152. Jack Parsons

Jack Parsons, seen here with either a rocket component or a sex toy.

Happy Halloween everybody! We close out this year’s Spooktacular by talking about explosion enthusiast, sex-cult joiner, demon summoner, and subpar spy Jack Parsons with the wonderful Micah Thurston. Zach has a special Halloween send-off, Micah plays with the established timeline, and Brian encourages listeners to envision their dream cult.

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150. Burke & Hare

The two Williams: Burke and Hare.

Claw your way out of that grave, listeners: it’s the start of our annual Halloween Spooktacular! We’re joined by the wonderful Brad Galli to talk about the grave-robbing killers Burke & Hare. Zach slips on the Scottish accent like an old glove, Brad gives an architecture tour of Denver, and Brian kicks off this month in a thematically appropriate way!

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138. The New England Vampire Panic

“Billy, if you didn’t drain 13 townspeople of their blood, who did?” “Not me!”

Happy Halloween! We send off our annual Spooktacular by talking about the New England Vampire Panic with returning favorite Michael Jeffries! Zach pitches a gritty Multiplicity sequel, Michael literally* scares the pants off us, and Brian’s month-long quest to come up with a Halloween name bears fruit.

(We ended up having to use the Zoom audio of this call, so the audio quality is not where we want it to be. Hopefully this won’t be an issue going forward once we choose new recording software).

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137. The Bell Witch

The Bell Witch getting into some weird-ass shit

Halloween draws nearer and here at the Revisionists, the spooks are far from finished as we are haunted by the tale of the Bell Witch! To help us divine the truth, we are joined by Gabby Gutierrez-Reed! Brian takes another look at Dax Shepard, Zach teaches you the difference between dungeons, Gabby has insight into Santa’s preferences.

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121. H.H. Holmes

H.H. Holmes, who could wear a hat.

Happy Halloween! For the final episode of our annual Spooktacular, we welcome back the brilliant Kira MagCalen to discuss the life and crimes of H.H. Holmes! Zach celebrates a slice of Chicago history, Kira picks her favorite weapon, and Brian accidentally slanders Jon Favreau. BOO! SPOOKY!

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Episode 99: Vlad the Impaler

Children of the night, what sweet new episodes they make! Byron Graham drops in to help us nail Vlad the Impaler. Zach has Vlads to spare, Byron plays book critic, and Brian stumbles into a better alternate history.

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Episode 98: The Smalls Lighthouse Incident

The Smalls Lighthouse Incident: was it murder? Sea madness? Either way it’s podcast fodder baybee!

Shine up your skeletons, boils and ghouls because it’s time for our annual Spooktacular! Jen Kolic (Jen Killic) returns for a special Halloween podcast to help us discuss the Smalls Lighthouse Incident/Tragedy. Zach gives Dracula some dialect coaching, Jen mourns the loss of her woodchipper, and Brian defends his lighthouse survival skills.

*NOTE* Eagle-eyed listeners will notice there was no episode 97! That’s because Brian accidentally put out two shows with the same episode number a while back. Welcome to episode 98!

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FLASHBACK! FWPH: Die Hard

We’re on a brief sabbatical while Brian prepares to move and Zach finishes classes, so we bring you another episode of our old podcast with Pat Medaugh, the First World Privilege Hour! We discuss Die Hard this time around. We’ll be back in two weeks with our first SPOOKTACULAR episode of the year (we’ve still got two in store for you, so not to worry)!

Flashback! FWPH #14: Water Births Are for Monsters

Everyone is sick! Instead of recording an episode that would be 85% sniffling, we decided to post a classic episode of Zach and Brian’s old podcast, The First World Privilege Hour! Featuring friend of the show (and friend) Pat Medaugh, the gang talk about Gremlins for Christmas and play a rousing game of trivia. Please note, we were 22 when we recorded this, and were much stupider people. We’ll be back to the Civil War next time. For now, enjoy!

Episode 77: The Bloody Benders

Happy Halloween! Gather your family around the bloody hovel and listen as Byron Graham returns to the show to help us talk about The Bloody Benders! Meanwhile, Zach thoroughly recaps Cats, Byron encourages voting by wish, and Brian writes the Jekyll and Hyde musical.

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Episode 76: The Beast of Gevaudan

Trick or Treat, boils and ghouls! Welcome to this year’s Halloween Spooktacular! The hellarious Mitch Jones (Ditch Bones?) joins us to talk about the Beast of Gevaudan! Zach calls out cows for being grass traitors, Mitch talks about the best way to shoot a werewolf, and Brian gets Gritty with it!

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