Ep. 282: collusion & the miami showband massacre

About this episode

Mark asked for something unpleasant, so this week Corrigan tells him about a place she loves -- Northern Ireland -- and how the British state colluded with paramilitaries to murder the wildly popular Miami Showband. Highlights: [0:00] Corrigan tells the story of the murder of the "Irish Beatles," the Miami Showband [53:47] Marko has a medical plan Corrigan is not on board with; he also has a book rec: The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre; and we discuss GTA6 and how Marko decides what kind of content is too adult for his children [01:21:35] What we watched!: Arachnophobia, Killer Klowns From Outer Space, Blair Witch Project, Below, The Sixth Sense, Street Fighter, Crystal Lake, Buddy Stuff we referenced: • Uproar at Stormont as loyalist killer with bomb tries to storm assembly • Good Friday Agreement: What is it? • Paths to Peace in Northern Ireland: A Brief History of the Troubles • The Miami Showband massacre: what led to the killing of the ‘Irish Beatles’? • “The long lethal years of The Jackal” • The Dead and the Living: Britain’s Dirty War in Northern Ireland • No collusion between security forces and UVF in bombings - report •