Ghost Stories For The End Of The World

The second wave.

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The First Wave.

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

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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.

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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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.

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

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

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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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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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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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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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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.

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

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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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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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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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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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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.

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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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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.

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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.

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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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.

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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.

Check out @marina0swald superb piece on the Reagan assassination attempt here:

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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?

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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.

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. 

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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.

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

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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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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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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. 

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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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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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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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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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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Had some issues putting together the final run of America-centric episodes so I've unlocked this classic from last summer. Drugs, 9/11, nazis, Gladio, banking, money laundering, the CIA, James Blunt and more. We will be back next week with fresh material.

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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.

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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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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