The Cannibal Cop Scares Us

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06/17/19 • 92 min

Hello Dear Listeners,

We hope you are having a wonderful start to summer and enjoying the warmth and sun. Cookouts are a wonderful summer tradition and this week we decided to bring you an epicurean focused episode.

Gilberto Valle, dubbed the "Cannibal Cop" is a former NYPD officer who was found guilty of conspiracy to commit kidnapping in 2013, and later had his conviction overturned in 2014. Gilberto's charges stemmed from his behavior in online chat rooms regarding fantasy writing involving the rape, murder, and cannibalization of numerous women. To say this case is complex is an understatement, but Katya and Laramie dig into what makes this such a scary situation.

Also, Katya and Laramie struggle with New York geography, discuss diagnostic criteria in the DSM-5 and try to pin down where the line is between thought crimes and real crimes. So join us for some ups and downs on this wacky episode!

**Clinkies**

Katya and Laramie

Hello Dear Listeners,

We hope you are having a wonderful start to summer and enjoying the warmth and sun. Cookouts are a wonderful summer tradition and this week we decided to bring you an epicurean focused episode.

**Clinkies**

Katya and Laramie

Previous Episode

Gremlins Scares Us

Hello Dear Listeners,

If you haven't heard, we're back! The winter/grad school/moving blues got us down for a bit, but we are all sorted out and ready to go. We are bringing you some Christmas in June fun and festivities with this week's topic!

Gremlins, released on June 8 1984 and directed by Joe Dante, is this week's topic. To say that this episode is near and dear to Laramie's heart is an understatement. Join us to find out why camp, creep, and consumerism make this the perfect holiday movie to binge watch on your DVR or VCR. Also, Katya drops some knowledge on the origin of the Mogwai name, and why colonialism may be the scariest part of the movie.

We want to give a very special shout out to all of you that have stuck with us though the break in this fun little project. We'll do better to keep the creepy goofiness coming your way!

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Katya and Laramie

Next Episode

Salem's Lot Scares Us

Hello Dear Listeners,

Summer is in full swing and we are releasing an episode that wasn't recorded this past winter! We hope this episode will keep you creeped out as you travel for your summer fun. Maybe you can bring us with as you visit a ghost town or check out a haunted house.

This week Katya and Laramie discuss Stephen King's Salem's Lot, (specifically the 1979 TV miniseries directed by Tobe Hooper). Laramie discusses the horror of vampirism and why Salem's Lot shows us that the sexual appeal of vampires is scarier than anything. Katya and Laramie also discuss if the events of Salem's Lot could take place today and the terrifying parallels between vampirism and drug addiction.

Also, Katya and Laramie discuss many of Laramie's wonderful works of art, what Katya has been up to these past several months, and why language matters so much in horror and life.

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Katya and Laramie