Jack of All Graves

Ep. 85: The wrench that almost nuked Arkansas

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America’s nuclear weapons are often more of a danger to Americans than they are a danger to others, Mark makes the case that we should be using corpses for more things, and decades olds closure to former cold cases makes us think about the meaning of guilt.

Highlights:

[0:00] CoRri tells Mark about the time a guy dropped a wrench and nearly blew up Arkansas

[28:20] Being home alone drives CoRri to think she’s being followed.

[41:16] Mark is better after his bout with covid, we had an impromptu watch-along is his feature film debut, and have a watch-along coming up on April 30th

[48:50] What we watched!

[75:30] Mark thinks we should use corpses for more things

[83:30] Society is big on disabled people being “miracles” but not great at treating them like humans

[90:30] We talk about cold cases that were solved decades later and what it means to be guilty

Stuff we referenced:

Stuff we watched:

Command and Control, Reign of Chaos, John Wayne Gacy Tapes, Everything Everywhere All At Once, The Rental, Ambulance, Chronicle, Sonic the Hedgehog 2

Ep. 84: Fucked around. Found out.

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Last week Mark boldly declared his immunity to covid. You’ll never guess what happened next! In this episode, we talk about some other people whose decisions caught up to them, but with fatal results.

Highlights:

[0:00] Mark just found out that American scientists have done a lot of terrible and unethical experiments on marginalized people, especially radiation-related ones.

[16:00] After last week’s stunning declaration that he was immune to covid, Mark has covid.

[21:30] Some announcements! We’re on Dead & Lovely, Mark’s in a movie he’s gonna watch on our Discord, we’ve got a watch-along coming

[37:19] In honor of Mark’s own hubris, CoRri tells him about some people who fucked around and found out

[52:20] What we watched!

[60:00] X Spoilers! We finally talk about X! Turn it off till you see the movie!

Stuff we referenced:

Stuff we watched:

Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, Godfather Pt. 2, Double Team, X, The Godfather, The Batman

Ep. 83: Zoonotic diseases

We’re finally getting around to talking about animal ailments that are a real bad time when transferred to humans! Plus, CoRri answers Mark’s tales of British censorship from last week with the story of America’s Hays Code.

Highlights:

[0:00] CoRri tells Mark how the film industry avoided government censorship in the early 20th century

[31:30] Mark is an outdoorsmen all of a sudden, which leads to a discussion of favorite movie sword fights

[44:50] Mark and CoRri respond differently to the threat of covid, book club is coming, and we’re gonna be on Dead & Lovely!

[53:59] Mark updates CoRri on a crime that occurred when she was in England

[58:00] A long chat about the Jimmy Savile documentary that hit Netflix last week

[68:30] What we watched!

[92:50] Zoonotic diseases!

Stuff we referenced:

Stuff we watched:

The Innkeepers, Bad Taste, Severance, Moonfall, Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story, Cool Runnings

Ep. 82: Vital information for your everyday life

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We’re getting educational this week, JoAG fam! We’re delving into the history of Britain’s video nasties and we’re taking a journey through some fascinating facts of no importance to keep your water cooler conversations flowing and your Tinder dates awkward!

Highlights:

[0:00] Mark tells CoRri about Britain’s “video nasties” and why you could be in deep trouble for engaging with films from A Nightmare on Elm Street to Cannibal Holocaust for decades in the UK.

[28:40] We small talk about small talk and compare migraines

[42:45] The void is closed off to Mark this month, so here are 25 fun facts for our Ko-fi supporters, which actually end up blowing CoRri’s mind

[64:00] Time to spin the wheel of justice and find out Mark’s next video rant!

[67:30] What we watched! And played!

Stuff we watched:

Wytchwood, Death’s Door, Broadcast Signal Intrusion, Tremors, Don’t Breathe 2, Butterfly Kisses

Ep. 81: Hacksville

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It’s been said that JoAG is like listening in on a conversation at the pub, and friends, that’s what this one is. We were gonna talk about zoonotic diseases, but instead we end up deep into a spiral about great directors who kinda suck now and why that happens. Join us. Eavesdrop. Sidle up to as at the bar and interject your thoughts.

Highlights:

[0:00] CoRri tells Mark about the dangers of the sleep medication Ambien

[24:00] We talk about our March mayhem, reflect on watching Piranha (1978), and discuss the next Marko’s Video Rants. Go submit your pick!

[33:00] We start walking about what we watch and just gooooo

[59:00] A conversation about Darkman spirals into a discussion about aging directors who’ve lost what made them great

Stuff we referenced:

The Bizarre Side Effects of Taking Ambien – https://www.healthline.com/health/side-effects-of-taking-ambien
Roseanne’s Ambien story almost makes sense. – https://slate.com/technology/2018/05/roseannes-ambien-story-almost-makes-sense.html
“I Did What?” Zolpidem and the Courts | Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law – http://jaapl.org/content/39/4/535
The ‘Ambien Defense’ Has a Long, Dubious History | Time – https://time.com/5295281/ambien-defense-history/
Two Cases of Zolpidem-Associated Homicide – PMC – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3505131/
Zolpidem: MedlinePlus Drug Information – https://medlineplus.gov/druginfo/meds/a693025.html

Stuff we watched:

Darkman, Rent-A-Pal, Maniac, Jurassic Park, Girl on the Third Floor, VelociPastor

Ep. 80: Meat cute

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We’ve got cannibalism on one end and nuclear neuroses on the other. Come with us for some JoAG therapy as we work through why Mark can’t stop thinking about mutually assured destruction.

Highlights:

[0:00] Mark tells CoRri about Japanese cannibal Issei Sagawa

[14:50] Just shooting the shit, y’know?

[28:30] What we watched! No spoilers, don’t worry.

[44:00] We talk about nuclear war: What would happen if it were to occur, how it’s depicted in pop culture, the effects of thinking too much about nuclear war on small children, and more!

Stuff we referenced:

The Day After: America Watches in Fear – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aG-e52yAxfs
Protect and Survive (Complete Nuclear Survival British Public Information Film) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yrv505R-0U
How Growing Up With the Threat of Nuclear War Shapes Kids’ Psyches – https://www.thecut.com/article/how-the-threat-of-nuclear-war-shapes-kids-psyches.html
How Growing Up With the Threat of Nuclear War Shapes Kids’ Psyches – https://www.thecut.com/article/how-the-threat-of-nuclear-war-shapes-kids-psyches.html
‘By 10, I knew all about the impact of a nuclear blast’: growing up in the shadow of the bomb – https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/16/by-10-i-knew-all-about-the-impact-of-a-nuclear-blast-growing-up-in-the-shadow-of-the-bomb
Fear of nuclear annihilation scarred children growing up in the Cold War, studies later showed- https://timeline.com/nuclear-war-child-psychology-d1ff491b5fe0
38 Essential ’80s Songs About Nuclear Anxiety – https://www.stereogum.com/1978060/38-essential-80s-songs-about-nuclear-anxiety/lists/ultimate-playlist/
How One Apocalyptic BBC Movie Scarred a Generation of U.K. Schoolchildren – https://www.kqed.org/arts/13867080/how-one-apocalyptic-bbc-movie-scarred-a-generation-of-u-k-schoolchildren
Nuclear War Movies: A History of Total Annihilation on Film – https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/nuclear-war-movies-a-history-of-total-annihilation-on-film/
The Day After (1983) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iyy9n8r16hs

Stuff we watched:

Ep. 79: Ceci n’est pas une soul

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We’ve got a lot on our minds this week, from war and covid, to whether you’d still be you if your consciousness was uploaded to the cloud. Settle in and work through some of the complexities of being alive in 2022 with us.

Highlights:

[0:00] CoRri tells Mark about the utopian commune turned sex cult, upstate New York’s Oneida Community

[25:47] We talk about war, covid, and how quickly we get used to bizarre and unthinkable events

[39:50] We set our next watch-along! Shall we do a gore fest on March 26th? Also, book club is this weekend! Don’t miss it!

[48:00] BATMAN SPOILERS! Time to talk about what we’ve watched! We start with The Batman, so if you don’t want some minor spoilers, I’m popping a timestamp in here for when we move on!

[63:00] We’re done talking Batman! More on what we’ve watched

[85:00] CoRri can’t stop thinking about consciousness after watching season 2 of Upload, so she asks Mark a question about what makes us who we are, and if an uploaded version of our consciousness would still fundamentally be us.

Stuff we referenced:

The Rich, Sexy History Of Oneida — Commune And Silverware Maker – https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2016/05/20/oneida-silverware
New York’s Oneida Community Preached Perfectionism and Created Silverware – https://untappedcities.com/2021/06/11/oneida-community-new-york/
The Utopia of Sharing in Oneida, NY – https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/03/travel/escapes/03Oneida.html
Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell – https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/book/9780743260046
The Trial of Charles Guiteau: An Account – https://famous-trials.com/guiteau/2197-home
The Untold Story of Utopian Communes In America – https://www.ic.org/paradisenow/

Stuff we watched:

Movies/Shows: Hellbender, Dogville, Shocking Dark, Death Drop Gorgeous, Butterfly Kisses, The Batman, Turning Red, Upload

Ep. 78: You might be a cult member if…

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It might seem like in an age saturated with true crime podcasts and Netflix documentaries about cults, we’d all be way to canny to fall prey to them. In this episode, we talk about why we still get pulled into the seductive lure of cults, and how social media, especially wellness and mommy influencers, provide fertile algorithmic ground for cultish ideology.

Highlights:

[0:00] Mark tells CoRri about the unsolved murder of Artemus Ogletree

[15:10] We catch up a little, ponder on some potential weird episodes of JoAG, and have a little cultural exchange over the phrase “full of beans”

[25:50] We switch things up and THIS is where we talk about what we watched!

[55:00] It’s time to spin the wheel of justice and find out what Mark will be watching for his next video rant

[59:30] Mark provides a psychic reading to each of our ko-fi supporters

[72:12] It’s time to talk about cults

Stuff we referenced:

Om-ing by the Beach With Andrew Keegan, Former Teen Idol Turned Spiritual Guru – https://www.vulture.com/2015/03/andrew-keegan-encounter.html
One of the Stars of ’10 Things I Hate About You’ Started a Religion – https://www.vice.com/en/article/mv55wa/andrew-keegan-started-a-new-religion-814
Wellness Mommy Bloggers and the Cultish Language They Use – https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/features/a36595860/wellness-mommy-bloggers-and-the-cultish-language-they-use/
Here’s How A “Poop Cult” With 58,000 Followers Set Off A Facebook War – https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/nidhisubbaraman/facebook-jilly-juice-cabbage-epperly
Woman Who Claims Cabbage Juice ‘Cures’ Autism and Can Regrow Limbs to Be Probed by Officials – https://www.newsweek.com/jillian-mai-thi-epperly-claims-cabbage-juice-cures-autism-homosexuality-and-909737

Movies: Upgrade, Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead, The Runner, The Batman, From, Donnie Darko

Ep. 77:

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This week Mark’s doctor gave him some pills to help him with his sleeping problem, which got him thinking about how lucky we are to live at a time when we can be prescribed a pill rather than experiencing some of the horrendous historical treatments for mental illness we discuss in this episode.

Highlights:

[0:00] CoRri tells Mark about the Neubauer twin experiments

[21:45] We talk about anxiety surrounding the events unfolding in Ukraine and what it means to be living in “interesting times”

[39:00] We discuss our watch-along and Christian Bale’s inscrutable accent

[51:26] What we watched!

[75:30] The medication Mark was given to sleep has him thinking about historical treatments for mental illness

Stuff we referenced:

The twins of Auschwitz – https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-30933718
CSUF professor’s book sheds light on a mid-century scandal – https://www.ocregister.com/2021/11/05/csuf-professors-book-sheds-light-on-a-mid-century-scandal/
Three Identical Strangers: Was the twin separation study ethical? – https://www.newscientist.com/article/2208369-three-identical-strangers-was-the-twin-separation-study-ethical/
A U.S. Science Experiment that Deliberately Separated Jewish Identical Twins from Birth – https://medium.com/lessons-from-history/a-u-s-science-experiment-that-deliberately-separated-jewish-identical-twins-from-birth-b7ce8deaca4f
‘Three Identical Strangers’: It’s not too late to address the ethical violations – https://www.statnews.com/2019/02/07/three-identical-strangers-address-ethical-violations/
Twins reveal horror of being separated at birth — and for years after – https://nypost.com/2021/12/11/twins-reveal-horror-of-study-that-kept-them-apart-for-decades/
Lessons From a Controversial Study That ‘Deliberately Divided’ Twins – https://news.fullerton.edu/2021/10/lessons-from-a-controversial-study-that-deliberately-divided-twins/
60 Years On, Twin/Triplet Study Still Raises Questions – https://www.medpagetoday.com/psychiatry/generalpsychiatry/80829
Records from controversial twin study sealed at Yale until 2065 – https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2018/10/01/records-from-controversial-twin-study-sealed-at-yale-until-2065/

Stuff we watched:

Pictured: Ginnifer Goodwin as Beth-Ann of the CBS All Access series WHY WOMEN KILL. Photo Cr: Matthias Clamer/CBS ©2019 CBS Interactive, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Ep. 76: Coincidence is fair

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Jack of All Graves came about as a result of a super chance interaction on twitter a decade ago, a coincidence that blows CoRri’s mind and leads us into a discussion of some of the wild coincidences that have happened on and around our planet, from life-saving flight changes to multiple atomic bombing survivals.

Highlights:

[0:00] Mark tells CoRri the tale of the Kentucky Meat Shower of 1876
[12:44] This introduction is all over the place. Just sit back and enjoy the ride.
[24:40] The book club schedule is up, along with an amazing discount from our partner indie bookstore! Check out http://www,jackofallgraves.com/bookclub for all the info! Plus, we’ve recorded a special Snack of All Graves reacting to the new Texas Chainsaw Massacre movie which will be up on our YouTube and our Ko-Fi free to all!
[28:52] Somehow we’re watching Reign of Fire for our watch-along this weekend, which leads to a discussion of whether dragon movies inherently suck.
[38:42] What we watched!
[49:50] We discuss the crazy random happenstance of coincidences.

Stuff we referenced:

The Story of Violet Constance Jessop – https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/titanic/stories/violet-constance-jessop.htm
The daughter of Irish immigrants who survived the Titanic, Britannic, and Olympic disasters – https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/violet-jessop-disasters
Violet Constance Jessop – https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/titanic-survivor/violet-constance-jessop.htm
Robert Todd Lincoln and Presidential Assassiations – https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/robert-todd-lincoln-and-presidential-assassiations-not-formal-title.htm
“A Certain Fatality”: Robert Todd Lincoln and Presidential Assassinations – http://werehistory.org/robert-todd-lincoln/
If You Are Hit By Two Atomic Bombs, Should You Have Kids? – https://www.npr.org/sections/krulwich/2012/07/17/156915881/if-you-are-hit-by-two-atomic-bombs-should-you-have-kids
The Man Who Survived Two Atomic Bombs – https://www.history.com/news/the-man-who-survived-two-atomic-bombs