Jack of All Graves

Ep. 243: cursed love

This week Marko wanted to hear a story of cursed love, so Corrigan recounts the tragic mystery of the Mayerling Incident, which inadvertently led to WWI. Cursed indeed! Highlights: [0:00] Corrigan tells the story of the Mayerling Incident[47:15] Marko wonders if any of our listeners are dead, Corrigan indulges her special interests, and Hades II is out[01:02:40] What we watched: Lost Boys, Demon Knight, Strange Harvest, Night of the Reaper Stuff we referenced: Crown Prince Rudolph And The Mayerling Incident: Suicide Or Murder? The Austrian Crown Prince's Tragic End: A Historical Mystery Morbid Monday: The Unhappy Prince and the Dead Baroness Mayerling Final Letter The Tragedy at Mayerling: Unraveling the Mysterious Death of Crown Prince Rudolf Grim Facts About Mary Vetsera, The Doomed Mistress

Ep. 242: It's Not X, It's Y

  Highlights: [0:00] Marko tells Corrigan about the horrors of space[32:08] Apparently the Rapture is here! Who will saaaaave your soul?[39:56] It's not a podcast, it's a record of the AI-pocalypse[49:34] Some JoAG related stories listeners have sent us, including Capgras syndrome and parthenogenesis[01:08:24] Mark shares some head canon[01:22:05] What we watched: Sketch, Beyond the Poseidon Adventure, Bad Shabbos, Lost Boys, District 9, Red Rooms, Handling the Undead, Masking Threshold

Ep. 241: Groypers

Listen: We know you've googled it this week. So, today we're gonna try to get to the bottom of what the hell a groyper is and whether we should care. Highlights: [0:00] Corrigan tells Marko about the absurd and terrifying right wing posse known as Groypers[56:20] Marko tells Corrigan about the joys of CEX, lizard parthogenesis, and the CoLD scale, all of which leads us to a chat about what we'd really like to see on the news[01:26:16] Some Ko-Fi updates, plus Corrigan talks about Banana Ball and we just keep thinking about touching grass Stuff we referenced: What the Heck is a ‘Groyper’? Groyper Army Pro-Trump conservatives are getting trolled in real life by a far-right group Why alt-right trolls shouted down Donald Trump Jr. Report: White nationalists turn focus to college campuses, with trial run at K-State Charlie Kirk's Culture War, Groypers, Nickers and Q&A-trolling The Far Right’s New Toad Mascot Is a Fatter, More Racist Pepe the Frog Nick Fuentes’ Pro-Trump Video Urging A ‘White Uprising’ Reminds Us How Racists Love The GOP Nick Fuentes: A White Nationalist Problem for the Right What are Groypers? Ladies' Man: An Autobiography by Paul Henreid

Ep. 240: Martyrs or Murderers?

This week we talk about how religions define martyrdom, whether it reeeeeally counts according to their own texts, and how any group is convinced to go to war. Plus, CoRri closes out her thirties, we talk science illiteracy, and we bicker over some movies! Highlights: [0:00] Marko discusses warriors from Samson of the Bible to modern suicide bombers, and what it means to be a martyr[39:35] Marko talks about dumb shit he's done, it's Corrigan's last day in her thirties[48:40] We discuss health fads, science confusion, and WHO BENEFITS01:03:42] Mark talks about rediscovering the brilliance of Metal Gear Solid[01:13:00] What we watched! (The Omen, Together, I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, Now Voyager, Dead Ringer, The Naked Gun

Ep. 239: a fiery five year banger

Holy smokes! We've been doing this thing for five years! To celebrate, Corrigan tells a horrific historical banger, we discuss some of our favorite stories and films from the last five years, and we make a big announcement! Thanks for sticking with us, friends! Highlights: [0:00] Corrigan tells Marko the story of the Great Hinckley Fire, which has haunted her since she first read about it[01:04:40] We do some reflection on the last five years of podcast and whether we feel like it's been a net positive in our lives, and exactly how MUCH of our lives this show has taken up[01:17:38] What we didn't foresee about the world five years from when we started[01:33:00] Mark talks about the only video he's ever noped out of, and CoRri talks about an audio clip Marko sent her that she noped out of, and we talk about WHEN IT HAPPENS [01:40:40] Our favorite movies and our favorite JoAGs from the past five years[02:06:25] The big announcement! Stuff we referenced: Under a Flaming Sky: The Great Hinckley Firestorm of 1894 by Daniel Brown "Root Cellar Story" Survivors of the Fire - Hinckley Fire Museum The Great Hinckley Fire of 1894 125 years ago, the Great Hinckley Fire became one of Minnesota's worst natural disasters