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9.6: The Protocols of the Elders of Zion Apr 10, 2020

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The Protocols of the Elders of Zion is one of the most dangerous books of the twentieth century. It inspired pogroms in Russia, Nazis in Germany, and anti-Semitism across the Western world. The Protocols fed a variety of conspiracy theories pulling together religious, occult, and illuminati themes. In this episode, we explore the influence of the Protocols from the last days of the Romanovs to George Soros.

9.5: Julian and the Black Death (Pandemic Special) Apr 02, 2020

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Julian of Norwich lived through the black death, ensuing riots, the Western Schism, and the persecution of a variety of heretical movements by the medieval Church. During a near-death experience, Julian had a mystical vision in which she discovered that God is not wrathful but loving and that sin is both necessary and an illusion.

9.4: The Rosicrucians Mar 27, 2020

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The Rosicrucians began in Renaissance Germany as a secret order that was so secret it didn't have any members. Despite the order's lack of membership, the French pursued alleged Rosicrucians and burned them like witches. New organizations calling themselves Rosicrucian emerged in the eighteenth century to preserve mystery and symbol within a Protestant context. And in the twentieth century, the AMORC resurrected the Rosicrucians again as an ancient monotheistic order seeking the link between all religions.

9.3: Plague and Pandemic (Special Episode) Mar 19, 2020

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In the face of coronavirus or CoVID-19, Rob meets up with Dr. Matt Hatkoff, microbiologist and expert on the plague. Rob and Matt talk about three major pandemics that stretch across human history and compare them to our current situation with corona. Smallpox, the Bubonic Plague, and Cholera have all made significant impacts on human history and culture. What can we learn from history's plagues that can help us approach our current situation?

9.2: Templars on Trial Mar 13, 2020

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On 13 October, 1307 France's Knights Templar were summarily arrested in a grand coordinated effort. They were accused of defiling the cross, worshipping false idols, and performing sinful sexual acts. In this episode, we uncover the French King's plot against the Templars, the satanic conspiracy that has dogged their reputation through the centuries, and their ties to the Holy Grail. Also, the Pope gets slapped.

9.1: Black Magic Illuminati Feb 28, 2020

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Nesta Helen Webster is one of the originators of modern Illuminati conspiracy theory. She argued that there was a continuous line of anarchist black magicians running from the Gnostics to the Bogomils to the Knights Templar, medieval witches, Rosicrucians, and Adam Weishaupt's Bavarian Illuminati. Our exploration of Webster starts our ninth series in which we ask whether or not there is a long-standing occult conspiracy to control or otherwise manipulate the world's population.

8.9: A Digital Doomsday Cult Feb 14, 2020

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Sherry Shriner ran one of the most infamous internet cults to date. She propagated theories of soul scalping using snakes, celebrity vampires, British royalty crossing animals with people, and the anti-christ. Her views inspired at least one homicide and at least one suicide with the cult leader becoming directly involved with the victims.

8.8: Cargo Cults Jan 31, 2020

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From the nineteenth century through World War Two, white colonizers and occupiers sought to convert the people of Papua New Guinea and the islands of Vanuatu and press them into forced labor on plantations. These efforts resulted in mass death. Visions of liberation from the whites and then the Japanese Army took shape in what have come to be called Cargo Cults. Believers gave up working for the occupiers and paying taxes and awaited the imminent arrival of a ship carrying the spirits of their ancestors and a great cargo that would provide for their every need.

8.7: Extraterrestrial Armageddon Jan 17, 2020

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Do aliens from outer space bookend human history? Were we planted here on earth by visitors in UFOs and will they come again to bring about an apocalyptic paradigm shift? In this episode, we trace the history of the Raelian movement and the theory that extraterrestrials can account for the events in the Bible as well as ancient mythology.

8.6: Nikola Tesla's Death Ray Jan 03, 2020

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Did Nikola Tesla, the inventor of alternating current and one of the most important thinkers of the nineteenth-century, create plans for a death ray or particle beam peacemaker that would put an end to all warfare.

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