For the Weekend Warriors, Weirdos & Whackjobs - Issue #120
120? More like one too many, am I right?
To keep things balanced this week, one of us ran out of meds, and the other took a double dose. Took us a couple days to regulate, but hey, here we are.
This week, hitting all inboxes was every Gen Z’s worst nightmare: Pick up the Phone. In this article, Kennedy unpacks the differences in the interviewing process between interviewing as a journalist and as an investigator, and how different practices lead to different results.
In paid inboxes was a retrospective of a March 2025 article from Justin: Bad Religion, Bad Checks & the Canadian Football League. A $66 bounced check in a small California town shouldn’t have mattered much. But this one unravelled a story involving an NFL draft pick, a federal witness, a cult executioner, and a string of brutal murders. Take a look back at this doozy.
Also in paid inboxes, High Spirits Volume 10. This week, Justin delivers a story that’s sure to make you feel unsettled. We take a look at the case that took the founder of the Sex Offense Bureau, Dr. de River, from a once celebrated forensic psychiatrist to a pariah of the LAPD.
What Justin Recommends
The Exorcist & Legion by William Peter Blatty
While I may indeed be a late bloomer, I am only 50 years late to this particular party, that’s not so bad. Of course, The Exorcist movies (I and III respectively) have been staples in my horror movie existence, but I truly had no idea just how good the books were. I had never read them, and boy was I in for a treat. Blatty weaves a whodunnit, creeping terror and deep, lingering questions about our existence and our beliefs. I laughed, I frowned, I cried, I stayed up past my bedtime and the books left me in my thoughts for days afterwards. If you’ve never read either of these titles before, now is definitely the time. If it’s been awhile? Try them on again and remind yourself why these are such powerful pieces of storytelling.
Enjoy your Friday, take it easy, and we’ll see you on the other side.
Love,
Your Bullshit Hunting Crew