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New episode! We watched 1985\u2019s not-really-a-mystery movie Blood Simple. We discuss the Coen brothers and explore the familiar Coen tropes already present in their first film, get very annoyed at how utterly terrible Ray is at covering up a murder, wish the characters would just use their words, and list out the many, many clues left behind for the investigators to piece the events together. Katy tried to be cool in college by watching CItizen Kane alone, Carrie uses the word \u201chirsute,\u201d Maddy remembers a specific owl from Adventure Time, and Mack tells a painful story from high school gym class. We run through filmography of M. Emmet Walsh and Bruce Campbell, discuss wonderful dog etiquette, wonder how badly the bar smelled by the end of the movie, teach Maddy about Checkov\u2019s gun theory, and learn how to seduce Frances McDormand. We also discuss connections to Supernatural, the Great Gatsby, Irish folklore, and Twilight, and give very minor Tiger King spoilers. Give it a listen!

TW: Being buried alive, blood, seeking help from the police, racism

CORRECTIONS

-Direct from Wikipedia \u201c[Frances] McDormand has been married to director Joel Coen since 1984\u201d.

-The ability to connect bullets and guns together forensically definitely existed before the 1980\u2019s; the earliest documented case was in 1835 but it is possible it happened before. It was further modernized in 1925 with the invention of the comparison microscope. (Wikipedia)

-Forensic DNA analysis was first used in 1984 so it was very new and maybe would not have been used to match the blood in Ray\u2019s car to Marty but they could have matched blood type easily.

-Forensic investigators could definitely have used chemistry to detect the presence of human blood even if Ray did wipe up the back room. Also luminol has been used to detect the presence of blood since the 1930\u2019s. (Wikipedia)

-Carrie referenced the O\u2019Brien Family Banshee and then we talked over her so basically there is a legend that certain great Irish families have their own banshee, including the O\u2019Briens. (link) (link)