Click here to listen everywhere! Marko is on vacation with is fam, so Hollywood Steve and Your Pal Anna of the Hellrankers podcast join Corrigan to discuss an 18th century alleged butt stabber, cryptids, a HUGE murder debunking, and more! Highlights: [0:00] Steve and Anna tell Corrigan about the butt stabbin’ menace known as theContinue reading “Ep. 195: the london monster & the murder castle myth”
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Ep. 194: when the brain is blind but the eyes aren’t
Click here to listen everywhere! There’s nothing Marko loves more than a good bit of brain weirdness, so this week he tells Corrigan about Anton-Babinski syndrome: A rare disorder where your eyes can see but your brain can’t. Highlights: [0:00] Mark tells CoRri about Anton-Babinski Syndrome[28:20] Mark asks ChatGPT to describe Jack of All Graves.Continue reading “Ep. 194: when the brain is blind but the eyes aren’t”
Ep. 193: skull science
Click here to listen everywhere! CoRri tells Marko about the connection between a Portuguese serial killer and the long debunked science of phrenology before we talk ’90s pro wrestling, horrifying updates from the Titanic submersible, our week in horror movies, and what Olympic sport we think we could probably squeak by and qualify for. Highlight:Continue reading “Ep. 193: skull science”
Ep. 192: super(high) soldiers & near death experiences
Click here to listen everywhere! We’re circling back to a few topics we’ve touched on before, as Mark expands our understanding of amphetamine use in WWII, and we discuss a doctor who is absolutely certain of the existence of an afterlife. Highlights: [0:00] Marko tells CoRri[29:50] An oncologist has totally proved the afterlife exists, youContinue reading “Ep. 192: super(high) soldiers & near death experiences”
Ep. 190: kathleen folbigg didn’t kill her kids
Click here to listen everywhere! It’s been a wild week and a half, and we had some technical difficulties in the back half of this ep, but we’re here to bring you another courtroom drama as Marko tells the story of the multiple sham trials of Kathleen Folbigg. (Content Warning: This story deals with theContinue reading “Ep. 190: kathleen folbigg didn’t kill her kids”
Ep. 191: when chicago caught fire
Click here to listen everywhere! It’s fire season in the U.S. of A. so Corrigan tells Marko about one of the most famous fires in U.S. history: The Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Highlights: [0:00] Corrigan tells Marko about the Great Chicago Fire[37:08] Mark broke his face[46:00] We’re definitely getting tattoos and you should getContinue reading “Ep. 191: when chicago caught fire”
Ep. 189: the unluckiest art piece on earth
Click here to listen everywhere! CoRri brings back two souvenirs from Europe: Covid, and the mystery of the most influential AND most stolen painting in Western art history! Highlights: [0:00] CoRri talks Mark about the mysterious missing panel of the most stolen painting in history[34:57] Mark gets prayed for, trump almost gets got[49:15] CoRri hasContinue reading “Ep. 189: the unluckiest art piece on earth”
Ep. 188: acid rain & vacay vibes
Click here to listen everywhere! You ever notice no one ever talks about acid rain anymore? We delve into why that is before talking movies, fighting about In A Violent Nature, and, inspired by A Quiet Place, discussing what we would do if we were dying when the end of the world came. (Don’t worry.Continue reading “Ep. 188: acid rain & vacay vibes”
JoAG Bonus: Marko Reads “The Book of Blood”
Click here to listen everywhere! In lieu of a regular episode as Corrigan travels to Europe, you’re in for a special treat as Marko reads for us from Clive Barker’s anthology “Books of Blood.” Settle in, loves.
Ep. 187: the lars mittank mystery & the sham trial of lucy letby
Click here to listen everywhere! An American journalist exposed the serious deficiencies in the Lucy Letby murder trial, but British readers weren’t allowed to see it… nor did they want to. What does the fraught conversation around Lucy Letby’s guilt tell us about the media, our institutions, and the criminal justice system? Highlights: [0:00] MarkContinue reading “Ep. 187: the lars mittank mystery & the sham trial of lucy letby”