Climb that tree because we're headed into croc infested waters with Andrew Traucki and David Nerlich's 2007 creature feature, Black Water. It's a low budget affair, but shot in such a savvy way that Jenn nearly loses it.

Plus: changes to Brett Mann's real life story, comparisons to Greg McLean's Rogue, crocs vs alligators (play the Jenn drinking game!), and the smartest $5K Joe has seen on screen.

Reference: Barbara McMahon. "The Night of the Hunter." The Guardian

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Here's a sneak peek at our all new Patreon episode on the premiere episode of Netflix's Apple Cider Vinegar, "Toxic."

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Jenn and Joe dig into some recent mail about Ted Bundy & GRK, and the Breen half of the Donner Party.

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In anticipation of our Patreon coverage of Netflix's Apple Cider Vinegar, here's a mini-primer on Australian wellness influencer Belle Gibson, who lied about her cancer diagnosis and bilked a bunch of charities.

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In 2005, Greg McLean’s bleak horror film Wolf Creek made waves with its unflinching cruelty and disturbing violence. Adding to the terror is the film’s opening claims that this horrific story was based on actual events. 

But how closely does McLean keep to this upsetting source material? Jenn walks Joe through the harrowing true stories of Bradley Murdoch and Ivan Milat, two notorious killers who preyed on backpackers exploring Australia’s vast wilderness. 

Topics include: Parallels to iconic horror, depictions of Australian archetypes, and the disturbing origins of making “a head on a stick.”

References:

> Eric Shorey. The Grisly True Crime Stories Behind The Infamous Australian Horror Movie 'Wolf Creek'. Oxygen True Crime

> Michael McGowan. Ivan Milat's chilling serial backpacker murders still haunt Australia. The Guardian

> Casefile Podcast 109. "Belanglo."

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Here's a sneak peek at our all new Patreon episode on Trey Parker's Cannibal! The Musical (1993), which concludes our month on Survival Cannibalism

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After a month of survival cannibalism texts, including Yellowjackets, Alive, Society of the Snow, The Donner Party, Alfred Packer, Ravenous, and Cannibal! The Musical, we're ready to discuss our overall thoughts. This includes religion, manifest destiny, and gender roles.

Plus: Jenn and Joe each pick their favorite text, ask for listener recommendations for future cannibalism texts, and announce where we're headed in March!

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Alfred Packer was no wilderness guide, or at least he wasn’t a talented one. This quirky prospector was known to be a petty thief and compulsive liar who shifted around from job to job. But in 1874, he convinced 5 men to follow him into the woods for what was supposed to be a seven-day trip. Months later, Packer emerged from the woods alone and strangely fit considering the lack of food.

In this episode, Jenn walks Joe through this strange story about the man now known as the Colorado Cannibal.

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In 1846, the Donner-Reed Party set out from Independence, Missouri to make the journey west to a better life in California. In this mini-primer, Joe tells Jenn about the calamities that befell the group and left them stranded for the winter, forcing them to resort to cannibalism.

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You may know the story of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, but you’ve never seen it told so intimately and with so much harrowing heart as in J.A. Bayona’s Society of the Snow. Adapted from the book by Pablo Vierci, the film achieves terrifying accuracy with painstaking recreations, on-location filming, and a young cast of South American newcomers.

Jenn and Joe continue a month on Survival Cannibalism with this beautiful retelling. Bayona chronicles not just the 72 days members of the Old Christians Club Rugby Team spent stranded in the Andes, but brings us into their lives before and after the disaster. 

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