Caustic Soda’s talking about killing sprees and we’re not gonna stop! It’s a killing spree spree! Today you’ll hear about the ‘yellow son of a bitch’ who inspired Natural Born Killers, grenades in China, the oddly dressed rich idiot who killed 35 people, a guy who killed 21 people with an ax and more wonderful, uplifting, life-affirming stories!
Music: I’ll be glad (When you’re dead) – Louis Prima
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Movie Reviews
Natural Born Killers
Toren: 6/10
Kevin: 4/10
Joe: 5/10
The Fisher King
Toren: 7/10
Kevin: 7/10
Joe: 9/10
The Frighteners
Toren: 6/10
Kevin: 6/10
Joe: 6/10
Boondock Saints
Kevin: 6/10
Joe: 5/10
American Psycho
Kevin: 10/10
Joe: 7/10
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Joe, you really need to learn the correct pronunciation of “Appomattox”.
Joe, you really need to learn the correct pronunciation of “Appomattox”.
I was just using the “semi-penultimate” rule. aPOMatox. It’s usually right, just not always.
Are there any other sprees beside shopping and killing?
How could you forget CRIME SPREES!
Are there any other sprees beside shopping and killing?
How could you forget CRIME SPREES!
A couple more pop culture connections to spree killers:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebraska_%28song%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Don%27t_Like_Mondays
A couple more pop culture connections to spree killers:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebraska_%28song%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Don%27t_Like_Mondays
Does Columbine not count? Only on one campus, I suppose.
I have to say, guys, that this was probably the most disturbing of your episodes I’ve listened to so far (having listened to all up to this point and a number beyond). I guess by talking about things (and especially poking fun at them occasionally) you can take their power away, but there were some mighty powerful examples you spoke about. For example, I hadn’t heard nearly as much detail on the Port Arthur killings as here, and I live in Australia (not Tasmania though). It had a bit effect on gun laws anyway – the federal Govt convinced the public to agree to a cash-for-guns programme to massively reduce the number of guns around the country.
Thanks for the education.
Funny that Toren mentions people still listening to this a while down the line – he said 5 years but i guess 3 and a half is close enough. 😀
Great episode. Haven’t heard about a couple of these. Since this episode the biggest massacre by a single gunman has happened in my native country of Norway. Anders Behring Breivik killed 77 i think.
Funny that Toren mentions people still listening to this a while down the line – he said 5 years but i guess 3 and a half is close enough. 😀
Great episode. Haven’t heard about a couple of these. Since this episode the biggest massacre by a single gunman has happened in my native country of Norway. Anders Behring Breivik killed 77 i think.
Was just coming to say the same thing, a bit closer to the full five years.
Horrible news from Canada, 8 killed plus a suicide:
“Canadian police try to make sense of mass slaying after nine people killed”
http://abc.net.au/news/5995654
Horrible news from Canada, 8 killed plus a suicide:
“Canadian police try to make sense of mass slaying after nine people killed”
http://abc.net.au/news/5995654
Uwe Boll also made a movie called “Rampage”. About a kid wearing a Kevlar body suit. You should check it out. I am by no means a fan of Mr. Boll but I watched it and remember thinking it was decent.
Uwe Boll also made a movie called “Rampage”. About a kid wearing a Kevlar body suit. You should check it out. I am by no means a fan of Mr. Boll but I watched it and remember thinking it was decent.