Deep Cuts

The creator of Captain Marvel/Shazam! is a singular talent with a dark legacy of racism. In the late 1930s, the legendary comic character, Captain Marvel, who would later become known as Shazam! because of copyright issues, was created by writer Bill Parker and illustrator C.C. Beck. He went on to become more popular than Superman for a long period of time, adapted into multiple movies and tv shows, and just another piece of pop culture history for comic fans. However, the early inception of Captain Marvel is marred with some of the most brutal examples of racism in media you can imagine. On this episode of Deep Cuts, we explore the flawed legacy of C.C. Beck and Captain Marvel.

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A deep dive into the bizarre history of this fascinating but massive subculture. In the late 80s, a rap duo formed called the Insane Clown Posse - comprised of two men nicknamed Violent J and Shaggy 2Dope. They would go on to become massively successful for a time, but more importantly found a massive community of people all over the country called Juggalos. They're a tight-knit community of likeminded weirdos who wear clown face paint, listen to ICP, and...at one point were classified as a gang? On this episode of Deep Cuts we dive into the bizarre story of Juggalos.

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The 1918 global pandemic is almost note-for-note identical to what is happening today. In 1918, a severe case of influenza ravaged the entire planet - killing around 50 Million people worldwide in the span of a few years. The way we handled with it, the misinformation, the denial, the politicization, and everything else surrounding the Spanish Flu was oddly similar to what has happened in the last year of the COVID-19 pandemic, and yet we didn't seem to learn anything from it because, for whatever reason, the Spanish Flu just hasn't really been taught in schools or kept in the cultural consciousness. On this episode of Deep Cuts, we delve deep into the story of the 1918 global pandemic, and its similarities to our current situation.

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Pearl Curran wrote several novels in her lifetime, but she claims they were all actually written by a ghost. In the early 1900s, Pearl Curran became famous because she was a published novelist who claimed to have written all of her books by communicating with a spirit through a Ouija board. The ghost would communicate the words to her, and she would write them down. Was this true? Was Pearl insane? Or was she a con artist? We dive into the odd and fascinating story of Pearl Curran on this episode of Deep Cuts!

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The Deadboy Detectives

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An exhaustive breakdown of how Reddit bankrupted Wall Street using Gamestop stock. In late January 2020, a bunch of amateur stock traders in the subreddit /r/WallStreetBets decided that they would hatch a plan to drive up the value of stock shares in the ailing video game retailer, Gamestop. They bought up tons of the stock and within a few days the shares went up from $12 to over $400. Because a bunch of hedge funds had been majorly betting against Gamestop's stock improving, this move literally cost them billions and bankrupted a few of them. Here is the step-by-step walkthrough of how one of the craziest financial moments in American history happened.

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He projected a lifestyle of riches, fame, women, cars, and guns...but it was all a lie. Dan Bilzerian started as a professional poker player that came from a rich - albeit controversial - family. Then, at some point in the 2010s he transitioned into being this ubiquitous Internet influencer - posting pictures of his wild parties, surrounded by beautiful models, in giant mansions, brandishing huge guns, and just generally showing off an aspirational lifestyle that garnered him a ton of attention. Everyone wanted to be him, and that's why he was famous. But as time went on, we started to slowly see the illusion unravel and realize that none of it was real. On this episode of Deep Cuts, we explore the social media deceit of Dan Bilzerian!

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The Conjuring was based on them, they were world famous ghost hunters, but they had two very dark secrets. Throughout the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, all the way up to their deaths in the late 2000s, Ed and Lorraine Warren were world famous for hunting ghosts, spirits, and other supernatural entities. They were a fiercely religious married couple who claimed to be demonologists and mediums. The Amityville Horror was based on one of their cases. They were the owners of the Annabelle doll. They are the characters portrayed by Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga in the Conjuring franchise. But they had a huge secret - their entire careers were a total scam. They were grifters. But wait...they had an even darker secret. On this episode of Deep Cuts, we delve into the bizarre and horrifying secret lives of the Warrens.

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A movement of millions of teenagers on Tik Tok now believe Helen Keller is a hoax. Why? At some point during this hells cape we called 2020, what started off as possibly a joke turned into a movement of millions of Gen Z kids on Tik Tok who collectively developed an elaborate conspiracy theory about how Helen Keller wasn't a real person. Some people believe she never existed. Some believe she was a scam artist. Some believe she was faking at least one of her disabilities. But either way, it's a testament to the post truth society we now live in where lies get laundered by social algorithms and become fact to millions of people. But how did this happen in the first place? We explore the bizarre, enraging, and completely ableist myth/conspiracy theory about the Helen Keller hoax.

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The Deadboy Detectives

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In Finland, thousands of little girls compete in national competitions where they do tricks on fake horses. Around 2004, a bizarre trend popped up in Finland among preteen girls - Hobby Horsing. Where little girls trains laboriously to compete in Olympics-style competitions where they take one of those horse heads on a wooden stick and ride it around doing intricate tricks and jumping over hurdles. The competitions are judged like an actual horse show, and the girls take their dedication to the craft very seriously. On this episode of Deep Cuts, we delve into the strange world of competitive Hobby Horsing.

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Napster came out of nowhere, was the biggest thing in the world, and then disappeared just as quickly. What really happened? In the late 90s, the music industry was on the verge of change. Many were concerned about the growing popularity of the Internet, and how digital files could be easily shared from home to home. Could this have some kind of lasting effect on sales of albums somewhere down the line? But all that changed when a new program popped out seemingly out of nowhere: Napster. And it did everything that the music execs feared. It let anybody shared any music for free. Over the next couple of years the program exploded in popularity, but it was steeped in legal trouble almost immediately. And then it was gone. So what really happened in the fascinating tale of the rise and fall of Napster? On this very special season finale of Deep Cuts, we explore that very question...in musical form.

The Rise and Fall of Napster was written by Andrew & Dave.

All of the songs in this production were written, produced, and performed by the Deadboy Detectives.

With drums performed by Jake Naugle

And sound mixing by SANTIAGO MORILLO SEGOVIA

except:

Always Be Alright, which has additional vocal performance by Jadyn Beyer and Ephraim Price

A Simple Code, which was written and produced by Jeremy Arambulo with lyrics written by Andrew Price and Dave Baker and performed by Dave Baker.

You can check out Jeremy’s cartoonist work at jeremyarambulo.com/ and his music project, Fluorescent Beige, at fluorescentbeige.bandcamp.com/

Everything Good Blows Up, which was written and performed by Good Bison. Good Bison has a new EP coming out at the end of January called Scattered Storms. The first single from the EP, Can’t Predict the Weather, is already out anywhere you stream music. The next single will be out the first week of january 2021.

You can check out more of Good Bison’s music at goodbisonmusic.com or by following them on instagram @goodbison.

And Drowning In the Middle of the Universe, which was written and performed by Marvelous Persona. You can check out their album, In the Blood, anywhere you stream music.

The incidental music used in this production was created by D. Catalano. D.Catalano's music used with permission of Fivese7encollective. You can check him out anywhere you stream you music as well.

And If (==False) True which has additional vocal performance by Jadyn Beyer

These people are being credited for no particular reason:

Mike Bedard

Mike Miller

Kelly Bohart

And Wes Robertson

Special thanks to Jadyn Beyer for allowing her home to become a recording studio for the entire month of December without completely losing her mind.

And to Ephraim and Alastair Price, who inspired all of these songs.

Track List:

Always Be Alright

A Simple Code

Again and Again

San Mateo

Brick Wall

Everything Good Blows Up

Art & Values

drowning in the middle of the universe

This Used to Be Fun

Life Bleeds Into Decay

If (==False) True

Lyrics Sheet: https://pastebin.com/91HwUV11

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