This morning I posted the newest episode of Inner Demons for everyone to download and listen to, and in that episode Brian and I discussed Ghost Rider # 5 from 1973. That issue featured a villain named Roulette attacking Las Vegas and destroying a casino, killing lots of people in the process. We recorded this episode over a week ago, and I had it scheduled in advance for today's release. The episode went live this morning, and I thought nothing else about it when I announced the release here and on the Vengeance Unbound Facebook page.
Obviously, I wasn't considering that Las Vegas had just experienced a mass shooting at a concert on Sunday night that claimed 59 innocent lives. Had we recorded this episode after that incident, our conversation would have certainly been a lot different. When creating material for entertainment, in this instance discussing a comic book that was published 40 years ago, we have no way of accounting for a real life tragedy.
So, if listening to the episode this morning with no warning of the content has made you upset, I absolutely understand. It wasn't until a listener sent me a message saying that it was a little too early to be talking about mass murder in Las Vegas that I even realized how our content was now being viewed a hell of a lot different than normal. If you don't want to listen to that section, skip ahead about 45 minutes to completely bypass our review of Ghost Rider # 5.
Thanks to Jason Hall for pointing this out to me, it certainly wasn't my intention to upset anyone with the content.
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