Ep. 187: the lars mittank mystery & the sham trial of lucy letby

Jack of All Graves

An American journalist exposed the serious deficiencies in the Lucy Letby murder trial, but British readers weren't allowed to see it... nor did they want to. What does the fraught conversation around Lucy Letby's guilt tell us about the media, our institutions, and the criminal justice system?

Highlights:

[0:00] Mark tells Corrigan about the disappearance of Lars Mittank
[21:15] Mark celebrates Father's Day, we talk about the 4 hour YouTube takedown of the Star Wars hotel, we discuss CoRri's mourning period over her dog and whether you could fit a human in a pet euthabag
[39:10] Furiosa tanked in the theaters. Can we save cinemagoing?
[56:13] What we watched! ( Hit Man, Romy & Michele’s High School Reunion, To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar, Pride, The Omen, Six Schizophrenic Brothers [Book - Hidden Valley Road], Killer Klowns from Outer Space, Thale, Brats, I Saw The TV Glow)
[90:36] We revisit the Lucy Letby case and question whether we're collectively too attached to her guilt... and if so, what does that say about us and our criminal justice systems.

Stuff we referenced:

• The Spectacular Failure of the Star Wars Hotel
• A British Nurse Was Found Guilty of Killing Seven Babies. Did She Do It?
• Why a New Yorker Story on a Notorious Murder Case Is Blocked in Britain
• “Impossible to approach the reporting the way I normally would”: How Rachel Aviv wrote that New Yorker story on Lucy Letby
• New Yorker Story Questions Guilt Of Nurse Convicted Of Killing 7 Babies