In anticipation of our coverage of AMC's The Terror, @joelipsett.bsky.social gives @jennferatu.bsky.social a quick primer on the real life details of the doomed Franklin expedition of 1845.
We're discussing British hubris and the tale of two ships which became icebound for two years from 1846-1848.
Top tier if you want to listen to them all (plus the other ~200 episodes in there).
Lower tiers usually nab you the first couple of episodes if you just want to sample
A painting of a 19th century ship with tall sails, navigating ice waters with a rowboat in front
Tomorrow: @jennferatu.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social kick off the March Patreon with a primer on Terror and Erebus, the two ships involved in Sir John Franklin’s disastrous attempt to find the northwest passage!
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Today: Jenn and Joe discuss an early Alfred Hitchcock film, The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927).
Topics include: appreciating black & white silent movies; German Expressionism; Hitchcock trademarks; and how the film anticipates True Crime discussions we're still having 100 years later.
Tomorrow: @jennferatu.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social’s first Jack the Ripper text is an early silent Alfred Hitchcock thriller from 1927 called THE LODGER: A STORY OF THE LONDON FOG.
Watch the film for free on YouTube 👇
Yeah, the photos are bad (nearly as bad as Gein crime scenes)
Today on the Main Feed: In the 19th century, Jack the Ripper terrorized the residents of Whitechapel, London, leaving butchered bodies in the street before disappearing into the night.
Carole Peters’s docuseries episode chronicles this disturbing case and its wide variety of suspected killers.
Tomorrow on the Main Feed: @jennferatu.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social kick off coverage of Jack the Ripper with a brief documentary that acts as a primer for the case.
Check it out for free on YouTube 👇
Two images: the shadow of a man in a top hat wielding a knife (top); a severe looking older man in Royal Navy gear against a frozen backdrop (below)
This month on the pod: @jennferatu.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social are tackling a True Crime classic on the Main Feed with a look at Jack the Ripper.
Meanwhile, on Patreon, we’re doing episode by episode coverage of S01 of THE TERROR.
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Jenn ( @jennferatu.bsky.social ) and Joe ( @joelipsett.bsky.social ) talk about the finale of Devil In the Family: The Fall of Ruby Franke.
Listen to the full episode here - www.patreon.com/posts/151348...
Your weekend homework: in anticipation of a month discussing Jack the Ripper, watch a primer courtesy of KILL AND KILL AGAIN on YouTube before our new episode on Tuesday
Today on Patreon: Director Olly Lambert's 3-part series Devil in the Family: The Fall of Ruby Franke concludes on a harrowing note as police raid Jodi Hildebrandt's desert home and Kevin finally sees the truth about his "perfect" family.
A Dutch angle of a blonde woman in black being marched to the back of a police cruiser
Tomorrow on Patreon: @jennferatu.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social wrap up a month of true crime documentaries with the third and final episode of DEVIL IN THE FAMILY: THE FALL OF RUBY FRANKE, which reveals what happened to the children and the sentences handed down
Today on Patreon: The middle entry of Hulu's Devil in the Family: The Fall of Ruby Franke ramps up the stakes quickly as Jodi Hildebrandt's cult-like influence is explored, and family members are cast out and cut off until only the four most vulnerable members are left.
A blond haired teen boy in a white t-shirt looks away from a grinning blonde woman as they both sit against a white wall
Tomorrow on Patreon: @jennferatu.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social dig deeper into the sordid saga of mom-fluencer Ruby Franke and her bizarre relationship with therapist Jodi Hildebrandt in episode 2 of DEVIL IN THE FAMILY
Today on the Main Feed: @jennferatu.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social wrap up Olympic Crime month with a look at Oscar Pistorius: Blade Runner Killer.
On the night of Feb 13, 2013, the Olympic athlete shot and killed his model/lawyer girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, mistaking her for an intruder.
Are The Warrens back?!
Tomorrow on the Main Feed: @jennferatu.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social tackle one final Olympic crime story as we venture to South Africa for the Lifetime film, OSCAR PISTORIUS: BLADE RUNNER KILLER (2017)
ICYMI: @jennferatu.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social spent last week discussing texts about John du Pont and the murder of Olympic wrestler Dave Schultz, including 2014’s FOXCATCHER and 2016’s TEAM FOXCATCHER
Read more via @bloody-disgusting.com and listen via @bloodyfm.bsky.social
Jenn ( @jennferatu.bsky.social ) and Joe ( @joelipsett.bsky.social ) talk about narrative framing in true crime documentaries, specifically in The Perfect Neighbor.
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Today on Patreon: @jennferatu.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social kick off coverage of Olly Lambert's viral Hulu series, Devil in the Family: The Fall of Ruby Franke.
Episode 1 discussions include: child exploitation and abuse; and life as a member of the Mormon church.
Tomorrow on Patreon: we’re kicking off a sprint for the final week of February as we check out all three episodes of DEVIL IN THE FAMILY: THE FALL OF RUBY FRANKE
> Mon: Ep 1
> Weds: Ep 2
> Fri: Ep 3
Today on Patreon: David Osit’s 2025 doc PREDATORS is not an easy watch. The film explores the practice and power of Chris Hanson’s To Catch a Predator and a distressing legacy of online imitators. This one gets a little heavy with discussions of sexual predators and connections to current politics.
Tomorrow on Patreon: @jennferatu.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social continue their discussion of the best documentaries of 2025 with a look at PREDATORS, which looks at the fall-out from TO CATCH A PREDATOR.
Today on the Main Feed: Our discussion of the murder of Dave Schultz by eccentric multi-millionaire John du Pont continues with FOXCATCHER, the fictionalized take from 2014.
Directed by Bennett Miller, the film was nominated for 5 Oscars, including make-up (which...what?)
Tomorrow on the Main Feed: @jennferatu.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social tackle the Hollywood version of the wrestling scandal/murder of Dave Schultz by John du Pont in the Oscar-nominated FOXCATCHER
Today on the Main Feed: Jenn and Joe tackle the strange story of John du Pont and the murder of Olympic gold wrestler Dave Schultz.
Jon Greenhalgh’s 2016 documentary TEAM FOXCATCHER (2016) gives us an intimate view of life on du Pont’s Foxcatcher Farms and a dangerous quest for Olympic gold.
![Team Foxcatcher | Official Trailer [HD] | Netflix](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:xwu5hezzgkhj4py63agth4ri/bafkreifnz557ztbvjtmybfbdghi52v25f2l4wc5anwtx3fperz5rk7hzru)
Tomorrow on the Main Feed: @jennferatu.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social turn to wrestling as the month of Olympic crime continues with the shocking events documented in TEAM FOXCATCHER (2016)
A balding wrestling in a white singlet stands next to an older man in a blue and yellow tracksuit on a gym floor as an audience watches on stands in the background
Next week on the pod: we’re continuing our Olympic Crime coverage with a look at John Du Pont and the murder of Dave Schultz.
Start with doc TEAM FOXCATCHER on Tuesday, then press on to the Hollywood version - FOXCATCHER - on Thursday.
