Quebec producer who sold fake maple syrup isn’t stopping, federation alleges | CBC News In court documents, the Quebec Federation of Maple Syrup Producers alleges Steve Bourdeau, the producer linked to fake maple syrup, is trying to unload cans of his syrup that have been returned to him...

Good to see THE STICKY S02 is coming along nicely

A grim-faced Army man in a green hat and blue jacket with a white mask around his neck looks at men in green fatigues lined up in front of him

Tomorrow on Patreon: @jennferatu.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social tackle the penultimate episode of #chernobyl, as baby Barry Keoghan is pressed into clean-up duty.
C/W: repeated animal death

Whistleblowers: Dark Waters (2019) Podcast Episode · Murder Made Fiction · April 21 · 56m

Week three of 'Whistleblower' month looks at Todd Haynes' 2019 film, DARK WATERS (2019).

Topics include: the long drawn out legal battle; character actors Bill Camp and Mare Winningham; and misusing Anne Hathaway as the "bitchy" wife.

DARK WATERS | Official Trailer | In Theaters November 22 YouTube video by Focus Features

Tomorrow on the Main Feed: Jenn and Joe continue whistleblower month with the underseen 2019 Todd Haynes vehicle, DARK WATERS

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Today on Patreon: Jenn and Joe tackle the fictionalized version of the near catastrophe at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant with Setsurō Wakamatsu's 2020 film, FUKUSHIMA 50.

The film is a little long, but it features two great lead performances by Koichi Sato and Ken Watanabe.

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The third episode of Craig Mazin's HBO miniseries picks right up from episode two's cliffhanger.

Topics include: au naturel dongs; conscripting baby Barry Keoghan; and incredible body horror

A row of dirty miners, covered in soot

Tomorrow on Patreon: @jennferatu.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social reach the halfway point of our CHERNOBYL coverage as Lyudmilla tracks down her sick husband in Moscow and the miners are called in to dig under the reactor.

Whistleblowers: Erin Brockovich (2000) Podcast Episode · Murder Made Fiction · April 14 · 55m

Our coverage of whistleblowers continues with ERIN BROCKOVICH, a biopic about a single mother who uncovers a devastating environmental crime.

Soderbergh’s crowd-pleaser is essentially a story about documents while adding courtroom intrigue to a case that settled without going to trial.

Yeah - that’s the worst one by far

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Tomorrow on the Main Feed: Whistleblower month continues with Julia Roberts’ celebrated turn as real life figure ERIN BROCKOVICH.
(They’re called boobs, Ed)

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Today on Patreon: Megumi Inman's & James Jones' 2026 doc FUKUSHIMA: A NUCLEAR NIGHTMARE follows the nuclear catastrophe sparked by the 2011 earthquake and resulting tsunami in Japan as workers risked dangerous levels of radioactive exposure to prevent a meltdown threatening the country's survival.

Amazing! Thanks for spreading the word

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Today on Patreon: The cleanup begins as Legasov and Shcherbina arrive at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant and struggle to put out a fire in the exposed reactor core.

Discussions include: panic at the hospital, undercover KGB agents, and gender dynamics in the USSR.

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Tomorrow on Patreon: @jennferatu.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social discuss episode of HBO's CHERNOBYL miniseries, which introduces Emily Watson's character as the situation deteriorates.

Whistleblowers: Silkwood (1983) Podcast Episode · Murder Made Fiction · April 7 · 52m

On Nov 13, 1974, the body of Karen Silkwood was discovered in her rear-ended car in a ditch in Crescent, Oklahoma.

Mike Nichols' Oscar-nominated 1983 film looks at the events preceding her death as Karen tried to sound the alarm on faulty nuclear rods before her death.

Silkwood (1983) ORIGINAL TRAILER YouTube video by Unseen Trailers

Tomorrow on the Main Feed: @jennferatu.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social kick off a month of whistleblower texts, starting with Meryl Streep’s Oscar nominated performance in SILKWOOD

‘From Hell’ Upped The Gore for Jack The Ripper Films [Murder Made Fiction Podcast] Americans in London. It’s been a month of Jack the Ripper texts on Murder Made Fiction podcast and while the quality has been consistent, the approach to arguably one of the most famous unsolved murde...

ICYMI: @jennferatu.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social wrapped up a month of Jack the Ripper texts with a look back on FROM HELL, 25 years later

Check out @bloodyfm.bsky.social and @bloody-disgusting.com for more

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With the primer out of the way, we're kicking off weekly coverage of writer & showrunner Craig Mazin and director Johan Renck's #Chernobyl miniseries.

In "1:23:45" after reactor 4 explodes, firefighters and plant employees try to contain the fire, another group of men initiate a cover-up.

Chernobyl (2019) | Official Trailer | HBO YouTube video by HBO

Tomorrow on Patreon: @jennferatu.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social kick off our weekly episodic coverage of Craig Mazin's 2019 miniseries CHERNOBYL with a look at episode 1.

Chernobyl Full Primer | Murder Made Fiction Get more from Murder Made Fiction on Patreon

Ready for the full story? On Patreon, @jennferatu.bsky.social walks @joelipsett.bsky.social through the devastating details of the Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster from a botched safety test to the long war of recovery.

Chernobyl Mini Primer Podcast Episode · Murder Made Fiction · April 1 · 23m

Today on the Main Feed: In the early morning hours of 26 April 1986, the fourth RBMK reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, exposing the Soviet Union to massive levels of radioactivity.

The resulting cleanup would take nearly a year and wind up claiming thousands of lives.

Here’s where @jennferatu.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social are going in April.

- Whistleblowers on the Main Feed. - Nuclear Disasters on the Patreon (Chernobyl miniseries and Fukushima)

Jack The Ripper: From Hell (2001) Podcast Episode · Murder Made Fiction · March 31 · 57m

Today: @jennferatu.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social wrap up Jack the Ripper with the Hughes Brothers' FROM HELL (2001).

This adaptation of the Alan Moore comic is 2+ hours long, stars Johnny Depp and Heather Graham (doing questionable accents) and has plenty of stylish green and red lighting

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Time to revisit Julia’s big (Oscar winning) hair

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Tomorrow on the pod: @jennferatu.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social wrap up a month of Jack the Ripper texts with 2001's FROM HELL, the most mainstream title to date

Jeffrey Epstein TV Series in the Works: Laura Dern to Play Journalist Who Investigated His Crimes, Adam McKay to Produce Sony Pictures Television is shopping a project about the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein with Laura Dern attached to star, Variety has learned.

Ok!

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Today on Patreon: It's finale time for the sad, hot men of THE TERROR S01.

As Hickey assumes control of the remaining men, Dr. Goodsir makes a surprising decision, the Tuunbaq returns one final time, and @jennferatu.bsky.social is surprised to learn that one member of the crew does survive!

The Terror S01E10 Preview | 'We Are Gone' | Rotten Tomatoes TV YouTube video by Rotten Tomatoes TV

Tomorrow on Patreon: Jenn and Joe wrap up their coverage of S01 of AMC's THE TERROR with a look at the S01 finale "We Are Gone."

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Today on Patreon: Prepare your salty tears because it's time for the penultimate episode of THE TERROR, which means we're killing off roughly half of the cast.

As Hickey and Crozier divide into two camps, scurvy, lead poisoning and the Tuunbaq catch up with several members of the expedition.

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Tomorrow on Patreon: @jennferatu.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social reach the penultimate episode of S01 of THE TERROR as mutiny, illness, and cannibalism finally strike the men down.