Episode 29 - Tod Browning’s Freaks

Dearly Departed Podcast

Mike Dorsey

True Crime, Film History, Tv & Film

4.9 • 689 Ratings

🗓️ 30 August 2021

⏱️ 108 minutes

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"Gooble gobble, one of us!" We accept you into the fascinating world of 1932's Freaks, an MGM film so controversial that it was banned in the UK for three decades.

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0:00.0	It's the dearly departed podcast, featuring your host, historian Scott Michaels and filmmaker Mike Dorsey.
0:19.7	It's the dearly departed podcast, and I am Mike Dorsey.
0:24.4	And I am Scott Michaels. Hi.
0:27.8	And today we're doing a film that is certainly, I think, close to your heart, Scott.
0:33.4	Todd Browning's Freaks from 1932.
0:37.7	Yes.
0:38.6	Yeah, it's, I think I saw this the first time in the early 80s.
0:42.6	It was, you know, because it was so scandalous.
0:45.5	And I fell in love, fell in love with this movie because it's just so bizarre.
0:50.3	And yeah, so I'm thrilled.
0:52.5	Thrilled.
0:54.2	Yes. And several people have recommended that we do this one and are excited that we're doing it finally.
1:00.4	So I'm really excited for this conversation.
1:03.8	Before we get into that, I wanted to get into news since we did our last show.
1:11.6	News of the week.
1:18.0	First of all, you can buy the crypt that is next to Marilyn Monroe right now.
1:23.6	The one is kind of between her and Hugh Hefner, I guess.
1:27.2	No, I think it's, I think it's below her.
1:30.0	Is it below her? Okay. And it is being auctioned off. Starting bid is supposed to be $2 million.
1:37.8	Yeah, that's what they say. When Hugh Heffner bought next to Maryland, he did that like in the 90s, I think, or even 80s, you know, and I was doing some research on that just this week about that.
1:52.9	The paper, the newspaper articles are vague because they're saying it's like two spaces over, but there's, it's her and Hugh in a wall.
1:59.5	There's no, nothing, you know, neck
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