Jack of All Graves Jack of All Graves

In lieu of a regular episode as Corrigan travels to Europe, you're in for a special treat as Marko reads for us from Clive Barker's anthology "Books of Blood." Settle in, loves.

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.

Stuff we referenced:


The Spectacular Failure of the Star Wars Hotel

A British Nurse Was Found Guilty of Killing Seven Babies. Did She Do It?

Why a New Yorker Story on a Notorious Murder Case Is Blocked in Britain

“Impossible to approach the reporting the way I normally would”: How Rachel Aviv wrote that New Yorker story on Lucy Letby

New Yorker Story Questions Guilt Of Nurse Convicted Of Killing 7 Babies

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

Stuff we referenced:


The War of the Worlds panic was a myth

75 Years Ago, 'War Of The Worlds' Started A Panic. Or Did It? : The Two-Way : NPR

The Infamous "War of the Worlds" Radio Broadcast Was a Magnificent Fluke | Smithsonian

The Halloween myth of the War of the Worlds panic - BBC News

Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds panic myth: The infamous radio broadcast did not cause a nationwide hysteria.

Ecuador's War of the Worlds: The Myth That Was

The War of the Worlds in Ecuador

Every now and then we like to take stock of where we are in our slide towards the apocalypse, so this week we're looking back over the last four years and asking, has everything gotten worse?

Highlights:

[0:00] Marko tells Corrigan about an online asshole who murdered via suicide[21:49] CoRri is a brash American, Mark finds out what brand of neurodivergent he is, and we delve into our weird dream states[38:00] JoAG is going YouTube, the Conjuring is coming to our ko-fi, and we rip the Warrens again[44:27] A Russian family melting down outside Corrigan's window leads to a discussion of corporal punishment[53:06] What we watched! (Atlas, Escape from New York, The Fall Guy, The Coffee Table, Fallen Idols: Nick and Aaron Carter, The First Omen)[86:49] From our personal lives to greeflation to AI, we question what's gotten worse and better since we started this podcast in August of 2020.

Stuff we referenced:


‘Consumers are more powerful than President Biden’: The war on greedflation is being won one private-label brand at a time

Inflation is cooling. So why are food prices, from steak to fast-food meals, still rising?

The 7 most shocking Google AI answers we’ve seen so far

It is the rare occasion upon which it is a holiday in BOTH of our countries, so we're chillin' out with a low key movie deep dive. Or at least that was the plan. We took a lot of twists and turns, but hey, come nurse your holiday hangover w/ your moviephile weirdo besties.

Highlights:

[0:00] Mark gets a mysterious set of phone calls, which leads to a discussion of scams[12:16] Richard Dreyfuss has continued his Jaws tour and it's not going great! [24:30 We discuss what kind of Spielberg tattoo Corrigan would put on her thicc thigh, and lowkey racist things like Tintin, Agatha Christie, an Roald Dahl[34:07] What we watched! With many tangents including why Civil War makes CoRri rage-y, why Caitlin Cronenberg is an alright nepo-baby, the '90s obsession with tribal shit, and more![87:27] We play 20 questions! Mark makes Corrigan guess what random movie he watched on Netflix this week. Tell us when you got it and what questions CoRri should have asked.

What we watched:


Furiosa

Fury Road

Day of the Dead

All You Need is Death

Civil War

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

Congo

Humane

Mad Max

Corrigan tells Mark the dark origins of the phrase "the dingo ate my baby," and we discuss how travel can be hazardous to your life expectancy as we explore the many ways tourists have died on holiday.

Highlights:

[0:00] Corrigan tells Mark about the time a dingo ate a lady's baby and everyone laughed[28:30] Mark spins a yarn, CoRri's air conditioner birds have flown the nest, we've got book club and Fancave updates, and we discuss our favorite book to movie adaptations and what fantasy worlds we'd want to live in.[51:52] Marko rants about the JASON UNIVERSE[60:30] What we watched! (Gaslight, In Bruges, Kim's Video, Challengers, Jurassic World Dominion, A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, Gozilla x Kong: The New Empire, Sting, The Loved Ones[103:00] We discuss ways in which tourists have met their ends abroad

Stuff we referenced:


Azaria Chamberlain inquest: forget the dingo jokes and recognise Lindy’s trauma

DISTURBING DETAILS FOUND AT AZARIA CHAMBERLAIN'S DEATH SCENE

From the vault – Chamberlain collection

Vindication at Last for a Woman Scorned by Australia’s News Outlets

Azaria Chamberlain inquest

Australian coroner finds dingo took baby Azaria in 1980

'The police were feeding information to the press': The Australian mother wrongly convicted of murder

Why That ‘Dingo’s Got My Baby’ Line Isn’t Funny

'Dingo baby' mystery finally solved? Australia inquest hopes to close 1980 case

Dingo baby ruling ends 32 years of torment for Lindy Chamberlain

How do Dingos hunt?

Dingo attacks are rare – but here’s what you need to know about dingo safety

Dingoes: How dangerous are they?

The disturbing disappearance and death of the German Tourists in Death Valley — StrangeOutdoors.com

The Hunt for the Death Valley Germans

Death Valley Germans • Family Lost in Death Valley California