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Ever wanted to know where things like The Rack or The Brazen Bull came from and why? Want to delve deep into what made Pol Pot or Idi Amin the tyrant's they became? Hosts Kevin Young and Dan Hourigan, we'll get into all of it and take a closer look at the distance past and up to the modern day to try and understand the History of Human Cruelty. It's TORTURE!
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Ever wonder why anxious people love horror movies? Curious about how having the daylights scared out of you can help you feel better? Hosts Jenn Adams, Lara Unnerstall, and therapist Mike Snoonian break it down (and back it up with academic research) on Psychoanalysis: A Horror Therapy Podcast. Each month, we’ll take an in-depth look at a topic in the mental health field like anxiety, PTSD, and toxic relationships. For our bi-weekly episodes, we’ll pair topics with a horror film and analyze ...
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On this episode Dan and Kevin cover: cats on the pod, WWE games, walking vs driving, newest patron, Northern Ireland, PRIDE merch, fun facts, the mission of Rio Bueno, Back to the Future, being dragged behind a horse, yoga, hanged drawn & quartered, treason, horse friends, zoos, Sam Elliott, Mongols, measuring with hands, pop culture, hair metal, a…
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Robert Ben Rhoades Episode 2: The White Thread
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On this episode Dan and Kevin cover: merch, a correction, Shana Holt's story, doctor bags, Wall-E vs Up, Regina Kay Walters, the photos, phone calls, Lisa Pennal, hero cops, wrestler names, searching the apartment, finding bodies, arrested in prison, ammo, Law & Order, and much much more!! Please like, subscribe, and follow where ever you listen. T…
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Robert Ben Rhoades Episode 1: The Club
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On this episode Dan and Kevin cover: Irish summer, Tiny Toons, lorries, bad dad, lack of info, CB's, Dusty Rhodes, Richard Gere, family man, Marley and Me, the process, jealousy, Jane Doe 1, and much much more! Please like, subscribe, and follow where ever you listen. The Beard Struggle PodUp! Patreon Merch Buy Us A Coffee YouTube Instagram Twitter…
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On this episode Dan and Kevin cover: fun at the supermarket, good on Ireland, The Blade Itself, vasectomies, Marranos, proud of our bodies, bruised tailbones, infections, Dan remembers nothing, sleep deprivation, Italian vs. Chinese, Spanish Inquisition, Latin America, and much much more! Please like, subscribe, and follow where ever you listen. Th…
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On this episode Dan and Kevin cover: Talladega Nights, tired zombies, Blanche's story, meeting her love, loud crowds, Dan's bad accent, Muppet voices, the REAL story, wrong pictures, the nurse, testimonies, and much much more! Please like, subscribe, and follow where ever you listen. The Beard Struggle PodUp! Patreon Merch Buy Us A Coffee YouTube I…
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On this episode Dan and Kevin cover: Fallout, Snorks, Cactus Jack, trons, language is a funny thing, Dan's "opinions" terrifying old time photos, witchcraft, Chaucer, James I, Dorothy Waugh, ye old Myspace, holding your tongue, and more!! Please like, subscribe, and follow where ever you listen. The Beard Struggle PodUp! Patreon Merch Buy Us A Coff…
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Schwedentrunk: Add It To The Bucket
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On this episode Dan and Kevin cover: The Simpsons, pepperoni pizza, German peasants, nasty water, Thirty Years War, Habsburgs', 4 phases, Catholic propaganda, does Harry Styles like pee?, thermodynamics, Duke Nukem, and much more!! Please like, subscribe, and follow where ever you listen. The Beard Struggle Patreon Merch Buy Us A Coffee YouTube Ins…
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Gary M. Heidnik Episode 2: The People Collector
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On this episode Dan and Kevin cover: St. Patty's Day, weird food, adding to the hareem, Subway greed, oxygen burning TV's, screwdrivers, bad cops, explaining VCR's, SIMS, Chinese for Christmas, not blaming the victim, deaths, in fighting, dog food, planning an escape, Silence Of The Lambs, and much much more!!! Please like, subscribe, and follow wh…
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Gary M. Heidnik Episode 1: All The Gonorrhea
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On this episode Dan and Kevin cover: hen parties, a message from a patron, TCM restaurant, a bad childhood, low hanging fruit, head injury, military school, high IQ, becoming mentally ill, America is big, starting a church, finding a wife, a baby farm, cowards with 1 star reviews, and much much more!! Thank you to True Crime BnB for starting off th…
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Chinese Water Torture: Too Much Blood
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On this episode Dan and Kevin cover: Dan is C.E.O., rainy Ireland, illness in the family, D&D, the podcast was stolen, birds, Buffalo sauce, stupid Zoom, Italy, can't find an itch, irony, Sing Sing, racism, Nascar vs Formula 1, soap operas, and much much more!! Michael and Jeremy Steal Your Podcast Please like, subscribe, and follow where ever you …
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On this episode Dan and Kevin cover: Zoom antics, Super Bowl, Formula 1, greatest hand of poker ever, getting popular, origin story, Nu Metal, Oscar Wilde, death from fainting, an apprenticeship system, renting them out, pop culture, and much much more!! Please like, subscribe, and follow where ever you listen. The Beard Struggle Patreon Merch Buy …
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Pol Pot & The Cambodian Genocide Episode 2: Fuch A Duch
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On this episode Dan and Kevin cover: KFC, wedding cakes, mass evictions, erasing history, brown rice, ethnic cleansing, Dan goes a little too far, Spam, S-21, toenails, medical experiments, the Killing Fields, going into hiding, ending on a high note, and much much more! Please like, subscribe, and follow where ever you listen. The Beard Struggle P…
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Pol Pot & The Cambodian Genocide Episode 1: A Lot Of Acronyms
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On this episode Dan and Kevin cover: Dan's Christmas Vacation, Stephen King, the Khmer language, help from the French, WWII, pets, school in France, heading to Vietnam, getting your own Torture episode, Office 100, growing numbers, Nixon, coffee, Weekend at Bernie's, taking the capital, the Potato Ramer, and much much more! Please like, subscribe, …
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Clip Show: Straight From The Extended Cuts
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A bonus, clip show, episode. Spots picked straight from our extended cuts, found exclusively on our Patreon. Please like, subscribe, and follow where ever you listen. The Beard Struggle Patreon Merch Buy Us A Coffee YouTube Instagram Twitter Tiktok The Sassholes Insta!! Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/cu…
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Christmas Time True Crime....Part Deux w/Phil Better
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On this episode Dan, Kevin, AND PHIL cover: Dayton Ohio murder spree, bad shooting, Assy McGee, teenagers aren't smart, Japanese game shows, being humiliated in front of the world, going crazy, Ashland murders, story changes, riverboat chases, lynching mobs, noisy cats, Torturizing a yule time classic, and much much more! Please like, subscribe, an…
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On this episode Dan and Kevin cover: Irish riots, Vegan Police, passing laws, parricide, Canadian milk, F.R.I.E.N.D.S., Romans, Disney, Latin, First Podcast on the Leftiest, Hallmark movies, a tangent, Leo the Wise, getting silly, monkey vs. cat, Apollo 11, Spotify Wrapped, what's next, and much much more!! Please like, subscribe, and follow where …
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On this episode Dan and Kevin cover: the Big Book of Pain, 50 Shades, Christopher Walken, Dan is a gypsy, Egypt, papercuts, bamboo, riot control, feet stuff, prison whippings, The Graduate, Navy kidnappings, taking a compliment, Sisqo, getting a switch, why it hurts, no fun in the Middle East, felching, and much much more!! Please like, subscribe, …
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On this episode Dan and Kevin cover: Prison Break, Halloween, FNAF, weather shifts, murder because of boredom, death penalty, a place of worship, October Revolution, one metal bucket, Hellraiser cupcakes, merch, brown slushies, KFC buckets, and much more! Please like, subscribe, and follow where ever you listen. The Beard Struggle Patreon Merch Buy…
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Gertrude Baniszewski & The Murder of Sylvia Liken: Dumb Bitch
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On this episode Dan and Kevin cover: a listener email, perfect Canadian accents, Dan Carlin, Supernatural, G.O.T., county fairs, White Castle, a very messy house, teenage angst, the evils of premarital sex, judo flips, Pepsi bottles, hot baths, branding, the letter, lung cancer, Rita from Power Rangers, and much, much more! Please like, subscribe, …
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On this episode Dan and Kevin cover: 31 day challenge, Dead Alive, Easter Rising, hunger strikes, political prisoners, Mary Leigh, asylums, sh*t talking the wives, bad doctors, WSPU, flat earthers, Thomas Ashe, Declaration of Tokyo, Ron Desantis, Mos Def, dogs dying in movies, and much much more! Mos Def force feeding video Please like, subscribe, …
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Paul Bernardo & Karla Homolka Episode 3: Cream Colored Camaro
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On this episode Dan and Kevin cover: 10,000 Downloads, a call to action, getting a little weird, Jane is back, 911, a Christmas party, profiling the murderers, the Nissan 240XS, Kristen French, McDonald's pizza, a very old sentence, one final murder, Clue, domestic abuse, DNA, divorce, the trial, and much, much more! Please like, subscribe, and fol…
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Paul Bernardo & Karla Homolka Episode 2: National Lampoon's Murder Investigation
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On this episode Dan and Kevin cover: Dan hates Paul, speaking to the cops, lust for Tammy, Halcion and Halothane, chemical burns, January girl, what NOT to do with a sandwich, moving out, Paul's "raping", Jane Doe, Leslie Mahaffy, creeping in the bathroom, American Psycho, body disposal, marriage, Pinky and The Brain, an Irish viral video, and much…
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Paul Bernardo & Karla Homolka Episode 1: Snuffles
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On this episode Dan and Kevin cover: scary movies, trigger warnings, early life, book smarts ≠ common sense, red flags, domestic abuse, peeping, finding out you're a bastard, Paul's M.O., Amway, meeting your future spouse, Dan is a horrible person, incompetence, the Scarborough rapes, and much, much more!! Please like, subscribe, and follow where e…
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On this episode Dan and Kevin cover: Italian and Mexican food, a listener email, Dark Picture Anthology, American culture, Dan's drinking, Tolkien, Oliver Cromwell, the Geordie accent, the St. Louis Welcoming Committee, civil war, Pokémon, Power Rangers, and much more! Please like, subscribe, and follow where ever you listen. The Beard Struggle Pat…
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Danny Goldberg and The Crocodile Sheers w/ Deb Norman: Face Of The Demogorgon
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On this special collaboration episode Dan and Kevin speak with Deb Norman from the Dying To Be Found and The Dash podcasts. Find out how your favorite Irish/American Torture podcasting duo first got together, what they like to listen to, and what movie character they would most like to play. Then hear Deb tell us the story of Danny Goldberg, some c…
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On this episode, Dan and Kevin cover: the invention of haggis, Henry VIII, cold water vs. hot water, Nero, counterfeiting, Ed Kemper, blanching a tomato, Japanese Robin Hood, hot steam, going into shock, the Shining Path, THE BEST DAD JOKE EVER, and much more! Please like, subscribe, and follow where ever you listen. The Beard Struggle Patreon Merc…
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The Cult of Yerba Buena: Estúpidos Agricultores
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On this episode Dan and Kevin cover: Dan's Beard, heading to Mexico, what a village is, Kevin has no sympathy, finding a goddess, human sacrifice, the High Priestess of Blood, Strange Wilderness, Sabastian Guerrero, incompetent police, getting caught, the trial, Weird Al, Michael vs. Taylor, Firefly, and much more!! Please like, subscribe, and foll…
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On this season 2 premiere episode, Dan and Kevin cover: Ragnar Hairy Breeches, Dan is a king, the Great Heathen Army, Ivar, last names, the process, the Saga's, the problems, anatomy and physiology, Cracker Barrel cheese, pop culture, and much more! https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/717332 Please like, subscribe, and follow where ever y…
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On this ONE YEAR PODIVERSARY episode, Dan and Kevin cover: Bloody Mary, Tower of London, what happens on the rack, 50 Shades of Grey, priest holes, death on the rack, racks around the world, exile, Anne Askew, pronouncing English words, Herostratus, the 5th of November, Ye Old John Wick, DAN QUITS, and much much more!! Please like, subscribe, and f…
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On this episode Dan and Kevin cover: Top Gun vs Hot Shots, a call to action, merch, interrogation, Years of Lead, Brazil, Dilma Rousseff, Atlantic slave trade, Ace Ventura, Brazil today, Carl Buddig meat, and much more! Please like, subscribe, and follow where ever you listen. The Beard Struggle Patreon Merch Buy Us A Coffee YouTube Instagram Twitt…
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Jesse H Pomeroy Episode 2: An Almost Serial Killer
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On this episode Dan and Kevin discuss: butt bitters, merch, being back home, Katie Curran, back to his old ways, little Horace, inside jokes, fake mustaches, shaving, finding a body, confessions and recants, the trial, solitary confinement, escape attempts, super hero's, and much much more!! Please like, subscribe, and follow where ever you listen.…
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Jesse H. Pomeroy Episode 1: Boston Butt Bitter
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On this episode Dan and Kevin cover: merch, the birth of a monster, animal abuse, school problems, torturing kids, Powder Horn Hill, learning what a "switch" is, wrong description, Ruth's rage, Boston accents, marbles, a game of cat and mouse, the Reformation House, killing snakes, getting out early, and much much more! Please like, subscribe, and …
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Vietnamese Booby Traps: Bridgey Snappy Spikey Stabby
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On this episode Dan and Kevin cover: 5 star reviews, guerilla warfare, Call Of Duty tips, Cliff Notes Vietnam, insects, Sideshow Bob, creative names, laughing like 5 year old's, tunnel rats, and much much more! Please like, subscribe, and follow where ever you listen. The Beard Struggle Patreon Merch Buy Us A Coffee YouTube Instagram Twitter Tiktok…
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On this episode Dan and Kevin cover: XBox handles, missing birthday, athletics, the KAR, cattle raiders, gold and ivory, elections, Dan starting a religion, Asian Ugandans, Pablo Escobar, disabled people, eating humans, and much, much more! Please like, subscribe, and follow where ever you listen. Patreon Merch Buy Us A Coffee YouTube Instagram Twi…
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Attachment Theory / M3GAN (2023) with Rachel Reeves and Sally Hourigan
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This week Mike is joined by Rachel Reeves (the Losers’ Club, The Pod & The Pendulum) and voice actor Sally Hourigan to talk about the viral sensation that danced into our hearts, M3GAN. We discuss how attachments formed in infancy influence our relationships throughout life, and how this film handles the sticky AI questions. Plus, the challenges of…
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On this episode Dan and Kevin cover: an inside joke, an email from Max, being forgetful, info on our merch and Patreon, fast food, Romans, PB&J, ancient China, Cornish Pasties, a step by step look, local attractions, refeeding syndrome, Linda Hazzard, and much, much more! Please like, subscribe, and follow where ever you listen. Patreon Merch Buy U…
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It’s the fifth Thursday of the month which means we’re doing something a little out of the box for this week’s show. We’re taking this opportunity to spotlight our dear friends Brian Keiper and Michele Eggen at the MOVIES FOR LIFE podcast. The two friends run a lovely podcast that mixes sharp critiques with an absolute heart-on-the-sleeve love for …
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A Conversation with Kay Lynch (Salem Horror Fest)
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This week Mike is joined by Kay Lynch. She's the founder and program director of the Salem Horror Festival which is returning this April for two weekends in lovely, scenic Salem Massachusetts. Kay is on hand to talk about why the festival took a year off in 2022 and all the ways it plans on returning in bigger and better fashion this spring. We tal…
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On this episode Dan and Kevin discuss: technical difficulties, Dan sings a song, crawling through your belly, G.O.T., Nero, Medieval Germany, The Dutch, the rat dungeon, going mad, a quick zoology lesson, South America, the Iceman, and much much more!! Please like, subscribe, and follow where ever you listen. Buy Us A Coffee YouTube Instagram Twitt…
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Sibling Rivalry / Basket Case (1982) with Nichole Goble
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This week Mike is joined once again by Nichole Goble of the Bodies of Horror podcast to discuss the 1982 exploitation and cult classic Basket Case directed by Frank Hennenlotter. This movie is a look at the sleazy underbelly of early '80s New York City and a piece of classic Gore in Camp. It’s also a deeply empathetic movie about how we look at tho…
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Comfort Horror / You Are Not My Mother (2021) with Ygraine Hackett-Cantabara
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This week Mike is joined by Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana (Ghouls’ magazine, What A Scream pod, Moving Pictures Film Club) to talk about the 2022 psychological horror from Ireland “You Are Not My Mother.” Ygraine Discusses the deep roots in Irish folklore that this film contains as well as the effects of colonization in terms of how the world perceive…
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On this episode Dan and Kevin cover: a thank you to Madeline, Dr. Magnethands, bad Irish internet, a quick history of the Irish Rebellion of 1798, movies, Star Crunch, half-hanging, picketing, yeomen, Tom the Divil, Dan's song, and much more! Thank you to the Crime Bae podcast for starting off the show. Please like, subscribe, and follow where ever…
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Sibling Rivalry / What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) with Taffeta V
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This week brings a new month and a new topic. What better way to kick off the topic of sibling rivalry with a classic of old world Hollywood that featured one of the most iconic feuds in movie history? Mike is joined by good friend Taffeta V (of the LATE podcast) to talk about WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE? We discuss the real hatred between its s…
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Comfort Horror / The Wolf Man (1941) with Lindsay Moore
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Even a pod who is pure in heart and says his prayers by night, may become a Comfort Horror episode on Universal Monsters when the wolfbane blooms and the autumn moon is bright. Meet us in the light of the full moon for comfort horror episode with Lindsay Moore on George Waggner’s The Wolf Man. Follow us on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram Psychoanaly…
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Rape Of Nanking Episode 3: Subject To Change
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On this episode Dan and Kevin cover: their favorite adult swim shows, the number of the dead, preparations for the battle, the evacuation, International Safety Zone, 3 heroes, war propaganda, the trials, and more! Thank you to the Cryptic Soup podcast for starting off the show. Please like, subscribe, and follow where ever you listen. Buy Us A Coff…
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Aging and Relationships / X (2022) with Dan Pfleegor and Nichole Goble
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This week Mike is joined by Dan Pfleegor (Losers’ Club) and Nichole Goble (Bodies of Horror) to talk To West’s X. This mashup of Boogie Nights And The Texas Chain Saw Massacre gifts the world with two head turning performances from Mia Goth, while offering a surprisingly tender look at sex work and sexuality as we age. That it does so while also de…
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Rape Of Nanking Episode 2: Dead Bodies Don't Talk
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On this episode Dan and Kevin discuss: the horribleness, killing the victims, traps, traitors, sex slaves, bad jokes to help the pain, the slaughter of entire families, incest, Li Xouying, food, a quick history, westerners not leaving good enough alone, live targets, and much much more! If you would like to skip over the horrid details of the atroc…
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New Relationship Energy / An American Werewolf in London (1981) with Rebecca McCallum
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This week, Mike talks about his favorite horror movie of all time when he discusses 1981’s An American werewolf in London, written and directed by John Landis. Once deemed “too funny to be scary and too scary to be funny” it went on to invent or at least refine the horror-comedy hybrid. This week he is joined by England’s own Rebecca McCallum of Gh…
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Rape Of Nanking Episode 1: It's Only Going To Get Worse
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On this episode Dan and Kevin discuss: Rick and Morty, the Sino-Japanese wars, Kevin is still bad with foreign languages, the road to Nanking, a power change, the plan of attack, Mufu Mountain, breaching the gates, war dogs, tearing tongues, the rare offended Irishman, and much, much more! Thank you to the That's Not Good: A True Crime Podcast for …
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Bad Romance / Possession (1981) with Jessica Scott and Taffeta V.
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We’re kicking off bad romance and couples issues month with one of the greatest stories about a marriage going up in flames ever told. To try to relay the events of this movie is to grab madness itself by the horns. Rooted in his own acrimonious divorce, Polish director Andrez Zulawski’s POSSESSION tells the volatile, violent, and disturbing breaku…
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