Ghost Stories For The End Of The World

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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The second wave.

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

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The First Wave.

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

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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

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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

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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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