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For the second week in a row, we talk about some devastating deaths in public settings, but not before Mark tells a heartwarming story about a quirky Frenchman, we talk about ICE and the National Guard, and Corrigan questions what the best radioactive mutation would be.
Highlights:[0:00] Marko tells Corrigan about France's Palais Ideal de Facteur Cheval, an impressive edifice built by a quirky widower
Stuff we referenced:Lightning kills football team Lightning Kills 11 Soccer Players Manslaughter probe continues 1 year after hockey player Adam Johnson’s death in England A man arrested over death of a hockey player whose neck was cut with skate blade is released on bail Matt Petgrave will not face charges in hockey death of Adam Johnson Former NHL player Adam Johnson dies after a skate cut his neck during a game He was involved in a tragic on-ice death. Now he’s being targeted with racist attacks online Black Hockey Player In Fatal Freak Accident Has Become A Target For Racist Tweets The darkest night in music history: The shocking murder of Pantera guitarist Dimebag Darrell
[23:14] We discuss caves, catacombs, and fugue states
[31:57] Mark's doing fine, Corrigan explains the National Guard and what's going on with ICE, we discuss generational nuclear anxiety, and we talk about whether two penises is a good radiation mutation
[48:59] We've got a Pride watch along, a Pride Let's Play, book club, and a new Fancave coming!
[52:27] What we watched: The Black Phone, Rope, You're Next, Doctor Jekyll, The Toxic Avenger, Sirens, Trouble Every Day, Rambo: First Blood Part II, The Surfer, Predator: Killer of Killers, Toxic Avenger Part II
[01:32:52] We talk about public figures who have died in front of a crowd and why we find these things so haunting -
People love watching the cars go fast, but this week Corrigan tells Marko about some horrific racing tragedies that make even being a spectator seem scary AF! Plus, we chat about what it means to leave a legacy and the different ways people have left their mark beyond the grave.
Highlights:[0:00] Corrigan tells Marko about the dangers of auto racing
Stuff we referenced:Sprint car driver Justin Owen, 26, killed in crash at Indiana track List of driver deaths in motorsport More than 520 people have died in U.S. auto racing in past 25 years Top 15 Most Dangerous Sports in the World Tom Pryce 1977 F1 accident video, injuries photos, cause of death and autopsy Lost in the Dunes: The Death of Roger Williamson The Horrific 1957 Ferrari Crash that Ended the Mille Miglia Race Race car at Le Mans crashes into spectators, killing 83 Le Mans 1955: the disaster that changed motorsport forever Formula 1 statistics 2025: Popularity, Attendees, Viewers, Revenue The 20 Worst Race Car Crashes Ever (Videos) The Great Stork Derby: When A Millionaire Held A Baby-Making Race For His Fortune A Grief So Great: The John Porter Bowman Trust Auto-Icon
[48:47] We revisit our death video watching, Corrigan explains Bananaball
[56:00] COVID is back, now with razorblade throat! Plus, the UK bans disposable vapes!
[1:04:45] Happy Pride Month! Buy from queer people! Don't shop at Target!
[1:08:12] What we watched: Sinners, Hell Hole, Damien: Omen II, Friendship, Legends of the Hidden Temple, Implosion: The Titanic Sub Disaster
[1:16:14] SINNERS SPOILERS!
[1:21:11] END OF SINNERS SPOILERS!
[1:47:21] What is a legacy? And what are some interesting ways people have tried to leave one? -
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Our AI dystopia races forward! This week we're going through some of the unhinged AI news stories from the past few weeks, from AI-induced psychosis, to college cheaters, to an AI victim statement in an actual courtroom. What even is reality anymore?
Highlights:[0:00] Marko tells Corrigan about the bizarre mystery of the Atlas Vampire
Stuff we referenced:People Are Losing Loved Ones to AI-Fueled Spiritual Fantasies Everyone Is Cheating Their Way Through College Chatgpt induced psychosis ChatGPT Is Giving People Extreme Spiritual Delusions The Ventriloquist Court: AI "Victim Statements" and the Death of Reality I Don't Fear AI, I Fear Tech Oligarchs Distaste for Humanity Thinking is being outsourced to AI Will Generative Artificial Intelligence Chatbots Generate Delusions in Individuals Prone to Psychosis? A.I. Is Getting More Powerful, but Its Hallucinations Are Getting Worse Meta hypes AI friends as social media’s future, but users want real connections
[21:36] Mark tells a horrifyingly embarrassing story
[34:15] Some of our listeners have tangential connections to murderers; a big thank you to Ryan for filling in last week; book club and Ko-Fi updates
[42:26] CoRri hates Eli Roth and rich people who crowdfund
[58:18] What we watched: The Ugly Stepsister, Evil Dead Rise, Miller's Crossing, Fear Street: Prom Queen, The Menu, Until Dawn, Warfare, A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master, Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
[01:30:50] AI is officially out of hand in some very scary and disturbing ways -
Marko is sick AF, so our pal Bookseller Ryan from the Laydown Podcast is here to listen to a story about a culty group of early 20th century writers and talk new horror reads!
Highlights:[0:00] CoRri tells Ryan about the early 20th century Carmel-by-the-Sea artist community and its weird suicide pact
Stuff we referenced:Tainted Marshmallows and Murder in Carmel Strychnine Found in Food of Writer JAPANESE SLAYER OF CARMEL ARTIST HELD George Kodani, Confessed Murderer, Has Day in Court FIND NEW YORK GIRL STRANGLED ON BEACH; Searchers Accuse Japanese of Killing Helena Wood Smith in Monterey, Cal. BURIED IN SAND FOR 12 DAYS Bohemian Tragedy The 1906 Great San Francisco Earthquake Rebuilding San Francisco After the 1906 Quake Divorced Wife of Geo. Sterling, Cal. Poet, Ends Her Life 20 lost years of Carmel’s literary past reveal cyanide suicides, poisonings and a Bohemian legacy Reclaiming the Legacy of Nora May French, the Pioneering Poet Made Into a Femme Fatale by Mediocre Men and California Mythology Carmel’s Cautionary Tale for Post-Roe America
[41:57] Catchin' up; Ryan met Joe Hill!
[ 51:00] What we watched: Sinners, Thunderbolts, The Ugly Stepsister, Fight or Flight, A Minecraft Movie, Heart Eyes, The Rule of Jenny Pen
[01:13:42] Ryan's Recs!
- It Will Only Hurt for A Moment by Delilah S. Dawson
- Staircase in the Woods by Chuck Wending
- When the Wolf Comes Home by Nat Cassidy
- Victorian Psycho by Virginia Feito
- The Reformatory by Tananarive Due
- The Eyes Are The Best Part by Monika Kim
- Strange Pictures by Uketsu
- We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer
- Someone You Can Build A Nest In by John Wiswell
- Shiny Happy People by Clay McLeod Chapman
- Play Nice by Rachel Harrison
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In honor of Bookseller Ryan's birthday, an on time episode! This week, we're talking grifters -- from the douchebag in Mark's opener who convinced the psychiatric community of his genius, to some more obvious and brazen scammers on our social media feeds or shilling devices.
Highlights:[0:00] Mark tells Corrigan about the torturous "sleep room" wayward girls were subjected to in the 1960s
[38:52] We discuss when Marko's voice dropped
[48:00] We've got lots of new stuff on the Ko-Fi, plus we chat about Cabin in the Woods and whether there are other genre equivalents; and I summarize two JoAG stories Mark does not remember at all that have become the basis for Broadway musicals
[01:03:30] What we watched! (Creature, Scary Movie, Ring, A Simple Favor, Another Simple Favor, Thunderbolts, First Blood, Sweeney Todd
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This week Corrigan tells Marko the horrific origins of the phrase "going postal," which somehow became a punchline in the '90s. Along the way, they bicker about cultural differences, debate the ethics of human experimentation, and chat about some excellent flicks. Classic shit.
Highlights:[0:00] Corrigan tells Marko about the origins of the phrase of "going postal"
Stuff we referenced:Recalling the post office shooting, 25 years later Montclair Marks 30th Anniversary of Post Office Shooting That Killed Four Workplace violence: homicides and nonfatal intentional injuries by another person in 2020 Examining Workplace Homicide THE LONER: FROM SHY FOOTBALL PLAYER TO 'CRAZY PAT' MAIL CARRIER KILLS 14 IN POST OFFICE, THEN HIMSELF THREE DIE IN POSTAL SHOOTINGS IN TWO STATES Postal Officials Examine System After 2 Killings State v. Smith United States of America, Plaintiff-appellee, v. Curtis L. Collins, Defendant-appellant, 690 F.2d 431 (5th Cir. 1980) A disgruntled postal worker with a high-powered rifle shot... Man kills 4, self Throwback Thursday: Postal workers start packing pistols in 1961 Mass Shooting at Montclair Post Office Remembered 30 Years Later DEATH IN THE POST OFFICE: 4 Shot Dead in New Jersey Post Office; Wide Manhunt but Motive Is Not Clear 2 decades later, Montclair reflects on deadly post office shooting Post Office Supervisor Shot to Death; Co-Worker Arrested
[48:06] Cultural exchange!
[56:00] Snakebite guy leads Mark to ask some iffy questions about human experimentation
[01:09:53] What we watched: Thunderbolts, NOPE, Freaky Tales, Drop, Deranged, Black Widow, Ed Kemper, Conclave
[01:38:56] A tease for next week's episode! -
Marko pulls out one of his classic unsolved mysteries with the Oakville blobs -- mysterious, illness-inducing goo from the sky -- before Corrigan revisits the claims of organ harvesting by Falun Gong she touched on a few weeks ago. Let's really dive in to the evidence... or lack thereof.
Highlights:[0:00] Marko tells Corrigan about the Oakville blobs: mysterious, illness inducing goo from the sky
Stuff we referenced:China used to harvest organs from prisoners. Under pressure, that practice is finally ending. Forced organ harvesting from Falun Gong practitioners in China Food Aspiration In Lungs: Causes, Symptoms and Treatment Foreign body in the liver: Case report and review of literature First Known Survivor of China’s Forced Organ Harvesting Speaks Out China is harvesting organs from Falun Gong members, finds expert panel UN urged to investigate ‘forced’ organ harvesting in China
[20:12] Uh oh, it's a Marko inspirational speech. Plus, Corrigan goes to Asia, then comes back and meets a legend
[32:00] Watch-along time is upon us! Help us pick a space horror!
[38:40] What we watched! (Hold Your Breath, The Rule of Jenny Pen, Stuck, The Woman in the Yard, 825 Forest Road, Sinners, The Incident, Conclave, Opus, Bunny Lake Is Missing, Hollow Man, Kneecap, Thanatomorphose, the Untamed
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While Corrigan is gallivanting through Asia, Marko takes over with a lively reading of a gruesome tale: Michael Shea's "The Autopsy."
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It is Shen Yun season here in the NYC metro, friends. The billboards, the ads, the flyers in the mail.... But what IS Shen Yun? The answer may surprise you. In fact, yeah, safe to say it's gonna surprise you.
Stuff we referenced:What is Falun Gong? Stepping Into the Uncanny, Unsettling World of Shen Yun How a Persecuted Religious Group Grew Into a Global Movement Interview with Li Hongzhi Report: China still harvesting organs from prisoners at a massive scale The Religious Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners in China Critics and followers of Falun Gong / Adherents find fulfillment, but detractors call movement a cult Is Falun Gong a Cult? Behind the Pageantry of Shen Yun, Untreated Injuries and Emotional Abuse Lawsuit alleges that young dancers for Shen Yun Performing Arts have faced abuse The power of Falun Gong The ABC is right: Falun Gong has some dangerous teachings -
Wanna know what happens between when a person dies and when they're body is discovered? There's a farm for that, and Marko tells us all about it! Then we discuss gods, what they say about us and our cultures, and why we believe in them.
Highlights:[0:00] Marko tells Corrigan about forensic taphonomy and the invention of body farms
[22:58] Marko welcomes you to um... MILFcast; CoRri wonders if there's anyone teaching big tiddie yoga; the pope has defeated death and so can you; we figure out how to say ichor and share various Hobbit based memories
[35:10] Snow White managed to piss everybody off
[43:12]] What we watched! (Green Room, Ghost Story, Last Breath, U-571, Breakdown, The Dead Thing)
[01:21:48] We discuss how gods reflect societies and Marko asks CoRri to delve back into her evangelical days to defend her god -
Ya think ya know a guy, right? Corrigan tells Marko about Charles Lindbergh, the American hero who was actually a giant shit ass.
Highlights:[0:00] CoRri tells Mark why American hero pilot Charles Lindbergh was anything but heroic
Stuff we referenced:Charles Lindbergh: American aviator The Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping: A Grisly Theory and a Renewed Debate The Lindbergh Baby Mystery Has Lasted 91 Years. Tantalizing Evidence Might Solve It A Chilling New Twist in the Lindbergh Baby Mystery Could Actually Flip the Verdict Inside the Capture of the Lindbergh Baby Kidnapper Lindbergh Kidnapping - FBI 'America First': From Charles Lindbergh To President Trump Charles Lindbergh's unapologetic bigotry: How he became the face of the America First Committee The Lindberghs and the Jews Lindbergh, Nazism, and Environmental Fascism From high-flying hero to eugenics advocate Charles Lindbergh's Real Nazi Ties Are At the Heart of David Simon's The Plot Against America Charles Lindbergh, the Nazis and American isolationism America First and WWII Was Charles Lindbergh a Nazi sympathizer? Fallen Hero Highfields, Hopewell, NJ
[53:24] Mark broke himself, but he also climbed the O2! Plus excellent Ko-Fi developments
[01:11:15] What we watched: The Parenting, The Trial, Battle Royale, A Face in the Crowd, Sherlock Jr., The Electric State -
Mark tells the story of a horrific, mysterious family annihilation and Corrigan talks about women who have gone toe to toe with serial killers and lived to tell the tale.
Highlights:[0:00] Marko tells Corrigan the story of the Dardeen family murders
[28:55] Mark's been to the future and comes back with a message. We talk about hantavirus and the terrible reveal of what killed the Hackmans
[49:49] Ko-Fi updates! And we discuss whether or not CoRri will get botox.
[57:00] What we watched: Spice World, The Vast of Night, Crimson Tide, Enemy of the State, Mickey 17, Banshee Chapter, In A Violent Nature, Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)
[01:29:20] Corrigan tells Marko about women who have escaped from serial killers -
Marko is back! And to celebrate, Corrigan's telling him a real grim and gory story about deep sea diving!
Highlights:[0:00] CoRri tells Marko about the gruesome Byford Dolphin Accident
Stuff we referenced:What Is the Maximum Depth a Scuba Diver Can Go? Exploring the Limits and Risks Decompression Sickness Decompression sickness - Harvard The Ultimate Guide to Saturation Diving: Training, Safety, and Careers What It’s Like to be a Saturation Diver The Weird, Dangerous, Isolated Life of the Saturation Diver The Byford Dolphin Accident: How 5 Deep-Sea Divers Met Grisly Deaths Former saturation diver here - Reddit Byford Dolphin Accident (This one has the pics)
[01:00:37] We jump right into the horrors of living in the lead up to global meltdown
[01:17:33] Thanks to Ryan, your pal anna, Hollywood Steve, and Brianne for taking over Mark's duties last month; Ko-Fi perks are coming;
[01:22:50] We debate what happened to Gene Hackman
[01:35:20] What we watched: The Poseidon Adventure, Star Trek ‘09, In Cold Blood, Monolith, The Monkey, Companion, Heart Eyes, Unforgiven, The Gorge, Wolf Man, We Live In Time -
In our last week of guest stories, Corrigan's pal Brianne pops in to tell another story of CIA ridiculousness: The time they tried to turn a cat into a spy device!
Highlights:[0:00] We explain the concept of the powerpoint party
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This week Hollywood Steve and Your Pal Anna from the Hellrankers podcast are kind enough to stop by in Marko's place. Anna tells us the story of Terrible Tillie, a cursed lighthouse on the Oregon coast that should never have been built!
Things referenced by your pal anna in this week's episode! The drone video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=600npaxOkHs Interview with former keeper Jim Gibbs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbpbyEg6vHs GE execs tryna make the place look like a good idea https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiHKTNhK8Iw -
Ryan Clark, BookTok's queen of scream and co-host of The Laydown podcast, joins Corrigan this week and tells her the horrific history of the Dozier School for Boys, which has inspired multiple novels, including The Reformatory and Nickel Boys.
Highlights:[0:00] Ryan tells Corrigan about the Dozier School for Boys
Stuff we referenced:The White House Boys
[01:09:45] Some book recs! (Victorian Psycho by Virginia Feito and Wake Up & Open Your Eyes by Clay McLeod Chapman) -
We are overjoyed to be joined by Mr. John Benfield, an assessor of risk by trade here to tell us about what we should be anxious about in 2025, and how we can best prepare ourselves for this risky world. Plus, Corrigan talks about the horrors of asbestos, and a D.B. Cooper enthusiast corrects the record!
Highlights:[0:00] Corrigan tells John and Marko about the horrors of asbestos
Stuff we referenced:Asbestos: The Evil Dust VICE: Why the Deadly Asbestos Industry Is Still Alive and Well ‘I’m so angry, I’m wild’: the never-ending wait to clean up asbestos town Wittenoom ADSA: Wittenoom Overview The Last Days of an Outback Town Where Every Breath Can Be Toxic Memories of Wittenoom, a once-thriving but asbestos-riddled town that led to more than 1,000 deaths Last homes in asbestos-riddled Wittenoom to be demolished, but some want to stay U.K. Risk Register AI Bias in Denmark Tackling the growing risks of space debris in Earth orbit The risks of ‘space junk’ are clear: what goes up, might well come back down on top of you
[52:46] We introduce our guest, John Benfield, and briefly address that the world is getting more fashy in dumb ways
[01:02:00] Corrigan's D.B. Cooper gets scotched in the best possible way on Bluesky
[01:11:48] Mark's son has a question about villains winning in films
[01:16:20] What we watched! (Grafted, Batman Begins, A Real Pain. Class of Nuke ’Em High, Castle Freak, Nickel Boys, Emilia Perez, Beezel, Hauntology, They Live, Fail Safe,
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Naturally, we had to take some time to reflect on David Lynch's life and philosophy. But first, Marko tells Corrigan about the Toba Catastrophe and what it might tell us about the future of humankind after we climate change ourselves to death!
Highlights:[0:00] Marko tells Corrigan about the Toba Catastrophe Theory
[23:05] Mark's inscrutable bits, our special guest for next week,
[32:30] Now that Mark listens to podcasts, his latest listen brings him to a discussion of conspiracy theorists in the White House on the eve of the inauguration
[42:18] What we watched: The Man They Could Not Hang, The Straight Story, Gladiator II, Cuckoo, Twin Peaks, The People's Joker
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Corrigan tells Marko some fun stories about times people were sure telekinesis and other paranormal superpowers were a thing, we discuss what's going on with the California wildfires and why it's a problem for Marko's climate anxiety, and Mark weaves his Nightmare on Elm Street reboot idea through CoRri's attempts to talk about what she watched this week!
Highlights:[0:00] Corrigan tells Marko about the U.S. government's forays into telekinetic research
Stuff we referenced:Freedom of Information Act Electronic Reading Room Psychokinesis: Facts About Mind Over Matter ESP & Psychic Powers: Claims Inconclusive Inside The Montauk Project, The US Military’s Alleged Mind Control Program CIA's declassified documents: Highlights of the 13 million pages out now Spoon bender Uri Geller offers Donald Trump to use his island as US military base Remote Perturbation Techniques: Managerial Summary (CIA) MK-Ultra
[49:36] Marko has climate anxiety; Corrigan explains what's going on with the California wildfires
[1:08:00] Book club coming, we recommend Tananarive Due's The Reformatory, and a watch-along will occur February 1st!
[1:13:45] What we watched! (The Mist, Wicked, The Order, The Boys From Brazil, The Sea Wolf, To Die For, Y2k, 10 Cloverfield Lane) -
In keeping with our VERY dark January, Marko tells Corrigan about a British pedophile advocacy group that got way too much legitimacy. But then we lighten things up with shout outs from The Void, bickering over Nosferatu, and a deep question about time travel.
Highlights:[0:00] Marko tells Corrigan about a pro-pedophilia group in 1970s England
[35:35] Mark hates January, CoRri is terrified of caterpillars, and people are eating bugs for the planet!
[48:12] Elon Musk is "intervening" in UK politics and pretending to be a German guy on Twitch
[55:20] Lots of good stuff coming up on the Ko-Fi so sign up, ya silly geese!
[1:00:00] Shout Outs from the Void
[1:14:45] What we watched! (Timecop, Nosferatu, Evil Dead 2, Conclave, Lockerbie)
[01:50:55] Corrigan asks Marko how he would convince someone he was a time traveler - Visa fler
