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The Jaws Obsession
by Jaws Obsession
To share with you, prove to you, convince you, or remind you, that JAWS is the greatest movie of all time.Let‘s make JAWS history.
Episodes
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Jaws Obsession 105: Meet the Tafts | Amity Deception | Jaws Prequel Concept | EJU Minute 15
Meet the Tafts in the 15th minute of Jaws and learn more about the Brody's. Fritzi Jane Courtney and Phil Murray remembered. Follow the cinematic language of Spielberg to draw conclusions. Minute 15 watching Jaws in the Expanded Jaws Universe (EJU). Utilizing prequel novel, The Book of Quint, we...
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Jaws Obsession 104: NEW Brody-Kintner Connection | Amity is a Third Island | EJU Minute 14
Minute 14 watching Jaws in the Expanded Jaws Universe (EJU). Utilizing prequel novel, The Book of Quint, we enhance our understanding of the film. Why were the Brody's at that beach on Sunday June 29, 1974? New discovery adds to the drama of Jaws. A small change by Lorraine Gary creates a layer…
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USS Indianapolis Jaws History | Jim Belcher Jr. and Jaws Prequel The Book of Quint author Ryan Dacko
Jaws brings the story of the USS Indianapolis and the 316 survivors to a new generation with a new prequel book. Son of survivor James Belcher Sr, Jim Belcher Jr. takes us through more of the story that wasn't included in the famous Robert Shaw monologue in Jaws - like the Kamikaze attack that…
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Surviving USS Indianapolis | Full Presentation Ryan Dacko & Jim Belcher Jr.
Presentation from Hoosier Village Chapel 28 July 2026 Jim Belcher Jr. and the history of the USS Indianapolis, his father James Belcher Sr. surviving with a lifetime of healing. Author Ryan Dacko and best-selling novel The Book of Quint: Can a Jaws prequel continue the USS Indianapolis dialogue…
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Jaws Obsession 103: EJU Minute 13 | Mayor Vaughn Gaslighting | Kintner Pruned Fingers
Minute 13 watching Jaws in the Expanded Jaws Universe (EJU). Utilizing prequel novel, The Book of Quint, we enhance our understanding of the film. Mayor Vaughn is proven to be the best political tactician in cinema history with his epic gaslighting technique - he successfully gaslights Brody AND...
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Jaws Obsession 102: EJU Minute 12 | It's Happened Before | New Jaws Documentary Jaws Explored |
Minute 12 watching Jaws in the Expanded Jaws Universe (EJU). Utilizing prequel novel, The Book of Quint, we enhance our understanding of the film. Mayor Vaughn meets with Brody on the Amity Harbor Ferry. We put an end to the myth of the bumbling Jaws mayor and prove he is a calculated and...
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Jaws Obsession 101: EJU Minute 11 Alex Kintner and the Shark-Fin Brothers-New Characters Introduced
Minute 11 watching Jaws in the Expanded Jaws Universe (EJU). Utilizing prequel novel, The Book of Quint, we enhance our understanding of the film. New characters are introduced in this minute which will have a deep impact on the EJU. Jeff Voorhees, who played Alex Kintner, makes an appearance to...
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Jaws Obsession 100: Jaws Retcon 2027
100 Episodes of Jaws Obsession presents a new mountain to climb. The great Jaws Retcon of 2027 has started. We have a path forward to restore the legacy of Jaws with an expanded Jaws universe. The Book of Quint and the Jaws Obsession research has opened the door to something amazing. Steven...
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Jaws Obsession 99: EJU Minute 10
Minute 10 watching Jaws in the Expanded Jaws Universe (EJU). Utilizing prequel novel, The Book of Quint, we enhance our understanding of the film. Brody gives us a new resolve in his march through town, and we are shown new details backing up our conclusions from Episode 98. Details in the...
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Jaws Obsession 98: EJU Minute 9
Minute 9 watching Jaws in the Expanded Jaws Universe (EJU). Utilizing prequel novel, The Book of Quint, we enhance our understanding of the film. So much can be discovered into Brody's character by observing the facts left on screen in this 9th minute of Jaws. For decades, it was disregarded as a...
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Jaws Obsession 97: EJU Minute 8
Minute 8 watching Jaws in the Expanded Jaws Universe (EJU). Utilizing prequel novel, The Book of Quint to enhance our understanding of the characters in the film. A super analysis of South Beach and the discovery of the Chrissie Watkins body. Mystery footsteps in the sand from that morning, and...
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Jaws Obsession 96: EJU Minute 7
Minute 7 watching Jaws in the Expanded Jaws Universe (EJU). Utilizing prequel novel, The Book of Quint to pull out details and enhance our understanding of the characters in the film. A continuation of the Spielberg fences theory for this part of Jaws. To get into the mindset of Steven Spielberg,...
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Jaws Obsession 95: EJU Minute 6
Minute 6 watching Jaws in the Expanded Jaws Universe (EJU). Utilizing prequel novel, The Book of Quint to pull out details and enhance our understanding of the characters in the film. To further back up conclusions from the 5th minute, we now have the ultimate background details to the Brody…
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Jaws Obsession 94: EJU Minute 5
Minute 5 watching Jaws in the Expanded Jaws Universe (EJU). Utilizing The Book of Quint to draw out conclusions and context. Waking up with Ellen and Martin Brody on Friday June 27, 1974 at 6:30 AM. An extreme look into the dialog and setting, as well as the use of filmmaking tools by Director...
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Jaws Obsession 93: EJU Minute 4
Minute 4 watching Jaws in the Expanded Jaws Universe (EJU). Chrissie's final moments of life and what exactly is happening below the surface. Listener question regarding sunrise or sunset and a closer look at the map of Amity Island to show a true sunrise on this June 27, 1974. A closer look at…
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Jaws Obsession 92: Summer of Jaws 2025
Midway point in the Book of Quint/Jaws 50th Summer 2025. Thoughts and reflections from the 80th anniversary memorial for the USS Indianapolis. Hollywood starting to get prequel fever for other legacy films and characters. A serious look into the great question: Can The Book of Quint, a Jaws...
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Jaws Obsession 91: EJU Minute 3
Minute 3 watching Jaws in the Expanded Jaws Universe (EJU). Using details provided by The Book of Quint and the visuals in the third minute to lock in a definitive date and time as the first calendar day in the Jaws timeline. Chrissie continues to prove she was not just another summer girl, while...
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Jaws Obsession 90: Amity Week 2025
Industrial-sized Ted Talk style, Book of Quint author Ryan Dacko presents the Jaws prequel novel during the 50th anniversary celebration. A lifetime of experience and following the signs to find your calling. Recorded Friday June 27, 2025, from Martha's Vineyard in Carnegie Heritage Center...
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Jaws Obsession 89: Expanded Jaws Universe Minute 2
Minute 2 watching Jaws in the Expanded Jaws Universe (EJU). What are the motivations behind the actions of Chrissie Watkins? Can we find a haunting backstory to her last moments of life utilizing clues in the second minute of Jaws while factoring in the details provided by The Book of Quint?…
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Jaws Obsession 88: Expanded Jaws Universe Minute 1
Onward we go through an Expanded Jaws Universe (EJU) viewing of Jaws with minute 1. John Williams, Editor Verna Fields, Director of Photography Bill Butler, Screenwriter Carl Gottlieb and the water clarity off Amity Island are all discussed. Falstaff Beer cups and night temperatures are clues...
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Jaws Obsession 87: Expanded Jaws Universe Minute Zero
A new window to Jaws exploration is opened. Expanded Jaws Universe (EJU) with minute zero of watching Jaws with The Book of Quint. For the 50th anniversary of the film, we will watch Jaws again for the first time. There is something else going on in Jaws, we just need to look at the details....
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The Jaws Obsession 86: Book of Quint Audiobook Premiere
Celebrating the world-wide premiere for The Book of Quint Audiobook. One prequel to rule them all - for the 50th anniversary of Jaws, with this unique audiobook experience, the universe is expanded in the theater of your mind. Narrator Jonathan Waters is on the show for a full interview, looking...
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The Jaws Obsession 85: Hooper Tech
Happy New Year 2025! Diving into Matt Hooper’s tech instruments seen on his boat and onboard the Orca in the second half of JAWS. Orca Rebuild specialist, Jon Tedder, joins the show to elaborate on the many questions we have left over from Episode 83. What exactly is Hooper doing with the strobe...
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The Jaws Obsession 84: Brody Shoulder Towel Mystery Solved
Jaws Obsession Listener Email Episode: Part 2 of 2 After almost 3 years, the mystery of the Brody shoulder towel has been solved. Back in Episode 8, we set out to figure out why Chief Brody is wearing a towel on his shoulder in the Amity PD office. A listener email shines a big light on the...
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The Jaws Obsession 83: Why Not Use Hooper's Boat?
Jaws Obsession Listener Email Episode: Part 1 of 2 Why didn't they just use Hooper's boat to track and kill the shark in Jaws? What happened to the missing Alex Kintner death scene footage? The Brody police filing dates explanation revisited. The Mrs. Kintner bounty reward and Quint contract...
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The Jaws Obsession Episode 82: Vaughn's Reality
Selectmen Series: Part 5 of 5 Wrapping up our analysis of the Amity Selectmen, we take a new look at Mayor Larry Vaughn and the realignment of the Amity Selectmen after the events of Jaws. To do so, we go deep into Jaws 2 to unearth new clues and facts. A look at the career of Murray Hamilton.…
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The Jaws Obsession Episode 81: Odd Selectman Out
Selectmen Series: Part 4 of 5 "That's some bad hat, Harry." It is Harry Keisel's turn in the spotlight, and we find out small details leading to a better understanding of this selectman who is left out of important meetings and seems to always be left outside of major events in Jaws. Why is Chief...
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The Jaws Obsession Episode 80: The Denherder Conspiracy
Selectmen Series: Part 3 of 5 Five scenes under a microscope with Selectman Denherder, played by Edward Chalmers Jr. and a conspiracy is unearthed. Why is a selectman sneaking around at night, behind Brody's back, trying to hook a large shark? Utilizing multiple drafts of the Jaws screenplay, the...
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The Jaws Obsession Episode 79: Mr. Posner
Selectmen Series: Part 2 of 5 Who was Mr. Posner and what was his political position on Amity Island? Analysis of the performance and life of Cyprian Phil Dube leads to conclusions that Mr. Posner was Mayor Vaughn's right-hand man when it came to controlling the political narrative. In memory of:...
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The Jaws Obsession Episode 78: The Silent Selectman
Selectmen Series: Part 1 of 5 Who was the silent selectman at the center of the head desk in the Amity Townhall? Meet Mr. Polk with this deep analysis for an important character in Amity Island history. How did Bob Carroll save the Jaws production back in the Summer of 1974 and did you know he...
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The Jaws Obsession Episode 77: Farewell Susan
The Jaws Universe is mourning the loss of Susan Backlinie, the stuntwoman who played the doomed first shark victim, Chrissie Watkins in Jaws. Can we frame Susan's performance as one of the greatest stunt performances in cinema history? Through articles and interviews, and the voice of Steven...
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The Jaws Obsession Episode 76: Jaws Universe 1974
Can we prove Jaws takes place in 1974? On this episode, five different data points are extracted from within the movie Jaws to definitively prove the year is 1974. From calendars in the background to vehicle registration stickers, this is an extension of episode 16 to offer further proof of what...
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The Jaws Obsession Episode 75: Brody's Books
What antique shark books were on Martin Brody's desk in Jaws? The imagery used from these books can tell us a lot about how science viewed sharks during this era. A continuation of Episode 74, shark expert Andrew Currie brings a volume of information to the show, and we have the most…
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The Jaws Obsession Episode 74: Territoriality
Was he right? Was Matt Hooper right when he said he agrees with the theory of Territoriality? Utilizing antique books from the set of Jaws, we dissect conventional scientific information of that era to get inside the mind of Matt Hooper during the summer of 1974 when Jaws takes place. Are sharks...
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The Jaws Obsession Episode 73: Jaws Iconography
With the loss of Roger Kastel, the artist behind the shark painting that changed the face of cinema and became the iconic symbol of Jaws, we conduct a deep dive into the creation of the painting. Also, the enduring mystery of the missing painting. The Book of Quint was published one month ago....
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The Jaws Obsession Episode 72: Jaws MacGuffin
Can the monster-shark narrative of Jaws be changed by the prequel The Book of Quint? A cinematic term used by Alfred Hitchcock is the answer. What is a MacGuffin and what is the Jaws MacGuffin? An appeal to Universal Pictures and Director Steven Spielberg. What is happening in the water during…
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The Jaws Obsession Episode 71: Anchor Jacket History
Jaws history discovered with a revelation and discovery of an original Anchor Jacket by Chipp Clothing Company. Orca Specialist and Technical Advisor Jon Tedder visits the show to give great detail into the iconic jacket that become a symbol of Mayor Larry Vaughn. It doesn't get any more in-depth...
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The Jaws Obsession Episode 70: Fan Casting Quint
The Henry Cavill fanbase joins the Jaws Obsession as fan casting images hit social media creating the question: Why can't there be a prequel to Jaws in 2025 with Henry Cavill as Quint, directed by Steven Spielberg with a score composed by John Williams? Just asking? 31 days to the Book of Quint...
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The Jaws Obsession Episode 69: The Brody Boys
How old are Michael and Sean Brody in Jaws? A first on the Jaws Obsession, we reach into Jaws 2 to extract details to answer this question. The Book of Quint world-wide release dates. Breaking news, and information on the Book of Quint eBook launch. November 15, 2023: UK, Europe, Australia, Japan...
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The Jaws Obsession Episode 68: Three Barrels or Four?
Did Quint fire three barrels or four into the shark? The answer leads to one of the greatest Jaws Easter Eggs of all time. Blink and you might miss it. After this episode, you will never stop seeing it. As always, the answer is in the smallest of details. Amberley Publishing acquires The Book of...
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The Jaws Obsession Episode 67: The Lady of the Dunes
Who was the Lady of the Dunes and is she seen in the movie Jaws? After author Joe Hill made the connection in 2015 to Jaws, the famous cold case eventually found its way to a conclusion. Part True-Crime broadcast, the facts of the case are presented in this episode, as her identity is recently...
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The Jaws Obsession Episode 66: Chrissie Victimology
Was Chrissie Watkins just another summer girl or was there a darker tone to her backstory leading to her tragic death on June 27th, 1974? An in-depth look into the clues surrounding the first victim of Jaws leads to unexpected results. Listener emails and a further look into the Brody family...
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The Jaws Obsession Episode 65: A Bridge to History
How does Quint's story provide us with a bridge to history? In a remarkable turn of events, Jaws fan Edward Rodriguez joins the show to explain the history of Mare Island, and how he was able to present The Book of Quint to USS Indianapolis survivor Harold Bray. Listener emails and we touch on…
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The Jaws Obsession Episode 64: Quint Inspiration
A new discovery for The Jaws Obsession. The real-life inspiration for Quint's USS Indianapolis speech is identified. Back from England, The Book of Quint is now in Robert Shaw's hometown of Westhoughton, Greater Manchester, UK. A replay of the speech introducing the book to Westhoughton. Dan…
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The Jaws Obsession Episode 63: Polly’s Printing
The timeless appearance by cinema's most famous police department secretary, Polly, gives us clues into the history of the Amity Police Department if we pay attention to the details. Haydn Wheeler of JawsOB UK joins the show to discuss the upcoming Book of Quint event in the UK on July 1st, 2023,...
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The Jaws Obsession Episode 62: Jaws Dogs
A deep look into the history of Pipit and the other canine appearances in Jaws. What does Pipit bring to the Jaws Universe? The Spielberg dogs become the Brody family dogs and one miniature poodle changes the course of Jaws history. Jaws news and listener emails. Jaws Obsession goes to the UK.…
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The Jaws Obsession Episode 61: Ben Gardner’s Death Explained
Visual clues given in the movie JAWS lead to a final conclusion showing how fisherman Ben Gardner died and what exactly happened aboard the Flicka during the hunt for the shark. Retired Police Detective Mugsy McGraw and Orca specialist Jon Tedder visit the show to add more pieces to the puzzle....
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The Jaws Obsession Episode 60: Still Alive
Still alive and kicking in the Jaws Obsession. Book of Quint and Jaws news. Listener emails. Screenplays for The Book of Quint completed. A Jurassic Park prequel idea gets some media buzz. What is Mr. Taft asking Brody on the beach? Does Quint have a military motivation in giving Hooper a hard...
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The Jaws Obsession Episode 59: Bill Butler Inspiration
Jaws cinematographer, Wilmer "Bill" Butler has passed away at the age of 101. What did Bill Butler mean to the set of Jaws and director Spielberg? How can the example Bill set during the making of Jaws inspire us in our daily lives? In Memory of Wilmer C. Butler (1921-2023) Ryan (@bookofquint) •...
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The Jaws Obsession Episode 58: Jaws Generation
What is the Jaws Generation? With the movie about to turn 50 years old, how has Jaws been received over the past 4 generations? How will the latest generation be introduced to Jaws? Can a prequel usher in a new era for Jaws? The Book of Quint screenplay(s)? Early reader reviews and emails. Ryan...
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