Real On-Air Deaths
Content warning: This segment covers real-life on-air suicides and may be distressing to some listeners.
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The tragic story of Christine Chubbuck, the Sarasota news reporter who took her life on-air in 1974.
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Budd Dwyer, a Pennsylvania politician who died during a press conference in 1987.
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How both events shaped the conversation around broadcast delay.
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The unplanned early 2000s event that was the final straw for the FCC.
The True Origin of Superman
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The truth behind the meme that says Jerry Siegel’s father was shot.
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How Siegel & Schuster created Superman: from pulp zines to the character’s evolution in Action Comics #1.
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Influences ranging from Gladiator by Philip Wylie to John Carter of Mars, Zorro, and even early Jewish mysticism (Kal-El, Jor-El).
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The heartbreaking legal fight that left Superman’s creators broke – despite creating the most iconic superhero of all time.
The Forgotten Backstory of Michael Myers
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The novelization of Halloween (1979), long out of print, included a mythic backstory tying Michael Myers to Enda, a cursed Celtic killer.
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How the novel’s folk horror take differs from John Carpenter’s minimalist vision.
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Why this supernatural twist was buried – and why it might have made more sense than the later convoluted Halloween sequels.
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