Jack of All Graves

Hey friends. Wanna hang out? Let’s just kick up our feet and talk about some movies and stuff. It’s spooky season after all, and we’re but a week out from our very first in-person JoAG. Come have a seat on our podcast couch and chill. Highlights: [0:00] We shoot the breeze about Mark’s habit of buffering, non-lethal weapons, and other topics of great importance [8:00] We get into what we’ve been w...

A friend of the ‘cast mentioned that crimes that happen in rural locations are often much more interesting than the humdrum every day incidents in big cities, so we took a look at some stories that could only happen in those wide open spaces. Highlights: [0:00] Mark tells CoRri about people who feel compelled to eat non-edible things [15:00] Mark’s kid probably has Covid, we’re obsessed with the n...

Sometimes the quest for secret knowledge leads to some pretty bizarre beliefs. We’re delving into a few conspiracy theories and their larger consequences in the world. Highlights: [0:00] Mark tells CoRri about extra-sensory perception… but not that kind [19:25] We get right into a little cultural exchange discussing the phrase “you’re welcome” and where we keep our household appliances. [33:12] Th...

Sometimes you just have to laugh at death and the chaotic and humiliating ways in which it strikes. Highlights: [0:00] CoRri tells Mark about the Donner Party [22:45] We have some announcements, including book club on September 25th and a VERY special milestone episode on October 16th! [33:40] We discuss the wild week in movies we’ve just had [54:00] We talk about the poetry of a stupid death, and...

As we’ve said time and time again, there’s no end to the horrors of nature. This week we’re delving into the wild ways members of the animal kingdom have evolved and learned to defend themselves against predators and unwanted advances. Highlights: [0:00] Mark tries to convince terrified-flyer CoRri that sometimes plane crashes can be funny [12:55] Mark’s got a new positive character arc for season...

It’s been a rough week as Tropical Storm Ida left CoRri swimming in her basement. We get into what it’s like to weather a natural disaster, and then we’re joined by Tara Court of The Killening podcast and horror/sci-fi author David Court to talk about FrightFest and the new movies you should be looking out for. Highlights: [0:00] CoRri forgot to research a cold open because her house flooded in Tr...

Mark is drunk. CoRri is tired. This is our one year anniversary ramble about vacations, movies, why the world is a giant mess, and why we still need each other and the JoAg fam. Highlights: [0:00] The wild disarticulated feet of British Columbia [18:25] Mark pops some champagne to celebrate one year of JoAG [23:00] We discuss our respective trips to Knoxvillle, TN and the Isle of Wight [36:20] We...

We’ve both been doing a lot of hiking lately, and given the kind of people we are, that obviously raises an important question: What are the various ways in which you can die while on a hike? Highlights: [0:00] CoRri tells Mark the story of the town that murdered a man [18:30] CoRri is causing mass psychogenic illness and we don’t know if there are giraffes in Sri Lanka [25:30] State of the Pod: W...

Some toys are horrifying because they’re simply unsettling; others are horrifying because they maim and even kill. We’re taking a look at some memorable offenders of both kinds. [0:00] CoRri answer Mark’s question from several weeks ago: Is there a disorder that can make you fearless? [23:00] We jump straight into some JoAG therapy. We’re having a hard time, friends, but we’re doing our best. [29:...

While Mark might be quick to point out that 1, 2, Freddy’s coming for you, turns out there are all kinds of other things to fear about sleeping besides guys with knife hands — from sleep paralysis demons to insomnia that literally kills. Highlights: [0:00] Am I a psychopath? Are you? Mark has one (bullshit) question to help you find out [11:45] Welcoming Mark back from vacation causes us to spiral...

Mark’s on a camping trip, so the inimitable Kristin Latourelle joins Corrigan to discuss their shared evangelical past and the very, very thin — possibly non-existent — line between mainstream Christianity and a cult. It’s a long one, so, y’know, use the time stamps. Highlights: [0:00] CoRri tells Kristin the story of Ursula and Sabina Eriksson and their strange case of folie à deux. [20:00] CoRri...

This week we’re diving into torture, whether state sanctioned or the work of criminal elements like cartels and serial killers. Highlights: [0:00] CoRri talks about the tragic and terrifying Lake Nyos disaster [16:40] Mark issues and episode content warning for descriptions of torture, we re-introduce our wonderful guest, Hollywood Steve of the Dead and Lovely podcast, and we talk about Mark’s nee...

This week we’ve been sending news headlines back and forth to each other, so we thought we’d share some of the world’s weirdness with you -- from the death of a real tall horse to Anthony Bourdain's AI voice and beyond.  Highlights: [0:00] Mark loves Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark [11:00] A listener witnessed someone actually getting stuck in quicksand! [18:00] We remind everyone we’re watching Fri...

Mark wondered about the connection between suffering/oppression and innovation/progress, so we explore whether these things are inherently connected. Highlights: [0:00] CoRri tells Mark about the phenomenon of mass psychogenic illness, and it turns out Mark has experienced it [22:50] Not to harp on this soccer thing, but boy does it bring out the worst in the UK. Still, CoRri got kind of into it....

Somehow Mark got it into his head that we could do a 10-15 minute mini-sode in which we discussed the movies we watched this week, but you’ve all listened to this podcast, so it’ll come as no surprise to you that we spent an hour on it. Highlights: [0:00] We talk about a couple terrible murder cases out of the UK [16:15] We explain why we missed Sunday, we talk about Mark’s terrible idea for our o...

CoRri’s been thinking lately about what fear is, and why some things break through the fear callous we’ve built up over the years and send us running to pull the covers over our heads, so we discuss our biggest fears and what our brains are doing when they hit us. Highlights: [0:00] Mark discusses the inhospitable, deadly landscape of Australia and does some VERY aggressive Australian accent work...

An ex-vangelical and a Satanist walk into a podcast.... HIGHLIGHTS: [0:00] CoRri tells Mark about primary amebic meningoencephalitis — otherwise known as brain-eating amoebas [16:50] We recap our amazing boatcore watch-along and the wonderful movies we watched this week [29:00] Mark shares a listener story and we talk about whether there’s some cosmic connection that allows us to know something ha...

Whether it’s fires on sets, cast member deaths, or IRA bombs, some movies just seem to draw catastrophe. Some people would even say they’re cursed. I mean, we wouldn’t, but some people would. Let’s chat about them. Highlights: [0:00] Mark tells CoRri about some nightmarish types of cysts [14:02] Mark wonders about what our listeners are doing while listening to us, and we discuss our upcoming boat...

As happens from time to time, we had a plan for where this episode was going, and then it happened very differently from that plan. So, this week, we have Mark’s big brother on the ‘cast to talk about sinkholes, movie demons, and his deep love for Hereditary. It’s a meander, but it’s a heartfelt one. Highlights: [0:00] CoRri unintentionally channels one of Mark’s most primal fears when she decides...

Freak accidents happen, sure, and sometimes you take every precaution and tragedies still unfold… but that’s not what happened in the stories we’re telling today. This week we discuss deaths on movie sets and the hubris of the filmmakers who caused them. Highights: [0:00] Marks talks about the time he was an extra in an unreleased movie filmed in a sex dungeon [8:36] We talk about the lively faceb...

We’re in the mood to fight each other this week, whether over the merits of the Hellboy remake, or rehashing one of our earlier debates about addiction. We know each other better now, so the gloves are off. In this whirlwind episode, topics span from a cursed lake and America’s civil war, to the trouble with Zack Snyder, to whether an affinity for getting high is a mammalian impulse — and if so, w...

We live in the age of memes and mass media, so we all know that some ideas are especially contagious. In this episode, we delve into the phenomenon of suicide clusters and the media’s culpability in spawning copycats. Highlights [0:00] Where have all the soundtracks gone? Mark laments the loss of the title banger from eighties and nineties horror movies. [12:25] A reminder to watch Thirteen Ghosts...

We’ve got one of CoRri’s childhood besties, Duncan Newton-Gaines, on the show this week to help Mark initiate CoRri into a love-hate relationship with the tragic, awesome, exploitative, magical art of pro wrestling. Highlights [0:00] CoRri explains why, if you think you have ghosts, it might not be ghosts. And you’re also probably the one leaving yourself those cryptic post-it notes, not your land...

This week we thought we’d delve into natural disasters, but it turns out we’re both preoccupied with the same phenomenon: Earthquakes. Highlights: [0:00] Mark tells the story of Franz Reichelt, the flying tailor. [11:40] Mark and CoRri are SO bad at math, Mark listened to JoAG for the first time, and we’re ready for the next JoAG watch-along on May 22nd! Let us know any of your suggestions for “MT...

Unsurprisingly, Mark loves leaving his life in the hands of teenage ride operators at amusement parks, while CoRri takes a pass on that sort of thrill. This week we’re talking about horrific and haunting things that have happened to unsuspecting riders at parks around the U.K. and U.S. Highlights: [0:00] CoRri calls bullshit on local lore about New Jersey’s Ramapough Lenape people [13:07] We revis...