Ghost Stories For The End Of The World

MIDSOMMAR (2019) Oct 24, 2024

"A couple travel to Sweden to visit their friend's rural hometown for its fabled midsummer festival, but what begins as an idyllic retreat quickly devolves into an increasingly violent and bizarre competition at the hands of a pagan cult."

None of the synopses really get the pitch right but what the hell, this'll do.

Dir: Ari Aster

Joined for this one by Marcus and Seb of THE RETURN OF THE REPRESSED podcast

96 - The Belgian X-Files 19: 1985 (Epilogue) Oct 22, 2024

"Set against the backdrop of Belgium's most notorious unsolved crime spree, 1985 begins as three friends - Vicky, her brother Franky, and his best friend Marc - begin a new chapter of their lives, when they set off from their hometown to Brussels. But as their adulthood and careers in the big city commence, the trio risks losing their innocence and noble illusions, as they find themselves caught in the middle of the horrifying events that shocked a generation and will come to leave a scar on the entire country."

Nic joins me for an epilogue of sorts to talk about the very good TV show 1985 and kickstart MOVIE SEASON the right way.

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95 - The Belgian X-Files 18 - Dutroux Affair vii: C'est comme ça que ça termine Oct 09, 2024

Join Nic and I for the final Belgian X-File.

This is how it ends.

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94 - The Belgian X-Files 17 - Dutroux Affair vi: A World Inside the World Sep 20, 2024

Myself and @IRC_NIC discuss the sheer size of the case and consider what The Sprawl means. We go long on how the cops and the media conspired to kill the network angle, and then we look at the truly global scale of the Dutroux Affair and break down what, exactly, the Network was, its historical origins, the social context, how it worked, where it came from, and how it dealt with the threat of exposure.

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93 - The Belgian X-Files 16: Dutroux Affair v - Witnesses Aug 30, 2024

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Regina Louf talks about her experience in the network, the pressure mounts on the investigating team, people continue to die, the families of the victims are pushed to the edge of madness, and Belgium finds itself on the brink of revolution.

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**UNLOCKED** - The Parapolitics of Britpop: Omnibus Aug 27, 2024

Seemed fitting to unlock these two episodes, solder them together through the miracle of sound editing, and make them free to all given the news this week of Oasis reforming. Enjoy.

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92 - The Belgian X-Files 15 - Dutroux Affair iv - Casework Aug 23, 2024

Dutroux and his accomplices start to talk, the people of Belgium try to process news of the staggering investigative failings, prosecutors Bourlet and Connerotte gaze into the abyss, and a young woman steps forward with astonishing information about corruption and savagery at the heart of the Belgian establishment.

Next episode Thursday 29th.

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91 - The Belgian X-Files 14: Dutroux iii - Summer Came Early That Year (1996) Jul 28, 2024

@irc_nic guides us through 1996.

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90 - The Belgian X-Files 13: Dutroux Affair ii - Voices in the Walls Jul 16, 2024

EXTREME CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains some very harrowing and upsetting material. I don't recommend you listen to it if you're in a bad place/are likely to be triggered by the subject matter. Please take care.

The part about the murders.

@irc_nic joins me once again for this journey into Belgium's heart of darkness.

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89 - The Belgian X-Files 12: Dutroux Affair i - The Lost Girls (1956 - 1995) Jun 29, 2024

Nic (@irc_nic) guides us through the life story of Marc Dutroux. We look at his childhood, his descent into crime, and how he may have become a fixer for the Belgian political mafia.

"The Kludde" read by Michael S. Judge of Death is Just Around the Corner with our immense thanks.

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The Belgian X-Files 11: Land of the Dead Jun 11, 2024

Nic (@irc_nic) joins us once again for a panoramic sweep across Belgium at the end of the Cold War, and on the eve of the Dutroux Affair in multi-chapter anthology style episode.

0:53: Prologue

10:00: Chapter 1 - The Paul Vanden Boeynants Kidnapping

52:15: Chapter 2 - The Belgian Gladio Inquiry

82:40: Chapter 3 - The Murder of Gerald Bull

91:21: Chapter 4 - The Murder of André Cools

131:26: Chapter 5 - The Atlas Report and the Nebula

143:38: Chapter 6 - The Murder of Katrien De Cuyper

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87 - The Belgian X-Files 10: BRABANT KILLERS REDUX - Aftermath iii May 22, 2024

Tonight we tie off Brabant Killers Redux by looking at an especially bizarre event that occurred just before the final massacre, using it as an illustrative example of how deep into the weeds you can fall, if you so wish, in trying to understand this most eerie of true stories. We then explore various theories people have put forward over the years to explain the crimes, and offer our own holistic take for good measure. We close by discussing what became of major players in the case, and set up threads we will pursue for the remaining episodes of TBXF.

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86 - The Belgian X-Files 9: BRABANT KILLERS REDUX - Aftermath ii May 16, 2024

Particularly strange deaths connected to the Brabant Killers attacks.

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85 - The Belgian X-Files 8: BRABANT KILLERS REDUX - Aftermath pt 1 (1985 - now) May 09, 2024

The first Gang Commission, the aftermath of the Brabant Killers operation, and the consequences.

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Note: This is actually the first part of a four hour recording we did, but after some discussion we decided to cut it down into more manageable 60 - 90 minute instalments. This means Aftermath pt ii will land next week and, most likely, there will be an Aftermath iii dropping the week after. Then we're back to the usual 2 week release schedule. This now means that instead of 10 or 11 X-Files episodes there will probably be 13 or 14. Hope you enjoy, and have a good weekend.

84 - The Belgian X-Files 7: BRABANT KILLERS REDUX pt 2 Apr 26, 2024

The second wave.

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83 - The Belgian X-Files 6: BRABANT KILLERS REDUX pt 1 Apr 12, 2024

The First Wave.

82 - The Belgian X-Files 5: The Pinon Affair Mar 01, 2024

I'm joined again by @irc_nic as the Belgian Autumn begins.

Prince Albert and the Belgian business class over-promise and under-deliver in a trade deal with the Saudis. The resulting financial scandal exposes a vice network, blackmail operations and massive embezzlement. The Belgian establishment scrambles to cover it all up, but things take a dramatically darker turn when a psychiatrist files for divorce and his wife decides to share explosive secrets about extremely powerful people.

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81 The Belgian X-Files 4: Chaos, Fascism and Solar Temples Feb 15, 2024

I'm joined by Belgian researcher Nic (@irc_nic) to talk about the post-war far-right in Belgium: what it believed, what it did, how it ensured loyalty, who profited...and who didn't. Paramilitary groups, Gladio, cults, dirty cops, gangsters and crooked spooks. They formed subterranean networks of mind-warping size that covertly influenced the course of modern Belgian history and planned everything from coups to terror attacks. Before us looms The Belgian Autumn.

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80 - The Belgian X-Files 3: The Bees Made Honey in the Lion's Skull II Jan 29, 2024

We conclude our time in Congo by discussing how they killed Lumumba, colonial ghosts returning to the imperial core, and the politics of forgetting.

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79 - TBXF 2: The Bees Made Honey in the Lion’s Skull (part i) Jan 03, 2024

Leopold. Congo. Belgium. The neo-aristocracy and generational suffering. The Belgian X-Files 2.

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78 - The Belgian X-Files 1: Some Years Ago (1945 - 1960 or so) Dec 08, 2023

We look at Belgium under Nazi occupation and the Royal Question, then discuss the assassination of Communist Party leader Julien Lahaut and the hidden networks in the Belgian establishment.

DULCE MIDNIGHT RADIO 5 ft. Mark Pilkington Nov 08, 2023

Bradley (https://twitter.com/bpleasies) and Mark Pilkington (https://twitter.com/markopilkington) sit down to discuss UFOs, the latest round of "disclosure", Mirage Men, bigfoot erotica, black helicopters and more besides.

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77 - The Deep Politics of Forrest Gump Oct 31, 2023

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We discuss Forrest Gump and boomers. The film arrived at a time when competing claims of ownership over the legacy of the 60s and “what it all meant” were becoming a major cultural issue, manifesting everywhere from the halls of Congress to The Simpsons to the work of pop horror guru Stephen King.

What Forrest Gump perfectly demonstrates is how the American imaginary has misinterpreted its own history. From early meetings with Elvis Presley and an encounter with the civil rights movement, to a spell in Vietnam and a chat with John Lennon, Forrest embodies the American as it would like to see itself, merely floating on the river of history, without bearing any responsibility for the shape it takes.

We then probe the deeper implications of the films reactionary politics, and the death of nancy adam susan nancy adam susan the 60s dream. For the last third of the episode we discuss how Ron Howard unwittingly applies the technique of a “broadcast signal interruption” to historical narratives, and we then explore what implications this may have for the eyes watching unblinking a far more sinister agenda.

76 - Clockwork Oct 27, 2023

The story of a psyops agent called Colin Wallace, MI5 coups against the British state, Gladio in Northern Ireland and abuse rings sanctioned by the secret city.

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75 - The Gangs of London: Brink’s-Mat, Freemasons, the Met Police and The Long Good Friday Oct 10, 2023

Gold heists, cocaine, gangsters, money laundering, Freemasons, dirty cops, PABLO ESCOBAR, Nazis, the CIA, MI5, MI6 and more. HAVE A BITE.

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74 - CARTELWORLD: Coups, pimps, private spooks and collapse Sep 25, 2023

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We discuss Azerbaijan, MI6, oil, al Qaeda, coups, assassinations, the Turkish deep state, the rise of the private intelligence agencies and more besides.

73 - CARTELWORLD: Guns, oil, princes Sep 13, 2023

We use Prince Andrew as an example of the Account Man, the connection between different nodes in the vast circuitry of the Machine. We talk offshore accounts, money laundering, guns and oil.

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72 - The Parapolitics of Britpop 2: Midnight, the Stars and You Aug 22, 2023

The ghosts have broken into the material world, and they are more real than the living.

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71 - The Parapolitics of Britpop 1: ”But Doctor,” said the United Kingdom, ”I *am* the great clown Pagliacci!” Aug 15, 2023

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70 - Olof Palme 8: Arla Dawn Jul 28, 2023

If the rule you followed brought you to this, of what use was the rule? Arla Dawn, the Swedish Stay Behind, the reason Olof Palme was murdered. Everything converges, everything ends.

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69 - Heaven Holds the Faithful Departed (Tripping Up to Boston Remix) **TEASER** Jul 14, 2023

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COLD WAR PARANOIA, the search for mind control, Martin Scorcese, Hong Kong, LSD, armed robbery, Jungian archetypes, gentrification, the immigrant experience, Hollywood, the changing face of Boston, political intrigue, the crime boss as cultural totem, the totalitarian impulse and the individual, psychological trauma, colonialism, declining empires, MKUltra. Get some.

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68 - Olof Palme 7: South Africa Jul 08, 2023

The role of South African intelligence, assorted right-wing networks, slimeball operators and scumbag mercs in the assassination of Olof Palme. We are closing in on the heart of darkness, people.

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67 - Olof Palme 6: Swedish Guns Jun 30, 2023

GUNS. LOTS OF GUNS. Let's talk Bofors, Bush, bastards, bullets, bombs, bribes, and blackmail. It's a rogues gallery, a compendium of intrigue, a thesis statement about the fallen world in which we live.

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66 - Olof Palme 5 - Skandiamannen Jun 26, 2023

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I'm joined again by Marcus and Sebastian to take a look at reactionary oddball and graphic designer STIG ENGSTROM, from his childhood spent in India to his possible role in the murder of Olof Palme and his courting of media attention in the years afterwards.

65 - Olof Palme 4: More Usual Suspects Jun 16, 2023

More theories, more suspects, more SWEDES. Nazi cops, Kurdish leftists, crooked spooks, shady politicians, wild theories. It's all happening.

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64 - Olof Palme 3: The Usual Suspects Jun 09, 2023

Marcus of Return of the Repressed once again joins me to explore how the police handled the immediate aftermath of the Palme hit and the troubling witness accounts that undermined the early attempts to establish an Official Narrative.

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63 - Olof Palme 2: Masquerade **TEASER** May 26, 2023

We step back from the Palme murder to explore the Palme family and the rise and rise of Olof in Swedish politics. Also there are psychics and nazis in this one.

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62 - Olof Palme 1: Come and See May 19, 2023

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When he had opened the fourth seal I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, "Come and see." And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat upon him was Death, and Hell followed with him.

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61 - The Horror of Police with Travis Linnemann May 05, 2023

I'm joined this evening by friend of the show Travis Linnemann - author, academic and associate professor at Kansas University - to discuss the cops, the uncanny, the weird and the eerie. Travis is the author of THE HORROR OF POLICE. Get a copy pronto.

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LETO II: THE TRUTHENING **TRAILER** Apr 24, 2023

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60 - THE OCTOPUS: Epilogue Apr 11, 2023

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This was actually supposed to be up on Friday just gone but technical issues delayed release. A chill discussion about the journey, and our final thoughts on The Octopus story. No fireworks in this one but some good vibes.

59 - THE OCTOPUS 13: The Future is History Mar 29, 2023

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"Back in the days of hippie simplicity, people liked to blame 'the CIA' or 'a secret rogue operation.' But this is a new enemy, unnameable, locatable on no organization chart or budget line. Who knows? Maybe even the CIA's scared of them.”

Turn on the evening news some time. Everything ends.

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58 - THE OCTOPUS 12: Arkansas part II Mar 08, 2023

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We go deep on 1980s Arkansas and tie off many loose threads as we barrel towards the end of this epic odyssey into the narcotic, technological psychosphere.

57 - THE OCTOPUS 11: Arkansas part 1 Feb 27, 2023

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Poppy Bush exits the White House and pardons his underbosses on the way out the door. The Clintons take the reins, their rise to power assisted by mob bagmen, shady financial deals and a corrosive Third Way platform. The Inslaw case is dead, PROMIS is now a technomyth, and history has ended. But a number of political operatives, spooks, hustlers, shakedown artists and disinformation agents are starting to talk to anyone who'll listen about dark compromises, drug trafficking, contract hits and espionage stretching back to the early 80s.

56 - THE OCTOPUS 10: Disintegrating at the End of History Feb 10, 2023

WE ARE BACK.

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We talked to Bill Hamilton and our tiny minds were blown, so many thanks to him for answering our questions.

We begin with a look at how the Inslaw case, PROMIS and the intelligence underworld collided head-on with the 90s. We talk about how things ended for the Hamiltons, then pivot to exploring where PROMIS may have gone, or what it may have become, by looking at the rise of the surveillance state, privatization, 9/11, managed violence, Silicon Valley and more.

Even though PROMIS role in the story is mostly finished, THE TRAIN KEEPS ROLLING BABY.

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55 - THE OCTOPUS 9: Robert Maxwell and the Dancing Hare Dec 24, 2022

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We explore the fall of Robert Maxwell, the spread of PROMIS, the rise of the new operators, and 20 years of financial voodoo and Mossad hits.

54 - THE OCTOPUS 8: The Enterprise Dec 05, 2022

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We try to understand The Enterprise, exploring Poppy Bush's time as Vice President and the way Iran-Contra was quickly transformed into a limited hangout to hide a much bigger matrix of breathtaking corruption. From the oil capos of Saudi Arabia to the banking scams of 80s America, the opium fields of Afghanistan and the rise of counter-terrorism in foreign policy circles, we look at how this systemic corruption planted the seeds for much of our ongoing derangement.

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53 -THE OCTOPUS 7: The Bodies Nov 18, 2022

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We talk about a few other issues surrounding Danny Casolaro's last days, and discuss other mysterious deaths connected to the Inslaw Affair. We close with a look at PROMIS myths vs. reality. How powerful was this software, and how much of its reputation is the product of underworld sales pitches?

TALES FROM THE GRAVEYARD BUNKER III Nov 01, 2022

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Technical issues and last minute edits have held up the new special but here it is, baby. All Saints Day is upon us, so it's time for another trip to the graveyard bunker. We stripped it back to basics this year. First, we look at witch hunts in HYPERSALEMISATION, and then we check in to find out what became of iLovePod's top dog Todd Brett.

HALLOWEEN TALES: Kill List (2011, Dir: Ben Wheatley) Oct 23, 2022

A first for the show, as we explore a modern horror classic that has a lot to say about psychopathic hitmen, parapolitical cults and what it's like to need a new jacuzzi in austerity-era Britain.

52 - The Octopus 6: The Death of Danny Casolaro Oct 06, 2022

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Danny Casolaro's investigation into The Octopus ends in a West Virginia motel room in brutal fashion. We try to piece together his last days and discuss what his death means to skeptics and believers alike. This is the hinge point of our miniseries; while Danny's role in the story ends here, we'll be following up on his leads and chasing PROMIS around the world for the remainder of the series. From here on, things only get darker.

51 - THE OCTOPUS 5: The Company Oct 01, 2022

Cocaine bears, Kentucky drug runners, CIA gunmen and mercs aplenty.

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50 - THE OCTOPUS 4: A Pale Horse Sep 19, 2022

Danny pursues his story to the California desert, encountering desperadoes, contract killers, dope runners and CIA assets. He also makes the acquaintance of one Robert Booth Nichols, a man with a lot of stories to share and a mysterious interest in the Inslaw Affair and the Casolaro's work.

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The Invisible Empire: A Tunnel in Paris Sep 08, 2022

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MI6, the ruins of empire, the Royal Family, arms trafficking, terrorism, oligarchs, the gangster state and more converged on a tunnel in Paris one horrifying night in August 1997. We look at a pivotal moment in the history of the modern British Establishment (in as much as anything about the Establishment is 'modern'), and examine the web of intrigue surrounding both Diana's death and the British monarchy, a web that persists up to the present day.

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49 - THE OCTOPUS 3: Danger Man Aug 29, 2022

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Danny Casolaro's pursuit of the Octopus brings him into contact with a geek burnout and spook fixer called Michael Riconosciuto. Riconosciuto is an operative of some kind (we think), and he has a lot to tell Danny about about software hacking, CIA ops, UFOs, bioweapons and gun deals in the desert. Casolaro is intoxicated, but following Rico's leads and trying to untangle truth and fantasy mires him even deeper in a bizarre underworld of rogue spies, gangsters and corrupt politicians. We also discuss the early spread of the stolen PROMIS software and consider how it might have been bugged and what its utility might have been.

48 - THE OCTOPUS 2: Danny Casolaro in Wonderland Aug 22, 2022

Danny Casolaro is a freelance journalist on the hunt for a scoop when he hears about the Inslaw Affair. Bill Hamilton has a hell of a tale to tell him: a horror story about grinding bureaucracy, corruption in high places, rogue intelligence operatives and low-level footsoldiers for the gangster state. In hearing this, Danny's curiosity soon morphs into an all-consuming obsession.

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47 - The Octopus 1: The Perfect Spy Aug 08, 2022

Inslaw Inc developed a version of a software package called PROMIS that was leaps and bounds beyond anything comparable at the time. It was stolen by the US government and allegedly distributed to clients around the world with a secret "back door" surveillance modification. The Inslaw Affair is, for many people, the Rosetta Stone of modern American conspiracy, a high tech Watergate. Before we get truly out there, myself and the myserious Mr Benjamin Ghazi are going to use this opening episode to really get to grips with what PROMIS actually did, why it was worth stealing, and, just maybe, why it was worth killing for.

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47 - The Octopus 1: The Perfect Spy Aug 08, 2022

Inslaw Inc developed a version of a software package called PROMIS that was leaps and bounds beyond anything comparable at the time. It was stolen by the US government and allegedly distributed to clients around the world with a secret "back door" surveillance modification. The Inslaw Affair is, for many people, the Rosetta Stone of modern American conspiracy, a high tech Watergate. Before we get truly out there, myself and the myserious Mr Benjamin Ghazi are going to use this opening episode to really get to grips with what PROMIS actually did, why it was worth stealing, and, just maybe, why it was worth killing for.

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47 - The Octopus 1: The Perfect Spy Aug 08, 2022

Inslaw Inc developed a version of a software package called PROMIS that was leaps and bounds beyond anything comparable at the time. It was stolen by the US government and allegedly distributed to clients around the world with a secret "back door" surveillance modification. The Inslaw Affair is, for many people, the Rosetta Stone of modern American conspiracy, a high tech Watergate. Before we get truly out there, myself and the myserious Mr Benjamin Ghazi are going to use this opening episode to really get to grips with what PROMIS actually did, why it was worth stealing, and, just maybe, why it was worth killing for.

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46 - MKNAOMI and 70 Years of Bioterror Jul 27, 2022

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Tonight we present a tragicomedy in 4 acts.

Act 1: Devils Tearing Your Life Away

Unit 731, bioweapons in the Korean War, the origins of MKNAOMI.

Act 2: Far Out

MKNAOMI’s evolution, human experiments, near-catastrophes, lies, damned lies, and the lying liars who tell them.

Act 3: The Mindblowers

A brief digression to discuss the US Army’s BZ psychochemical weapon, its use in Vietnam, and more human experimentation.

Act 4: Apocalypse Now

Contemporary developments in the world of biowarfare, lab leaks, human engineered diseases and weird science, the legacy of MKNAOMI, and what the future might hold if we don’t get our shit together.

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Peace.

45 - CASINO 5: Godfathers of the Deep State Jun 22, 2022

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The final, Beast-length installment of CASINO. We talk Ronald Reagan: actor, dreamweaver, visionary, plus President, and we also discuss Agha Hasan Abedi: banker, pseudo-revolutionary and shaman capo of BCCI. Connecting both are the machinations of the White Rose, Poppy Bush, and a transatlantic alliance of spooks and political operatives who can taste the final victory, the big time, the ecstasy of gold. All is clouded by desire, and the towers loom above us.

Dulce Midnight Radio III ft Robert Skvarla Jun 05, 2022

We talk to Robert Skvarla about his excellent new series "The cover-up behind 'UFO Cover up? Live!'", available over on Diabolique. We discuss disinformation, spooks. the UFO community and why we shouldn't expect too much from any government "disclosure".

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Dulce Midnight Radio III ft. Robert Skvarla Jun 05, 2022

Our friend Robert Skvarla (@robertskvarla) joins us to discuss his excellent new series about a UFO TV show from the 80s over at Diabolique, and we also get into the recent UFO hearings, disclosure and disinformation, spooks, kooks and more!

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44 - CASINO 4: Shotgun Safari (BCCI, Safari Club, and the Second CIA) May 08, 2022

We have reached the midpoint of our CASINO series, friends and neighbours. Tonight we look at some other aspects of George HW Bush's time as CIA Director, the moment when he became the Godfather of the Amerikan Deep State. We look at the privatization of US intelligence, cocaine trafficking, Adnan Khashoggi and the development of Safari Club, and setting up the dark money networks with BCCI. This one has a little bit of everything, folks.

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43 - CASINO 3: It’s a Small World After All **TEASER** Apr 23, 2022

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Our CASINO miniseries continues. We chase the money and Cuban exiles across 30 years of intrigue and corruption, looking at Castle Bank & Trust, World Finance Corporation, Disney, money laundering, Operation Condor, the mafia, and the CIA. 1976 and the rise of George Bush to the summit of the American deep state looms; the world will never be the same after this.

42 -CASINO 2: The House of the Rising Sun Apr 15, 2022

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The CIA is under new management. As the skim operation and the links between the mob and the Agency are exposed, a panicked attempt at a cover-up ensues. A neon paradise disappears in a tsunami of gore and litigation, but not everyone falls. We end with a look at the claim that the FBI "cleaned up" Vegas, and discuss the mob frontman who briefly became the most powerful man in the world. He might be back in the White House in a couple of years.

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41 - Casino 1: Holes in the Desert Apr 08, 2022

A new miniseries about the deep politics of casinos. Tonight we introduce the story of the near-destruction of the Syndicate, with a look at the story of Lefty Rosenthal, Tony Spilotro, and the secretive networks of business, intelligence and crime surrounding the massive skim operation they oversaw in Las Vegas back in the 70s.

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40 - Networks of the Invisible Empire **TEASER** Mar 18, 2022

A brief interruption to the last run of American history shows, in which we look at the City of London, the British Establishment, Ukraine, Russia, dark money and media spin.

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39 - Last Waltz at 29 Broadway Mar 03, 2022

Tonight we examine the career of OSS/CIA agent and financier Nicholas Deak, and the strange, sad life of a mentally ill woman called Lois Lang. This one takes us on an odyssey through decades of money laundering, assassination, banking and, bizarrely, MKUltra experiments.

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38 - Cielo Drive **PREVIEW** Feb 25, 2022

**TEASER CLIP** - This episode was actually up on Patreon last week but I had trouble getting this clip uploaded to Podbean for whatever reason.

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We wrap up our Manson mini-series and the Season of the Witch project entirely by musing on the nature of conspiracy, navigating a head maze of folk myth and covert ops, and why Cielo Drive still matters.

BOOKS OF WAR 1: Creation Myths Feb 05, 2022

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In the first episode of BOOKS OF WAR, we trace the origin of the Sicilian Mafia and explore how it drew on 2000 years of history to fashion grandiose creation myths that obscured the grim reality of what it was and how it came into existence.

37 - Process Church: Feed Your Head Jan 21, 2022

We kick off 2022 with a deep dive into the Process Church of the Final Judgement as part of our lateral look at the Manson family. A new religious movement and cult that was influenced by Carl Jung as much as Scientology, Process has been the subject of wild and feverish speculation for years. Art school try-hards or the guiding hand behind a secret "Satanic terror network"? Neonazi occultists or a pyramid scheme aimed at middle class dropouts? Our goal in this episode is to chart a path through the fog of bullshit and paranoia, and find something approximating the Truth.

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Episode 36 - Patty Hearst and the Symbionese Liberation Army Dec 23, 2021

Hollywood Ghost Stories continues as we get into the mind-warping, brain melting, sanity blasting story of Donald Defreeze and the kidnapping of Patty Hearst. From bank jobs to CHAOS agents, the Phoenix Program to revolutionary fervor, MKUltra to the LAPD, this story has it all, and is easily one of the most incredible we've ever discussed.

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Episode 35 - COINTELPRO, CHAOS and Manson in the New Hollywood pt 1 Dec 10, 2021

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Part 1: Hollywood. 1969. Hippies and revolutionaries mingle with rock gods and movie stars. The dream is over, but the party won't end. Gangsters, drug dealers, spooks and cult leaders haunt the scene. As the summer rolls on, Reagan unleashes his dogs on the counterculture, LAPD bulls run wild, paranoia reaches fever pitch, secret networks plot in the shadows, and the Family mounts an apocalyptic assault on Cielo Drive.

Tonight, we begin the end of Season of the Witch with a look at the dark networks encircling the LA scene of the late-60s, and go deep on one of the CIA's most controversial programs and the sickos who ran it.

Episode 34 - Nixon and Invisible Bridges Nov 23, 2021

A look at the life, times and mindset of Richard Nixon and his America. Bridging the 1960s and the 1970s, his administration is infamous for its corruption, dirty tricks and endless hustles. We follow him as he navigates a swamp of neofascist masons and CIA congressmen, Bohemian Grove bigshots and Wall Street creeps, discussing everything from his bloodcurdling foreign policy to his raving paranoia.

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Episode 33 - Tales From the Graveyard Bunker Oct 31, 2021

In association with iLovePodMedia, and with the help of Bradley and the Mrs, this year we offer a trilogy o' terrifying tales for All Hallows' Eve. For your consideration: 1. The ExorCIAist 2. Project Blue Beam: The New World HORRORder 3. Operation Stab-io Enjoy. Well...I say "enjoy"...ahahahahahaha. Support the show by laundering some money here: https://www.patreon.com/GhostStoriesForTheEnd Find us on twitter @ghoststoriesend

Episode 32 - More Tales of the Yankees and Cowboys Oct 27, 2021

Howard Hughes goes to war with the Syndicate in Vegas. We look at a deep state in transition, the mob on the brink of implosion, and a private eye chasing land fraud and silver mining scams.

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Episode 31 - The Assassination of RFK Oct 15, 2021

Jimmy Falun Gong (@JimmyFalunGong) of Programmed to Chill is here to blow minds and explode myths about the RFK assassination. Once again, 1968 proves to be a crucial year for us as we traverse a land haunted by women in polka dot dresses, the Rosicrucian Order, the rise of Nixon, the CIA, sinister hypnotists and more.

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Episode 30 - Acid Spooks II: Psychedelic Gladio (PREVIEW) Oct 09, 2021

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The next stop on our mission upriver:

CHEMIST

DROP OUT

GANGSTER

REVOLUTIONARY

CON MAN

BRITISH

TERRORIST

ACCOUNTANT

FREEDOM FIGHTER

NERD

RONALD MOTHER FUCKING STARK

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Episode 29 - This is the Zodiac Speaking pt 2 ft. Brace Belden Sep 30, 2021

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Part 2 of our look at the Bay Area and the serial killer as a social and political subject in the 60s and 70s. The Dark Cowboy (Brace - @TrueAnonPod) once again guides the humble host (myself - @ghoststoriesend) on a dark voyage into the West Coast netherhead. A psychedelic abyss, you might say, where spooks, dirty politicians, killers, crooks, cult leaders and capering grotesques grin with bloody, hungry mouths as the 60s counterculture slams head-on into the nihilistic 70s.

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Episode 28 - This is the Zodiac Speaking pt 1 ft. Brace Belden (PREVIEW/TRAILER) Sep 23, 2021

Obtain access by laundering some money here: https://www.patreon.com/GhostStoriesForTheEnd ...or: "Tales From the Golden Age of American Serial Murder" In the first of a two-part US-UK operation, Brace Belden - private investigator, parapolitical expert and one third of the podcasting phenomenon Trueanon - drops by to discuss the serial killer as a social and political subject in 1960s and 1970s America. We use the Zodiac case and the circus surrounding as a window through which to explore the occult, murky depths of California during the Age of Aquarius. Let's just say that these two shows have a little of everything, so saddle the horses and prepare to ride with myself and the Dark Cowboy into the psychosphere.

Episode 27 - Acid Spooks I: MKUltra and the Void Sep 16, 2021

While LSD wasn't the sole cause of "The Sixties", the era would have looked far different without acid. Tonight we explore how LSD and other psychedelics served a political and social function from the earliest days of the CIA, taking in Cold War brinkmanship, MKUltra, and the search for mind control.

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Episode 26 - The American Years of Lead? ft Matt Christman (TEASER) Sep 06, 2021

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We kick off our Season of the Witch miniseries with a look at the New Left of the 1960s and 1970s, and for this one Mr Matt Christman (@cushbomb) of Chapo Trap House kindly stopped by to share some insight about the times. We talk about the Weather Underground, the Black Panthers, Vietnam, Dustin Hoffman, and more. It's a tale of paranoia, class, acid fantasies, confused politics, poorly engineered bombs, and the brutal hammer of reality meeting the plate glass of idealism.

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The Chicago Outfit and the People Who Died Aug 25, 2021

In the first half of this week's show, we explore the roots and rise of the Chicago Outfit, analyzing its influence, structure, activities, demographic makeup, and compare it to more traditional mafia syndicates elsewhere in the States. In the second half, we follow Sam Giancana after the JFK assassination and look at examples of people connected to the Outfit and Dallas who died in mysterious ways.

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Episode 24 - James Angleton and the Wilderness of Mirrors Aug 16, 2021

Tonight we look at the life and times of James Angleton. We examine his obsession with the so-called Monster Plot, and the mysterious role he played in the aftermath of a high-profile murder in 1964. It's a moody outing tonight, friends, as we navigate an underworld of poetry, spook intrigue, Cold War paranoia, and the melancholy of the deep state.

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Episode 23 - Cartelworld: Drugs, Banking, Empire and Terrorism Aug 06, 2021

Tonight we look at drugs, high finance, intelligence and terrorism. From South America to the Middle East, we explore how the global drug trade is manipulated by various state and non-state actors, meta-groups, if you will, to serve their own ends. We take in El Chapo, Osama bin Laden, the South American cartels, Nazis, the Soviet-Afghan War, HSBC, Gladio and more. Here we are attempting to create a kind of network map, to better understand how and why drugs are a Hidden Engine of global affairs.

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!REUPLOAD! Episode 22 - Dulce Midnight Radio pt 2 Jul 26, 2021

In our second and final UAP discussion, @bpleasies and myself continue to steer the flying saucer of Truth through the vast darkness of The Man's evil schemes. Join us as we explore a little more of the deep politics behind Tom Delonge's disclosure efforts, and marvel with us over our favourite UFO incidents and, indeed, the nature of reality.

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Episode 21 - Dulce Midnight Radio Part 1 Jul 18, 2021

In part 1 of this effort, UFO private investigator and first ever Ghost Stories... guest, Bradley from Michigan (@bpleasies), will guide us through the latest round of UFO disclosure from the US government. We then explore the history and deep politics of the phenomenon, in an attempt to liberate the Truth, imprisoned as it is in the underground base of the Mind, from the clammy grasp of spooks, hucksters and crackpots.

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!FURTHER READING!

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/16/us/politics/pentagon-program-ufo-harry-reid.html

https://www.dni.gov/files/ODNI/documents/assessments/Prelimary-Assessment-UAP-20210625.pdf

https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/?q=delonge%7C%22tom+delonge%22%7C%22blink182%22%7C%22blink+182%22%7CUFO&mfrom=&mto=&title=&notitle=&date_from=&date_to=&nofrom=&noto=&count=200&sort=6#searchresult

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/28377/tom-delonges-origin-story-for-to-the-stars-academy-describes-a-government-info-operation

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/40054/adversary-drones-are-spying-on-the-u-s-and-the-pentagon-acts-like-theyre-ufos

!PATREON EXCLUSIVE! - JARED LETO: PORTRAIT OF AN ARTIST Jul 10, 2021

We go sicko mode on Jared Leto, Laurel Canyon, the deep politics of celebrity, Silicon Valley, and the human rights industrial complex. It's our first Patreon-exclusive episode and it's edgier than Leto Joker making jokes about 9/11 in a platinum Lamborghini, so get some.

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Episode 19 - Amerikan Tabloid pt 6: In Camelot, Waiting For The Screams Jul 06, 2021

Final part of the AT series, looking at JFK's time in the White House and the bitter struggles between various factions in the power elite. We navigate a head maze of deep corruption, organized crime, radical right wing sickos, and nuclear armageddon, leading inexorably towards Dealey Plaza.

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Episode 18 - Amerikan Tabloid pt 5: The Wise Men Jun 26, 2021

This is it - the penultimate episode of Amerikan Tabloid. See the crows alight on telephone poles like emissaries from the underworld as we follow this broken road into the dark heart of post-war Americana, ash in our eyes and smoke in our lungs. First, we dig on shakedown artist, bagman, fixer and private investigator Robert Maheu, tracking his work for the CIA and Howard Hughes, before dropping in on the Kennedys as Bobby launches a crusade against organized crime and Jack contemplates a presidential run. We then look at the mafia war of the 1950s and the Appalachin farce that humiliated J. Edgar Hoover. Shortly afterwards, the Cuban Revolution leaves American mobsters and businessmen alike out of pocket and looking for payback. Meanwhile, some geek with delusions of grandeur splits from the US Marines and fetches up in the USSR. I hear they call him Lee Harvey Oswald. This one goes well with neat Scotch and a fresh pack of Lucky Strikes. You do not want to miss it, so get some.

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Episode 17 - Amerikan Tabloid pt 4: Nut Country Jun 14, 2021

In part 4, we examine the psychology of the deep state, the CIA, fascism, and the anticommunist fervor of the 1950s. We then move to Dallas, tracking the ascendant Cowboy faction of the power elite, the economic heart of the US war machine, and the early career of a young George HW Bush. We conclude with a look at JFK and his entry into politics, and the roots of his conflict with Allen Dulles.

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Episode 16 - Amerikan Tabloid pt 3: Underworld Jun 06, 2021

The return, baby. We land in the 1940s and move into the 1950s with a look at how the Syndicate consolidated in the post-war years, tracking Meyer Lansky and Bugsy Siegel in the expansion westward and into Cuba. We also discuss the rise of the southwest Cowboys as the boom times arrive and the oil tycoons of Dallas and elsewhere spread their money and influence around Washington.

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Episode 15 - Amerikan Tabloid pt 2: Yankees and Cowboys Jan 28, 2021

Soaked in DMT and armed only with scissors and tape, we dive into a pile of newsreels and microfilm to piece together a gutter-level account of deep state intrigue in 1930s Amerikkka. FDR contends with a fascist coup to his right and a firebrand populist to his left, Hoover launches a war on subversives and cracks skulls at home, "Hollywood" Joe Kennedy whistles past the Crash of 29 and continues his climb up the ladder, while Dulles, Bush, and friends cut deals and launder money with the new government in Germany.

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Episode 14 - Amerikan Tabloid pt 1: Assimilation Dec 11, 2020

The mafia spread from Sicily to the US in the latter half of the 19th century. Thereafter it began a slow and patient accumulation of power as it carved out a niche for itself in the multi-ethnic underbelly of the New World, until Prohibition turbo-charged the black market economy and brought killers and hustlers closer than ever to the commanding heights of American politics and big business...and planted the seeds for 100 years of deep intrigue.

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Episode 13 - Hollywood Ghost Stories: The Wonderland Massacre Nov 28, 2020

The first entry in our Hollywood Ghost Stories series. We look at the Wonderland Murders and the psychorealm of LA in the early 80s, taking in drugs, Laurel Canyon, porno, Scientology, and the strange, sad death of the 60s counterculture. Communiques: ghoststoriesend@gmail.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GhostStoriesForTheEnd Deep state ambiance: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1K5u6jESjv9snQgdiuUTKB

Episode 12 - Allen Dulles' America and the Early Years of the CIA Nov 13, 2020

We have crash landed in Haunted Amerika and the pale horses are saddled. It is time to ride them into the heart of the psychosphere, to meet the Great $atan face to face. We're kicking off this odyssey with a look at Allen Dulles and the early years of the deep state mafia he ran.

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Episode 11 - Tales From the Graveyard Bunker: Halloween Special Oct 31, 2020

It's the season of the witch baby, so I've set up a mobile truth bunker in the graveyard and I'm in the mood for some tales o' deep state darkness. Let's do it. First we check out the mothman flap in West Virginia, before looking at the Son of Sam case in-depth. Many occult vibes are channeled from within the safety of the salt circle. Happy Halloween, friends.

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...and don't get captured.

Episode 10 - The Years of Lead 2: Peppino Impastato and The 20 Days of Turin Oct 09, 2020

One last visit to Italy before we journey to the USA. Here we consider two stories, one real and one fictional: the life and times of Peppino Impastato, and Giorgio De Maria's work of occult, visionary genius, The 20 Days of Turin. I haven't been able to think of one without thinking of the other all year long, and tonight I try to figure out why, exploring the Anno di Piombo, history, terrorism, alienation, paranoia, the mafia, and where we might go from here. It's low-key my favourite episode of everything we've done so far, so I really hope you dig it too.

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...and don't get captured.