In honor of Bookseller Ryan's birthday, an on time episode! This week, we're talking grifters -- from the douchebag in Mark's opener who convinced the psychiatric community of his genius, to some more obvious and brazen scammers on our social media feeds or shilling devices.

[0:00] Mark tells Corrigan about the torturous "sleep room" wayward girls were subjected to in the 1960s
[38:52] We discuss when Marko's voice dropped
[48:00] We've got lots of new stuff on the Ko-Fi, plus we chat about Cabin in the Woods and whether there are other genre equivalents; and I summarize two JoAG stories Mark does not remember at all that have become the basis for Broadway musicals
[01:03:30] What we watched! (Creature, Scary Movie, Ring, A Simple Favor, Another Simple Favor, Thunderbolts, First Blood, Sweeney Todd
[01:34:15] Let's talk about grifters!

This week Corrigan tells Marko the horrific origins of the phrase "going postal," which somehow became a punchline in the '90s. Along the way, they bicker about cultural differences, debate the ethics of human experimentation, and chat about some excellent flicks. Classic shit.

[0:00] Corrigan tells Marko about the origins of the phrase of "going postal"
[48:06] Cultural exchange!
[56:00] Snakebite guy leads Mark to ask some iffy questions about human experimentation
[01:09:53] What we watched: Thunderbolts, NOPE, Freaky Tales, Drop, Deranged, Black Widow, Ed Kemper, Conclave
[01:38:56] A tease for next week's episode!

• Recalling the post office shooting, 25 years later
• Montclair Marks 30th Anniversary of Post Office Shooting That Killed Four
• Workplace violence: homicides and nonfatal intentional injuries by another person in 2020
• Examining Workplace Homicide
• THE LONER: FROM SHY FOOTBALL PLAYER TO 'CRAZY PAT'
• MAIL CARRIER KILLS 14 IN POST OFFICE, THEN HIMSELF
• THREE DIE IN POSTAL SHOOTINGS IN TWO STATES
• Postal Officials Examine System After 2 Killings
• State v. Smith
• United States of America, Plaintiff-appellee, v. Curtis L. Collins, Defendant-appellant, 690 F.2d 431 (5th Cir. 1980)
• A disgruntled postal worker with a high-powered rifle shot...
• Man kills 4, self
• Throwback Thursday: Postal workers start packing pistols in 1961
• Mass Shooting at Montclair Post Office Remembered 30 Years Later
• DEATH IN THE POST OFFICE: 4 Shot Dead in New Jersey Post Office; Wide Manhunt but Motive Is Not Clear
• 2 decades later, Montclair reflects on deadly post office shooting
• Post Office Supervisor Shot to Death; Co-Worker Arrested

Marko pulls out one of his classic unsolved mysteries with the Oakville blobs -- mysterious, illness-inducing goo from the sky -- before Corrigan revisits the claims of organ harvesting by Falun Gong she touched on a few weeks ago. Let's really dive in to the evidence... or lack thereof.

[0:00] Marko tells Corrigan about the Oakville blobs: mysterious, illness inducing goo from the sky
[20:12] Uh oh, it's a Marko inspirational speech. Plus, Corrigan goes to Asia, then comes back and meets a legend
[32:00] Watch-along time is upon us! Help us pick a space horror!
[38:40] What we watched! (Hold Your Breath, The Rule of Jenny Pen, Stuck, The Woman in the Yard, 825 Forest Road, Sinners, The Incident, Conclave, Opus, Bunny Lake Is Missing, Hollow Man, Kneecap, Thanatomorphose, the Untamed
[01:24:40] CoRri revisits the claims of organ harvesting by Falun Gong

• China used to harvest organs from prisoners. Under pressure, that practice is finally ending.
• Forced organ harvesting from Falun Gong practitioners in China
• Food Aspiration In Lungs: Causes, Symptoms and Treatment
• Foreign body in the liver: Case report and review of literature
• First Known Survivor of China’s Forced Organ Harvesting Speaks Out
• China is harvesting organs from Falun Gong members, finds expert panel
• UN urged to investigate ‘forced’ organ harvesting in China

While Corrigan is gallivanting through Asia, Marko takes over with a lively reading of a gruesome tale: Michael Shea's "The Autopsy."

It is Shen Yun season here in the NYC metro, friends. The billboards, the ads, the flyers in the mail.... But what IS Shen Yun? The answer may surprise you. In fact, yeah, safe to say it's gonna surprise you.

• What is Falun Gong?
• Stepping Into the Uncanny, Unsettling World of Shen Yun
• How a Persecuted Religious Group Grew Into a Global Movement
• Interview with Li Hongzhi
• Report: China still harvesting organs from prisoners at a massive scale
• The Religious Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners in China
• Critics and followers of Falun Gong / Adherents find fulfillment, but detractors call movement a cult
• Is Falun Gong a Cult?
• Behind the Pageantry of Shen Yun, Untreated Injuries and Emotional Abuse
• Lawsuit alleges that young dancers for Shen Yun Performing Arts have faced abuse
• The power of Falun Gong
• The ABC is right: Falun Gong has some dangerous teachings

Wanna know what happens between when a person dies and when they're body is discovered? There's a farm for that, and Marko tells us all about it! Then we discuss gods, what they say about us and our cultures, and why we believe in them.

[0:00] Marko tells Corrigan about forensic taphonomy and the invention of body farms
[22:58] Marko welcomes you to um... MILFcast; CoRri wonders if there's anyone teaching big tiddie yoga; the pope has defeated death and so can you; we figure out how to say ichor and share various Hobbit based memories
[35:10] Snow White managed to piss everybody off
[43:12]] What we watched! (Green Room, Ghost Story, Last Breath, U-571, Breakdown, The Dead Thing)
[01:21:48] We discuss how gods reflect societies and Marko asks CoRri to delve back into her evangelical days to defend her god

Ya think ya know a guy, right? Corrigan tells Marko about Charles Lindbergh, the American hero who was actually a giant shit ass.

[0:00] CoRri tells Mark why American hero pilot Charles Lindbergh was anything but heroic
[53:24] Mark broke himself, but he also climbed the O2! Plus excellent Ko-Fi developments
[01:11:15] What we watched: The Parenting, The Trial, Battle Royale, A Face in the Crowd, Sherlock Jr., The Electric State

• Charles Lindbergh: American aviator
• The Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping: A Grisly Theory and a Renewed Debate
• The Lindbergh Baby Mystery Has Lasted 91 Years. Tantalizing Evidence Might Solve It
• A Chilling New Twist in the Lindbergh Baby Mystery Could Actually Flip the Verdict
• Inside the Capture of the Lindbergh Baby Kidnapper
• Lindbergh Kidnapping - FBI
• 'America First': From Charles Lindbergh To President Trump
• Charles Lindbergh's unapologetic bigotry: How he became the face of the America First Committee
• The Lindberghs and the Jews
• Lindbergh, Nazism, and Environmental Fascism
• From high-flying hero to eugenics advocate
• Charles Lindbergh's Real Nazi Ties Are At the Heart of David Simon's The Plot Against America
• Charles Lindbergh, the Nazis and American isolationism
• America First and WWII
• Was Charles Lindbergh a Nazi sympathizer?
• Fallen Hero
• Highfields, Hopewell, NJ

Mark tells the story of a horrific, mysterious family annihilation and Corrigan talks about women who have gone toe to toe with serial killers and lived to tell the tale.

[0:00] Marko tells Corrigan the story of the Dardeen family murders
[28:55] Mark's been to the future and comes back with a message. We talk about hantavirus and the terrible reveal of what killed the Hackmans
[49:49] Ko-Fi updates! And we discuss whether or not CoRri will get botox.
[57:00] What we watched: Spice World, The Vast of Night, Crimson Tide, Enemy of the State, Mickey 17, Banshee Chapter, In A Violent Nature, Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)
[01:29:20] Corrigan tells Marko about women who have escaped from serial killers