Respect The Dead

Respect The Dead

Respect the Dead; the podcast where we don’t. Caelan Conrad and Hoots drag the corpses of everyone's least favourite people.

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October 13, 2025 98 mins

He named his dog Freud and then beat him, and now he's dead. James Dobson was a child abuser, animal abuser, and a devout Christian and Conservative. Today we mourn the loss of a world that never knew this piece of trash to begin with.

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He was a cheater, a racist, a liar, an abuser, an alleged sex offender, and wouldn't have made it one episode in Drag Race with his busted little boa. Hulk Hogan died as he lived - recently and racistly.
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Hoots: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@hootsyoutube⁠⁠⁠ // ⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/punishedhoots⁠⁠⁠

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September 15, 2025 125 mins

We all know what happened to the RMS Titanic: she was the "unsinkable" ship that got merked by an iceberg on her first trip out the house.


But how well do you REALLY know Titanic? Enough to understand an iceberg meme? Let's get into it!


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August 18, 2025 76 mins

How did Charles Manson become such a master manipulator that he convinced people to kill for him? Who are "The Family", and how did it all begin? Watch on YouTube at: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@RespecttheDeadPodcast⁠

Hoots: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@hootsyoutube⁠ // ⁠https://twitter.com/punishedhoots⁠

Caelan: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@caelanconrad⁠ // ⁠https://twitter.com/caelanconrad⁠ // ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/caelan.bsk...

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August 4, 2025 74 mins

Back before Charles Manson tried to end the world, before becoming a cult leader, he was a kid that struggled to find his way in the world.


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Hoots: https://www.youtube.com/@hootsyoutube // https://twitter.com/punishedhoots

Caelan: https://www.youtube.com/@caelanconrad // https://twitter.com/caelanconrad // https://bsky.app/profile/caelan.bsky.social

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Fred Christ Trump was three of the worst things a man could be: a racist, a slumlord, and a Trump!


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Hoots: https://www.youtube.com/@hootsyoutube // https://twitter.com/punishedhoots

Caelan: https://www.youtube.com/@caelanconrad // https://twitter.com/caelanconrad // https://bsky.app/profile/caelan.bsky.social

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Helen Gurley Brown clawed her way up from poverty in Depression Era Arkansas to editor-in-chief at Cosmopolitan Magazine, and best-selling author. Her secret to success? Have lots of sex and don't eat.

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April 28, 2025 91 mins

Jeffrey Epstein's crimes were so extensive and horrific, his connections to fame and power so deep and mysterious, that he has become almost a folkloric monster in the age of the internet. But when we look beyond the memes and the tabloid stories, we see the very real systems that allowed him to perpetuate harm against countless victims.Watch in video at: https://www.youtube.com/@RespecttheDeadPodcastWant an exclusive video episode...

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Ken McElroy spent his entire life terrorizing the residents in the small town of Skidmore, Missouri. One day, they all decided it was time to fight back.


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March 31, 2025 91 mins

Ask why. WHY did ENRON, the USA’s 7th largest corporation declare bankruptcy in a matter of months? WHY did the higher ups walk away with millions while the average worker lost their pensions? WHY did California experience an unprecedented series of rolling blackouts despite producing more than enough electricity to power the state? WHY has the word ENRON become synonymous with white collar crime? And WHY did only, like, two guys g...

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March 17, 2025 69 mins

Elon Musk's maternal grandfather spent his life suckling at the boots of various fascist cult leaders, and his grandson is following in his footsteps.

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Hoots: https://www.youtube.com/@hootsyoutube // https://twitter.com/punishedhoots

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Anita Bryant had it all: a gorgeous singing voice, several high paying contracts as a spokeswoman for various brands, including Florida Orange Juice, and a beautiful family. Then she threw it all away for the Straight Agenda. Rest in Pies, Anita.

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Luigi Mangione ALLEGEDLY killed “mass-murderer” Brian Thompson, and now we’re going to  dig him back up because we aren’t done yet!

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Hoots: https://www.youtube.com/@hootsyoutube // https://twitter.com/punishedhoots

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November 25, 2024 72 mins

So what if she murdered 30-600 girls in one of the most terrifying ways possible? It’s not like she didn’t have a reason: a face snatched to the gods and not a pore in sight!

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Hoots: https://www.youtube.com/@hootsyoutube // https://twitter.com/punishedhoots

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October 7, 2024 119 mins

Checking back in with Oceangate and Stockton Rush following two weeks of hearings and inquests into the Titan submersible implosion.

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September 23, 2024 111 mins

Scientist, mad man, dolphin f*cker.

John C. Lilly fielded important research into consciousness and the mind. He also drugged a bunch of dolphins with LSD and had a lady dressed like a clown jack them off. We contain multitudes.

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September 2, 2024 61 mins

Opulence!!! I EAT EVERYTHING! He definitely munched on some kittens and some rocks but also, maybe an infant? 

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Hoots: https://www.youtube.com/@hootsyoutube // https://twitter.com/punishedhoots

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Sophia Duleep Singh's life sounded like something out of a fairy tale: the beautiful orphan princess of the last maharajah of India. But the life she lived was so much more interesting than anything you'd find in a Disney Princess movie. Listen as  @hootsyoutube  and  @caelanconrad  talk about the sisters Duleep Singh: princesses, feminists, activists.

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Antisemite, Creep, YouTuber :( One of the TERFs movement’s favourite stage 4 terminally online posters, and the springboard for J. K. Rowling’s outing as an anti-trans bigot. Watch in video at: https://www.youtube.com/@RespecttheDeadPodcast Want an exclusive video episode about Magdalen Berns? Sign up at ➡ https://www.patreon.com/RespectTheDead Hoots: https://www.youtube.com/@hootsyoutube // https://twitter.com/punishedhoots Cael...
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