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SOMETHING SINISTER  Hammers have been used as weapons of war during medieval times, but eventually fell out of favor. After that, hammers were used as a tool for construction, but they never stopped being something people used to kill. Check us out on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/c/SomewhereSinister Follow us on social media: https://www.instagram.com/somewheresinister https://www.threads.com/@somewheresinister https://www.tiktok.com/@somewheresinister

SOMEONE SINISTER  Thomas Edison is known as a great inventor, but his energy was not always being put into creating. There was a time where a bitter rivalry caused him torture and kill animals as a means of proving his competitors wrong. Check us out on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/c/SomewhereSinister Follow us on social media: https://www.instagram.com/somewheresinister https://www.threads.com/@somewheresinister https://www.tiktok.com/@somewheresinister

SOMEWHERE SINISTER  When a West German pharmaceutical company developed a new drug, they promoted it as having no side effects despite not having tested it properly. The results ended up being disastrous. Check us out on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/c/SomewhereSinister Follow us on social media: https://www.instagram.com/somewheresinister https://www.threads.com/@somewheresinister https://www.tiktok.com/@somewheresinister

SOMEWHERE SINISTER  Clark Wiley didn't want children, but for some reason he kept having them. When he thought his four child disabled, he locked her in a room and din't let her out for 13 years. Check us out on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/c/SomewhereSinister Follow us on social media: https://www.instagram.com/somewheresinister https://www.threads.com/@somewheresinister https://www.tiktok.com/@somewheresinister

SOMETHING SINISTER  Most breakthroughs in aviation technology have come from a desire to have air superiority during wartimes. From balloons to jet engines, the skies have always been a popular vantage in combat. Airplane: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/airplane--67476703 Check us out on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/c/SomewhereSinister Follow us on social media: https://www.instagram.com/somewheresinister https://www.threads.com/@somewheresinister https://www.tiktok.com/@somewheresinister

SOMEONE SINISTER  Manfred Von Richthofen was better known as The Red Baron. He was a pilot for the German Imperial Army and became known as one of the most feared pilots in World War I. Check us out on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/c/SomewhereSinister Follow us on social media: https://www.instagram.com/somewheresinister https://www.threads.com/@somewheresinister https://www.tiktok.com/@somewheresinister

SOMEWHERE SINISTER  Tom and Eileen Lonergan were an adventurous couple who loved diving. In 1998, they dove at the Great Barrier Reef, but were left behind by the tour boat and never seen again. Check us out on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/c/SomewhereSinister Follow us on social media: https://www.instagram.com/somewheresinister https://www.threads.com/@somewheresinister https://www.tiktok.com/@somewheresinister

SOMETHING SINISTER  A nail gun is an important tool in the building industry helping create new structures and remodel old ones efficiently. Just because a tool is designed to create, doesn't mean it can't be used to destroy. Check us out on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/c/SomewhereSinister Follow us on social media: https://www.instagram.com/somewheresinister https://www.threads.com/@somewheresinister https://www.tiktok.com/@somewheresinister

SOMEWHERE SINISTER  In the middle of the 20th century, a small city in the Florida panhandle became the center of a huge insurance scandal. It seemed that the probelm arose after an economic decline caused some residents to become desperate for money. Though it could never be proven, the coincidences add up to tell very dark story. Check us out on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/c/SomewhereSinister Follow us on social media: https://www.instagram.com/somewheresinister https://www.threads.com/@somewheresinister https://www.tiktok.com/@somewheresinister

SOMETHING SINISTER  The electric chair was created because the United States wanted a more humane way to carry out executions as the had been complications with hangings. Unfortunately, the electric chair would not be the pain free means of execution like they had hoped, but they used it for over 100 years anyway. Check us out on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/c/SomewhereSinister Follow us on social media: https://www.instagram.com/somewheresinister https://www.threads.com/@somewheresinister https://www.tiktok.com/@somewheresinister

SOMEONE SINISTER  Caligula was on 24 when he became the emperor of Rome. He was well liked at first, but when he started ruling with an iron fist, his reign was prematurely ended. Check us out on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/c/SomewhereSinister Follow us on social media: https://www.instagram.com/somewheresinister https://www.threads.com/@somewheresinister https://www.tiktok.com/@somewheresinister

SOMEWHERE SINISTER  When Union Carbide decided to start manufacturing pestacides at a factory in India, the did everything they could to cut costs. What they saved in money, they lost in lives. Check us out on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/c/SomewhereSinister Follow us on social media: https://www.instagram.com/somewheresinister https://www.threads.com/@somewheresinister https://www.tiktok.com/@somewheresinister

SOMETHING SINISTER  The guillotine was created as an means of equal execution for all. Supposedly causing death in a "humane manner." It became an instrument of terror during the French Revolution and the claim of it being painless was heavily questioned. Check us out on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/c/SomewhereSinister Follow us on social media: https://www.instagram.com/somewheresinister https://www.threads.com/@somewheresinister https://www.tiktok.com/@somewheresinister

SOMEONE SINISTER  Maximilien Robespierre was a major influence on the French Revolution, resulting in thousands of executions by guillotine. In the end, the republic would turn on him and he would be the one in the deadly device. Reign of Terror: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/reign-of-terror-france--67578406 Guillotine: Coming Soon! Check us out on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/c/SomewhereSinister Follow us on social media: https://www.instagram.com/somewheresinister https://www.threads.com/@somewheresinister https://www.tiktok.com/@somewheresinister

SOMEWHERE SINISTER  The French Revolution started to give the people of France more say in the laws that governed them. Instead, it created the Reign of Terror, where rights were stripped and thousands were executed. Check us out on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/c/SomewhereSinister Follow us on social media: https://www.instagram.com/somewheresinister https://www.threads.com/@somewheresinister https://www.tiktok.com/@somewheresinister