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,…
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"Deadly Dinners"
Send us Fan Mail A dessert so delicious it sent a regent to an early grave. A royal banquet heinously serving underage eliticide as its entree. It’s the SEASON THREE PREMIERE (this time for real!!), and Teams Edward and Kimberly are throwing history’s most lethal meals on the table for your vote! With stops at King Adolf Frederick of Sweden’s tragic lobster and caviar banquet, the smoky castle…
Send us Fan Mail A whole episode about cults that make things EXTRA weird by "keeping it in the family?" Don't blame us — it's what listeners asked for. Back in the pandemic era, you voted, and incest cults won. Democratically. That happened. In this returning Season 1 Finale, Team Edward introduces The Colt Family, who took the "rewilding" concept and turned it into an orgiastic,…
Send us Fan Mail We've got updates on Kimberly's recovery and the road to Season 3 — but while we claw our way back to regularly scheduled programming, we're pulling a lost episode out of the vault. This one hasn't been available anywhere since 2022, and it's a good one. Dolls may not be the holiday hot item they were during Tickle Me Elmo's reign, but put a dead guy's spirit inside one and fans…
Send us Fan Mail As the days shorten and winter’s breath creeps in, Kim and Edward drag you back through humanity’s oldest fear: the season that tried to kill us first. From ancient harvest rituals to the fiery nightmare of the Wicker Man, this episode explores the panic, desperation, and creative fuckery our ancestors unleashed in their attempts to bargain with the cold. Joining us is Chris West,…
Send us Fan Mail After two long years in the shadows… Human Fuckery is back! Hosts Kim and Dr. Edward return to the mic for a brand-new season of chaos, curiosity, and true-life nightmares — starting with one of the most haunting tragedies ever to hit an amusement park: The Six Flags Haunted Castle Fire of 1984. Eight teens went in for fun. None made it out. With attorney Jacey Winn joining us to…
Lost Episode - "So The White House is Haunted A.F."
Send us Fan Mail Ghosts proposing marriage. Dead presidents playing the violin. Séances hosted by First Lady Lincoln in the Crimson Room—the White House is so much more paranormal than your high school history teacher ever let on. Originally recorded in 2021 , this previously lost episode is now available. Hosts Kimberly and Edward join forces once again to explore one of America’s most haunted…
Send us Fan Mail We’re back, baby. Season 3 of Human F* ckery kicks off next month with a fantastic Halloween special that’ll crawl right under your skin and stay there. But before we drop the main event, we’re opening the vault and unleashing stories that have never hit our main feed. First up? The one, the only, the absolutely ridiculous: The Great Emu War of Australia. Yes, it really happened.…
Send us Fan Mail You said you wanted an episode on serial killers, and after months of absolutely heinous research (Kim cried), recording, and editing, it’s finally here: The Season Two Finale, “Forgotten Serial Killers,” featuring the stars of Netflix’s MINDHUNTER series. Teams Kimberly and Edward endeavored to find tales of true “multiple murderers” not already discussed to death by other…
Secret Story Time Bonus Episode: The Toy Box Killer
Send us Fan Mail If you’re not already familiar with The Toybox Killer case, you’re about to be….and head’s up that it’s from the deepest, darkest, stankest part of history’s colon. You may need a fresh baptism afterwards just from listening. If you’ve ever wondered why there’s such a loud movement to shut down social media accounts teaching misogyny, and backlash to violent pornography, this…
Secret Story Time Bonus Episode: The Saga of GOLDUST: How The WWE Turned Homophobia Into Dollar Signs
Send us Fan Mail This episode was written as an epic Pride Season gift to our beloved Patreon subscribers, but given recent Supreme Court rulings and the fresh wave of anti-LGBTQ+ mouth diarrhea that SCOTUS fuckery spawned, it seemed an important story to release into the wild. Because while it might sound like a joke, few things are more epic, gayer, AND more prescient in these polarized times…