Category: TV Shows/Movie Reviews
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I Love You, Now Die (HBO Max)
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for I Love You, Now Die: I’m already afraid of my daughter becoming a teenager one day and this documentary does not help at all. Quick synopsis: The suicide of Conrad Roy and whether or not his girlfriend, Michelle Carter, was culpable. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: Teenagers are the worst.…
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Heaven’s Gate: Cult of Cults (HBO Max)
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for Heaven’s Gate: A crazy cult came out of the 70s? Get out of town. Quick synopsis: The rise and….rise? of the Heaven’s Gate cult. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: There are still 2 members walking around right now! The website is up to date! Fun Fact for History Nerds: I…
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Baby God (HBO Max)
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for Baby God: You obviously have to be a psycho to want this many kids. Quick synopsis: An investigation into Dr. Quincy Fortier, who for over 30 years used his own sperm to inseminate patients without their knowledge. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: The current number of children with Fortier’s DNA…
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Mommy Dead and Dearest (HBO Max)
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for Mommy Dead and Dearest: Be ready to be creeped out for oh so many reasons. Quick synopsis: The murder of Dee Dee Blanchard by her daughter, Gypsy Rose Blanchard and her boyfriend. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: 95% of Munchausen syndrome by proxy cases are by the mother of a…
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Murder on Middle Beach (HBO)
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for Murder on Middle Beach: Come for the murder, stay for the amazing amounts of family drama. Quick synopsis: A documentary by Madison Hamburg about the unsolved murder of his mother, Barbara Hamburg. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: Well, if you are the type of person who thinks police are either…
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(Un)well (Netflix)
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for (Un)well: If you can’t have the Tiger King, have some Sasha Cobra. Quick synopsis: A TV series which looks at a different, ahem, medicinal alternative in each episode. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: I’ll just go ahead and list some of the alternative medical treatments in this series in order…
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Challenger: The Final Flight (Netflix)
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for Challenger: The Final Flight: Government bureaucracy led to a tragedy? You don’t say. Quick synopsis: The story of NASA’s 1986 Challenger disaster. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: The disaster occurred because of large rubber O-rings. The morning of the launch, the manufacturer of the solid rocket booster needed to be…
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American Murder: The Family Next Door (Netflix)
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for American Murder: For once, the neighbor knew it. Quick synopsis: The murder of Shanann Watts and her daughters by Chris Watts. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: The next-door neighbor pretty much immediately knew Watts did it. It is one of the first things he eludes to when alone with police.…
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Home Game (Netflix)
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for Home Game: Sports are just like people, the weirder the better. Quick synopsis: A TV series which identifies fun and weird sports from across the globe. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: Kyrgyzstan has a sport where the ball is a dead goat. Yes, you read that correctly. Fun Fact for…