Blaming violence on movies is nothing new. From John Hinckley shooting Ronald Reagan and blaming the film Taxi Driver to scapegoating violent video games in the 1990s, attorneys have found creative ways to present defenses. Was this science fiction action film somehow more harmful than any movie before it? Or is the real answer something more sinister.

Episode 223: The Matrix Defense

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See Something, Say Something, Help Someone, Humiliate Drunk Frat Boys: How to Survive as a Woman; Bowling Alley Douche Canoe; Onion Glitch in The Matrix Story?; Is A Made-Up Cryptid Actually Real?; The Ouija Board Almost Got Me Expelled for Accidentally Starting an Elementary School Cult; and A Different Sort of Ouija Board Story



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For over a century, the Oujia board has been both a silly slumber party game and a portal into the unknown. But in 2009, one man conjured a supernatural force that has since been experienced by countless others the world over. Is this just the case of a viral urban legend, or has something more sinister been unleashed? This week’s episode is Zozo the Ouija Board Demon.



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Episode 291: Zozo the Ouija Board Demon

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Episode 223: The Matrix Defense

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