. Vesuvius erupted in AD 79. We'll cover what type of volcano, the warnings of doom, the cities themselves, how Nero sent help, how they were discovered centuries later, and how climbing Mt. Vesuvius is hella boring.This was part 2 in our 7 part series that you can find anywhere you listen!🌋 VolcanoesEp 38: Volcanoes Pt 1 - Mt. Toba's Echo: Journey into Earth's Cataclysmic PastA prehistoric eruption so massive it may have nearly wiped out humanity.Ep 42: Volcanoes Pt 2 - Time Capsule of Tragedy: Exploring Pompeii's Frozen HistoryMount Vesuvius destroys—and preserves—an entire Roman city in one day.Ep 46: Volcanoes Pt 3 - The Silent Summer: Tambora's Echo in TimeAn eruption in 1815 caused global famine and the “year without a summer.”Ep 51: Volcanoes Pt 4 - Krakatoa: Exploring the Tectonic Plates Beneath the Cataclysmic EruptionOne of the loudest sounds in history, an eruption that reshaped the map—and the climate.Ep 59: Volcanoes Pt 5 - Mud, Fire, and Ash: The Mt. Pelée EruptionIn 1902, a pyroclastic flow annihilated the city of Saint-Pierre in seconds.Ep 66 - Volcanoes Part 6 - George Vancouver, this is it!: The Eruption of Mt. St. HelensWhen the mountain blew in 1980, it was one of the most iconic eruptions of the 20th century.Ep 71 - Volcanoes Part 7 - The End of the World - Yellowstone & Mass ExtinctionsThe mother of all volcanoes—and how super-eruptions may have ended worlds before. Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected] 

🌋 VolcanoesEp 38: Volcanoes Pt 1 - Mt. Toba's Echo: Journey into Earth's Cataclysmic PastA prehistoric eruption so massive it may have nearly wiped out humanity.Ep 42: Volcanoes Pt 2 - Time Capsule of Tragedy: Exploring Pompeii's Frozen HistoryMount Vesuvius destroys—and preserves—an entire Roman city in one day.Ep 46: Volcanoes Pt 3 - The Silent Summer: Tambora's Echo in TimeAn eruption in 1815 caused global famine and the “year without a summer.”Ep 51: Volcanoes Pt 4 - Krakatoa: Exploring the Tectonic Plates Beneath the Cataclysmic EruptionOne of the loudest sounds in history, an eruption that reshaped the map—and the climate.Ep 59: Volcanoes Pt 5 - Mud, Fire, and Ash: The Mt. Pelée EruptionIn 1902, a pyroclastic flow annihilated the city of Saint-Pierre in seconds.Ep 66 - Volcanoes Part 6 - George Vancouver, this is it!: The Eruption of Mt. St. HelensWhen the mountain blew in 1980, it was one of the most iconic eruptions of the 20th century.Ep 71 - Volcanoes Part 7 - The End of the World - Yellowstone & Mass ExtinctionsThe mother of all volcanoes—and how super-eruptions may have ended worlds before. 🌍 Other DisastersEp 73: Disaster in the Desert: Saga of the Salton SeaAn accidental inland sea created by engineering mistakes. Still a toxic mess today.Ep 74 - Get Your 'Blood's Worth': The Great Fire of London1666: a bakery fire reduces London to ashes and reshapes the city.Ep 77 - Cloudy with a Chance of Terror: CumulonimbusTowering thunderclouds that can shred planes and spark terror.Ep 78 - Ditka's Inferno: The Great Chicago FireA cow, a lantern, or just bad luck—Chicago burns in 1871.Ep 86 - Shake it like you mean it - The 1906 San Francisco EarthquakeOne of the deadliest quakes in U.S. history levels the city in seconds.Ep 89 - Fire In the Rubble: The Great San Francisco FireIf the quake didn’t get you, the fires afterward did.Ep 95 - The Highest Graveyard on Earth: Mt. EverestThe world’s tallest mountain doubles as the world’s highest graveyard.Ep 99 - Dying in the Deep: The Blue HoleA diving paradise turned deadly trap in the Red Sea.Ep 136 - Cave of Doom: John Jones & Nutty Putty CaveA caver gets trapped in a narrow tunnel—rescue efforts turn into tragedy.Ep 142 - Death Lurking in the Deep - Limnic EruptionsLakes that suddenly explode with CO₂, suffocating entire villages.Ep 163: Deep Blue Something - Tom & Eileen LonerganA couple left behind at sea after a scuba trip. Their disappearance haunts divers to this day.Ep 164: Incarcerated & Fire Fighting - California's Conservation CampsIncarcerated people fight wildfires for pennies on the dollar.BONUS: Real Life Stories - Incarcerated Firefighting with Brett CrawfordEp 196: Table for 87? - The Donner PartySnowbound pioneers resort to cannibalism in one of America’s darkest survival stories. Join our Founders Club on Patreon to get ad-free episodes for life! patreon.com/DoomedtoFailPodWe would love to hear from you! Please follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doomedtofailpod/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doomedtofailpod  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@doomedtofailpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doomed.to.fail.pod Email: [email protected]