On-Air Deaths, SUPERMAN's Tragic Origin, HALLOWEEN Michael Myers Lost History

Content warning: The first segment covers real-life on-air suicides and may be distressing to some listeners. This week, Adam shares a strange and tragic mix of stories: disturbing on-air deaths (one which anticipated Paddy Chayefsky's Network by two years); the real-life pain behind Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster's creation of Superman; and a buried Michael Myers (Halloween) backstory from 1979. Real On-Air Deaths - The tragic story of Christine Chubbuck, the Sarasota news reporter who took her life on-air in 1974. - Budd Dwyer, a Pennsylvania politician who died during a press conference in 1987. - How both events shaped the conversation around broadcast delay. - The unplanned early 2000s event that was the final straw for the FCC. The True Origin of Superman - The truth behind the meme that says Jerry Siegel's father was shot. - How Siegel & Schuster created Superman: from pulp zines to the character's evolution in Action Comics . - Influences ranging from Gladiator by Philip Wylie to John Carter of Mars , Zorro, and even early Jewish mysticism (Kal-El, Jor-El). - The heartbreaking legal fight that left Superman's creators broke – despite creating the most iconic superhero of all time. The Forgotten Backstory of Michael Myers - The 1979 novelization of Halloween , long out of print, included a mythic backstory tying Michael Myers to Enda, a cursed Celtic killer. - How the novel's folk horror take differs from John Carpenter's minimalist vision. - Why this supernatural twist was buried – and why it might have made more sense than the later convoluted Halloween sequels. Show notes at

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This episode was published on Sep 4, 2025.

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