Murder Made Fiction

In the early morning hours of 26 April 1986, the fourth RBMK reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, exposing the Soviet Union to massive levels of radioactivity. The resulting cleanup would take nearly a year and wind up claiming thousands of lives. Meanwhile, scientists scrambled to understand exactly what went wrong and how to prevent Earth’s worst manmade disaster from happening again. Jenn walks Joe through the harrowing story of the Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster.

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Jenn and Joe are ready to wrap up a month of Jack the Ripper texts with arguably the most famous title to date: The Hughes Brothers' From Hell (2001).

This adaptation of the Alan Moore comic is 2+ hours long, stars Johnny Depp and Heather Graham (doing questionable accents) and has plenty of stylish green and red lighting.

Plus: a fantastic turn by Ian Holm; cries of salacious gore from critics of the time; a revisionist ending; and a legitimate interest in the lives of Whitechapel's sex workers.

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> Jenn: @jennferatu

> Joe: @bstolemyremote / @joelipsett (BlueSky)

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For our second last week of Jack the Ripper texts, we're checking out made-for-TV movie The Ripper (1997)

Starring Patrick Bergin, Gabrielle Anwar, and MVP Samuel West, this version of the story dispenses with the mystery and identifies The Ripper ~22 minutes in.

Plus: prioritizing the romance over the investigation, Bergin as a good guy, queer coding, and why we can tell this was helmed by a female director (Janet Meyers).

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> Joe: @bstolemyremote / @joelipsett (BlueSky)

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Here's a sneak peek at our all new Patreon episode on Episode 6 of The Terror, "A Mercy" which features a fiery carnival.

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Michael Caine wraps up the case in episode two of Jack the Ripper (1988). A gruesome package sent to the media contains a pivotal clue that allows our fearless detectives to identify Jack the Ripper from a bevy of suspects. 

But will the world learn the identity of the notorious killer or will the truth stay buried for 100 years?

Topics include: poverty in 19th century London and surprising connections to current events. 

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> Jenn: @jennferatu

> Joe: @bstolemyremote / @joelipsett (BlueSky)

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