Unnerving CGI January continues with The Lawnmower Man, the best Stephen King movie completely disavowed by Stephen King! Plus: what is Swedish Death Cleaning and should we all get into it? A trip back to our haunted doll roots with a talking Elsa from Frozen doll that cannot be vanquished. And we are joined by guest cyber-security activist Emma Cunningham for a chat about predictive policing and other pseudoscientific software. Should we get wrapped in Faraday bags forever? Find out on an all new Night Call!

CONTENT WARNING: molestation in The Lawnmower Man is discussed 

FOOTNOTES:
Swedish Death Cleaning
Haunted Elsa doll
Stephen King vs. Lawnmower Man lawsuit
We quoted from the synopsis on Wikipedia
Lawnmower man sex scene
Aerosmith Amazing video
Lawnmower meme
David Koresh loved The Lawnmower Man
Tweet tip re: DK and the LM
Emma's twitter
Faraday bags
Hacking key fobs
SCAN
Facial recognition's racial bias
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Unnerving CGI January continues with The Lawnmower Man, the best Stephen King movie completely disavowed by Stephen King! Plus: what is Swedish Death Cleaning and should we all get into it? A trip back to our haunted doll roots with a talking Elsa from Frozen doll that cannot be vanquished. And we are joined by guest cyber-security activist Emma Cunningham for a chat about predictive policing and other pseudoscientific software. Should we get wrapped in Faraday bags forever? Find out on an all new Night Call!CONTENT WARNING: molestation in The Lawnmower Man is discussed FOOTNOTES:<ol>
<li><a href="https://www.buzzfeed.com/gyanyankovich/what-is-swedish-death-cleaning">Swedish Death Cleaning</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.click2houston.com/news/weird-news/2020/01/14/they-cant-let-it-go-haunted-elsa-doll-returns-to-houston-family-after-being-thrown-out-multiple-times/">Haunted Elsa doll</a></li>
<li><a href="https://screenrant.com/stephen-king-lawnmower-man-movie-lawsuit-explained/">Stephen King vs. Lawnmower Man lawsuit</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lawnmower_Man_(film)">We quoted from the synopsis on Wikipedia</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYkgWJzJ6fE">Lawnmower man sex scene</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSmOvYzSeaQ">Aerosmith Amazing video</a></li>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/mollylambert/status/1217560365732524032">Lawnmower meme</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/entertainment/books/1995/07/30/faith-and-fanaticism/741ab040-35f4-49c0-b3be-bdd6590e1708/">David Koresh loved The Lawnmower Man</a></li>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/walrusmaster/status/1217604883643154432">Tweet tip re: DK and the LM</a></li>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/emmatcu">Emma's twitter</a></li>
<li><a href="https://faradaybag.com/">Faraday bags</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.wired.com/2017/04/just-pair-11-radio-gadgets-can-steal-car/">Hacking key fobs</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/why-are-cops-around-the-world-using-this-outlandish-mindreading-tool">SCAN</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/04/the-underlying-bias-of-facial-recognition-systems/476991/">Facial recognition's racial bias</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.patreon.com/NightCall">Night Call Patreon</a></li>
<li>Night Call socials: Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/nightcallpod?lang=en">@nightcallpod </a>// Facebook <a href="https://www.facebook.com/nightcallpodcast/">@nightcallpodcast</a>// Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/nightcallpodcast/?hl=en">@nightcallpodcast</a>
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