Human F*ckery
If you waited by the TV for new episodes of “Are You Afraid of the Dark” each weekend or wasted study hall reading the weird parts of the encyclopedia, this one’s for you SPECIFICALLY. “Human F*ckery” pits a doctor of psychology and an investigative journalist against one another in a battle of wits, research, and creative storytelling. Each episode the curious pair get assigned a topic. Then, they go spelunking through history’s colon in an effort to find the most jaw-dropping, unbelievable, and utterly bonkers examples of that topic buried in the dark history deposited by our collective ancestors. What’s the point? To captivate, occasionally horrify, and accidentally educate a rotating panel of judges—including you, the listener—into crowning one of our hosts the winner. This irreverent showcase for darker narratives buried in the historic trash heap was the winner of 2021’s Best of the Beat Award here in New Orleans, which means it’s enjoyed by people besides the hosts’ parents.
Human F*ckery
"Kids Who Kill"
A young body found dead, without a single mark or sign of struggle on it. Strangled animals appearing mysteriously in yards. Playtimes that turn from harmless to violent in the blink of an eye.
Nature lays the foundation. But nurturing—or worse, lack of it—builds the rest of the person. And when children are denied affection, stability, consistency, love, and care, psychopathy can assemble itself…with devastating results. Team Kimberly and Team Edward yank open the history books and the DSM-V for a glimpse into the real-life consequences of bringing innocent lives into unstable families. Kimberly leads with the shocking case of Mary Flora Bell, a British schoolgirl with a strangulation fascination. Edward counters with Carroll “Eddie” Cole, a predator whose hunting started in grade school and never stopped. Master of Special Education and proud dad of non-psychopaths (so far anyway) Jared Loper declares only on of these tales “the winner.”