In the Season 4 finale, co-hosts Lydia CoffeeMaté and Jeffrey Dalmer discuss what we've learned after a deep dive into the story behind the 1989 Judd Nelson serial killer film, "Relentless." In airing his theory about "Relentless" director William Lustig's connection to mind control program MK-Ultra, Dalmer puts himself in the CIA's crosshairs, with dire results.

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S4Ep10 | Hollywood Video® Loses a Legend

With O'Boisies, Pizzarias, and Tato Skins, flavor architect Rosemary Caraway was winning awards in the 1980s for her work on the Keebler Company’s savory line of snacks. But when the company began favoring its sweet line instead, the “Relentless”-inspired Snack Aisle Strangler struck.

S4Ep9 | The Snack Aisle Strangler

Some "Relentless"-inspired would-be serial killers have been celebrities. When Marrissa Horn, a tea shop owner from L.A. began dating SisQó, she had no idea that a visit to Victoria's Secret together would inspire the R&B legend's greatest hit, nor that he might try to use the song as a murder weapon.

S4Ep8 | The Thong Song, SisQó and We

Growing up on the road alongside her saleswoman mom, Jeri Jones believed she had a serene, peace-loving nature. But then, at 15, she watched "Relentless" and a something savage began stirring inside her. Armed with common household implements as agents of mischief and with a Rolodex she found while Dumpster diving as a guide, her rampage began.

S4Ep7 | With the Intent to Cause Mischief

Around the time Darrell Klep first saw "Relentless" in the late 1980s, he also began his career as a farmer. Eventually, he started working weekend farmer's markets, following his customers and sitting in his car outside their homes. Creepy? Yes. Coincidence? Probably not.

S4Ep6 | Little Bulbs, Big Dreams

Baskin-Robbins greeter Alicia Nicely was just minding her own business, trying on a fitted purple sweatshirt at Gap, when she was attacked by a "Relentless"-inspired wanna-be serial killer. As happens in these situations, the attacker — Sarah Pinch — couldn't close the deal. But might there be an army of Sarah Pinches out there, stalking America's retail dressing rooms?

S4Ep5 | 31 Flavors and a Kick in the Crotch

Buffalo, NY musician Brad Meglin was playing Black Sabbath covers on stage with his band The Buffalo Soldiers in 1988, when William Lustig inexplicably got up on stage, mid-song, and asked Brad to compose music “that would make people want to kill” for his coming movie, “Relentless.”

S4Ep4 | Deadlike Rasta

Lance Bloomberg's father was a big influence on his son. There was the fascination with money and finance that Lance inherited, and there was also the violence. Beaten regularly as a child with an abacus, Lance would eventually teeter between a career in financial analysis or serial murder. Seeing "Relentless" nearly sealed the deal.

Never Time the Markets

Dan Hammer, a community theater actor from upstate New York who told the harrowing tale of his fiancee Tracy's mysterious disappearance in Season 1, has decided to try and remake "Relentless" in a way that "feels more real" by filming it entirely in his mother's house, basement and backyard.

S4Ep2 | MISSING: Tracy + Judds Nelson, Apatow and Judy (R.I.P.)

Meet our Season 4 cohosts: Lydia Coffeematé worked on the "Relentless" set as a personal assistant to one of its producers. Jeffrey Dalmer works at the last Hollywood Video where he slips "Relentless" DVDs into the bags of unsuspecting customers...at the behest of a mysterious "they."

S4Ep1 | Some Dreamers of the Bloody Dream

The 1989 Judd Nelson movie “Relentless” seemed like just another bad slasher flick. But director William Lustig included subliminal messages intended to inspire real life, would-be serial killers to begin their sprees.

Season 4: "Relentless" | Trailer

Gilda Graylore runs the Mystic Horse B&B in Corolla, NC. She's also pretty sure an unseen species, Homo inivisibilien, unleashed Covfefe-19 to rid the planet of its destructive human cousin, Homo sapiens. ***Credits:Kelsey Peters played Gilda Graylore. Kelsey performs with Washington Improv Theater teams Uncle Gorgeous and The Broken Bones, and Dojo Comedy house team Maple Sunday. She also co-hosts the “Heavy Flo with Puss and Kooch” podcast. Follow her on Instagram at @kelspeters.Erin Murray played Peachy Jennings. Erin performs with Madeline, a Washington Improv Theater house ensemble, and The Lodge. Follow her on Instagram at @eurniebmurray. Produced by Tim Townsend.Theme music by Bart Warshaw. Cover art by Claire Smalley. Website by Chance Griffin. https://vurbl.com/station/1MDNh9wkjmW/

S3Ep8 | Homo Invisibilien

In his work as a missile engineering studying manager, Master Carmichael Carmichaels made a startling discovery. The liquid that Mars is so famous for is actually a "nuclear desert sun dune," which NASA brought back to Earth in gas form and which has now leaked into the population, causing Covfefe-19. ***Credits:Darnell Eaton  played Master Carmichael Carmichaels. Darnell performs with Washington Improv Theater ensemble team iMusical. Follow him on Instagram at @darnelldeJamal Newman played Ginno Rommero. Jamal performs with Lena Dunham and NIXON. You can follow him on Instagram and Twitter at @hell0newman, and find him at jamalnewman.com. Produced by Tim Townsend.Theme music by Bart Warshaw. Cover art by Claire Smalley. Website by Chance Griffin. 

S3Ep7 | Nuclear Desert Sun Dune

Al Windjammer, owner of Windjammer Shoes, has a message that seems to contradict the family business: Don't wear shoes. While Windjammer shoes are made of animal byproducts from the family farm, most shoes are made from untraceable, mysterious chemicals that are harbingers for germs and viruses. And because most viruses enter the body through your feet, a shoe of unknown provenance is an invitation for Covfefe-19.***Credits:Stacey Axler played Al Windjammer. Stacey performs with Madeline, a Washington Improv Theater house ensemble, and Maple Sunday, a Dojo Comedy house team. Check out her Facebook page at Stacey Axler Comedy.Erin Murray played Peachy Jennings. Erin performs with Madeline, a Washington Improv Theater house ensemble, and The Lodge. Follow her on Instagram at @eurniebmurray. Produced by Tim Townsend.Theme music by Bart Warshaw. Cover art by Claire Smalley. Website by Chance Griffin. 

S3Ep6 | No Footmask, No Service

Optophobia is the fear of opening one’s eyes. Our show encourages you to move beyond that fear. To solve riddles they don’t want us to unriddle. To explode supposedly ironclad truths. To exhume evidence, buried for so long they believed it would stay buried. Each season we tackle a new investigation into what is often dismissively called a “conspiracy theory,” and each week a new guest weighs in. Are you bored by the lies? Open your eyes.

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