Ep. 266: the altamont incident

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]

Ep. 265: beltway snipers & a farewell to labour

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

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? STUFF WE REFERENCED: * 11 Scientists Are Dead or Missing. It Was Only a Matter of Time Before Conspiracy Theories Hit the White House. [https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/missing-scientists-conspiracy-theories-white-house?_sp=682a036d-a4ad-4d06-9722-09234b75f802.1777754413617] * The ‘Missing Scientist’ Story Is Unbelievably Dumb [https://www.removepaywall.com/search?url=https://www.theatlantic.com/science/2026/04/missing-scientists/686885] * Who are the missing or dead scientists with connections to government research? [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5837873-missing-dead-scientists-trump-probe-who-are-they/] * Relatives of 10 scientists who died or vanished grapple with impact of wild speculation [https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyw9rpdl4po] * Fact-checking claims about missing, dead scientists: Were they researching UFOs, nuclear weapons? [https://www.ksbw.com/article/missing-scientists-nuclear-weapons-ufos/71167799] * At least 10 people tied to sensitive US research have died or disappeared in recent years, sparking federal investigation [https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/21/us/deaths-disappearances-scientists-investigation] * The dolphin who loved me: the Nasa-funded project that went wrong [https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jun/08/the-dolphin-who-loved-me] * The Woman Who Talked to — and Dated — a Dolphin [https://cvltnation.com/the-woman-who-talked-to-and-dated-a-dolphin/] * How A Science Experiment Led to Sexual Encounters Between a Woman and a Dolphin [https://www.theatlantic.com/international/2014/06/how-a-science-experiment-led-to-sexual-encounters-for-a-woman-and-a-dolphin/372606/] * The woman who lived in sin with a dolphin [https://www.removepaywall.com/search?url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/10860676/The-woman-who-lived-in-sin-with-a-dolphin.html] * Man who had sex for a year with a captive Dolphin called Dolly speaks out about their year-long love affair in new documentary and claims SHE seduced him  [https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-2934586/Man-SEX-dolphin-1970s-claims-new-film-performing-mammal-one-seduced-him.html?amp=&=]