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Top 5 – Cliched But Awesome Moments

Date: Thu, 29 Dec, 2011 at 12:06 PM | Author: Spencer Fornaciari | Category: Audio Extras, MacGuffin Content, Top 5's, Web Exclusive

Another Top 5 segment from The MacGuffin. This time Allen and Brandi share their top 5 cliched but awesome moments.

This segment is also available on Stitcher and iTunes. The audio version can be downloaded directly from here. After you’ve watched the video please vote in our poll and share which one you think is the best.

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An Appreciation – The Silence of the Lambs

Date: Sun, 5 Jun, 2011 at 11:59 AM | Author: Allen Almachar | Category: An Appreciation, MacGuffin Content, MacGuffin Spotlight

“It places the lotion in the basket.” – Buffalo Bill

I once took a course in college named “Murder: The Psychology of The Serial Killer.” In it, we learned a brief history of some of the more notorious murderers in U.S. history. We studied their backgrounds, methods, and obsessions, trying to get a glimpse into their patterns and see how authorities were able to track down and apprehend a number of these people. One of the more interesting stories was that of The Green River Killer, a serial murderer based out of the Pacific Northwest, and how the lead investigator conducted a number of interviews with another famous criminal, Ted Bundy, in an attempt to catch the killer before he struck again. This fascinated me, as I remembered the exact same process done in Jonathan Demme’s great, tense thriller The Silence of the Lambs (1991).

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