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The Church That Worships Machine Guns | Case File #73 Jul 07, 2021

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They started off as a religious cult in the 1980s, but turned into a smaller cult that literally worships guns. In the 1980s, The Moonies were a very popular hyper-religious cult. Now, the son of the leader of that cult, Sean Moon, has started his own smaller offshoot. And they worship guns. On this episode of Deep Cuts, we delve into the bizarre and terrifying world of the Church of Guns. -- Pick up some Deep Cuts T-Shirts and other merch! https://bit.ly/deepcutsmerch -- Get the official Deep Cuts shoulder patch! http://bit.ly/deepcuts_patch -- Listen to our new album, a 9 song rock opera about the rise and fall of Napster! https://open.spotify.com/album/63C5uu1tkzZ2FhfsrSSf5s?si=q4WItoNmRUeM159TxKLWew -- Additional incidental music credits: The Deadboy Detectives Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Man Who Killed 19 Aliens With a Katana | Case File #72 Jun 30, 2021

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He claims to fight extraterrestrials on his ranch in Arizona on a daily basis, and to have killed 19 of them with a sword. John Edmonds and his wife bought Stardust Ranch in the late 90s so they could retire on the outskirts of Phoenix, Arizona. However, quickly after moving in they discovered that the place was swarming with aliens from another world. Or so they claim. Edmonds says that dozens of these aliens warp in from their spaceships and attack him on a daily basis, and he defends himself using nothing but a katana. He also claims to have personally killed 19 of them, and he has a bloodstained katana to prove it. But is any of this true? Well, obviously not, but the story and this guy are super fascinating. On this episode of Deep Cuts, we explore the incredibly fascinating and outlandishly fake story of Stardust Ranch. -- Pick up some Deep Cuts T-Shirts and other merch! https://bit.ly/deepcutsmerch -- Get the official Deep Cuts shoulder patch! http://bit.ly/deepcuts_patch -- Listen to our new album, a 9 song rock opera about the rise and fall of Napster! https://open.spotify.com/album/63C5uu1tkzZ2FhfsrSSf5s?si=q4WItoNmRUeM159TxKLWew -- Additional incidental music credits: The Deadboy Detectives Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Forest Ray Colson, the Man From Mars | Case File #71 Jun 23, 2021

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In the 1950s, he dressed up like an apocalyptic storm trooper and robbed banks. Nobody remembers him. Forest Ray Colson was ex-military and an ex-cop. He'd gone on tour during World War II without ever seeing combat, and he was fired from two different police stations for improper conduct. But he wanted power and he wanted to be respected. And so, in the early 1950s, he started dressing up in a terrifying apocalyptic costume and robbing banks in Southern California. He ravaged the area for 10 months, but for some reason nobody remembers him. On this episode of Deep Cuts, we explore the shocking and forgotten life of Forest Ray Colson. -- Pick up some Deep Cuts T-Shirts and other merch! https://bit.ly/deepcutsmerch -- Get the official Deep Cuts shoulder patch! http://bit.ly/deepcuts_patch -- Listen to our new album, a 9 song rock opera about the rise and fall of Napster! https://open.spotify.com/album/63C5uu1tkzZ2FhfsrSSf5s?si=q4WItoNmRUeM159TxKLWew -- Additional incidental music credits: The Deadboy Detectives Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Unmaking of Shane Carruth Pt. 2 | Case File #70 Jun 16, 2021

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He created some of the most inventive films in history, but his continued struggles with Hollywood would lead to a dark, self-destructive spiral. In the early 2000s, a software engineer from Texas decided to spend $7,000 making an independent film about time travel called 'Primer.' The movie would go on to win at the Sundance film festival and become a huge cult hit. He would go on to spend the next 20 years struggling to get more of his films made - with increasing frustrations with the Hollywood system and their lack of support of his ideas. He made more films, and wrote some that would ultimately never see the light of day, but eventually his growing bitterness and resentment towards a world and an industry that rejected him would cause a dark and unforgivable downward spiral. On this episode of Deep Cuts, we dive into the conclusion to the harrowing tale of Shane Carruth's career and fall. -- Further resources: Watch Primer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9A7fCKM4ERA Explanation of Primer time travel loop explained with visuals here: https://youtu.be/tUzy-xPf0MI Read 'A Topiary' here: https://indiegroundfilms.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/a-topiary-numbered.pdf?fbclid=IwAR1L5YwYfvVmL71P1zWcVGBfzL1T7Y7y2XGlrguOo9hCs2p70972OKiXAKI 'A Topiary' Sizzle Reel: https://vimeo.com/23608364 Watch 'Upstream Color': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6e7SgOEMymw Read 'The Modern Ocean': https://www.dropbox.com/s/4xunl7kkmnvccgl/TheModernOcean_for_Steven.pdf?dl=0&fbclid=IwAR1O4KGwehJDfjuaCk-oB63QTiP3FmJRx4J6mqg31MF_9y1nsW65s6DQu7g -- Pick up some Deep Cuts T-Shirts and other merch! https://bit.ly/deepcutsmerch -- Get the official Deep Cuts shoulder patch! http://bit.ly/deepcuts_patch -- Listen to our new album, a 9 song rock opera about the rise and fall of Napster! https://open.spotify.com/album/63C5uu1tkzZ2FhfsrSSf5s?si=q4WItoNmRUeM159TxKLWew -- Additional incidental music credits: The Deadboy Detectives Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Unmaking of Shane Carruth Pt. 1 | Case File #69 Jun 09, 2021

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He created some of the most inventive films in history, but his continued struggles with Hollywood would lead to a dark, self-destructive spiral. In the early 2000s, a software engineer from Texas decided to spend $7,000 making an independent film about time travel called 'Primer.' The movie would go on to win at the Sundance film festival and become a huge cult hit. He would go on to spend the next 20 years struggling to get more of his films made - with increasing frustrations with the Hollywood system and their lack of support of his ideas. He made more films, and wrote some that would ultimately never see the light of day, but eventually his growing bitterness and resentment towards a world and an industry that rejected him would cause a dark and unforgivable downward spiral. On this episode of Deep Cuts, we dive into the life and times and unmade masterpieces of Shane Carruth. -- Further resources: Watch Primer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9A7fCKM4ERA Explanation of Primer time travel loop explained with visuals here: https://youtu.be/tUzy-xPf0MI Read 'A Topiary' here: https://indiegroundfilms.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/a-topiary-numbered.pdf?fbclid=IwAR1L5YwYfvVmL71P1zWcVGBfzL1T7Y7y2XGlrguOo9hCs2p70972OKiXAKI 'A Topiary' Sizzle Reel: https://vimeo.com/23608364 If you want to watch 'Upstream Color' in anticipation of next week's episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6e7SgOEMymw And if you're truly a crazy person and want to read Carruth's other un-produced script 'The Modern Ocean' before we discuss it on next week's episode: https://www.dropbox.com/s/4xunl7kkmnvccgl/TheModernOcean_for_Steven.pdf?dl=0&fbclid=IwAR1O4KGwehJDfjuaCk-oB63QTiP3FmJRx4J6mqg31MF_9y1nsW65s6DQu7g -- NEW! Pick up some Deep Cuts T-Shirts and other merch! https://bit.ly/deepcutsmerch -- Get the official Deep Cuts shoulder patch! http://bit.ly/deepcuts_patch -- Listen to our new album, a 9 song rock opera about the rise and fall of Napster! https://open.spotify.com/album/63C5uu1tkzZ2FhfsrSSf5s?si=q4WItoNmRUeM159TxKLWew -- Additional incidental music credits: The Deadboy Detectives D.Catalano's music used with permission of Fivese7encollective https://wekeepoddhours.bandcamp.com Dadbeats http://bit.ly/FoodFightPod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Man Who Got Boobs on a Bet | Case File #68 Jun 02, 2021

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In the late 90s he got breast implants to win a $100k bet. 20 years later he still has them. In 1996, Brian Zembic, a somewhat eccentric gambling addict, entered into a wager with a fellow gambling friend that he would get breast implants for an entire year for $100,000. He did it, but then after that year he kept the breasts, and has basically crafted his entire life and personality around having them. The weird transphobia at play in this decades-long publicity stunt is troubling and fascinating, and the man at the center of it is a strange and unsettling figure - not because he's a man who has boobs, but because of why. On this episode of Deep Cuts, we delve into the strange life of Brian Zembic. -- NEW! Pick up some Deep Cuts T-Shirts and other merch! https://bit.ly/deepcutsmerch -- Get the official Deep Cuts shoulder patch! http://bit.ly/deepcuts_patch -- Listen to our new album, a 9 song rock opera about the rise and fall of Napster! https://open.spotify.com/album/63C5uu1tkzZ2FhfsrSSf5s?si=q4WItoNmRUeM159TxKLWew -- Additional incidental music credits: The Deadboy Detectives Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

How Konami Screwed Hideo Kojima | Case File #67 May 26, 2021

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He created the Metal Gear franchise and became one of the world's only mega-famous video game designers. And then his company tried to erase his legacy. Throughout the 80s and 90s, Hideo Kojima crafted some of the most interesting, as well as most successful video games in the world. He created the Metal Gear franchise, which experienced massive critical and commercial success over the last three decades. However, in the 2010s there started to be a sea change in the video game world. Things were shifting away from the big-budget, story-driven experiences that Kojima was known for - and more towards a pick-up and play mobile experience. And, as a result, the company that he'd worked for since 1986, Konami, unceremoniously kicked him to the curb and tried to erase his legacy. This is the story of the life and career of Hideo Kojima, and how he got screwed over by Konami. -- "The Bombastically Meaningful Futility of Hideo Kojima" was written and edited by Andrew Price. Our guest was Jordan Morris. You can check out his new comic, bubble, available anywhere you buy comics on July 13, 2021. You can pre-order his comic, Bubble, here: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250245557 You can listen to the Bubble podcast here: https://maximumfun.org/podcasts/bubble/ -- "Andrew & Dave Save Hillsmer" was written by Andrew & Dave and edited by Andrew. It featured Andrew, Dave, Hillsmer, Zero, Baron Puppers Von Beulsenbark, Computer, Sherman, Rex, and Charles Wexler Weller, and a mysterious narrator that seems to have some kind of weird ulterior motive. These people are being credited for no particular reason, but in a very specific order: Nikki Howard, Seth Garben, Brandon Nebitt, and Wes Robertson, and Mike Miller. You can check out Nikki Howard’s sketch comedy on Facebook by searching her name or by going to facebook.com/nikkialexishoward -- Oh My Goodness was written, performed, and produced by the Deadboy Detectives featuring Charles Wexler Weller, Hillsmer, and Rex. With drums performed by Jake Naugle. And sound mixing by Santiago Morillo Segovia. -- Incidental music by D. Catalano appears courtesy of Fivese7encollective You can find more of his music by searching on Spotify or any other music streaming platform or by going to wekeepoddhours.bandcamp.com Additional incidental music by: Dadbeats. You can listen to his food debate podcast, Food Fight, anywhere you get your podcasts. Pseudocide. -- NEW! Pick up some Deep Cuts T-Shirts and other merch! https://bit.ly/deepcutsmerch -- Get the official Deep Cuts shoulder patch! http://bit.ly/deepcuts_patch -- Listen to our new album, a 9 song rock opera about the rise and fall of Napster! https://open.spotify.com/album/63C5uu1tkzZ2FhfsrSSf5s?si=q4WItoNmRUeM159TxKLWew Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Issei Sagawa, Cannibal Celebrity | Case File #66 May 19, 2021

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He murdered and ate someone, but was set free and became a Japanese national celebrity. Throughout his childhood growing up in the 70s and 80s, Iseei Sagawa harbored a dark secret. He craved human flesh. While in college in France, this dark desire finally resulted in him murdering and eating a fellow classmate. However, due to weird legal technicalities, he wasn't put in prison for his heinous crime. He was deported back to Japan where he was a free man. But that was only the beginning of the weirdness, and over the next several years he became a Japanese celebrity, writing books, starring in films, and much more. On this episode of Deep Cuts, we delve into the incredibly dark and morally unreal life of Issei Sagawa! -- NEW! Pick up some Deep Cuts T-Shirts and other merch! https://bit.ly/deepcutsmerch -- Get the official Deep Cuts shoulder patch! http://bit.ly/deepcuts_patch -- Listen to our new album, a 9 song rock opera about the rise and fall of Napster! https://open.spotify.com/album/63C5uu1tkzZ2FhfsrSSf5s?si=q4WItoNmRUeM159TxKLWew -- Additional incidental music credits: D.Catalano's music used with permission of Fivese7encollective https://wekeepoddhours.bandcamp.com The Deadboy Detectives Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Buckaroo Banzai w/Dan Berger | Case File #65 May 12, 2021

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It's one of the most truly strange films ever made, and we are going to delve into how it came to be. Throughout the late 70s, an idea was cooking in the minds of writer and musician Earl Mac Rauch and writer/director W.D. Richter. It was for an episodic multi-film adventure franchise about a half American/half Japanese scientist/rockstar/race car driver fighting a legion of evil aliens across multiple dimensions. And, while this idea eventually only resulted in one single film in 1984 - The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension - the story behind its creation as well as the world built by Rauch and Richter is truly something special. On this episode of Deep Cuts we delve into the making and legacy of Buckaroo Banzai! -- NEW! Pick up some Deep Cuts T-Shirts and other merch! https://bit.ly/deepcutsmerch -- Get the official Deep Cuts shoulder patch! http://bit.ly/deepcuts_patch -- Listen to our new album, a 9 song rock opera about the rise and fall of Napster! https://open.spotify.com/album/63C5uu1tkzZ2FhfsrSSf5s?si=q4WItoNmRUeM159TxKLWew -- The explainer portion of the episode was written by Dave Baker and edited by Andrew Price Our guest was Dan Berger -- "Andrew & Dave meet Pinky Carruthers & The Reno Kid" was written by Earl Mac Rauch It featured: Andrew Dave The Reno Kid played by Pepe Serna Pinky Carruthers played by Billy Vera -- "Lectroids Better Run" was written and performed by Andrew Price -- Special Thanks: Pepe Serna Billy Vera W.D. Richter Earl Mac Rauch Dan Berger Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ultraman In Thailand | Case File #64 May 05, 2021

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A Thai production company licensed Ultraman for one movie, but they'd try and illegally build a bootleg empire with it. In the 1970s, a production company in Thailand was given permission to produce a single film utilizing characters from the popular Japanese series, Ultraman. However, instead of just doing the one movie, the company decided to just act as if they'd been given partial ownership of the franchise. They started producing their own original movies and tv shows using Ultraman characters. When the owners of Ultraman tried to put a stop to it by taking it to court, the Japanese court bafflingly upheld the Thai company's claim that they had the rights to the character. What would ensue became decades of building a crazy bootleg empire that would ultimately culminate in a bootleg Thai Ultraman theme park. On this episode of Deep Cuts, we delve into the crazy story of Ultraman in Thailand! -- NEW! Pick up some Deep Cuts T-Shirts and other merch! https://bit.ly/deepcutsmerch -- Get the official Deep Cuts shoulder patch! http://bit.ly/deepcuts_patch -- Listen to our new album, a 9 song rock opera about the rise and fall of Napster! https://open.spotify.com/album/63C5uu1tkzZ2FhfsrSSf5s?si=q4WItoNmRUeM159TxKLWew -- Additional incidental music credits: The Deadboy Detectives Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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