Crackpot Theories

Crackpot Theories

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  • S2 Episode Twelve: Tempting the Devil with Horror

    Back from hiatus with some more horror content!

    We all know the legacy of the famous 'cursed' films... The Omen, The Exorcist, Poltergeist etc. But could the bad vibes surrounding those films been deliberately attracted by another set of iconic films? Ones that involved notorious fan of the occult Christopher Lee? Why did they have to make evil look so goddamn sexy? 

    Featuring special guest Ali Khamseh! 

    1 hr 12 min
  • S2 Episode Ten: The Dark Future of the Muppets

    Why do the struggling-for-survival fantasy creatures of the Dark Crystal look and sound so much like Muppets? Same production company or something more sinister? Can you really go from modern day television hijinks to magical dystopia simply by shooting Beaker into the sun? 

    Featuring special guest Geoffrey Golden.

    53 min
  • S2 Episode Nine: Fiddler on the Death Star

    Could the expansive lore of Star Wars have its roots in the most down-to-earth musical of all time, Fiddler on the Roof? Are Leia's hairstyles a reflection of her East-European heritage? Are there six degrees of separation between Yoda and Yente?

    Discussion with guest star Shai Korman!

    50 min
  • S2 Episode Seven: Les Miserables and Terminator, an Unlikely Connection

    What could a super-popular genre-defining musical like Les Miserables have in common with the  uber-violent techo-horror Terminator franchise? One robotic stone-faced man-machine hunting his quarry, leaving bodies in his wake and fixated on one particular person: John Connor/Jean Valjean.

    Guests this week are Matt and Jack from the Mockbusters podcast! 

    43 min
  • S2 Episode Six: Disney's Random Decisions

    After a short hiatus we are back with more nonsense! 

    Disney has been making some strange decisions lately that seem to be popular with absolutely no-one. What's behind these choices? And what has it got to do with Pokemon? Or Twitch? 

    58 min
  • S2 Episode Four: The Highly Inappropriate World of Charmkins

    This episode sees us trying to make sense of the beautifully animated but uncomfortably subtexted Charmkins OVA, made to promote the short-lived Charmkins toy line. Did the people making this cartoon genuinely not realize how much innuendo made it into the finished product? Or was this a deliberate attempt to tank the franchise a la The Producers? 

    Featuring special guest Scarlett Crypt!

    36 min
  • S2 Episode Three: The Barbie Supremacy

    This week tackles that monolith of blonde ambition, Barbie! How could one personality hold down such a vast array of jobs, contacts, fashion trends and phases of existence over the course of seven decades? Your mistake is in assuming that Barbie is just one person...

    Featuring special guest and avid Barbie fan Scarlett Crypt!

    49 min

About Crackpot Theories

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Everyone has their own theories about what's really going on behind the scenes of their favourite media, but Crackpot Theories is dedicated to the most insane, the most unlikely and the most baffling…