Bad Buds Sour Hour

This week on the Sour Hour, we’re celebrating the most romantic day of the year by examining the St.Valentine’s Day Massacre. Head back to the1920s Chicago as organized crime rose to new heights mainly due to Prohibition and the Tommy Gun. A brutal and violent era featuring the likes of Al Capone and George “Bugs” Moran that culminated with St. Valentine’s Day Massacre on February 14th, 1929. A horrific crime that was symbolic of violence used throughout the last decade, leaving five Northsider gangsters, their mechanic and an acquaintance dead inside a Chicago garage. This singular event shook the nation’s soul bringing the entire atmosphere of the jazz-fueled Roaring Twenties to halt and ending the public’s sensationalize love affair gangster, bootleggers, shootouts and machine guns. Interact with us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. Join the Bad Buds Sour Hour Patreon for exclusive content for as low as $1/month.

This week on the Sour Hour, we’re exploring the hosterly-from-hell that will take us back to the wild frontier of the 19th century as we tell the tale of the Bloody Benders. The family of four who made the exodus west to Kansas and staked their claim, turning their log cabin into a inn of horrors. By some accounts, their lucrative murder and robbery family business claimed the lives of over twenty victims from 1871 to 1873 before suspicious around in the neighboring communities and the Benders disappeared without a trace. Interact with us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. Join the Bad Buds Sour Hour Patreon for exclusive content for as low as $1/month.

This week on the Sour Hour, we’re talking murder, murder and more murder. Join us as we discuss what makes a serial killer - a serial killer! How a serial killer differentiates from all those other murderers out there racking up those copious kill counts such as mass murderers and spree killers. What makes one a psychopath and the other affected by psychotic episodes. All while briefly examining the horrific acts of James Lawson, James Huberty, Howard Unruh and Herbert Mullins. And don’t forgot! We’re asking for your help to correct one the greatest travesties of the 21st century. Help get our friends at Leveling Up with Benjamin Banks, the name they truly deserve - Leveling Up with Trav! Click Here To Sign the Petition! Interact with us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. Join the Bad Buds Sour Hour Patreon for exclusive content for as low as $1/month.

This week on the Sour Hour, we examine the possibility the Matt Groening, creator of the Simpsons and Futurama is a time traveler. With 28 seasons under their belt and the inevitability of more to come, the Simpsons are synonymous with American television, boosting records for the longest-running sitcom as well as  animated program, amassing over 600 episodes. During this span, Matt Groening and his team have predicted advances in technology, elections results, political scandal, scientific breakthroughs and much more. All this may have you pondering is this more than mere coincidence and somehow, someway these critically acclaimed animators have the inside track into the future of humanity. Interact with us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. Join the Bad Buds Sour Hour Patreon for exclusive content for as low as $1/month.

This week on the Sour Hour, we present the first in our Hometown Stories series as we explore the Watson International murders. In another first, our good friend and confidant, Bill, comes to visit and help examine the business deal involving the once prominent Heritage Country Club and how three childhood friends dream of transforming the property into a entertainment and banquet complex all end in their deaths. Interact with us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. Join the Bad Buds Sour Hour Patreon for exclusive content for as low as $1/month.

This week on the Sour Hour, as that oblate ellipsoid known as Planet Earth completes the last of its rotations around the sun, what better way to ring in the New Year then by tossing all scientific proof out the window and making Flat Earth believers out of everyone. Join us and our specials guests, Benjamin Banks and Travis Colton, from Leveling Up With Benjamin Banks (Twitter|Facebook), as we get out our  alternative science textbooks out and unravel the greatest cover up in human history ever told. Interact with us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. Join the Bad Buds Sour Hour Patreon for exclusive content for as low as $1/month.

This week on the Sour Hour, it Christmas Eve and we're bringing you the conclusion of our Christmas Cold Case Special! Join us and we continue our exploration of Kevin Showalter's death on Christmas Eve 1973 and the aftermath that followed. From the endless pursuit by his mother, Lucille Showalter, to find justice for her son to finding a  potential suspect in the former New London Mayor Harvey Malone that would lead to a one-man grand jury went past the scope of the initial incident and into possible police corruption.  Interact with us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. Join the Bad Buds Sour Hour Patreon for exclusive content for as low as $1/month.

This week on the Sour Hour, we are giving you the first part of your Christmas gift one-week early! It time for our Christmas Cold Case Special! Joins us as we explore the hit and run death of Kevin Showalter on Christmas Eve 1973 in New London, Connecticut. From the events leading up to that fatal moment at 11:11 PM to the aftermath of the accident. Before examining the inconsistencies between the police department's initial investigation and the accounts given by eyewitnesses. A misguided and mishandled investigation that sets the tone for the next week’s conclusion of our Christmas Cold Case Special! Interact with us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. Join the Bad Buds Sour Hour Patreon for exclusive content for as low as $1/month.

This week on the Sour Hour, we continue our look at the infamous Soviet serial killer, Andrei Chikatilo. In the first part of our series, we looked at the life that put Chikatilo on a trajectory to becoming one of the most prolific serial killers of all-time. Today, we go down the trail of terror Chikatilo embarked on for over a 12-year period that left at least 52 women and children dead. From the first kill to his subsequent capture and execution, join us, as we explore how Chikatilo was able to move throughout Russia and avoid police capture for over a decade all while striking fear into the hearts of an entire country. Interact with us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. Join the Bad Buds Sour Hour Patreon for exclusive content for as low as $1/month.

This week on the Sour Hour, it’s time to dive into the world of serial killers! In the first part of our series on Andrei Chikatilo, we examine the scope of his life, from a young, devout communist boy who daydreamed of one-day leading the party to a man immersed in sexual sadism and murder. Explore with us the events and circumstances of Chikatilo’s life that transpired leading to his very first kill, giving birth to the Butcher of Rostov. One of the most infamous serial killers that ravaged the USSR from 1978 to 1990, over a decade of terror that left 52 women and children dead. Interact with us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. Join the Bad Buds Sour Hour Patreon for exclusive content for as low as $1/month.

This week on the Sour Hour, it’s our first ever Election Day Extravaganza with the tale of United States President Grover Cleveland and his secret son. Sit down with us as we examine the scandal that surrounded the presidential nominee on his way to the White House in 1884. From his rapid rise through the ranks of the Democratic party from Sheriff of Erie County, New York to 22nd President of the United States, admired for his honesty and integrity. Grover the Good’s character came under fire from allegations of sexual assault, the abduction of his son and having a role in the mother of his child, Maria Halpin, being committed to a lunatic asylum. Interact with us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. Join the Bad Buds Sour Hour Patreon for exclusive content for as low as $1/month.   

It's our Halloween Special! It's time for torture time! We creep through history and explore some of the most horrific forms of torture ever concocted. Will Matt, Batts and our guest host, Fred, survive the Brazen Bull, the Rack, and the Wooden Horse this week on the Sour Hour? Interact with us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. Join the Bad Buds Sour Hour Patreon for exclusive content for as low as $1/month.   

This week on the Sour Hour, we give our listeners an inside view at the men behind the mics. From people thinking they are dead or that their loved ones have been replaced to entire groups of men having simultaneous shrinking genitals, we explore three of the rarest mental disorders of all time. Interact with us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. Join the Bad Buds Sour Hour Patreon for exclusive content for as low as $1/month. 

The creators of Invasion from Planet Wrestletopia, Matthew Entin and Ed Kuehnel, joins us on the Sour Hour to give the inside scope on this brilliantly written and amazingly drawn comic book along with some of their others project from working in the video game world and more! Interact with us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. Join the Bad Buds Sour Hour Patreon for exclusive content for as low as $1/month.   

Comedian, Sammy Obeid, joins us on the Sour Hour to discuss his 2036 Presidential run, his 1000 consecutive days of stand up and to educate our host on the proper use of the English language.  Interact with us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. Join the Bad Buds Sour Hour Patreon for exclusive content for as low as $1/month.   

The conversation continues, as United States Air Force veteran and police accountability activist, Obadiah Batten, joins the Sour Hour to give his take on the lack of police accountability, his personal experiences with racial profiling and more.  Interact with us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. Join the Bad Buds Sour Hour Patreon for exclusive content for as low as $1/month.   

United States Air Force veteran, Tony Bradley, joins us on the Sour Hour to give his perspective on the Take A Knee Movement, the lack of police accountability and more.  Interact with us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. Join the Bad Buds Sour Hour Patreon for exclusive content for as low as $1/month.   

Actor, writer and former amateur boxer, James Quinns, joins us on the Sour Hour to talk his upcoming short film, Sandman, and the inspiration behind the movie. He also gives us an insiders look into the industry and the rise of independent films in recent years.  Interact with us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. Join the Bad Buds Sour Hour Patreon for exclusive content for as low as $1/month.   

Writer and content strategist for Madden's competitive E-Sports, Fantast Black Book contributor and most importantly, Batts' childhood friend, Matt Franciscovich joins the Sour Hour to discuss the new Madden, E-Sports, Fantasy Football and a list of tangents from prank phone calls to the evolution of men's underwear.   Interact with us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. Join the Bad Buds Sour Hour Patreon for exclusive content for as low as $1/month.   

Host of 2 national TV shows, author of Truth: The No BS Guide To Navigating A Media-Biased World, John Daly, joins us on the Sour Hour to give an inside look on media bias and how the everyday person can cope with this quandary. Interact with us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. Join the Bad Buds Sour Hour Patreon for exclusive content for as low as $1/month.