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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. ***TRAILER*** UNLOCK TH…
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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. **SUPPORT THE SHOW HERE** https://www.patreon.com/GhostStoriesForTheE…
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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: Ch…
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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…
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The first Gang Commission, the aftermath of the Brabant Killers operation, and the consequences. https://www.patreon.com/GhostStoriesForTheEnd 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 lan…
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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 drama…
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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 cours…
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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. Mirage Men blog: https://miragemen.wordpress.com/ Support the show here: https://www.patreon.com/GhostStoriesForTheEnd Buy the …
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**SUPPORT THE SHOW HERE** https://www.patreon.com/GhostStoriesForTheEnd 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 horro…
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The ghosts have broken into the material world, and they are more real than the living. UNLOCK HERE: https://www.patreon.com/GhostStoriesForTheEnd OCTOPUS SOUNDTRACK HERE: https://ghoststoriesfortheendoftheworld.bandcamp.com/album/the-octopus-music-and-atmospheres-from-the-sea-floorBy ghoststoriesfortheend
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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. Support the show here: https://www.patreon.com/GhostStoriesForTheEnd Official Ghost Stories soundtrack available here: https://ghoststoriesfortheendoftheworld.bandcamp…
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[Plug for Patreon page here]: TEASER ONLY! SUPPORT THE SHOW HERE! www.patreon.com/ghoststoriesfortheend [Episode summary designed to intimidate listeners and rivals into believing this shit is possibly too heavy for them here]: COLD WAR PARANOIA, the search for mind control, Martin Scorcese, Hong Kong, LSD, armed robbery, Jungian archetypes, gentri…
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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. SUPPORT THE SHOW HERE: https://www.patreon.com/GhostStoriesForTheEnd RETURN OF THE REPRESSED HERE: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-return-of-the…
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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. Support the show HERE: https://www.patreon.com/GhostStoriesForTheEnd Return of the Repressed HERE: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-return…
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**TEASER** - UNLOCK THE FULL SHOW HERE: https://www.patreon.com/GhostStoriesForTheEnd 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.…
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More theories, more suspects, more SWEDES. Nazi cops, Kurdish leftists, crooked spooks, shady politicians, wild theories. It's all happening. SUPPORT THE SHOW HERE: https://www.patreon.com/GhostStoriesForTheEnd Check out The Return of the Repressed here: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-return-of-the-repressed/id1623796875…
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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. SUPPORT THE SHOW HERE: https://www.patreon.com/GhostStoriesForTheEnd SOUNDTRACK AVAILABLE HERE: https://ghoststorie…
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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. UNLOCK THE FULL SHOW HERE: https://www.patreon.com/GhostStoriesForTheEnd GHOST STORIES SOUNDTRACK HERE: https://ghoststoriesfortheendoftheworld.bandcamp.com/album/the-octopus-music-and-atmo…
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SUPPORT THE SHOW HERE: https://www.patreon.com/GhostStoriesForTheEnd 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. OCTOPUS soundtrack available here: https://ghoststoriesfortheendoftheworld.ban…
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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. Support the show here: https://www.patreon.com/GhostStoriesForTheEnd OCTOPUS SOUNDTRACK HERE: htt…
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https://www.patreon.com/GhostStoriesForTheEnd "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. Soundtrack …
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SUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/GhostStoriesForTheEnd OCTOPUS SOUNDTRACK AVAILABLE HERE: https://ghoststoriesfortheendoftheworld.bandcamp.com/album/the-octopus-music-and-atmospheres-from-the-sea-floor 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, technologi…
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*TEASER* - UNLOCK THE FULL EPISODE BY LAUNDERING MONEY HERE: https://www.patreon.com/GhostStoriesForTheEnd OCTOPUS SOUNDTRACK AVAILABLE HERE: https://ghoststoriesfortheendoftheworld.bandcamp.com/releases 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…
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WE ARE BACK. Support the show here: https://www.patreon.com/GhostStoriesForTheEnd 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 Hamil…
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Support the show here: https://www.patreon.com/GhostStoriesForTheEnd 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…
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Support the show here: https://www.patreon.com/GhostStoriesForTheEnd 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 underworl…
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Support the show by laundering some money here: https://www.patreon.com/GhostStoriesForTheEnd 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 HYPERSALEM…
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Support the show here: https://www.patreon.com/GhostStoriesForTheEnd 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…
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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. Support the show here: https://www.patreon.com/GhostStorie…
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For no particular reason, this episode is now !UNLOCKED! 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 …
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**TEASER** UNLOCK THE FULL EPISODE HERE: https://www.patreon.com/GhostStoriesForTheEnd 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, biow…
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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 …
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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…
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