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

Ep. 270: america's most evil president

The United States has just celebrated 250 years since the adoption of the 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 STUFF WE REFERENCED: * Andrew Jackson: The good, the bad, the ethnic cleansing [https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/opinion/2017/03/26/andrew-jackson-good-bad-ethnic-cleansing/99431726] * Andrew Jackson Was Not A Product Of His Time [https://www.ploddingthroughthepresidents.com/2020/10/andrew-jackson-was-not-a-product-of-his-time.html] * Andrew Jackson: the Father of Genocide of the South and Eastern Tribes [https://ictnews.org/archive/andrew-jackson-father-genocide-south-eastern-tribes/] * Andrew Jackson was a slaver, ethnic cleanser, and tyrant. He deserves no place on our money. [https://archive.is/20190721041327/https://www.vox.com/2016/4/20/11469514/andrew-jackson-indian-removal#selection-973.0-973.92] * Andrew Jackson Was A Real-Life Horror Movie Monster [https://www.ploddingthroughthepresidents.com/2017/03/andrew-jackson-real-life-horror-monster.html] * Andrew Jackson’s Face is a Meme for White Supremacy [https://citylights.com/andrew-jacksons-face-is-a-meme-for-white-supremacy/] * Andrew Jackson: America’s Most Violent President [https://delanirbartlette.medium.com/andrew-jackson-americas-most-violent-president-1d232a199dec] * A Brief History on the Trail of Tears [https://www.theindigenousfoundation.org/articles/a-brief-history-on-the-trail-of-tears] * July 27, 1816: The “Negro Fort” Massacre [https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/negro-fort-massacre/] * 1837: The Hard Times [https://www.library.hbs.edu/hc/crises/1837.html] * U.S. president secrets you never knew [https://www.rd.com/list/secret-quirks-of-u-s-presidents/]

Ep. 269: christopher porco took an axe

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. HIGHLIGHTS: [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. 268: more than a hero, a union man

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 STUFF WE REFERENCED: * Speculator Mining Disaster [https://southwestmt.com/blog/speculator-mining-disaster/] * The Granite Mountain – Speculator Mine Disaster [https://bigskyjournal.com/granite-mountain-speculator-mine-disaster/] * Granite Mountain/Speculator Mine Disaster [https://www.intermountainhistories.org/items/show/535] * The mysterious lynching of Frank Little: activist who fought inequality and lost [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/sep/21/mysterious-lynching-of-frank-little-equality-activist] * A Reexamination of the Granite Mountain/Speculator Mine Disaster [https://mhs.mt.gov/education/docs/CirGuides/Harrington-Butte-1998.pdf] * Frank Little: The Hobo Agitator [https://www.pbs.org/video/the-second-century-frank-little-the-hobo-agitator/]

Ep. 267: cancer you can catch

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 [https://discord.gg/HuBTacyn5Y] 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

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 [https://ko-fi.com/post/Best-Album-Ever--Glee-Helms-Almost-Goes-to-Wood-P5P61ZONRG]!) [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) STUFF WE REFERENCED: * Inside the Rise of the Hells Angels, the World’s Most Powerful Biker Gang [https://www.vice.com/en/article/hells-angels-kingdom-come-documentary-series/] * LIFE Rides With Hells Angels, 1965 [https://www.life.com/history/life-rides-with-hells-angels-1965/] * 'If Woodstock started it, we stopped it': How the Rolling Stones killed the hippie dream at Altamont [https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-12-01/how-the-rolling-stones-killed-the-hippie-dream-at-altamont/11747188] * What happened at the Altamont Free Festival? [https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/what-happened-at-the-altamont-free-festival/] * Altamont At 50: The Disastrous Concert That Brought The ‘60s To A Crashing Halt [https://www.removepaywall.com/search?url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidchiu/2019/12/03/altamont-at-50-the-disastrous-concert-that-brought-the-60s-to-a-crashing-halt] * Altamont at 45: The most dangerous rock concert [https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20141205-did-altamont-end-the-60s] * Who was to blame for the Altamont Free Concert tragedy? [https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/who-was-to-blame-for-the-tragedy-at-altamont/] * The Altamont Speedway Free Concert: The Deadly End To The Hippie Era [https://allthatsinteresting.com/altamont-speedway-free-concert] * Days Of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road To Altamont [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKOnMZ2cm80] * The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIRpTSk2yEY&t=1548s&pp=0gcJCQQLAYcqIYzv] * The Sixties aren’t dead... they’ve been rebooted on today’s American streets [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/world-history/sixties-aren-t-dead-altamont-woodstock-black-panthers-watergate-a7339036.html] * Angels & Abominations: The Altamont Tragedy [http://www.nedrock.org/angels-abominations-the-altamont-tragedy/] * KoRn at Woodstock '99 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IpJWJvbVQU]