This week Corrigan tells Marko the horrific origins of the phrase "going postal," which somehow became a punchline in the '90s. Along the way, they bicker about cultural differences, debate the ethics of human experimentation, and chat about some excellent flicks. Classic shit.
Highlights:
[0:00] Corrigan tells Marko about the origins of the phrase of "going postal"
[48:06] Cultural exchange!
[56:00] Snakebite guy leads Mark to ask some iffy questions about human experimentation
[01:09:53] What we watched: Thunderbolts, NOPE, Freaky Tales, Drop, Deranged, Black Widow, Ed Kemper, Conclave
[01:38:56] A tease for next week's episode!
Stuff we referenced:
- Recalling the post office shooting, 25 years later
- Montclair Marks 30th Anniversary of Post Office Shooting That Killed Four
- Workplace violence: homicides and nonfatal intentional injuries by another person in 2020
- Examining Workplace Homicide
- THE LONER: FROM SHY FOOTBALL PLAYER TO 'CRAZY PAT'
- MAIL CARRIER KILLS 14 IN POST OFFICE, THEN HIMSELF
- THREE DIE IN POSTAL SHOOTINGS IN TWO STATES
- Postal Officials Examine System After 2 Killings
- State v. Smith
- United States of America, Plaintiff-appellee, v. Curtis L. Collins, Defendant-appellant, 690 F.2d 431 (5th Cir. 1980)
- A disgruntled postal worker with a high-powered rifle shot...
- Man kills 4, self
- Throwback Thursday: Postal workers start packing pistols in 1961
- Mass Shooting at Montclair Post Office Remembered 30 Years Later
- DEATH IN THE POST OFFICE: 4 Shot Dead in New Jersey Post Office; Wide Manhunt but Motive Is Not Clear
- 2 decades later, Montclair reflects on deadly post office shooting
- Post Office Supervisor Shot to Death; C
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