Ep. 226: the carmel-by-the-sea artists' cult [w/ Ryan Clark]

Marko is sick AF, so our pal Bookseller Ryan from the Laydown Podcast is here to listen to a story about a culty group of early 20th century writers and talk new horror reads! Highlights: [0:00] CoRri tells Ryan about the early 20th century Carmel-by-the-Sea artist community and its weird suicide pact[41:57] Catchin' up; Ryan met Joe Hill![ 51:00] What we watched: Sinners, Thunderbolts, The Ugly Stepsister, Fight or Flight, A Minecraft Movie, Heart Eyes, The Rule of Jenny Pen[01:13:42] Ryan's Recs! - It Will Only Hurt for A Moment by Delilah S. Dawson- Staircase in the Woods by Chuck Wending- When the Wolf Comes Home by Nat Cassidy- Victorian Psycho by Virginia Feito- The Reformatory by Tananarive Due- The Eyes Are The Best Part by Monika Kim- Strange Pictures by Uketsu- We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer- Someone You Can Build A Nest In by John Wiswell- Shiny Happy People by Clay McLeod Chapman- Play Nice by Rachel Harrison- Spread Me by Sarah Gailey Stuff we referenced: Tainted Marshmallows and Murder in Carmel Strychnine Found in Food of Writer JAPANESE SLAYER OF CARMEL ARTIST HELD George Kodani, Confessed Murderer, Has Day in Court FIND NEW YORK GIRL STRANGLED ON BEACH; Searchers Accuse Japanese of Killing Helena Wood Smith in Monterey, Cal. BURIED IN SAND FOR 12 DAYS Bohemian Tragedy The 1906 Great San Francisco Earthquake Rebuilding San Francisco After the 1906 Quake Divorced Wife of Geo. Sterling, Cal. Poet, Ends Her Life 20 lost years of Carmel’s literary past reveal cyanide suicides, poisonings and a Bohemian legacy Reclaiming the Legacy of Nora May French, the Pioneering Poet Made Into a Femme Fatale by Mediocre Men and California Mythology Carmel’s Cautionary Tale for Post-Roe America