Podcasts by Where is the Line?
A forensic autopsy tech, a mouthy librarian, and a gay goth Swiftie discuss without restraint some of the most vile people and events in history. As one reviewer put it, ”It’s like watching abscesses get popped, but for your ears”.
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Massacre and Rape in Nanjing Part 2: The Rape of Nanking from 2023-05-19T12:25:43
In part 2 of Massacre and Rape in Nanjing, we will explore the graphic rape, creative torture, and eventual murder of thousands upon thousands of Chinese non-combatants in Nanking. We will cove...
ListenMassacre and Rape in Nanjing Part 1: A Brutal Invasion from 2023-04-07T05:00
The Rape of Nanking (Nanjing is the modern spelling) is an incident with no historic parallels and one that might represent the most horrific fortnight ever suffered by a human population. Over ...
ListenThe Audacity of Shawn Parcells from 2023-01-13T16:22:35
In 2009 a Kansas man named Shawn Parcells proudly began a forensic autopsy group that would eventually come to be known as National Autopsy Services. Since then, Parcells has performed thousand...
ListenGenital Modification in Prison or: Penal Penile Implant Practitioners and Their Patients from 2022-04-04T06:00
In the absence of resources, ingenuity tends to thrive. There are few places where a person might find themselves more poorly resourced than in prison. In a previous episode, the one w...
ListenMeet Holly, Forensic Autopsy Technician and WITL’s Newest Cohost from 2022-01-23T16:37:15
Have you ever ripped apart a deceased infant with your own two hands? Have you ever stored a human brain next to the frozen broccoli in your refrigerator? Can you differentiate between...
ListenThe Corpse Wranglers of West Alabama from 2021-06-11T14:08:35
Everyone who listens to this episode of Where is the Line? will die. Your final demise will probably not happen anytime soon and will most certainly have nothing to do with having listen...
ListenA Very Disgusting Lady from 2021-04-01T00:00
This is the story of a woman with a disfigured body and an irreparably corrupted mind. It is also a story about our own vanity and how it is reflected back at us every time we encounter someone ...
ListenRedeeming Robert Liston or: The One with Rachel from Hollywood Crime Scene from 2021-03-12T19:00
As a consumer of macabre and grotesque media, you the listener may believe yourself to be already acquainted with the story of Robert Liston. Thousands of websites, podcasts, and even peer revi...
ListenSubutai Vs. The Khwarazmian Shah from 2021-02-26T17:00
Everyone makes mistakes. For most of us though, the consequences of our actions fall to ourselves and sometimes to those with whom we associate, but seldom extends beyond. The residue of our mi...
ListenDo Not Pull a Gun on Mike: Our Favorite 911 Call and the Man Behind it from 2020-10-01T15:57:44
On this episode, we will talk with a man who has been held up at gunpoint on two different occasions. Both times, he was able to disarm the would-be robbers after repeatedly punching them in th...
ListenFeet or: The One Where Kevin Gets His Toe Sucked from 2020-08-13T15:00
We'd like to give a huge thanks to our new friend Wild Yam for providing the art for this episode. Check out more of Wild Yam's work on Instagram at https://whereistheline...
ListenThe 83 Day Death of Hisashi Ouchi Part 1 from 2020-07-14T02:38:07
On September 30th, 1999 a 35 year old man named Hisashi Ouchi was working at the JCO Tokaimura Plant in Tokaimura, Japan. On this day, he’d been asked to forgo his normal daily responsibilities...
ListenThe Black Vomit Part 3 from 2020-07-01T20:21:03
The third and final part of our series on the Yellow Fever outbreak that devastated Philadelphia, PA in 1793.
ListenThe Black Vomit Part 2 from 2020-06-13T21:42:29
Part 2 of Where is the Line's? possibly never ending series on the Yellow Fever outbreak that devastated Philadelphia, PA in 1793.
An Unexpected Trip: The Incident at Pont-Saint-Esprit from 2020-03-13T16:34:25
In southern France, on the West Bank of the Rhone river, sits the picturesque village of Pont-Saint-Esprit. The village itself looks exactly like what you might expect; Stone buildings ...
ListenKai the Hatchet Wielding Hippie - Folk Hero or Murderer? from 2020-03-01T21:48:51
In February 2013 a Youtube video went viral, and for a short time a young drifter named Caleb Lawrence McGillvary was a star. In an interview with a local news station, Caleb who prefers to be k...
ListenMolly - Sexual Domination and Male Chastity from 2020-02-13T10:44:35
Femdom, pegging, male chastity, public sex, dildos… Happy Valentines Day! On this episode, Kevin and guest co-host Ashley speak with a woman who knows exactly what she wants when it comes to fuc...
ListenJohn Jones - Trapped in Nutty Putty from 2020-02-01T08:00
The demise of this episode's subject wasn’t one that played out with expedience. In November 2009 a 26-year-old spelunker named John Jones was exploring the Nutty Putty Cave system in Utah, whe...
ListenGlenn Summerford - Jesus and Snakes in the American South from 2020-01-13T17:43:08
In Appalachia and in the American South there are some Christians who take literally passages of the bible that other adherents to the faith might consider to be metaphor. These followers of Chr...
ListenSh*t Show! - Ask a Mortician from 2020-01-01T00:13
On this episode of Where is the Line? we'll speak with a very forthcoming mortician who will educate us on the details of what really happens to our bodies in the intervening time between our de...
ListenXmas Special - Bruce Pardo from 2019-12-13T00:13
On Christmas day 2008, children all over the world were waking up early to see what Santa had left for them under their Christmas trees. The parents of these hideous, greedy, and totally depende...
ListenSh*t Show: Things Nurses Don't Talk About from 2019-12-01T14:02:41
A nurse sits down with Kevin and Samantha to discuss some of the more disturbing things she's seen while working in the healthcare field. We'll hear about what it's like to watch a faceless man ...
ListenJack Wayne Rogers aka Buggerbutt from 2019-11-13T00:13
In 2002 the FBI made 89 arrests as part of a child pornography investigation known as "Operation Candyman." Among the people who found themselves on the wrong end of this inquest was Jack Wayne ...
ListenSh*t Show: The Bat Bomb! from 2019-10-31T00:13
In 1942, a dentist named Dr. Lytle Adams invented a weapon which he hoped would help end World War II. The idea was this: A bomb casing would be filled with hibernating bats. Each bat would wear...
ListenBodies Mistaken for Halloween Decorations from 2019-10-13T00:13
Every Halloween, someone will inevitably make the local news by going a little too far with their decorations. Police will often arrive at what some citizen believed to be the genuine scene of a...
ListenSh*t Show: Mike and Lazarus - Headless Chickens from 2019-10-01T00:13
In our first ever Sh*t Show, we'll discuss two chickens who refused to die. Both Mike and Lazarus survived for an amazingly extended period after losing their heads. Mike's story even became so ...
ListenAnatoly Moskvin's Human Doll Collection from 2019-09-13T00:13
In 2011 Russian police raided the home of a highly intelligent and generally well-regarded historian and linguist named Anatoly Moskvin. They discovered almost 30 life sized dolls, many of which...
ListenPam Babcock - Fused to the Toilet from 2019-08-13T01:13
In 2006, Pam Babcock entered the bathroom in Kory McFarren's yellow and white single-wide trailer. Should would not leave for two years. When authorities were finally contacted, they found Pam B...
ListenSergio Canavero - The Face of Human Head Transplants from 2019-07-13T13:17:50
In this episode, we'll discuss the history of head transplantation and recent medical advancements that might soon make the procedure a reality. Dr. Sergio Canavero is a very controversial figu...
ListenIssei Sagawa - Annoying Cannibal from 2019-06-15T18:19:50
In June 1981 a tiny annoying man finally gained the recognition he'd always wanted but that his hideous personality had prevented him from acquiring. After murdering, mutilating, and eating a y...
ListenRyan Martin - Blood, Violence, and Prison Essays from 2019-05-17T10:01:46
We recently received some electronic fan mail. This particular email's author related that he enjoys our theme song, he rates our podcast 5 stars, he hopes we continue making the show, and he w...
ListenSerial Killer Groupies and How I Catfished Richard Ramirez from 2019-04-22T11:02:14
Long enough ago to have certainly past the statute of limitations, I misrepresented myself to serial killers. Pretending to be a woman, I filled pink envelopes with letters hand-written with fem...
ListenElmer McCurdy - The Corpse in the Funhouse from 2019-03-23T21:07:51
In 1976 a Television crew was preparing for an on-location shoot at a Long Beach California funhouse. During the preparation, a crew member accidentally knocked the arm off of what they had prev...
ListenShannon Larratt - Extreme Body Modification from 2019-02-22T13:02:13
Shannon Larratt was the founder of a website that became notorious as being one of the most unsettling destinations on the web. Contributors to the site routinely posted photos of their own body...
ListenXmas Special - Santa Gets Lynched from 2018-12-20T14:46:33
In 1927, just a few days before Christmas, Santa Claus held up a bank in Cisco, Texas. After several shootouts with police as well as with hundreds of Texas citizens with poor aim, the largest m...
ListenMichael Taylor - Worst Exorcism Ever pt2 from 2018-11-14T14:51:54
In part 2 we discuss the gruesome killing that Michael Taylor committed shortly after his 7 hour exorcism. We speak again with Phil who was, in 1974, dating the daughter of the couple that perf...
ListenMichael Taylor - Worst Exorcism Ever Pt 1 from 2018-10-31T09:42:24
Nine months after the release of the film The Exorcist an Ossett West Yorkshire man named Michael Taylor underwent a 7 hour exorcism. The following morning Michael killed and mutilated his wife...
ListenForthman Murff - Accidental Chainsaw Decapitation from 2018-09-07T08:33:08
A 74 year old Mississippi lumberjack had an especially gruesome accident in the Summer of 1984. Forthman Murff was cutting down trees alone as he'd done for decades when one of these trees stru...
ListenMr. Hands - Bestiality Fatality from 2018-05-02T16:57:03
In July 2005, a 45 year old man named Kenneth Pinyan aka “Mr. Hands” died from internal injuries that he obtained by receiving anal sex from an Arabian Stallion. Shortly thereafter, a video sup...
ListenKatherine Knight - Skinned Her Lover from 2018-04-17T13:29:08
In 2001 a 45 year old woman named Katherine Mary Knight became the first female in Australia to ever be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. On February 29th, 2000, Ka...
ListenCharla Nash - Chimp Attack from 2018-04-03T08:58:02
On February 16th, 2009, a Stamford Connecticut woman named Charla Nash had both of her hands and her face torn off by a friend's pet chimpanzee. The chimp, Travis, was well known and generally ...
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