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Some movies have rough productions. Others seem to have something genuinely strange hanging over them.

In this episode, we dig into some of Hollywood’s most infamous “cursed” movies and the bizarre stories that built those legends. We get into the real human skeletons used in Poltergeist, the string of deaths surrounding the franchise, the ridiculous amount of bad luck connected to The Omen, the fire that destroyed The Exorcist set while leaving Regan’s bedroom untouched, and the John Wayne movie that may have exposed hundreds of people to radioactive fallout.

We also get into Brandon Lee and the eerie coincidences surrounding The Crow, the supposedly deadly Atuk screenplay, the tragedies connected to Rosemary’s Baby, the modern curse mythology around The Conjuring universe, William Shatner’s nearly lost Esperanto horror movie Incubus, the Superman curse, the insane working conditions on The Wizard of Oz, and plenty more.

Some of these stories are pure Hollywood folklore. Some are horrible accidents and coincidences that got turned into supernatural legends. And a few are strange enough that they’re a little harder to shrug off.

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Living in an apartment changes the entire preparedness equation. You’ve got limited storage, neighbors on every side, shared utilities, elevators that may stop working, lease restrictions, and a whole bunch of critical systems that you don’t actually control.

In this episode, we break down how to realistically prepare when you don’t have a basement, garage, backyard, or unlimited room for supplies. We get into apartment water and food storage, cooking during a blackout, portable power, heating and cooling, fire safety, security, communications, sanitation, dealing with neighbors, and what happens when those elevators stop working.

We also talk about one of the biggest differences with apartment survival: knowing when it’s time to get out. Your apartment might be completely fine while a fire, sewage backup, failed heating system, security problem, or something happening several floors away makes the entire building unsafe.

Apartment prepping isn’t about trying to cram a suburban prepper setup into 700 square feet. It’s about keeping things compact, mobile, useful, and having enough options to handle the emergency or get out before things get worse.

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Why apartment preparedness is different

Making limited storage space work

Water and food storage in small spaces

Cooking safely without power

Portable power stations and charging

Heating and cooling during an outage

Elevators, stairwells, and evacuation

Apartment fire safety

Security and home defense

Neighbors and shared resources

Emergency communications

Toilets and sanitation without water

Medical needs and medications

Working with building management and lease restrictions

Bugging in vs. knowing when to bug out

The best practical apartment preps

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This week we’re answering some of the weirdest, funniest, and surprisingly useful questions sent in by the Casual Preppers community.

We get into everything from alien invasions, apocalypse custody arrangements, hospital go-bags, EDC overload, and how much ammo is enough when velociraptors can open doors. We also tackle the important stuff, like whether diarrhea is survivable, which fictional gun we’d want in the apocalypse, what animal would make the best survival companion, and what exactly you should do if you encounter Lady Bigfoot during mating season.

Mixed in with the nonsense are some genuinely solid preparedness takeaways about keeping your everyday carry practical, planning for blended-family emergencies, having a grab-and-go hospital bag ready, knowing tsunami evacuation routes, and avoiding the doom-prepping rabbit hole. Because prepping should enhance your life, not become your life.

As usual, things eventually go completely off the rails.

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You probably use way more water every day than you realize. In this episode, we break down what happens when the tap suddenly runs dry, or worse, when the water is still flowing but you’ve been told not to drink it.

We cover how much water you actually need, what to do in the first 30 minutes of an outage, hidden water sources around your house, ways to stretch every gallon, emergency water collection, filtration and disinfection, sanitation problems, and the weird little tools that can make a water crisis a whole lot easier to manage.

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The big takeaway: storing water is only the beginning. You need a plan for collecting it, moving it, treating it, rationing it, and keeping the good stuff from getting contaminated.

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This week we’re stepping away from the apocalypse for a very important topic: the greatest movies of the 1980s.

Coby and Cam each bring their personal Top 20, which means plenty of nostalgia, questionable rankings, ties, childhood favorites, and movies we’ve probably watched way too many times.

We’re talking Back to the Future, Predator, The Lost Boys, Indiana Jones, The Burbs, Top Gun, RoboCop, The Goonies, Ghostbusters, Gremlins and a whole pile of other 80s greatness.

Plus, honorable mentions, forgotten classics, Corey Feldman appreciation, dystopian Arnold movies, Spielberg, John Hughes, Christmas movies, and the inevitable argument over what deserves the #1 spot.

Basically, if you grew up in the 80s or just love the movies from that era, this one’s for you.

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What happens when a completely normal neighborhood gets cut off from the outside world for 72 hours?

In this episode, we drop into a fictional cul-de-sac after a violent storm washes out the only road, knocks out power, disrupts water service, and leaves twenty households to figure things out on their own.

As the hours pass, the problems start stacking up: medication shortages, generator fuel, questionable water, stranded family members, neighborhood security, hidden supplies, rumors, theft scares, and one very unfortunate missing gas can.

We work through the scenario hour by hour and ask what we would actually do, what gear really matters, how much we would share with neighbors, and how quickly a group of normal people could either become a functioning community or completely turn on each other.

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In 1955, a Kentucky family claimed their farmhouse was surrounded for hours by small glowing creatures with huge eyes, clawed hands and a strange ability to shrug off gunfire.

We break down the Hopkinsville Goblins encounter, the police response, the owl theory, the carnival connection, the weirder explanations and how the story became UFO legend.

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Something is happening, the shelves are still stocked, and you’ve got one more shot to make a grocery run before things get weird. In this episode, we break down how to handle that last trip without becoming the guy panic-buying 11 cases of water and a pallet of toilet paper.

We cover what to prioritize, how to shop based on the actual emergency, overlooked second-wave shortages, foods that require more water and fuel than you might think, checkout and payment problems, cold storage, and knowing when it’s time to stop shopping and get home. More importantly, we talk about how to build enough everyday preparedness that someday this entire trip becomes optional.

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Paul Bennewitz was a successful businessman, pilot and electronics expert who lived near Kirtland Air Force Base and became convinced he was intercepting communications from extraterrestrials. What started with strange lights and bizarre radio signals quickly exploded into claims involving alien abductions, implants, underground bases, cattle mutilations, government-alien treaties, Dulce Base and even an underground war between humans and aliens.

But the craziest part of the story may be what happened behind the scenes. Air Force intelligence figures, including Richard Doty, allegedly encouraged Bennewitz’s beliefs and fed UFO disinformation into his investigation, possibly to keep him away from real classified military activity. Eventually, Bennewitz’s obsession consumed his life and contributed to a severe mental breakdown.

In this episode, we dig into Project Beta, Bennewitz’s bizarre decoded alien messages, Myrna Hansen, cattle mutilations, alien implants, Dulce Base, the alleged government treaty, Phil Schneider’s underground battle, MJ-12, William Moore and one of the strangest alleged government disinformation operations in UFO history.

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Most families have emergency supplies, but their actual plan is usually scattered across phones, random notes, old conversations, and the brain of one person who supposedly knows where everything is.

In this episode, we break down how to build a family emergency plan that still works when the phones are dead, the roads are blocked, everyone is separated, and the household’s main prepper is not around to run the show.

Using the MAD Gear Contingency Planner and ReadyPlan app as our guide, we cover realistic threats, conditions for action, PACE planning, communication backups, meeting locations, evacuation routes, fuel, family roles, medical information, pets, gear locations, security, and how to create different loadout plans based on how much time you have to leave.

Because owning the gear is only half the job. Your family also needs to know when to act, where to go, what to grab, and what happens when Plan A falls apart.

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