Having read MORE maritime history this summer, Corrigan tells Marko about the seafarer's scourge of scurvy, and Mark asks some deep questions about Gremlins.

[0:00] CoRri tells Mark about scurvy
[49:43] Marko has been "in the wars" and is a bit worse for wear after his holidays; he explains his eye procedure; and at our four year anniversary, we found out some things a human child can do at four years old
[64:30] Cultural exchange!: sticker book edition. Plus, is James Marsden's career weird?
[78:00] What we watched! (Edge of the City, In the Heat of the Night, The Slumber Party Massacre, I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, Mister Creep, Beast, Source Code, Night of the Zombies, Inside Out 2, Gremlins 2, Oddity, Alien: Romulus
[1:53:50] Romulus spoilers
[1:58:51] We discuss some pressing questions about the Mogwai/Gremlin life cycle!

• A Nightmare Disease Haunted Ships During Age of Discovery
• Scurvy: By the End, Death is a Mercy
• James Lind: The man who helped to cure scurvy with lemons
• History of scurvy and use of vitamin C in critical illness: A narrative review.

Marko is on vacation with is fam, so Hollywood Steve and Your Pal Anna of the Hellrankers podcast join Corrigan to discuss an 18th century alleged butt stabber, cryptids, a HUGE murder debunking, and more!

[0:00] Steve and Anna tell Corrigan about the butt stabbin' menace known as the London Monster
[40:40] We discuss monster theory, cryptids, conspiracy theory, and what a gigantic weirdo RFK Jr. is.
[54:00] We introduce Steve and Anna's podcast, Hellrankers!
[66:30] CoRri found out some wild news about famous serial killer H.H. Holmes this week, and we talk about why we often get history so wrong
[93:30] What we watched! (All the Back to the Futures, Wild Wild West, Paul Blart: Mall Cop, Attack of the Killer Donuts, Deadware, Twister, Raising Arizona, Hot Rod, Barb & Star Go To Vista Del Mar, The Palm Royale, Butterfly Kisses)

There's nothing Marko loves more than a good bit of brain weirdness, so this week he tells Corrigan about Anton-Babinski syndrome: A rare disorder where your eyes can see but your brain can't.

[0:00] Mark tells CoRri about Anton-Babinski Syndrome
[28:20] Mark asks ChatGPT to describe Jack of All Graves. The results might surprise you! Plus, CoRri's birthday is coming up, Mark's going to Bulgaria, and we have a chat about terrible brand names
[44:55] Watch-along coming up so send us your NYC horror recommendations! It's almost our anniversary and Steve and Anna of Hellrankers are coming to 'cast with Corrigan next week!
[58:10] New Elm Street 4k coming, we're into Fede things, and what we watched! (Alien: Romulus, Waterworld, Trap, Back to the Future)
[1:28:00] Mark speedruns through a list of mildly troubling questions for CoRri to answer

CoRri tells Marko about the connection between a Portuguese serial killer and the long debunked science of phrenology before we talk '90s pro wrestling, horrifying updates from the Titan submersible, our week in horror movies, and what Olympic sport we think we could probably squeak by and qualify for.

[0:00] Corrigan tells Marko about the history of phrenology and what it has to do with a 19th century Portuguese serial killer
[46:45] Summer is attacking Mark, Corrigan is getting a dog
[57:00] Meetup's coming up so get on in! Also, book club this weekend reading Maeve Fly! Join us! And then a New York themed watch-along at the end of the month! And our new Snack to the Future is coming to Ko-Fi on Friday!
[64:00] Corrigan was almost on a pro-wrestling podcast. We discuss her experience watching '90s Nitro and Raw
[72:07] We have horrifying Titan Submersible updates!
[89:00] What we watched! (Virtuosity, It Chapter 2, Ghost Shark, Godzilla Minus One, Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person, A Man For All Seasons, Despicable Me 4, Alien)
[116:30] Question of the week: What Olympic sport do you think you could qualify for with enough practice?

• On the trail of Diogo Alves, the 1800s serial killer whose head is kept in a jar · Rafaela Ferraz
• Diogo Alves: The 19th-Century Killer With A Perfectly Preserved Head
• Preserved Head of Diogo Alves – Lisbon, Portugal - Atlas Obscura
• Canada was 'highly confident' it heard man-made noises during search for Titan submersible, documents show | CBC News
• Massive Lawsuit Filed Connected to Oceangate Titan Submersible Tragedy
• Killer in a Jar: The Preserved Head of Diogo Alves – The Vale Magazine
• See an Alarmingly Well-Preserved Human Head in a Jar at This Portuguese University - Atlas Obscura
• Am I too attached to a long-dead Portuguese serial killer?
• What Skulls Told Us
• The Introduction of Phrenology to the United States
• The Shape of Your Head and the Shape of Your Mind
  

We're circling back to a few topics we've touched on before, as Mark expands our understanding of amphetamine use in WWII, and we discuss a doctor who is absolutely certain of the existence of an afterlife.

[0:00] Marko tells CoRri
[29:50] An oncologist has totally proved the afterlife exists, you guys
[63:00] The UK is full of fascists and they're burning things!
[70:45] A fond farewell to Dead & Lovely
[76:30] What we watched! (We are What We Are, Psycho III, Psycho IV, It, Cobra Kai, The King of Comedy)

• I've studied more than 5,000 near death experiences. My research has convinced me without a doubt that there's life after death.

It's fire season in the U.S. of A. so Corrigan tells Marko about one of the most famous fires in U.S. history: The Great Chicago Fire of 1871.

[0:00] Corrigan tells Marko about the Great Chicago Fire
[37:08] Mark broke his face
[46:00] We're definitely getting tattoos and you should get on our Discord if you'd like to come visit us in September!
[51:25] Corrigan convinces Marko he'll like a sport
[62:08] What we watched! (Ghoulies, Ghoulies 2, Starship Troopers, The Passing (Yr Ymadawiad), Monster Mash, The Running Man, Hackers, Deadpool and Wolverine)
[90:00] Mark has questions about Project 2025

• What (or Who) Caused the Great Chicago Fire? | Smithsonian
• The Chicago Fire of 1871 and the 'Great Rebuilding'
• What Really Started the Great Chicago Fire? | The New Yorker
• Chicago's Great Fire, 150 Years Later | Smithsonian
• Chicago on Fire | American Experience | Official Site | PBS
• The Great Chicago Fire | The Great Chicago Fire & The Web of Memory
• The Great Chicago Fire, As Told By Those Who Lived Through It – Chicago Magazine
• The Great Chicago Fire | Chicago Stories | WTTW Chicago
• Featured Document Display: 150 Years Ago: The Great Chicago Fire | National Archives Museum
• An eyewitness account of the Great Chicago Fire, 1871 | Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

It's been a wild week and a half, and we had some technical difficulties in the back half of this ep, but we're here to bring you another courtroom drama as Marko tells the story of the multiple sham trials of Kathleen Folbigg. (Content Warning: This story deals with the deaths of several infants)

CoRri brings back two souvenirs from Europe: Covid, and the mystery of the most influential AND most stolen painting in Western art history!

[0:00] CoRri talks Mark about the mysterious missing panel of the most stolen painting in history
[34:57] Mark gets prayed for, trump almost gets got
[49:15] CoRri has covid and a broken computer; we have a watch-along coming July 27th
[67:20] Some bananas murders hit the UK, causing Marko to once again reflect on his own perfect murder method
[80:00] What we watched! (The Bear, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Longlegs, MaXXXine, Telemarketers, Turbulence)
[112:54] A macabre question from Marko: How do you think you're going to die?

• Brief history of Ghent, the rebellious city of Flanders
• Ghent over the centuries
• The mystery of the disappearance of the Just Judges 90 years on
• Van Eyck’s Ghent Altarpiece and the many thefts of a masterpiece
• Missing Van Eyck panel - the end to Belgium’s biggest mystery?
• Treasure-hunting Belgians warned to keep pickaxes away after claim lost masterpiece hidden beneath street
• Who Stole the Ghent Altarpiece?
• The Van Eycks
• The disappearance of the Just Judges panel
• The Ghent Altarpiece, Most Stolen Painting of All Time
• Lost art: chasing the elus