Ghost Stories For The End Of The World

MIDSOMMAR (2019)

"A couple travel to Sweden to visit their friend's rural hometown for its fabled midsummer festival, but what begins as an idyllic retreat quickly devolves into an increasingly violent and bizarre competition at the hands of a pagan cult."

 

None of the synopses really get the pitch right but what the hell, this'll do.

 

Dir: Ari Aster

 

Joined for this one by Marcus and Seb of THE RETURN OF THE REPRESSED podcast

96 - The Belgian X-Files 19: 1985 (Epilogue)

"Set against the backdrop of Belgium's most notorious unsolved crime spree, 1985 begins as three friends - Vicky, her brother Franky, and his best friend Marc - begin a new chapter of their lives, when they set off from their hometown to Brussels. But as their adulthood and careers in the big city commence, the trio risks losing their innocence and noble illusions, as they find themselves caught in the middle of the horrifying events that shocked a generation and will come to leave a scar on the entire country."

 

Nic joins me for an epilogue of sorts to talk about the very good TV show 1985 and kickstart MOVIE SEASON the right way.

 

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95 - The Belgian X-Files 18 - Dutroux Affair vii: C'est comme ça que ça termine

Join Nic and I for the final Belgian X-File.

 

This is how it ends.

 

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94 - The Belgian X-Files 17 - Dutroux Affair vi: A World Inside the World

Myself and @IRC_NIC discuss the sheer size of the case and consider what The Sprawl means. We go long on how the cops and the media conspired to kill the network angle, and then we look at the truly global scale of the Dutroux Affair and break down what, exactly, the Network was, its historical origins, the social context, how it worked, where it came from, and how it dealt with the threat of exposure.

 

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93 - The Belgian X-Files 16: Dutroux Affair v - Witnesses

EXTREME CONTENT WARNING

Regina Louf talks about her experience in the network, the pressure mounts on the investigating team, people continue to die, the families of the victims are pushed to the edge of madness, and Belgium finds itself on the brink of revolution.

 

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**UNLOCKED** - The Parapolitics of Britpop: Omnibus

Seemed fitting to unlock these two episodes, solder them together through the miracle of sound editing, and make them free to all given the news this week of Oasis reforming. Enjoy.

 

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92 - The Belgian X-Files 15 - Dutroux Affair iv - Casework

Dutroux and his accomplices start to talk, the people of Belgium try to process news of the staggering investigative failings, prosecutors Bourlet and Connerotte gaze into the abyss, and a young woman steps forward with astonishing information about corruption and savagery at the heart of the Belgian establishment.

 

Next episode Thursday 29th.

 

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91 - The Belgian X-Files 14: Dutroux iii - Summer Came Early That Year (1996)

@irc_nic guides us through 1996.

 

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90 - The Belgian X-Files 13: Dutroux Affair ii - Voices in the Walls

EXTREME CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains some very harrowing and upsetting material. I don't recommend you listen to it if you're in a bad place/are likely to be triggered by the subject matter. Please take care.

 

The part about the murders.

 

@irc_nic joins me once again for this journey into Belgium's heart of darkness.

 

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89 - The Belgian X-Files 12: Dutroux Affair i - The Lost Girls (1956 - 1995)

Nic (@irc_nic) guides us through the life story of Marc Dutroux. We look at his childhood, his descent into crime, and how he may have become a fixer for the Belgian political mafia.

 

"The Kludde" read by Michael S. Judge of Death is Just Around the Corner with our immense thanks.

 

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