Today on Patreon: The monster returns to cause a major shakeup on both ships. The Terror's head chef notices trouble with the canned food stores while Hickey's onboard affair ends in the worst possible way.
Also, there's a pet monkey on the ship??
Tomorrow on Patreon: take a picture of Sir John Franklin because it’ll last longer than he does.
We’re up to a big episode in our coverage of THE TERROR
Today on Patreon: As the action on THE TERROR jumps ahead eight months to Spring 1847, both Terror and Erebus remain locked in ice and it's causing tension between Sir John and Crozier.
And that's before the two lead teams encounter violence and death!
Tomorrow on Patreon: with both Erebus and Terror trapped in the ice, THE TERROR settles in for a long cold winter with episode 1.02 “Gore”
Today on the Main Feed: @joelipsett.bsky.social and @jennferatu.bsky.social continue our coverage of Jack the Ripper with Hugo Fregonese’s 1953 adaptation, MAN IN THE ATTIC.
Jack Palance stars as a mysterious lodger who may be connected to a series of gruesome murders plaguing 1888 London.
Today on Patreon: Jenn and Joe tackle episode 1 of THE TERROR, AMC's stunning anthology series about Captain Sir John Franklin as his ships, the HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, become hopelessly stuck in the ice.
Discussions include: the depiction of indigenous peoples and class dynamics on the ship.
Tomorrow on Patreon: @jennferatu.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social kick off episode by episode coverage of THE TERROR S01.
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In anticipation of our coverage of AMC's The Terror, @joelipsett.bsky.social gives @jennferatu.bsky.social a quick primer on the real life details of the doomed Franklin expedition of 1845.
We're discussing British hubris and the tale of two ships which became icebound for two years from 1846-1848.
Top tier if you want to listen to them all (plus the other ~200 episodes in there).
Lower tiers usually nab you the first couple of episodes if you just want to sample
Tomorrow: @jennferatu.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social kick off the March Patreon with a primer on Terror and Erebus, the two ships involved in Sir John Franklin’s disastrous attempt to find the northwest passage!
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Today: Jenn and Joe discuss an early Alfred Hitchcock film, The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927).
Topics include: appreciating black & white silent movies; German Expressionism; Hitchcock trademarks; and how the film anticipates True Crime discussions we're still having 100 years later.
Tomorrow: @jennferatu.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social’s first Jack the Ripper text is an early silent Alfred Hitchcock thriller from 1927 called THE LODGER: A STORY OF THE LONDON FOG.
Watch the film for free on YouTube 👇
Yeah, the photos are bad (nearly as bad as Gein crime scenes)
Today on the Main Feed: In the 19th century, Jack the Ripper terrorized the residents of Whitechapel, London, leaving butchered bodies in the street before disappearing into the night.
Carole Peters’s docuseries episode chronicles this disturbing case and its wide variety of suspected killers.
Tomorrow on the Main Feed: @jennferatu.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social kick off coverage of Jack the Ripper with a brief documentary that acts as a primer for the case.
Check it out for free on YouTube 👇
This month on the pod: @jennferatu.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social are tackling a True Crime classic on the Main Feed with a look at Jack the Ripper.
Meanwhile, on Patreon, we’re doing episode by episode coverage of S01 of THE TERROR.
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Jenn ( @jennferatu.bsky.social ) and Joe ( @joelipsett.bsky.social ) talk about the finale of Devil In the Family: The Fall of Ruby Franke.
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Your weekend homework: in anticipation of a month discussing Jack the Ripper, watch a primer courtesy of KILL AND KILL AGAIN on YouTube before our new episode on Tuesday
Today on Patreon: Director Olly Lambert's 3-part series Devil in the Family: The Fall of Ruby Franke concludes on a harrowing note as police raid Jodi Hildebrandt's desert home and Kevin finally sees the truth about his "perfect" family.
Tomorrow on Patreon: @jennferatu.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social wrap up a month of true crime documentaries with the third and final episode of DEVIL IN THE FAMILY: THE FALL OF RUBY FRANKE, which reveals what happened to the children and the sentences handed down
Today on Patreon: The middle entry of Hulu's Devil in the Family: The Fall of Ruby Franke ramps up the stakes quickly as Jodi Hildebrandt's cult-like influence is explored, and family members are cast out and cut off until only the four most vulnerable members are left.
Tomorrow on Patreon: @jennferatu.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social dig deeper into the sordid saga of mom-fluencer Ruby Franke and her bizarre relationship with therapist Jodi Hildebrandt in episode 2 of DEVIL IN THE FAMILY
Today on the Main Feed: @jennferatu.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social wrap up Olympic Crime month with a look at Oscar Pistorius: Blade Runner Killer.
On the night of Feb 13, 2013, the Olympic athlete shot and killed his model/lawyer girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, mistaking her for an intruder.
Are The Warrens back?!
Tomorrow on the Main Feed: @jennferatu.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social tackle one final Olympic crime story as we venture to South Africa for the Lifetime film, OSCAR PISTORIUS: BLADE RUNNER KILLER (2017)
ICYMI: @jennferatu.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social spent last week discussing texts about John du Pont and the murder of Olympic wrestler Dave Schultz, including 2014’s FOXCATCHER and 2016’s TEAM FOXCATCHER
Read more via @bloody-disgusting.com and listen via @bloodyfm.bsky.social
Jenn ( @jennferatu.bsky.social ) and Joe ( @joelipsett.bsky.social ) talk about narrative framing in true crime documentaries, specifically in The Perfect Neighbor.
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Today on Patreon: @jennferatu.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social kick off coverage of Olly Lambert's viral Hulu series, Devil in the Family: The Fall of Ruby Franke.
Episode 1 discussions include: child exploitation and abuse; and life as a member of the Mormon church.
Tomorrow on Patreon: we’re kicking off a sprint for the final week of February as we check out all three episodes of DEVIL IN THE FAMILY: THE FALL OF RUBY FRANKE
> Mon: Ep 1
> Weds: Ep 2
> Fri: Ep 3