Jack of All Graves

The United States has just celebrated 250 years since the adoption of the Declaration of Independence and well, y'know, it was bumpy. As we ponder how we got here, Corrigan tells Marko about the historical U.S. president our current president looks up to most. Spoiler: He sucked! Highlights: [0:00] Corrigan tells Marko about the seventh president of the United States, Andrew Jackson [01:21:20] Mar...

As Marko put it, you don't know how foul this play gets! This week he tells the story of the murder of Peter Porco -- an event so unbelievable, it'd be ludicrous in fiction. Highlights: [0:00] Marko tells a story of axe murder that gets worse and worse every time you think the horror is complete [50:44] There's a heatwave in the UK, we rehash prison abolition in light of Christopher Porco, Marko's...

Two horrors for the price of one this week, as Corrigan tells the story of the greatest hard rock mining disaster in American history, and the murder of a man who tried to help the workers organize in its aftermath. Highlights: [0:00] Corrigan tells Marko about the Granite Mountain-Speculator mining disaster, and a union man who tried to prevent it from happening again [53:36] The Knicks win promp...

We're back and bringing you a new bodily horror to add to your list of fears! Marko tells us all about cancers that can be transmitted! Highlights: [0:00] Marko tells Corrigan about some strange cancers that have spread from host to host [30:00] Catching up on CoRri's trip to Europe and the U.K., London meet-up packets are coming soon, and our discord is poppin'! Get on there! We're watching the E...

Back in 1969, the Rolling Stones paid the world's most notoriously violent biker gang to do security for a hastily thrown together concert in exchange for beer. It went.... poorly. Highlights: [0:00] Corrigan tells Marko about the horrors of the Altamont Free Concert (make sure you listen to the companion ep. for free on our Ko-Fi !) [01:04:03] Summer is terrible, we reminisce on our blogging days...

This week we revisit the unhinged and violent era that followed 9/11, with Marko telling the bizarre story of the D.C. spree killers known as the Beltway Snipers. Then we try to come to grips with what's going on in U.K. politics this week 'cause that ish is bananas. Highlights: [0:00] Marko tells Corrigan the bonkers details of the Beltway Snipers [47:19] Mark wants to talk about the "good old da...

Everybody loves a dolphin... but no one quite as much as Margaret Howe Lovatt, who loved her charge, Peter the Dolphin, far more than was appropriate. Corrigan tells the story. Plus, why is everyone so freaked out about eleven missing "scientists?" Highlights: [0:00] Corrigan tells Marko about a dolphin trainer who got intimate with a dolphin [47:26] We discuss Mark's angst about the world and als...

In a follow-up to a long ago episode, Marko talks about the sinister ways in which rich people are planning to keep themselves alive for longer. Spoiler alert: It's not by stopping climate change or advocating for better healthcare! Highlights: [0:00] Marko tells Corrigan about the companies trying to extended rich people's longevity, and the dystopian ways their trying to do it [44:25] Marko foun...

Corrigan shares a gruesome bit of boatcore suggested by a listener: The wreck of the French frigate The Medusa! Then our guest Ella Tailor talks about her experiences in Minneapolis during ICE's reign of terror... and why it makes her hopeful. Check the show notes for MN mutual aid links! Highlights: [0:00] Corrigan tells Ella and Marko the gruesome story of the wreck of the Medusa [53:00] Marko h...

Marko has been on Reddit, and the news isn't good. Are we in for some real climate fuckery in the imminent future? And should we be channeling our inner preppers? Highlights: [0:00] Bad news! El niño is about to fuck us all up! [30:25] Corrigan has a book recommendation and a life recommendation to take away some of the dread (The Story of More by Hope Jahren) [54:30] What we watched: RoboCop, Lea...

We're joined by author Lauren Bolger to talk about her spooky, genre-bending book "The Barre Incidents," and its connections to everyone's favorite sexy cryptid: Mothman! This book has everything: Ghost miners, Norse gods, Indrid Cold, and even a little romance for good measure! Highlights: [0:00] Corrigan tells Lauren and Marko about John Keel, the Mothman, Indrid Cold, and the superspectrum theo...

Marko tells Corrigan the very iffy story of a woman who may or may not have had a strange form of amnesia. You decide. Highlights: [0:00] Marko tells Corrigan the strange story of journalist Jody Roberts... or is it web designer Jane Dee? [38:26] Corrigan's lasagna hack raises a conversation about the merits and pitfalls of taking shortcuts [01:05:40] What we watched: Project Hail Mary, Your Monst...

Marko reads the 1893 short story "An Alpine Divorce" by Robert Barr before Corrigan tells some real stories about the phenomenon everyone's talking about on social media. Plus, Marko discovers Ruby Frankie. Ooooh boy. Highlights: [0:00] Marko reads "An Alpine Divorce." [11:58] Corrigan talks about women being left in the wilderness by angry men [50:58] Marko finds a mysterious mini-DV tape, we cha...

We're back after two epic episodes in a row apparently crashed Corrigan's immune system! This week Marko tells Corrigan about one of the most horrific bastards we've ever discussed -- Marcel Petiot, a.k.a. Dr. Satan! Then we catch up on the month of movies we haven't discussed! Highlights: [0:00] Marko tells Corrigan about the MacDonald Triad & truly fucking depraved serial killer Marcel Petio...

In an episode years in the making, we finally tackle the question of what prison abolition is and whether it would actually work, with the help of "The Leftist Lawyer" Sheryl Weikal! But first, Corrigan tells the true story behind the legend of John Henry and how it ties into the modern prison industrial complex. Highlights: [0:00] Corrigan tells Marko and Sheryl the true history behind the legend...

Boffin Eileen is back! This time she's perfectly adequately (read: AMAZINGLY) answering Marko's burning questions about what the nukes can do to us, and addressing Corrigan's skepticism about regulating our nervous systems! Plus, an impromptu tribute to Catherine O'Hara. Highlights: [0:00] Eileen talks about the truly horrific effects of radiation sickness [58:40] Eileen explores how much we can r...

A miscommunication leads to us having to wing this episode, and it sure goes all over the place! Corrigan revisits the claims of the Killer in the Code podcast, Marko discusses nuclear war, and we preview the next two REALLY COOL episodes we've got coming. Highlights: [0:00] Corrigan gives an update on the Killer in the Code podcast [32:08] CoRri was a pukey child and we discuss pukey Garbage Pail...

The snow in New Jersey this weekend is magical... so Corrigan brings the mood down by talking about a field trip that turned deadly during a blizzard on Oregon's Mt. Hood. Highlights: [0:00] Corrigan tells Marko about an ill-fated field trip to Oregon's Mt. Hood [53:34] We talk like youth pastors, discuss this week's current events [01:08:40] Book club things and don't forget to mark the weekend o...

Hard to believe it's only the 10th of January after the week the U.S. has had. We have a talk about it, but not before Marko talks about a people who revere death, we discuss death in kids' media, and we dig into whether there's a conspiracy to make people scared of normal weather in the U.K. Highlights: [0:00] Marko tells Corrigan about the Toraja people of Indonesia, who have an intimate relatio...

Why not start out the year inspired? This week Corrigan tells Marko the story of Hannie Schaft and the Oversteegen Sisters, teenage badasses who seduced and killed Nazis. Plus, for good measure, we answer some burning listener questions! Highlights: [0:00] Corrigan tells Marko the story of Hannie Schaft and Truus and Freddie Oversteegen [39:50] Momentous occasions in what we watched! (A Nightmare...

On our last JoAG of 2025, Marko explains the corporate playbook for profiting off stuff they know is bad for us, Corrigan sees a volcano, and we discuss the credibility of the recent revelations that the Zodiac and Black Dahlia murders may have been committed by the same guy! Highlights: [0:00] Marko tells Corrigan the corporate playbook for profiting from our misery and poor health [51:30] We cha...

To close out our vacation episodes, we're sharing this month's episode of the JoAG Fancave, normally available exclusively on our Ko-Fi. But first! Marko is soliciting your questions for a JoAG AMA! This month’s film was 2020’s The Wolf Snow Hollow written, directed and starring Jim Cummings and before you ask, no, not the voice of Winnie the Pooh Jim Cummings. The other one. The movie follows the...

Corrigan is in Hawaii surrounded by screaming roosters, barking dogs, and coqui frogs 24 hours a day, so here's a lil' sample of JoAG Radio, which you can find on our Ko-Fi page! It's a series of stripped down JoAG tales with no crosstalk. Just the facts. In this episode, Corrigan talks about the girls who lost their lives making watch faces in New Jersey, and the real story of Kitty Genovese, who...

This time of year we always have a ramble episode or two, so here's one! After Corrigan explains why she can't tell Marko about the Portuguese Inquisition and instead tells him the strange story of the maybe-kidnapping of the founder of the Four Square denomination, we unleash a stream of consciousness episode about nothing and everything. Highlights: [0:00] Corrigan tells Marko about early megach...

While Corrigan is away on the other side of the Atlantic, Marko takes the time to read a story suggested to us on our Discord by our pal Paul: Shirley Jackson's 1948 classic, "The Lottery."