The Babadook and Andrea Yates: All children see monsters

Sometimes Dead is Better

English - December 18, 2019 04:12 - 1 hour - 69.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 42 ratings
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Previous Episode: Halloween (1978) and a true Halloween murder: The evil is gone!

Next Episode: Night of the Living Dead and Felicia Felix-Mentor: Boy, you used to really be scared here

In this episode Chris and Christin dive into the 2014 new classic The Babadook. They discuss how the movie helped Christin cope with her own kids, how evil entities seem to know how to use the telephone and the crowning of the The Babadook as a gay icon. Then Christin tells Chris the heartbreaking true story of Andrea Yates.

CW: murder, child murder, violence against children, violence against animals, filicide, mental illness

What they are watching: The Righteous Gemstones on HBO and The Irishman on Netflix

What they are drinking: Penley Estate Phoenix Cabernet Sauvignon

Movie discussion starts at: 9:27

True crime discussion starts at: 54:15

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Music: Carnival of Tears 2: Into the Light by Matt Oakly http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Matt_Oakley/Horror_Soundtrack_1/Carnival_of_Tears_2_-_Into_The_Light

Parade by Nctrnm http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Nctrnm/Parade_-_Single/NctrnmParade66Em

Sources:

Podcast Red Handed, episode 109 Andrea Yates and The Devil

https://www.michaelworoniecki.com/about/

https://www.oprah.com/omagazine/andrea-yates-a-cry-in-the-dark/all

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Yates