Jack of All Graves

Corrigan wants to get to the bottom of the gruesome phenomenon of cattle mutilation, and Marko finally gives up diet coke... for reasons that may surprise you.

[0:00] CoRri tells Marko about the mysterious phenomenon of cattle mutilation
[50:52] Mark has finally divested from diet Coke over, of all things, AI. You'll be shocked to know this sends us spiraling.
[1:16:08] Book club picks are coming, Mark loves Eastenders, we've changed how our YouTube functions, and other loose thoughts
[1:27:14] What we watched! (Hot Frosty, Creep Tapes, Cape Fear, Scream, Alien: Romulus, MadS)

Bit of a week, huh? We'll address it, but mostly we want to talk to you about a cat that predicts death, our love for Night of the Living Dead (1990) and Smile 2, and weird ways organisms "think" that cause as to ask questions about our own consciousness.

[0:00] Marko tells Corrigan about a cat who can predict death
[28:56] A listener made us a shirt and it causes us to reflect on how lucky we are
[33:45] We reflect briefly on the week since the election. Check out the Fancave on our Ko-Fi for some advice on how not to be a doomer.
[40:12] A moment for Tony Todd and a rave about Night of the Living Dead (1990)
[52:30] What we watched! (The Penguin, Frankie Freako, Heretic, The Purge: Election Year, Carnival of Souls, Eyes Without a Face, Smile 2, Woman of the Hour, Joker: Folie a Deux)
[1:30:45] Mark delves into ideas of consciousness, and whether some scientific revelations about how we can imitate it could effectively, well, kill god.

Weeoooweeoooweeooo! JoAG therapy alert! After Corrigan explains the horrible history of the American electoral system, Marko needs to get some feelings of futility about the world off his chest.

[0:00] Corrigan gives Marko an overview of America's terrible electoral system
[01:19:47] JoAG therapy! We have to talk out some existential dread

It's been a minute since we updated the trusty JoAG columns o' recs, so just in time for Halloween, we got a ton of recommendations for you, all released in the last 4 years! But first, we go deep into evangelicalism once more as we discuss a supposed portal to hell in Siberia!

[0:00] CoRri tells Mark about the Siberian "Well to Hell"
[53:00] We apologize for and discuss the choice to watch Peter Jackson's Meet the Feebles for our watch-along
[01:09:35] We update our horror columns with new Halloween recs for you!

We're back in action and boy how we missed you! This week Marko tells Corrigan about an average Joe thrust into decidedly remarkable circumstances, we deep dive into The Substance, and we discuss some of the bonkers stories from the internet that have been posted on our socials lately!

[0:00] Marko tells Corrigan about the grim end of Brian Wells, the man with a bomb strapped around his neck
[20:40] Mark does some victim blaming, we explain our absence, and we go over some upcoming JoAG stuff including this weekend's watch-along on October 26th!
[32:10] Robert Roberson's execution has been delayed! Keep up the pressure!
[39:45] CoRri picks out a classic movie for Mark to watch!
[42:08] What we watched! (Pulse, Dead Man’s Curve, Dead of Night, The Gift, Next of Kin, It’s What’s Inside, Horror in the High Desert, Horror in the High Desert 2, Hellboy: The Crooked Man, The Substance, Red Rooms, WNUF Halloween Special, Terrifier 3, Azrael)
[1:12:00] We talk about The Substance! No spoilers unless you want to know zero things about the film.
[1:29:40] We share some of the bonkers stories people have shared to our social media lately

Fresh off our NYC meetup and a matching set of colds, we're reflecting on Marko's American adventure, and talking about the frightful phenomenon of spontaneous human combustion.

[0:00] Corrigan tells Marko about the mechanisms by which human being seem to spontaneously combust
[34:10] We reflect on the meetup and Mark's time in America.
[44:40] Corrigan has a wild coincidence to share with the JoAG circle
[58:39] CoRri explains why Strange Darling is a very problematic movie
[1:09:00] What we watched! (Evolver, Dead Silence, House of Spoils, Clearcut, The Believers, Absurd, Speak No Evil, Deadpool & Wolverine, V/H/S/Beyond, Salem’s Lot, Dracula, Halloween 3, Freaked)
[1:44:30] A question for our audience: What franchise has the best average hit rate?

It's a very special 200th episode live from Corrigan's backyard at the JoAG x Hellrankers meetup of DOOOOM! That's right, Hollywood Steve and Your Pal Anna, along with a few dozen of our listening fam, assembled for a swingin' shindig where Marko told us about some notable mob hits, and we ranked each entry in the Jaws franchise!

[0:00] Mark tells us about the rise of organized crime in America and some of the classic MOs for mob hits.
[25:00] We rank the Jaws flicks!

This week Corrigan tackles the controversial shaken baby syndrome diagnosis and, in anticipation of Mark's upcoming journey to the states, we talk about his hopes, fears, and the weird ass gift shop at the World Trade Center. Plus, we finally put an end to our years-long dispute about the Scream franchise!

[0:00] Corrigan scotches Shaken Baby Syndrome
[49:42] We chat about Mark's concerns about coming to America, the things he's looking forward to, and the bizarre phenomenon that is the 9/11 gift shop
[74:00] What we watched! (Storm of the Century, Blink Twice, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, The Watchers, Scream 4, Omni Loop, Caveat)

Marko tells Corrigan about the most prolific peacetime murderer in German history, Mark tries his hand at the NYC sightseeing guide exam, and astronauts stuck on the ISS are giving CoRri anxiety.

[0:00] Marko tells Corrigan about extremely prolific medical murder Niels Högel
[20:35] We discuss whether or not we would exude cool in an art gallery, CoRri's weird bathroom project
[43:30] Mark attempts a few questions from the NYC Sightseeing Guide exam
[53:30] What we watched! (Key Largo, The Body Snatcher, The Ghost & Mrs. Muir, The Watcher, The Crow, Milk & Serial
[1:21:20] The astronauts stuck in space are freaking CoRri out

It's been a long, tough week, so we're just chillin', shooting the breeze and talking about the MYRIAD things we've watched over the past week and a half. Plus, we talk about a Scream movie without yelling at each other!

[0:00] Mark and CoRri shoot the breeze about getting older, getting drunk, and getting that good sleep
[21:40] What we watched! (Midnight Run, Milk & Serial, Jaws 2, Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid, Rituals, The Boston Strangler, The Funhouse, The Dark Half, Sweet Smell of Success, Scream 2, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Robot Jox, Guardians of the Galaxy 2, Cuckoo, Arcadian, Captain America: Civil War, Ant-Man)