Timesuck with Dan Cummins
Dan Cummins
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- 1. 515 - Fort Hood: Murders, Mysteries, and Silence · 13 Jul 2026
- 2. 516 - Murder at 100 MPH: The Mackenzie Shirilla Case · 20 Jul 2026
- 3. Short Suck 62: From Mom-and-Pop to Mega-Corporations: The Transformation of America’s Food Industry · 24 Jul 2026
519 - Death Before Divorce: The Kouri Richins Case
10 Aug 2026 · 2h 14m
When Utah realtor and children's author Kouri Richins reported her husband dead after what appeared to be a tragic medical emergency, investigators eventually uncovered allegations of a massive amount of secret debt, an affair, financial deception, a fatal dos
518 - San Ysidro McDonald's Massacre
3 Aug 2026 · 2h 37m
From the troubled life of James Huberty to the horrifying events inside a San Ysidro McDonald's on July 18th, 1984, we explore how one of America's first modern mass shootings - still the deadliest mass shooting on California soil and the deadliest one perpetu
517 - The Buffalo River Cult: Murder, Prophecy, and... a Ghost Girl??
27 Jul 2026 · 2h 49m
In 1978, a fanatical doomsday cult disappeared into the Arkansas Ozarks believing the end of the world was arriving fast... which it did (for them), after they were arrested for the brutal murder of a three-year-old girl. More than twenty years later, six-year
Short Suck 62: From Mom-and-Pop to Mega-Corporations: The Transformation of America’s Food Industry
24 Jul 2026 · 1h 7m
How did a nation built on local farms and family businesses become dependent on a handful of massive corporations for most of its (now mostly processed) food? In this week's Short Suck, we investigate the surprising evolution of the American food industry over
516 - Murder at 100 MPH: The Mackenzie Shirilla Case
20 Jul 2026 · 2h 21m
A quiet Ohio suburb is shattered when a 17-year-old girl, Mackenzie Shirilla, drives nearly 100 miles per hour into a brick wall, killing her boyfriend and a close friend while somehow surviving herself. Was it a tragic accident, a medical emergency, or a care
515 - Fort Hood: Murders, Mysteries, and Silence
13 Jul 2026 · 2h 31m
For years, Fort Hood has been plagued by an unsettling string of murders, disappearances, suspicious deaths, and allegations of institutional failure that have left grieving families searching for answers. This week, we dive into the history of one of America'
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