In lieu of a regular episode as Corrigan travels to Europe, you're in for a special treat as Marko reads for us from Clive Barker's anthology "Books of Blood." Settle in, loves.

An American journalist exposed the serious deficiencies in the Lucy Letby murder trial, but British readers weren't allowed to see it... nor did they want to. What does the fraught conversation around Lucy Letby's guilt tell us about the media, our institutions, and the criminal justice system?

[0:00] Mark tells Corrigan about the disappearance of Lars Mittank
[21:15] Mark celebrates Father's Day, we talk about the 4 hour YouTube takedown of the Star Wars hotel, we discuss CoRri's mourning period over her dog and whether you could fit a human in a pet euthabag
[39:10] Furiosa tanked in the theaters. Can we save cinemagoing?
[56:13] What we watched! ( Hit Man, Romy & Michele’s High School Reunion, To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar, Pride, The Omen, Six Schizophrenic Brothers [Book - Hidden Valley Road], Killer Klowns from Outer Space, Thale, Brats, I Saw The TV Glow)
[90:36] We revisit the Lucy Letby case and question whether we're collectively too attached to her guilt... and if so, what does that say about us and our criminal justice systems.

• The Spectacular Failure of the Star Wars Hotel
• A British Nurse Was Found Guilty of Killing Seven Babies. Did She Do It?
• Why a New Yorker Story on a Notorious Murder Case Is Blocked in Britain
• “Impossible to approach the reporting the way I normally would”: How Rachel Aviv wrote that New Yorker story on Lucy Letby
• New Yorker Story Questions Guilt Of Nurse Convicted Of Killing 7 Babies

Uh oh! Corrigan's busting some myth's again, breaking down the tall tale of the War of the Worlds panic broadcast. Then, as Marko and CoRri both deal with different deaths in their lives, it's a chat about what it means to leave a legacy, and how we and others stave off the dreaded "second death."

[0:00] Corrigan tells Marko about the myth of the War of the Worlds panic broadcast
[30:28] CoRri talks about the absurd ways her dog is slipping from life, new JoAG mailings are coming, Let's Play is coming, book club is Saturday, and CoRri is taking extraordinary measures to ensure the success of the NYC meeting
[44:00] What we watched! (Double Jeopardy, The Fugitive, Dancing for the Devil: The 7M TikTok Cult, MoviePass, MovieCrash, Babes, Cronos, The Exorcist: Believer, Stung, Under Paris. The Strangers: Chapter One)
[87:50] We talk about what it means for your memory to outlive you, and whether we want it to

• The War of the Worlds panic was a myth
• 75 Years Ago, 'War Of The Worlds' Started A Panic. Or Did It? : The Two-Way : NPR
• The Infamous "War of the Worlds" Radio Broadcast Was a Magnificent Fluke | Smithsonian
• The Halloween myth of the War of the Worlds panic - BBC News
• Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds panic myth: The infamous radio broadcast did not cause a nationwide hysteria.
• Ecuador's War of the Worlds: The Myth That Was
• The War of the Worlds in Ecuador