Ep. 225: grifters & the sleep room

In honor of Bookseller Ryan's birthday, an on time episode! This week, we're talking grifters -- from the douchebag in Mark's opener who convinced the psychiatric community of his genius, to some more obvious and brazen scammers on our social media feeds or shilling devices. Highlights: [0:00] Mark tells Corrigan about the torturous "sleep room" wayward girls were subjected to in the 1960s[38:52] We discuss when Marko's voice dropped[48:00] We've got lots of new stuff on the Ko-Fi, plus we chat about Cabin in the Woods and whether there are other genre equivalents; and I summarize two JoAG stories Mark does not remember at all that have become the basis for Broadway musicals[01:03:30] What we watched! (Creature, Scary Movie, Ring, A Simple Favor, Another Simple Favor, Thunderbolts, First Blood, Sweeney Todd[01:34:15] Let's talk about grifters!