About the show

A weekly podcast where the dark, and sometimes weird, true stories in American politics are discussed.

The Muck Podcast on social media

Episodes

  • Episode 177: Such a Force | Clotilda Slave Ship

    May 31st, 2023  |  Season 4  |  1 hr 4 mins
    africatown, alabama, american politics, clotilda, corrupt, cudjoe lewis, mobile, outrageous bet, politics, slave ship, slave trade, slavery, the order of the myth, timothy meaher, true crime, us politics
  • Episode 176: Kardashian Vibes | Richard Como

    May 24th, 2023  |  Season 4  |  59 mins 27 secs
    corrupt, felony theft, misappropriation of funds, political true crime, politics, richard como, slush fund, superintendent, texting scandal, true crime, us politics
  • Episode 175: Bobbed-Hair Bandit | The Forty Elephants Gang

    May 17th, 2023  |  Season 4  |  42 mins 32 secs
    alice diamond, blackmail, corrupt, elephant and castle, england, extortion, forty elephants, lillian rose kendall, london, old timey story, politics, shoplifters, true crime, us politics, woman gang
  • Episode 174: Pork Roll | Tony Mack

    May 10th, 2023  |  Season 4  |  48 mins
    bribery, corrupt, corruption, extortion, fbi, fbi sting, new jersey, new jersey politics, politics, tony mack, true crime, us politics
  • Episode 173: Jerry! Jerry! Jerry! | Jerry Springer

    May 3rd, 2023  |  Season 4  |  1 hr 4 mins
    cincinnatipolitics #talkshowhost #publicimage #careerimpact, corrupt, jerry springer, political scandal, politics, solicitation, true crime, us politics
  • Episode 172: Download Numbers | Bill Higgins

    April 26th, 2023  |  Season 4  |  42 mins 18 secs
    assault, corrupt, district attorney, obstruction, pennsylvania politics, politics, rape, reckless endangerment, true crime, us politics, william higgins, witness intimidation
  • Episode 171: No Questions Asked | Roy McGrath

    April 19th, 2023  |  Season 4  |  1 hr 16 secs
    chief of staff, corrupt, fbi, fugitive, governor, manhunt, maryland, maryland politics, politics, severance pay, true crime, us politics
  • Episode 170: A Letter to Daddy | Susanna Salter

    April 12th, 2023  |  Season 4  |  56 mins 17 secs
    19th amendment, corrupt, first female mayor, politics, prank, suffrage, susanna salter, true crime, us politics, women's christian temperance union
  • Episode 169: Kneecap the MF'ers | Leo Frank

    April 5th, 2023  |  Season 4  |  1 hr 25 mins
    antisemitism, corrupt, georgia, jewish heritage, leo frank, lynching, mob mentality, murder, pardon, politics, racism, true crime, us politics
  • Episode 168: Dr. Bombay | Patricia Derges and Edwin Edwards

    March 29th, 2023  |  Season 4  |  1 hr 20 mins
    bribery, cares act, casino, coronavirus, corrupt, covid-19, edwin edwards, extortion, fake cure, fraud, gambling, louisiana, mail fraud, medical fraud, missouri politics, money laundering, patricia derges, politics, quackery, racketeering, scam, stem cell research, true crime, us politics, wire fraud
  • Episode 167: Amateur Hour | Henrietta Lacks and Lesley Wegner/Sylvia Gonzalez

    March 22nd, 2023  |  Season 4  |  1 hr 38 mins
    arrested, cancer research, city council, corrupt, coup, felony, henrietta lacks, illegal harvesting, immortal cells, medical reform, medical research, politics, tampering with evidence, texas, true crime, us politics
  • Episode 166: Screw the Ivy League | Holmesburg Prison and the Ohio Gang

    March 15th, 2023  |  Season 4  |  58 mins 43 secs
    acne, albert kligman, bootleggers, coercion, corrupt, experiments, holmesburg prison, human experiments, jesse w. smith, medical trials, mysterious death, nepotism, ohio gang, pennsylvania, politics, retin a, teapot dome scandal, true crime, us politics, warren g. harding
  • Episode 165: White House Spam | Claude Allen and Jermaine Wright

    March 8th, 2023  |  Season 4  |  1 hr 3 mins
    adelanto, american politics, arson, bribery, california, claude allen, corrupt, councilman, domestic policy council, fbi, feds, felony theft, guilty, marijuana, mayor, petty theft, politics, schemer, true crime, undercover agent, us politics, white house
  • Episode 164: Tired of God | Donna Scott Davenport and Anita Bryant

    March 1st, 2023  |  Season 4  |  1 hr 37 mins
    anita bryant, anti-gay, anti-gay crusade, conservatives, corrupt, false imprisonment, gay rights, hate, homophobia, jail, juvenile justice, kids jailed, lgbtq+, lgbtq+ rights, politics, racism, racist judge, religious conservatism, tennessee politics, true crime, us politics, weaponizing god
  • Episode 163: A + B = C, bitch! | Snow Riot and Operation Wetback

    February 22nd, 2023  |  Season 4  |  1 hr 3 mins
    american politics, anti-mexican, beverly snow, braceros, corrupt, dc politics, dwight d. eisenhower, illegal deportation, illegal immigrations, labor strike, laborers, mass deportation, mexican, mob, operation wetback, politics, race riot, racism, snow riot, true crime, us politics, white mob, white rage, xenophobia
  • Episode 162: A Clown? | George W. Lee and Steve Lough

    February 15th, 2023  |  Season 4  |  51 mins 36 secs
    american politics, bigotry, civil rights leader, clown, clown for congress, clown show, corrupt, mississippi politics, modern day lynching, politics, poll tax, racism, reverend george w. lee, south carolina, south carolina politics, steve lough, true crime, us politics, voter rights