Episode 20 - Reefer Madness
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It's pandamonium! And on this week's episode, we're talking about the Reefer Madness phenomenon that dominated the 20th century. We're breaking down the cult classic film and taking an in-depth look at the big-business, backed policies that gave marihuana such a negative connotation.Thanks for listening. Stay Safe!
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Episode 19 - Quarantine Crimes and Updates
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On our first episode via zoom since we've all been in lockdown, we talk about the pop culture true crime events that are happening during the pandemic including Tiger King and a Van Gogh painting theft. After that we go into the entertainment industry parallels between today and the 1918 Influenza epidemic.
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Episode 18 - Classic Hollywood Assassination Attempts
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On our first solo episode, we're talking about the golden age of Hollywood with the assassination attempts of Shirley Temple, Charlie Chaplin and John Wayne.
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Episode 17 - Dungeons and Dragons during the Satanic Panic
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On today's episode, we talk about some of the high profile cases where the role playing game Dungeons and Dragons was blamed for violence and suicide. We talk about the disappearance of James Dallas Egbert whose tragic story was turned into Tom Hank's first film Mazes and Monsters. WE also talk about Patricia Pulling, who after her son died, created BADD who blamed the game on satan and even werewolves!
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Episode 16 - Martin Cahill: The Ordinary Decent Criminal
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Today we’re talking with special guest Jason Brennan from Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast about Martin Cahill or the general, as dubbed by the media. From the early 1970s until his death in 1994, Cahill rose from house burglaries and hot dog vendor extortion up to major robbery including both a multimillion dollar gold and jewelry heist; and the art theft of some of the World’s most valuable paintings.
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Episode 15 - Kevin Spacey Mysterious Deaths Conspiracy
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Today we’re talking about the pretty insane story of the mysterious deaths of Kevin Spacey’s accusers in what can only be described as a conspiracy theorists wet dream.
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Episode 14 - Cannibal Holocaust
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“Better to rest in peace in the warm body of a friend than in the cold ground”
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Episode 13 - Animal Cruelty in Film
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Animals have been harmed in films since the dawn of its invention.
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Episode 12 - Book Scams
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A few recent shady book happenings; New York Times fake bestseller Triggered by Donald Trump Jr and the sentencing of Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh for her Healthy Holly scandal got us interested in some other historical book scams including Clifford Irving's fake Howard Hughes biography and Go Ask Alice written by Anonymous.
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Episode 11 - The Money Train Subway Fire Bombings
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For our first episode of season 2 we wanted to start off the season with another Woody Harrelson movie that spread controversy in the 1990’s.
info_outlinePeople overreact to movies. A Lot. Today we talk about two of the films that sparked the most outrage and violence with the Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange and Martin Scorsese's Last Temptation of Christ. We also talk about badly timed movies that wouldn't have been controversial if not for when they were released.
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Our sources today are:
Police Suspect Arson In Fire at Paris Theater By Steven Greenhouse for the New York Times, 1988
Turning Like Clockwork by Gary Leva (clips used)
C.A.N. News (Community Action Network News) Episode-1 Part-4 "Last Temptation' San Francisco protest (clips used)
Also wanted to credit profound_whatever reddit account who made an imgur post that inspired this list.