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On the night of June 11, 1962, three inmates—Frank Morris and brothers John and Clarence Anglin—pulled off one of the most daring and ingenious prison escapes in American history from the supposedly escape-proof Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary. After months of secret preparation using stolen spoons, a homemade drill, and over 50 raincoats fashioned into a raft, … Continue reading Episode 504: Escape from Alcatraz

Tom and Jenny discuss Nicolas Winding Refn’s 2011 neo-noir action thriller, which stars Ryan Gosling as an unnamed Hollywood stunt driver who moonlights as a getaway driver for criminals. Audio version: Video version: Please support us on Patreon! Don’t forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel, like us on Facebook, and follow us on Instagram. Also check out Jenny’s … Continue reading Movie Time: Drive (2011)

Audio version: Video version: Please support us on Patreon! Don’t forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel, like us on Facebook, and follow us on Instagram. Also check out Jenny’s horror channel, The Scare Salon, and her true crime channel, Crime Immemorial. Check out Fright On Cue, a cool horror writing journal with image and text prompts. Please try out TubeBuddy! And … Continue reading Sidetracks LIVE: Friday, April 10th, 2026 Edition

Connie Converse, born Elizabeth Eaton Converse in 1924 in New Hampshire, was a pioneering American singer-songwriter who created intimate, literate folk and art songs in 1950s New York City years before the commercial singer-songwriter era. A gifted polymath who dropped out of Mount Holyoke College to pursue writing and music, she recorded dozens of original … Continue reading Episode 503: Disappearing Folk Singer Connie Converse

Tom and Jenny discuss William Friedkin’s stylish neo-noir action thriller, in which a pair of Secret Service agents do some pretty shady things to catch a counterfeiter and killer. Audio version: Video version: Please support us on Patreon! Don’t forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel, like us on Facebook, and follow us on Instagram. Also check out Jenny’s … Continue reading Movie Time: To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)

Audio version: Video version: Please support us on Patreon! Don’t forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel, like us on Facebook, and follow us on Instagram. Also check out Jenny’s horror channel, The Scare Salon, and her true crime channel, Crime Immemorial. Check out Fright On Cue, a cool horror writing journal with image and text prompts. Please try out TubeBuddy! And … Continue reading Sidetracks LIVE: Friday, April 3rd, 2026 Edition

On November 10, 1975, the SS Edmund Fitzgerald, a legendary 729-foot Great Lakes ore carrier known as the “Mighty Fitz,” tragically sank in a violent storm on Lake Superior, claiming the lives of all 29 crew members in one of the most infamous maritime disasters in American history. Carrying over 26,000 tons of taconite pellets … Continue reading Episode 502: The Wreck of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald

Tom and Jenny discuss Harmony Korine’s stylized 2012 crime film, which stars James Franco, Selena Gomez, and Vanessa Hudgens. Thanks to Gramthars Hammer for gifting us the movie! Audio version: Video version: Please support us on Patreon! Don’t forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel, like us on Facebook, and follow us on Instagram. Also check out Jenny’s horror … Continue reading Movie Time: Spring Breakers (2012)

Audio version: Video version: Please support us on Patreon! Don’t forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel, like us on Facebook, and follow us on Instagram. Also check out Jenny’s horror channel, The Scare Salon, and her true crime channel, Crime Immemorial. Check out Fright On Cue, a cool horror writing journal with image and text prompts. Please try out TubeBuddy! And … Continue reading Sidetracks LIVE: Friday, March 27th, 2026 Edition

Johnny Carson (1925–2005) was an iconic American television host, comedian, and writer, widely regarded as the “King of Late Night.” Born in Corning, Iowa, and raised in Nebraska, he served in the Navy during World War II before launching his career in radio and early television. After stints as a writer for Red Skelton and … Continue reading Episode 501: Johnny Carson – King of Late Night Television

Tom and Jenny discuss Sean Baker’s critically acclaimed 2017 slice of life drama about a six-year-old girl who lives with her unemployed single mother in a budget motel in Kissimmee, Florida. Thanks to Gramthars Hammer for treating us to the movie! Audio version: Video version: Please support us on Patreon! Don’t forget to subscribe to our YouTube … Continue reading Movie Time: The Florida Project (2017)

Audio version: Video version: Please support us on Patreon! Don’t forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel, like us on Facebook, and follow us on Instagram. Also check out Jenny’s horror channel, The Scare Salon, and her true crime channel, Crime Immemorial. Check out Fright On Cue, a cool horror writing journal with image and text prompts. Please try out TubeBuddy! And … Continue reading Sidetracks LIVE: Friday, March 20th, 2026 Edition

In August 1972, John Wojtowicz, a Vietnam War veteran and openly gay man living in Brooklyn, orchestrated a botched bank robbery at a Chase Manhattan branch in Gravesend to raise money for his transgender partner Elizabeth Eden’s (formerly Ernest Aron) gender-affirming surgery. Accompanied by accomplices Salvatore Naturile and Robert Westenberg (who fled early), the heist … Continue reading Episode 500: Bank Robber John Wojtowicz – Dog Day Afternoon

Tom and Jenny discuss the 2026 action scifi film, a Netflix original starring Alan Ritchson as an Army Ranger recruit who encounters a strange, deadly machine during an exercise. Audio version: Video version: Please support us on Patreon! Don’t forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel, like us on Facebook, and follow us on Instagram. Also check out Jenny’s … Continue reading Movie Time: War Machine (2026)

Audio version: Video version: Please support us on Patreon! Don’t forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel, like us on Facebook, and follow us on Instagram. Also check out Jenny’s horror channel, The Scare Salon, and her true crime channel, Crime Immemorial. Check out Fright On Cue, a cool horror writing journal with image and text prompts. Please try out TubeBuddy! And … Continue reading Sidetracks LIVE: Friday, March 13th, 2026 Edition

Hagsploitation, also known as psycho-biddy horror, Grande Dame Guignol, or hag horror, is a distinctive subgenre of psychological thriller and horror cinema that peaked in the 1960s and early 1970s. It centers on aging women—often former glamorous Hollywood stars—who descend into madness, obsession, or violence, typically in decaying mansions or isolated settings, blending campy melodrama … Continue reading Episode 499: Hagsploitation Horror

Tom and Jenny discuss a 2023 scifi film starring Adam Driver, in which an ancient astronaut crash-lands on Earth 65 million years ago. Audio version: Please support us on Patreon! Don’t forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel, like us on Facebook, and follow us on Instagram. Also check out Jenny’s horror channel, The Scare Salon, and her true crime … Continue reading Movie Time: 65 (2023)

Audio version: Please support us on Patreon! Don’t forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel, like us on Facebook, and follow us on Instagram. Also check out Jenny’s horror channel, The Scare Salon, and her true crime channel, Crime Immemorial. Check out Fright On Cue, a cool horror writing journal with image and text prompts. Please try out TubeBuddy! And check out … Continue reading Sidetracks LIVE: Friday, March 6th, 2026 Edition

In July 1965, 16-year-old Sylvia Likens and her younger sister Jenny were left in the care of Gertrude Baniszewski, a divorced mother of several children, in Indianapolis, Indiana, while their parents worked as traveling carnival concessionaires. What began as temporary boarding quickly escalated into three months of horrific, incremental torture inflicted by Baniszewski, several of … Continue reading Episode 498: The Murder of Sylvia Likens