Ep. 229: a palace of pebbles & deaths in a crowd

For the second week in a row, we talk about some devastating deaths in public settings, but not before Mark tells a heartwarming story about a quirky Frenchman, we talk about ICE and the National Guard, and Corrigan questions what the best radioactive mutation would be.

Highlights:

[0:00] Marko tells Corrigan about France's Palais Ideal de Facteur Cheval, an impressive edifice built by a quirky widower
[23:14] We discuss caves, catacombs, and fugue states
[31:57] Mark's doing fine, Corrigan explains the National Guard and what's going on with ICE, we discuss generational nuclear anxiety, and we talk about whether two penises is a good radiation mutation
[48:59] We've got a Pride watch along, a Pride Let's Play, book club, and a new Fancave coming!
[52:27] What we watched: The Black Phone, Rope, You're Next, Doctor Jekyll, The Toxic Avenger, Sirens, Trouble Every Day, Rambo: First Blood Part II, The Surfer, Predator: Killer of Killers, Toxic Avenger Part II
[01:32:52] We talk about public figures who have died in front of a crowd and why we find these things so haunting

Stuff we referenced:

• Lightning kills football team
• Lightning Kills 11 Soccer Players
• Manslaughter probe continues 1 year after hockey player Adam Johnson’s death in England
• A man arrested over death of a hockey player whose neck was cut with skate blade is released on bail
• Matt Petgrave will not face charges in hockey death of Adam Johnson
• Former NHL player Adam Johnson dies after a skate cut his neck during a game
• He was involved in a tragic on-ice death. Now he’s being targeted with racist attacks online
• Black Hockey Player In Fatal Freak Accident Has Become A Target For Racist Tweets
• The darkest night in music history: The shocking murder of Pantera guitarist Dimebag Darrell