Ep. 135: Celebrity death stories

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What is it about celebrity death stories that fascinate us so deeply? We try to work it out while discussing a few that have lodged themselves in our minds.

Highlights:

[0:00] Mark tells CoRri about the Hinterkaifeck Killings
[14:45] An update on the weekend’s coronation festivities
[25:00] We need a theme for our watch-along coming May 27th!
[31:13] What we watched! (Bloodsucking Bastards, Dungeons & Dragons, The Ledge, Guardians of the Galaxy 3, Avatar 2, Renfield)
[66:20] We talk about some celebrity deaths that have stuck with us and why we think they fascinate us so

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Ep. 135: Definitely not a coronation special

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Totally unrelated to any current events, we’re chatting about some royal tragedies, dumb royal deaths, and an important royalty-related phrase to learn in many languages.

Highlight:

[0:00] CoRri tells Mark the story of Prince John, the Lost Prince of the United Kingdom
[14:22] CoRri’s return from the UK was met with household catastrophe
[28:00] We are TECHNICALLY one of the most successful podcasts on the internet
[31:30] Wheel of justice time! If you want a go at forcing Marko to watch a movie, make sure you do the right thing and sign up for our Ko-fi!
[34:19] It’s also time for SHOUT-OUTS!
[43:53] What we watched! (Robocop 2, C.H.U.D., Quantumania, 2012, Painting Birds with Jim and Nancy Moir, Operation Fortune: Ruse De Guerre, Something in the Dirt, Hypothermia
[66:49] Mark tells CoRri about the deaths of some monarchs

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Ep. 131: [Travel edition!] Self-sacrifice

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This week’s travel edition of Jack of All Graves includes reflections on a Jack the Ripper tour, as well a trip to a memorial to heroic self-sacrifice in a tiny London Park, which has us thinking: Is there anything we would die for?

Highlights:

[0:00] Some key takeaways from a London Jack the Ripper tour
[22:18] It’s Easter, so we talk a bit about Jesus, obvi
[33:00] Mark went on holiday, CoRri wanders London with JoAG family
[44:00] What we watched! (Luther: The Fallen Sun, Resurrection, Dungeons & Dragons, Shazam 2, Beef, Army of Darkness)
[84:35] We talk about people who have sacrificed themselves for others and whether we’d do it

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Ep. 130: [Travel Edition!] Deep, dark questions

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We’re beginning a month of special travel editions of Jack of All Graves! This week we discuss a ghost tour in Bath, some cultural differences (and similarities) between Brits and Americans, and some very dark questions.

Highlights:

[0:00] CoRri tells Mark about an extremely historically inaccurate ghost tour
[18:23] Mark asks CoRri about differences between Americans and Brits, and we end up finding surprising similarities… for better or for worse
[30:43] We introduce our travel editions!
[39:50] Mark watched the Neil Marshall Hellboy again and he’s making it all of our problem
[56:55] We answer some deeply disturbing questions from Thought Catalog’s “39 Creepy Questions to Get to Know Someone’s Dark Side“

Ep. 129: Parasocial pals

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This week we’re diving into the parasocial relationships we all have with the public figures we love… and times that those parasocial relationships have gone way too far.

Highlights:

[0:00] Mark tells CoRri about the most painful conditions in the world
[26:21] We recap an amazing book club, there’s a new video rant, and we discuss why lifelong fandom is wonderful
[42:00] What we watched! (65, John Wick 4, Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare, The Hitch-Hiker, Amityville II: The Possession, Lifeforce, The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners)
[74:45] We discuss parasocial relationships with celebrities, and some times they’ve gone horribly wrong

Ep. 128: Jack Kevorkian

After the UK Mother’s day and a series of emergencies in Mark’s life, we’re taking it a little easy with a truncated episode… on physician assisted suicide. We’re taking it easy timewise, not on subject matter. We are the podcast we are. If you’re not in a headspace for this kind of discussion, or if you experience any kind of suicidal ideation, we highly recommend giving it a skip. We love you. We’ll see you next week.

Highlights:

[0:00] Mark explains why he hates not pulling his own podcast weight, we talk about thicc Disney characters, CoRri’s sleep gets worse, and we chat about a prison restaurant and prison abolition
[20:25] CoRri tells Mark about physician assisted suicide activist Dr. Jack Kevorkian

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Ep. 127: Let’s fight about Scream

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After a particularly gory story about a man and his mechanical corn harvester, we chat at length about some of the things we’ve been REALLY into watching lately, and then argue over the merits of the Scream franchise. No spoilers. Just debate.

Highlights:

[0:00] Mark tells CoRri about Sampson Parker and his corn mishap
[14:23] We find out if Mark can feel his kids’ adult teeth, Corrigan encounters a strange coincidence, Mark comes to Jesus, and we shoot the shit
[32:00] What we watched! (Luther: The Fallen Sun, Poker Face, Columbo, Missing, Bad Moon, Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence, Casablanca)
[65:10] We talk about the Scream franchise and why Mark didn’t enjoy Scream VI (we discuss specific scenes vaguely, but no actual spoilers)

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Ep. 126: Toxic miasma

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This week we’re delving deep into our collective anxieties, discussing a fog that killed a GRIP of people in London, and the many things about living in our bodies on planet Earth that are actually casually terrifying.

Highlights:

[0:00] CoRri tells Mark about London’s Great Smog of 1952
[28:00] Shooting of the shit occurs
[42:03] It’s time to shout out our Ko-fi subscribers! You can get a shout out too by doing the right thing at http://www.ko-fi.com/jackofallgraves
[61:00]What we watched! (Poker Face, The Whale, Claw, National Treasure, Cat’s Eye, Evil Dead 2, Time After Time, Baskin)
[80:20] Mark brings up the many ways in which life is just casually terrifying

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Ep. 125: Raptor pharaoh and other conspiracy fun

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While we’re no fans of baseless conspiracy theory and the often bigoted undertones, this week we’re discussing a few conspiracy theories it’s actually kind of fun to believe in. They’re not true, of course, but they’re fun.

Highlights:

[0:00] Mark tells CoRri about the horrific death of Katarzyna Zowada
[16:10] We review how we’re doing and chat quite a bit about videogames
[41:40] We announce our watch-along theme AND the wheel of justice is coming back! Join our Ko-Fi if you want to influence Mark’s viewing habits!
[49:35] What we watched! (Cocaine Bear, We Have a Ghost, So Weird, Be My Cat, Red Rose, Sleepaway Camp)
[80:00] We dive into some absolutely bananas conspiracy theories it’s kind of fun to believe

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Ep. 124: Existential space dread

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Space is terrifying and yet somehow incredibly alluring. This week we’re talking about some of the things that intrigue us and frighten us to our very souls about the INFINITE.

Highlights:

[0:00] CoRri tells Mark about the unsettling phenomenon of “phrogging.”
[29:56] We catch up on our weeks and breaking news in the Nicola Bulley case
[52:15] What we watched!
[73:40] We discuss why space is terrifying both physically and existentially

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