Ep. 271: an exemplary week on sh*tclown island

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At the request of Melanie in New Zealand, this week Marko talks about wtf is going on in the UK right now, from Nigel Farage to Count Binface to the confusing murder of Ann Widdecombe. Plus, the news Marko has been waiting for has finally arrived, and we butt heads over Evil Dead Burn!

Highlights:

[0:00] An explainer on what is happening in the UK right now
[40:33] Marko is plagued by physical ailments, AI is AIing, Mark describes his theater going joy seeing Evil Dead Burn at Deadite Church
[54:30] New Fancave on the Ko-Fi, Mark is actually enjoying the World Cup, Sam Neill has left us, In the Mouth of Madness watch-along Saturday at 9pm British, 4pm Eastern.
[01:07:00] Marko has finally gotten the news he has been waiting for the entire near six years of this podcast: New Elm Street!
[01:14:48] What we watched: Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie, The Last Stop in Yuma County, Evil Dead Burn, Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman
[01:28:35] We talk Evil Dead Burn! We do not agree!

Ep. 270: america’s most evil president

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The United States has just celebrated 250 years since the signing of Declaration of Independence and well, y’know, it was bumpy. As we ponder how we got here, Corrigan tells Marko about the historical U.S. president our current president looks up to most. Spoiler: He sucked!

Highlights:

[0:00] Corrigan tells Marko about the seventh president of the United States, Andrew Jackson
[01:21:20] Marko is emotionally compromised
[01:30] What we watched: The Sheep Detectives, Evil Dead (2013), Evil Dead Rise, Obsession

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Ep. 269: christopher porco took an axe

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As Marko put it, you don’t know how foul this play gets. This week he tells the story of the murder of Peter Porco — an event so unbelievable, it’d be ludicrous in fiction.

Highlight:

[0:00] Marko tells a story of axe murder that gets worse and worse every time you think the horror is complete
[50:44] There’s a heatwave in the UK, we rehash prison abolition in light of Christopher Porco, Marko’s work AI’d him,
[01:10:40] Titan Submersible news alert! Weeeewooo weeeewooooo!
[01:15:35] What we watched (and read!): Cape Fear (Apple), Psycho Killer, The Crazies, Evil Dead II, Army of Darkness, Naked Lunch, When the Wolf Comes Home by Nat Cassidy, Incidents Around the House by Josh Malerman

Ep. 269: more than a hero, a union man

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Two horrors for the price of one this week, as Corrigan tells the story of the greatest hard rock mining disaster in American history, and the murder of a man who tried to help the workers organize in its aftermath.

Highlights:

[0:00] Corrigan tells Marko about the Granite Mountain-Speculator mining disaster, and a union man who tried to prevent it from happening again
[53:36] The Knicks win prompts a discussion of sports fandom, trump’s stupid UFC circus, and eugenics!
[01:10:28] There’s a lot of news! Including a couple of British bans that CoRri and Mark do not see eye to eye on.
[01:26:05] We recap watching Evil Dead and go through other things coming up on our Ko-Fi and Discord
[01:43:00] What we watched!: The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Insomnia, Hokum, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Evil Dead, Natchez

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Ep. 267: cancer you can catch

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We’re back and bringing you a new bodily horror to add to your list of fears! Marko tells us all about cancers that can be transmitted!

Highlights:

[0:00] Marko tells Corrigan about some strange cancers that have spread from host to host
[30:00] Catching up on CoRri’s trip to Europe and the U.K., London meet-up packets are coming soon, and our discord is poppin’! Get on there! We’re watching the Evil Dead movies every Saturday starting June 13th!
[51:55] What we watched: Hokum, The Yeti, Mother Mary, Kraken, Over Your Dead Body, Anthropophagous, Nekromantic, Land of the Dead, Day of the Dead, Lee Cronin’s The Mummy, I Love Boosters, Obsession, Natchez, Yesteryear, Backrooms

Ep. 266: the altamont incident

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Back in 1969, the Rolling Stones paid the world’s most notoriously violent biker gang to do security for a hastily thrown together concert in exchange for beer. It went…. poorly.

Highlights:

[0:00] Corrigan tells Marko about the horrors of the Altamont Free Concert (make sure you listen to the companion ep. for free on our Ko-Fi!)
[01:04:03] Summer is terrible, we reminisce on our blogging days, Marko saw monster trucks
[01:17:40] What we watched: (Exhibit A, Faces of Death, It Ends, Infested, Buffet Infinity, The Blackening)

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Ep. 265: beltway sniper & a farewell to labour

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This week we revisit the unhinged and violent era that followed 9/11, with Marko telling the bizarre story of the D.C. spree killers known as the Beltway Snipers. Then we try to come to grips with what’s going on in U.K. politics this week ’cause that ish is bananas.

Highlights:

[0:00] Marko tells Corrigan the bonkers details of the Beltway Snipers
[47:19] Mark wants to talk about the “good old days.”
[55:55] We discuss weird Christian attempts at bogarting secular culture,
[01:01:45] What is going on in the UK?
[01:36:50] Marko is a skincare girlie and you should be, too!
[01:40:15] What we watched! (1408, Jason Lives, Int. Hallway/Night, Deadly Invasion: The Killer Bee Nightmare, Mortal Kombat 2)

Ep. 264: dolphin love & missing scientists

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Everybody loves a dolphin… but no one quite as much as Margaret Howe Lovatt, who loved her charge, Peter the Dolphin, far more than was appropriate. Corrigan tells the story. Plus, why is everyone so freaked out about eleven missing “scientists?”

Highlights:

[0:00] Corrigan tells Marko about a dolphin trainer who got intimate with a dolphin
[47:26] We discuss Mark’s angst about the world and also his hopeful moment. But also this whole Strait of Hormuz thing is for the birds.
[01:17:00] What we watched: Hoppers, Rain Bomb, Bombshell, Devil Wears Prada, Apex, Dolly,
[01:50:30] Should we be worried for U.S. scientists?

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Ep. 263: me & my unethical organ sac

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In a follow-up to a long ago episode, Marko talks about the sinister ways in which rich people are planning to keep themselves alive for longer. Spoiler alert: It’s not by stopping climate change or advocating for better healthcare!

Highlights:

[0:00] Marko tells Corrigan about the companies trying to extended rich people’s longevity, and the dystopian ways their trying to do it
[44:25] Marko found CoRri’s catacomb mailer, the Simpsons teach the world about America
[51:12] Another assassination attempt, this time at the White House Correspondents Dinner! And it was a… centrist?
[01:09:15] Mark gets mad that CoRri asked him about a Welsh celebrity, and we discuss the “special relationship” between the UK and the US
[01:22:45] What we watched: The Pitt, Undertone, The Drama, Dredd

Ep. 262: sea cannibalism & a reason for optimism (w/ Ella Tailor!)

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Corrigan shares a gruesome bit of boatcore suggested by a listener: The wreck of the French frigate The Medusa! Then our guest Ella Tailor talks about her experiences in Minneapolis during ICE’s reign of terror… and why it makes her hopeful. Check the show notes for MN mutual aid links!

Highlights:

[0:00] Corrigan tells Ella and Marko the gruesome story of the wreck of the Medusa
[53:00] Marko has a pessimistic take on being wished a happy Friday
[01:00:00] We introduce Ella!
[01:09:30] What we watched: Something Very Bad Is Going To Happen, The Pitt, Deathstalker
[01:33:12] Ella talks about her experiences watching people of all stripes come together in Minneapolis when ICE came to town.

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