Ep. 194: when the brain is blind but the eyes aren’t

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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. The results might surprise you! Plus, CoRri’s birthday is coming up, Mark’s going to Bulgaria, and we have a chat about terrible brand names
[44:55] Watch-along coming up so send us your NYC horror recommendations! It’s almost our anniversary and Steve and Anna of Hellrankers are coming to ‘cast with Corrigan next week!
[58:10] New Elm Street 4k coming, we’re into Fede things, and what we watched! (Alien: Romulus, Waterworld, Trap, Back to the Future)
[1:28:00] Mark speedruns through a list of mildly troubling questions for CoRri to answer

Ep. 193: skull science

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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:

[0:00] Corrigan tells Marko about the history of phrenology and what it has to do with a 19th century Portuguese serial killer
[46:45] Summer is attacking Mark, Corrigan is getting a dog
[57:00] Meetup’s coming up so get on in! Also, book club this weekend reading Maeve Fly! Join us! And then a New York themed watch-along at the end of the month! And our new Snack to the Future is coming to Ko-Fi on Friday!
[64:00] Corrigan was almost on a pro-wrestling podcast. We discuss her experience watching ’90s Nitro and Raw
[72:07] We have horrifying Titan Submersible updates!
[89:00] What we watched! (Virtuosity, It Chapter 2, Ghost Shark, Godzilla Minus One, Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person, A Man For All Seasons, Despicable Me 4, Alien)
[116:30] Question of the week: What Olympic sport do you think you could qualify for with enough practice?

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Ep. 192: super(high) soldiers & near death experiences

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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, you guys
[63:00] The UK is full of fascists and they’re burning things!
[70:45] A fond farewell to Dead & Lovely
[76:30] What we watched! (We are What We Are, Psycho III, Psycho IV, It, Cobra Kai, The King of Comedy)

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Ep. 190: kathleen folbigg didn’t kill her kids

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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 the deaths of several infants)

Ep. 191: when chicago caught fire

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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 get on our Discord if you’d like to come visit us in September!
[51:25] Corrigan convinces Marko he’ll like a sport
[62:08] What we watched! (Ghoulies, Ghoulies 2, Starship Troopers, The Passing (Yr Ymadawiad), Monster Mash, The Running Man, Hackers, Deadpool and Wolverine
[90:00] Mark has questions about Project 2025

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Ep. 189: the unluckiest art piece on earth

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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 has covid and a broken computer; we have a watch-along coming July 27th
[67:20] Some bananas murders hit the UK, causing Marko to once again reflect on his own perfect murder method
[80:00] What we watched! (The Bear, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Longlegs, MaXXXine, Telemarketers, Turbulence)
[112:54] A macabre question from Marko: How do you think you’re going to die?

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Ep. 188: acid rain & vacay vibes

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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. No spoilers except the basic plot of the movie)

Highlights:

[0:00] CoRri tells Mark why we never talk about acid rain anymore
[44:50] Marko expresses enthusiasm about a new necrophile, CoRri’s a normie on vacay, our political debates are absurd,
[65:00] What we watched! (Rite Here Rite Now, In A Violent Nature, Loop Track, A Quiet Place: Day One, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Friday the 13th Pt. 2, Telemarketers)
[1hr51] What would we do if the world were ending and we were already dying?

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Ep. 187: the lars mittank mystery & the sham trial of lucy letby

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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] Mark tells Corrigan about the disappearance of Lars Mittank
[21:15] Mark celebrates Father’s Day, we talk about the 4 hour YouTube takedown of the Star Wars hotel, we discuss CoRri’s mourning period over her dog and whether you could fit a human in a pet euthabag
[39:10] Furiosa tanked in the theaters. Can we save cinemagoing?
[56:13] What we watched! ( Hit Man, Romy & Michele’s High School Reunion, To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar, Pride, The Omen, Six Schizophrenic Brothers [Book – Hidden Valley Road], Killer Klowns from Outer Space, Thale, Brats, I Saw The TV Glow)
[90:36] We revisit the Lucy Letby case and question whether we’re collectively too attached to her guilt… and if so, what does that say about us and our criminal justice systems.

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Ep. 186: the panic broadcast & the 2nd death

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Uh oh! Corrigan’s busting some myth’s again, breaking down the tall tale of the War of the Worlds panic broadcast. Then, as Marko and CoRri both deal with different deaths in their lives, it’s a chat about what it means to leave a legacy, and how we and others stave off the dreaded “second death.”

Highlights:

[0:00] Corrigan tells Marko about the myth of the War of the Worlds panic broadcast
[30:28] CoRri talks about the absurd ways her dog is slipping from life, new JoAG mailings are coming, Let’s Play is coming, book club is Saturday, and CoRri is taking extraordinary measures to ensure the success of the NYC meeting
[44:00] What we watched! (Double Jeopardy, The Fugitive, Dancing for the Devil: The 7M TikTok Cult, MoviePass, MovieCrash, Babes, Cronos, The Exorcist: Believer, Stung, Under Paris. The Strangers: Chapter One)
[87:50] We talk about what it means for your memory to outlive you, and whether we want it to

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