History TearJerker / TheLastPodcastOnTheLeft

** As discussed by the boys, Mengele's experiments on twins were AllForNothing. The whole point was to understand the phenomena of identical twins, with the eventual goal of unlocking hereditary genetics, thus accelerating the development of the Nazi’s MasterRace. But rather than just studying identical twins, Mengele [[WhatAnIdiot took fraternal twins as well]], which polluted his data to the point of utter uselessness. This makes the deaths of hundreds, if not thousands, at his hands in Auschwitz-Birkenau pointless on top of cruel and stupid.

** Henry descends into righteous {{Angrish}} over the trial and how much of a shambles it was. To summarise, at least as the trio tells it: not only did the prosecution get cocky and make critical mistakes with what little evidence they had, they then got blindsided by the wild accusations of a defence that didn't ''have'' their own evidence and got free reign to confuse the jury. And this isn't getting into how a vital clue was missed due to miscommunication and the finger-pointing that resulted from it. It's hard to believe justice was truly done when you take all that into account.

** Henry descends into righteous {{Angrish}} over the trial and how much of a shambles it was. Not only did the prosecution get cocky and shoot for a death penalty their evidence couldn't support, they then got blindsided by the wild accusations of a defence that didn't ''have'' evidence of their own. And this isn't getting into how a vital clue was missed due to miscommunication and the finger-pointing that resulted from it. It's hard to believe justice was truly done when you take all that into account.

** Henry descends into righteous {{Angrish}} over the trial and how much of a shambles it was. Not only did the prosecution get cocky and shoot for a death penalty their evidence couldn't support, they then got blindsided by the wild accusations of a defence that didn't ''have'' evidence of their own. And this isn't getting into the polluted jury pool, one of whom [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere bailed out almost immediately]], or how a vital clue was missed due to miscommunication and the finger-pointing that resulted from it. It's hard to believe justice was truly done when you take

** Henry descends into righteous {{Angrish}} over the trial and how much of a shambles it was. Not only did the prosecution get cocky and shoot for a death penalty their evidence couldn't support, they then got blindsided by the wild accusations of a defence that didn't ''have'' evidence of their own. And this isn't getting into the polluted jury pool, one of whom {{ScrewThisImOuttaHere bailed out almost immediately}}, or how a vital clue was missed due to miscommunication and the finger-pointing that resulted from it. It's hard to believe justice was truly done when you take

** They also detail how much of a shambles the trial was overall. The prosecution assumed they had a slam-dunk case and went straight for the death penalty despite not having enough evidence to convict Casey on it. Then they got blindsided by the wild accusations of the defence, who provided no evidence of their own and spent more time picking the prosecution's case apart as "fantasy forensics", which wasn't entirely incorrect. It gets to the point where Henry descends into {{Angrish}} over how poorly justice was served.

* The death of Calyee Anthony, aged only three. The trio agree that, [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement regardless of wherever you believe Casey deliberately murdered her or not]], it's still a horrible idea to find the remains of a little girl in some woods somewhere.

* The death of Calyee Anthony, aged only three. The trio agree that, [[RuleofCautiousEditingJudgement regardless of wherever you believe Casey deliberately murdered her or not]], it's still a horrible idea to find the remains of a little girl in some woods somewhere.

* The hosts have a moment of pity for James Thurman Jones, the father of infamous cult leader Jim Jones, after finding out that he died a penniless, depressed alcoholic whose tombstone read ''[[BlatantLies "Everyone in the world is my friend."]]'' In general, the elder Jones seemed to lead a rather shitty life, something that's touched on by Marcus, Ben, and Henry multiple times.

* In Episode 349, the horrors of Josef Mengele's experiments at Auschwitz are so brutal that the hosts break up the more upsetting facts with fun trivia about ''Series/HomeImprovement''. It doesn't really help.

* In Episode 347, the hosts explain how killer Mark Twitchell used internet catfishing to lure in a victim. The victim, a young man, wanted so badly for his date to work out that he overlooked glaringly suspicious details. At one point, the man actually decided to abandon the date, but he was ultimately lured back in. One source claims the man's last pain-free words before being murdered by Twitchell were, "I guess I'm just a glutton for punishment."

* In Episode 347, the hosts explain how killer Mark Twitchell used internet catfishing to lure in a victim. The victim, a young man, wanted so badly for his date to work out that he overlooked glaringly suspicious details. At one point, victim actually decided to abandon the date, but he was ultimately lured back in. One source claims the man's last pain-free words before being murdered by Twitchell were, "I guess I'm just a glutton for punishment."

* In Episode 347, the hosts explain how killer Mark Twitchell used internet catfishing to lure in a victim. The victim wanted so badly for his date to work out that he overlooked glaringly suspicious details. The victim had actually decided to abandoned the date, but he was lured back in. One source claims the man's last pain-free words before being murdered by Twitchell were, "I guess I'm just a glutton for punishment."

* In Episode 347, the hosts explain how killer Mark Twitchell used internet catfishing to lure in a victim. The victim wanted so badly for his date to work out that he overlooked glaringly suspicious details. The victim had actually decided to abandoned the date, but he was lured back in. His last pain-free words before being attacked by Twitchell were, "I guess I'm just a glutton for punishment."

* Episode 349, about the horrors of Josef Mengele's experiments at Auschwitz, is so brutal the hosts break up the more upsetting facts with fun trivia about Series/HomeImprovement. It doesn't really help.

* "Side Stories: KB", dedicated to memories of the guys' good friend Kevin Barnett after his sudden death from pancreatitis in January 2019.

* In Episode 161, Henry admits that his research caused his girlfriend to leave him.

* The hosts have a moment of pity for James Thurman Jones, the father of infamous cult leader Jim Jones, after finding out that he died a penniless, depressed alcoholic whose tombstone read ''[[BlatantLies "Everyone in the world is my friend."]]'' In general, the elder Jones seemed to lead a rather shitty life, something that's touched on by Marcus, Ben, and Henry multiple times.

* In Episode 189, Marcus plays a sound clip from 2001 of NYU students reacting to news footage of the Twin Towers burning after the first plane had hit. The students slowly realize that the objects falling from the Twin Towers are not paper, but they are in fact people falling. Many of the students scream as they see the second plane hit the Towers.

* At the end of Episode 182, Marcus acknowledges the death of one of the podcast's biggest fans. During his message, Marcus begins to choke-up at several points and warns the listeners against suicide.

* In Episode 161, Henry admits that his research caused his girlfriend to leave him.

* In Episode 26, Marcus tells the story of how he had to help a blind man break up with his girlfriend over the phone. Marcus had to act as the man's voice while simultaneously typing down what the woman said.

-->'''Marcus:''' That's what I typed! "'Crying... Crying... Still Crying.'"

While ''Podcast/{{The Last Podcast On The Left}}'' is a technically a comedy podcast, they will often discuss serious topics.