Our Human Sacrifice episode features vikings, Aztecs, Incans, Olmec sacrifical bogs, the Peruvian temple of doom, the Decapitator god, Egyptian & viking burial rites, Mound 72, the torso in the Thames, General Butt Naked, human sacrifice in the Bible plus other items to turn your stomach!

Music: "The Chosen One" by The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets

 

Movies

Wicker Man (2006)

Joe: 2/10

Indiana Jones & the Temple of Doom

Kevin: 5/10

Toren: 6/10

Joe: 6/10

Apocalypto

Joe: 6/10

The Mummy

Kevin: 6/10

Toren 4/10

Joe: 6/10

Heavy Metal

Kevin: 5/10

Toren: 7/10

Joe: 5/10

Dragonslayer

Toren 7.5/10

Joe: 7/10

Conan The Destroyer

Kevin: 4/10

Toren 3/10

Clash of the Titans (1981)

Kevin: 7/10

Toren: 4/10

Joe: 5/10

Clash of the Titans (2010)

Kevin: 5/10

Toren: 5/10

King Kong (1933)

Kevin: 6/10

Toren: 8/10

King Kong (1976)

Toren: 7/10

Joe: 5/10

King Kong (2005)

Kevin: 8/10

Toren: 7/10

Joe: 6/10

Joe VS The Volcano

Kevin: 5/10

Joe: 6/10

This week Caustic Soda returns to "Evil Men In History" with a discussion of Maximilien Robespierre, source of the French Revolution's "Reign of Terror"!

Music: "Unstoppable" by The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets

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Horsetrack Hooligans' Jordan Pratt joins us to talk about P.O.W. Camps from the Civil War to Guantanamo Bay.

MUSIC: Roy Rogers "Don't Fence Me In"

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Movies

The Great Escape

Kevin: 7/10

Joe: 6/10

Jordan: 7/10

Toren: 7/10

Victory

Jordan: 4/10

Empire of the Sun

Kevin: 8/10

Jordan: 8/10

Joe: 7/10

Deerhunter

Kevin: 9/10

Jordan: 9/10

Toren: 6/10

Joe: 7/10

Rescue Dawn

Kevin: 7/10

Toren: 6/10

Stalag 17

Kevin: 8/10

Toren: 8/10

Bridge on the River Kwai

Kevin: 7/10

Jordan: 8/10

Toren: 8/10

First hand, second hand and third hand smoke, tobacco enemas and medicinal use of smoke, plus all the usual detrimental health effects of tobacco, not the least of which is giant exploding cigarettes in Thailand.

Music: "Smoke, Smoke, Smoke" Tex Williams

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Videos

Destroyed in Seconds - Exploding Cigarette

 

Links

Chris Woods' Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms

Movies

Thank You For Smoking

Toren: 7/10

Kevin: 8/10

Joe: 8/10

Smoke

Kevin: 7/10

The Insider

Toren: 8/10

Kevin: 6/10

Joe: 7/10

X-Files

Toren: 6/10

Kevin: 6/10

Joe: 6/10

Toren, Kevin, and Joe once again welcome Chris Woods for a look at submarines, from the early days of the man-powered Turtle to the nuclear powered Nautilus. German wolf-packs, blue-on-blue engagement, emergency blows, and -- we kid you not -- submarine-launched bombers carrying medieval biological warfare!

Music: "Beyond the Sea" by Bobby Darin

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Fraser Cain of Universe Today and Astronomy Cast joins Toren, Joe and Kevin to talk about meteors, comets and asteroids including the Torino Impact Hazard Scale, the Tunguska blast, the Chicxulub impact event and the Dawn Mission to not one but two asteroids. Also news, films, pop culture, and some German kid who may or may not have been hit by a meteorite.

Music: "Caravan" by Gordon Jenkins

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Links

Astronomy Cast

Universe Today

Gerrit Blank's alleged meteorite injury

Dawn Mission

Videos

Movies

Armageddon

Toren: 4/10

Kevin: 2/10

Joe: 5/10

Fraser: 2/10

Empire Strikes Back

Toren: 10/10

Kevin: 9/10

Joe: 9/10

Fraser: 9/10

Deep Impact

Kevin: 4/10

Creepshow

Toren: 5/10

Kevin: 5/10

Fraser: 5/10

Day of the Triffids (1962)

Toren: 6/10

Fraser: 5/10

Meteor Man

Toren: 3/10

The Blob

Toren: 4/10

Kevin: 2/10

Joe: 4/10

Fraser: 4/10

Night of the Comet:

Toren: 5/10

Joe: 6/10

Tuberculosis! It's not just for lungs any more! Almost Dr. Jenna Capyk joins Joe, Toren, and Kevin to talk about the disease infecting one-third of the world's population. Learn why those infected with TB were once thought to be vampires, why the hunchback of Notre Dame may have had TB, and more!

Music: You Leave Me Breathless by Mildred Baily

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Links

That's Science! - Almost Dr. Jenna's blog!

List of tuberculosis victims

Shock talk with special guest Derek Mack. We discuss the different kinds of burns and bodily harm caused by electricity, the war of the currents, macroshock vs microshock, electric eels, plus the usual news & pop culture. Note: "Lightning" and "Electric Chair" will be covered in subsequent episodes.

Music: "I'm Beginning to See the Light" by The Ink Spots and Ella Fitzgerald

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Videos

Movies

The Prestige

Toren: 7/10

Kevin: 8/10

Joe: 7/10

The Running Man

Toren: 4/10

Kevin: 6/10

Joe: 5/10

Shocker

Kevin: 3/10

Frankenstein

Kevin: 1/10

Ernest Goes to Jail

Kevin: 6/10

Scurrying, skittering, and scampering into your ears, it's the Caustic Soda rats episode! Toren, Joe, and Kevin look at the brown rat and black rat. Infanticide, rat-based murder and torture, and the "Ratamari Damacy" gruesomeness of "Rat Kings", and rat-baiting!

Music: "Muskrat Ramble" by Louis Armstrong and Bing Crosby.

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Videos

Movies

Willard (Remake)

Toren: 5/10

Ratatouille

Joe: 8/10

Toren: 8/10

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Joe: 7/10

Kevin: 7/10

Toren: 7/10

The Princess Bride

Joe: 10/10

Kevin: 9/10

Toren: 10/10

The Secret of NIMH

Kevin: 7/10

Toren: 7/10

The Sweet Hereafter

Kevin: 10/10

Toren: 7/10

Politically motivated murders! Hashshashin, Julius Caesar, Abraham Lincoln, the failed assassination of Teddy Roosevelt, the assassination that started World War I and more!

Music: "When That Man is Dead and Gone" by Glenn Miller

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Links

JFK Reloaded - Review and Download.

Movies

Assassination of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford

Kevin: 8/10

Toren: 7/10

Joe: 7/10

Taxi Driver

Kevin: 9/10

Toren: 8/10

Joe: 9/10

Dead Zone

Kevin: 7/10

Toren: 7/10

The Baker

Toren: 7/10

Bourne Identity

Kevin: 8/10

Toren: 8/10

Joe: 8/10

The Terminator

Kevin: 8/10

Toren: 8/10

Joe: 9/10

Mars Attacks!

Kevin: 7/10

Toren: 6/10

Joe: 6/10

In The Line Of Fire

Kevin: 7/10

Valkyrie

Kevin: 5/10

Inglourious Basterds

Kevin: 9/10

Toren: 7/10

Joe: 10/10

Milk

Kevin: 7/10

Joe: 6/10

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

Toren: 6/10

Joe: 6/10

Manchurian Candidate (1962)

Kevin: 8/10

Toren: 7/10

Manchurian Candidate (2004)

Toren: 7/10