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EPISODE 71 | The Starfighter & the Condor (World Is Weird 7) The story of the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter starts fine, but then takes a turn into comedy, then tragedy before veering into corporate malfeasance, corruption, far-right ultranationalism, secret agents, a modern kamikaze attack, a finance giant and a bag lady, MK-ULTRA Manchurian Candidates and South American state-sponsored terror.  Because the world is weird. Like what we do? Then buy us a beer or three via our page on Buy Me a Coffee. #ConspiracyClearinghouse #sharingiscaring #donations #support #buymeacoffee You can also SUBSCRIBE to this podcast. Review us here or on IMDb! SECTIONS 02:18 - The Widowmaker - Nice plane, but... 03:32 - Bug, fixes & features 07:08 - Pay to Play - Lockheed bribes Germany 08:55 - Lockheed eyes Japan, taps ultranationalist criminal Yoshio Kodama 14:42 - I Vant to Suck Your Bank Account - Nicholas Deak (the James Bond of Money) hires a bagman, the scheme comes out 17:47 - Soft porn actor Mitsuyasu Maeno flies a plane 21:50 - Tanaka holds on, Nakasone sparks the Second Lockheed Election 23:20 - You've Got Yours! - Lois Lang shoots Deak, Kuhlmann has suspicions 25:40 - Lang's long path to NYC, Dr. Melges, SRI and MK-ULTRA 29:06 - 21 Years of the Condor - The Monroe Doctrine, the School of the Americas combats coup fever 32:11 - Pinochet starts Operation Condor, Argentina's Dirty War, assassinations & disappearances, Martín Almada & the Archives of Terror, Kissinger was a pig 37:57 - Europe considers their own Condor 38:50 - Manchurian Candidates, final thoughts Music by Fanette Ronjat MORE INFO Here's Why the Luftwaffe Dubber the Iconic F-104 Starfighter "Widow Maker" "Sale of the Century” - A reappraisal of the procurement of the F-104 Starfighter paper Lockheed's Defiance: A Right to Bribe? in Time Magazine The Rise and Spread of Japan’s Black Dragon Secret Society The Murder of Empress Myeongseong of Korea Bagman in the Lockheed bribery scandal on Asia Times Story of Mitsuyasu Maeno – the Japanese porn actor who kamikazed a Yakuza don Japan rewind: 40 years since the porn star’s kamikaze attack in Tokyo Lockheed Scandal 40 years on: The downfall of Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka James Bond and the killer bag lady on Salon.com Woman Accused of Shooting Deak Held Master’s Degree The biggest CIA-drug money scandal you never read The CIA and the American Psychological Association: Partners in crime 200 years of Monroe Doctrine leave trail of US atrocities in Latin America Operation Condor: the cold war conspiracy that terrorised South America 30,000 People Were 'Disappeared' in Argentina's Dirty War. These Women Never Stopped Looking European spies sought lessons from dictators’ brutal ‘Operation Condor’ The Man Who Discovered the Archives of Terror on UNESCO Martín Almada on Right Livelihood How Paraguay's 'Archive of Terror' put Operation Condor in focus on BBC Archive of Terror document scans on Washington Research Library Consortium Digital Collections The Search for the Manchurian Candidate Manchurian Candidates on Shrine of Dreams Follow us on social for extra goodies: Facebook (including upcoming conspiracy-themed events) Twitter YouTube (extra videos on the topic, Old Time Radio shows, music playlists and more) Other Podcasts by Derek DeWitt DIGITAL SIGNAGE DONE RIGHT - Winner of a 2022 Gold Quill Award, 2022 Gold MarCom Award, 2021 AVA Digital Award Gold, 2021 Silver Davey Award, 2020 Communicator Award of Excellence, and on numerous top 10 podcast lists.  PRAGUE TIMES - A city is more than just a location - it’s a kaleidoscope of history, places, people and trends. This podcast looks at Prague, in the center of Europe, from a number of perspectives, including what it is now, what is has been and where it’s going. It’s Prague THEN, Prague NOW, Prague LATER

EPISODE 69 | Electoral Collage: Voter Fraud, Election Interference & Other Shenanigans (The World Is Weird 6) The US midterms are coming up and there's lots of chatter about fraud. Are they legit? Has there been fraud and interference in the past? Yes, but not every time foul has been cried. A look at claims and scandals 1792-1982, plus a thumbnail history of American political parties. Like what we do? Then buy us a beer or three via our page on Buy Me a Coffee. #ConspiracyClearinghouse #sharingiscaring #donations #support #buymeacoffee You can also SUBSCRIBE to this podcast. Review us here or on IMDb! SECTIONS 03:18 - Hail to the Thief - intro 05:14 - 1792 New York Governor's Race 07:47 - 1824 Presidential Election ("Corrupt Bargain") 10:33 - Nullifiers & Anti-Masons in the 1820s & 30s 13:50 - 1838 – The New Jersey Broad Seal War & Cooping (plus Edgar Allen Poe) 18:17 - 1855 – Bleeding Kansas 24:57 - 1860 Presidential Election - A Nation Divides 27:38 - White League, Red Shirts and the Compromise of 1877 36:18 - 1888 Presidential Election (Packs of Five, the Murchison Letter & the Lodge Bill) 42:12 - 1948 Senate Elections in Texas 44:20 - 1960 Presidential Election 47:15 - Unpledged & faithless electors 49:20 - Illinois in 1982 Music by Fanette Ronjat MORE INFO: October Surprise: Fact or Fiction? Compulsory Voting on IDEA 8 Most Contentious US Presidential Elections Voter Fraud on the Heritage Foundation Voter fraud used to be rampant. Now it’s an anomaly. Claims of 'voter fraud' have a long history in America. And they are false Debunking the Voter Fraud Myth paper from the Brennan Center for Justice The 1824 Presidential Election and the “Corrupt Bargain” The Nullifiers on American Heritage Want to find real election fraud? Look at the history of Kansas, United States in 1800s Bleeding Kansas at Khan Academy Compromise of 1877 Why Democrats are donkeys and Republicans are elephants Election fraud Chicago style: Illinois’ decades-old notoriety for election corruption is legendary The presidential penalty: Why voters so often punish the president in midterm elections. Follow us on social for extra goodies: Facebook (including upcoming conspiracy-themed events) Twitter YouTube (extra videos on the topic, Old Time Radio shows, music playlists and more) Other Podcasts by Derek DeWitt DIGITAL SIGNAGE DONE RIGHT - Winner of a 2022 Gold Quill Award, the 2021 AVA Digital Award Gold, 2021 Silver Davey Award & 2020 Communicator Award of Excellence, and on numerous top 10 podcast lists.  PRAGUE TIMES - A city is more than just a location - it’s a kaleidoscope of history, places, people and trends. This podcast looks at Prague, in the center of Europe, from a number of perspectives, including what it is now, what is has been and where it’s going. It’s Prague THEN, Prague NOW, Prague LATER

EPISODE 66 | Really Stranger Things: The U.S. Satanic Panic of the 1980s For episode 66 (that's two-thirds of the Beast), we look at the large-scale freakout about "Satanism" that swept across America in the 80s. Music was a frequent target, but so was Dungeons & Dragons, Proctor & Gamble and even McDonald's. Plus a pitstop in Northern Ireland in the early days of the Troubles, when it seems British Intelligence fostered their own scare stories. Like what we do? Then buy us a beer or three via our page on Buy Me a Coffee. #ConspiracyClearinghouse #sharingiscaring #donations #support #buymeacoffee You can also SUBSCRIBE to this podcast. Review us here or on IMDb! SECTIONS 03:19 - Sympathy for the Devil - Books and movies, murderers, Satan Seller, Chick Publications and musicians 12:32 - Tainted Love - Lawrence Pazder helps Michelle remember, Satanic Ritual Abuse, the McMartin Preschool Trial, rating entertianment 24:39 - D&D & B.A.D.D. 32:11 - Running in the Shadows - The Golden Arches were evil, Jim Peters hates P&G, Amway takes a shot 40:14 - Straight to Hell - Geraldo Rivera, backmasking, Satan's Underground 48:11 - When Irish Eyes Are Satan - Psych-ops, Brian McDermott, Paddy Wilson and the Kincora Boys’ Home Music by Fanette Ronjat More Info A Brief History Of "Satanic Panic" In The 1980s on Gizmodo How 'Satanic Panic' Came to Roil the Nation During the 1980s How the 'Satanic Panic' shaped 1980s Oregon How Dungeons & Dragons became a part of the 1980s Satanic Panic The great 1980s Dungeons & Dragons panic on BBC News Magazine Witness of Fire in The Washington Post Satan rumour once took bite out of burger empire When 1980s Satanic Panic Targeted Procter & Gamble In Spite Of Old, False Satanist Accusations, P&G Put A Moon Back Into Its New Logo How a suicide pact was almost the end of Judas Priest Church of Satan F.A.Q. Conspiracies Sympathy for the Devil: The Truth about Satanism in America (NSFW) When Geraldo Rivera took on Satanism (and a very confused Ozzy Osbourne) Satanic abuse, false memories, weird beliefs and moral panics - Anatomy of a 24-year investigation by Rosaling Theresa Waterhouse satanic ritual abuse (SRA) on Skeptic's Dictionary Cults That Never Were: The Satanic Ritual Abuse Scare (SRAS) A Brief History of Satanic Panic on Mental Floss Satanic panic: how British agents stoked supernatural fears in Troubles in The Guardian Lifting lid on 'lie machine' in The Glasgow Herald archive Spooks and spooks: black magic and bogeymen in Northern Ireland, 1973-74 by Richard Jenkins Child abuse inquiry turns to Kincora home and claims of MI5 blackmail Kincora Boys Home: BBC Spotlight to broadcast new abuse allegations Follow us on social for extra goodies: Facebook (including upcoming conspiracy-themed events) Twitter YouTube (extra videos on the topic, Old Time Radio shows, music playlists and more) Other Podcasts by Derek DeWitt DIGITAL SIGNAGE DONE RIGHT - Winner of a 2022 Gold Quill Award, the 2021 AVA Digital Award Gold, 2021 Silver Davey Award & 2020 Communicator Award of Excellence, and on numerous top 10 podcast lists.  PRAGUE TIMES - A city is more than just a location - it’s a kaleidoscope of history, places, people and trends. This podcast looks at Prague, in the center of Europe, from a number of perspectives, including what it is now, what is has been and where it’s going. It’s Prague THEN, Prague NOW, Prague LATER  

EPISODE 65 | Acronyms for Satan: CERN, LHC, WWW & More Ever since its very beginning, wild speculation has circulated about the LHC at CERN. That it causes shifts in reality, leading to the dreaded Mandela Effect. That it actually sucked the earth into a black hole (where we now presumably reside). That it creates antimatter. That it is a secret temple to the dark lord of the underworld, SATAN, and it trying to open a portal to the Netherworld. That its spacetime bending properties were harnessed by American Democrats to steal the 2020 presidential election (this despite it being in Switzerland).  So it’s time now to take a look at this organization and its complex at the edge of Geneva, and the 27km in circumference tunnel ring and see what it is and what they get up to in there. Like what we do? Then buy us a beer or three via our page on Buy Me a Coffee. #ConspiracyClearinghouse #sharingiscaring #donations #support #buymeacoffee You can also SUBSCRIBE to this podcast. Review us here or on IMDb! SECTIONS 02:54 - Always Crashing in the Same Car - CERN, ENQUIRE, WWW, the LHC, ATLAS, ALICE & more 07:10 - Manifest (Your) Destiny - July 5, three operational runs, Twitter & TikTok woo, 11:25 - Quarks & other exotic particles 13:40- Strong Interaction - A FAQ about internet concerns, Angels & Demons, black holes, Les Horribles Cernettes, April Fool's 18:49 - Across the Weaselverse - A weasel, a baguette, a moth, racoons, nontroversies, swiftboating, speculation runs wild 23:18 - Higgs Boson Blues - Antimatter, dark matter, MACHOs & WIMPs, the God Particle, the Big Bang 33:55 - Satan Is My Co-Pilot - A joke backfires, Satanic measurements, an evil logo, the benefits of particle accelerators Music by Fanette Ronjat More Info: The Georgia Guidestones - An NWO Billboard The Mandela Effect & Memory (Because Reasons 6) CERN website Facts and figures about the LHC The World Wide Web Project How the Large Hadron Collider Almost Didn't Work on Wired Conspiracy Theorists Think The Large Hadron Collider Transferred Us Into A Parallel Universe Yesterday Conspiracy theories about CERN’s Large Hadron Collider are going viral on TikTok SPIRITUAL MEANING OF CERN’S JULY 5TH COLLIDER TEST AND WILD CONSPIRACY THEORIES Conspiracy Theories are wrong, CERN LHC is not a portal to Hell  Large Hadron Collider on Know Your Meme Ten things you might not know about antimatter CERN answers queries from social media Angels & Demons: The Science Behind the Story The Cernettes webpage The Cernettes YouTube channel Friends of Filk CERN to switch to Comic Sans Will Large Hadron Collider destroy Earth?  Weasel Apparently Shuts Down World's Most Powerful Particle Collider on NPR Weasel broke the Hadron Collider and sent Earth to another reality, bizarre theory claims Baguette Dropped From Bird’s Beak Shuts Down The Large Hadron Collider (Really) Baguette breaks collider on NewsBlog Sep 9, 1947 CE: World’s First Computer Bug Fermilab website What's so special about the Higgs boson? The Higgs Boson on CERN What is the Higgs boson? What Higgs result means for dark matter conspiracy on New Scientist Could the Large Hadron Collider discover dark matter? Breaking new ground in the search for dark matter Does CERN Seek to Open the Gates of Hell? on Myth Detector The Mandela Effect: CERN and Hidden, Parallel Universes Physicists assure us that we’re not living in an alternate reality where Trump is president on CNBC Was a Human Sacrifice Captured at CERN? on Snopes Debunking doomsday at CERN, again on ScienceLine 10 cosmic mysteries the Large Hadron Collider could unravel We need another particle accelerator. Don’t let these 5 myths fool you What have particle accelerators ever done for us? on Physics World Follow us on social for extra goodies: Facebook (including upcoming conspiracy-themed events) Twitter YouTube (extra videos on the topic, Old Time Radio shows, music playlists and more) Other Podcasts by Derek DeWitt DIGITAL SIGNAGE DONE RIGHT - Winner of a 2022 Gold Quill Award, the 2021 AVA Digital Award Gold, 2021 Silver Davey Award & 2020 Communicator Award of Excellence, and on numerous top 10 podcast lists.  PRAGUE TIMES - A city is more than just a location - it’s a kaleidoscope of history, places, people and trends. This podcast looks at Prague, in the center of Europe, from a number of perspectives, including what it is now, what is has been and where it’s going. It’s Prague THEN, Prague NOW, Prague LATER.

EPISODE 64 | Accidental Tourists: Interdimensional Travellers Sometimes the fabric of our world thins out, and people slip through - either from another dimension or into one. So some people think, while others claim it happened to them. Come along on a trip through different times and places, visiting 12th century England, 19th century Germany, Spain, Japan, Mormon mythology and, of course, the United States, including Ong's Hat, New Jersey - site of the very first internet conspiracy theory. Like what we do? Then buy us a beer or three via our page on Buy Me a Coffee. #ConspiracyClearinghouse #sharingiscaring #donations #support #buymeacoffee You can also SUBSCRIBE to this podcast. Review us here or on IMDb! SECTIONS 01:42 - It's Not Easy Being Green - The Green Children of Woolpit 05:57 - There is No Map, and a Compass Wouldn't Help at All - Jophar Vorin from Laxaria 09:33 - The Man from Taured & John Zegrus from Negus-Habessian 16:16 - I Wanna be Your Boyfriend - Breaking up is hard to do for Lerina Garcia Gordo 20:43 - Baby, You Can Drive My Car - The "Gadianton" Canyon Incident 25:23 - Pedro Oliva Ramirez tries to get to Alcalá de Guadaír 27:01 - Carol Chase McElheney visits a Bedford Falls version of Riverside 31:03 - "James Richards" mixes Everyday Chemistry 32:13 - You Can Leave Your Hat On - Joseph Matheny, Ong's Hat and Alternate Reality Games (ARGs) 43:51 - Travelling in other dimensions Music by Fanette Ronjat NOTE: I use a less common pronunciation of the word "Scythians" because a) I felt like it and b) it links that word with "Sakaria" better for a listening audience. More Info: Related videos on our YouTube channel 10 Creepy Tales Of Interdimensional Travel on Listverse Bizarre Tales of Real Inter-Dimensional Travelers on Mysterious Universe 5 Visitors from 'Parallel Worlds' on Coast to Coast The Green Children of Woolpit on Brian Haughton's blog Skeptoid pocast episode on The Green Children of Woolpit Kaspar Hauser -The Boy, The Syndrome (The World Is Weird 5) episode 33 Jophar Vorin — 19th Century Man of Mystery Jophar Vorin  on Mysteries Unsolved Jophar Vorin entry on Obscurban Legends Wiki Taured. Laxaria. Lizbia. on The Ultimate Secrets blog Conspiracy Theory About 'Man From Non-Existent Country' Has Been Explained After Years The Mystery of the Man from Taured on Snopes A man who arrived in Japan with a fake passport did not mysteriously vanish on Full Fact Time Or Dimensional Slips on the Charles Fort Institute forums Do Doors to Interdimensional Travel Exist? The Mandela Effect & Memory (Because Reasons 6) episode 52 The Mysterious Case of Lerina Garcia Gordo: Woman From a Parallel Universe on Anomalien Lerina Gordo article on Ghost Theory Gadianton Canyon article on The Unexplained Mysteries Gadianton Canyon Time Space Warp’s Mysterious Case is definitely puzzling on Scientific Mystery Gadianton robbers on MormonWiki The Gadianton Robbers in Mormon’s Theological History: Their Structural Role and Plausible Identification $26K solar car now has a factory — and will roll out this year The Dimensional Shift Case of Carol Chase McElheney Stepping Into a Parallel Dimension on Mysterious Universe Eternal Gateways blog Everyday Chemistry: The Story Behind The Greatest Beatles’ Albums That Never Existed Glass Onion - The Beatles Conspiracies episode 01 Scientists say there’s a portal to the fifth dimension Scientists Are Pretty Sure They Found a Portal to the Fifth Dimension on Popular Mechanics Did Our Ancestors Know How to Open A Portal to Another Dimension? Aliens are trans-dimensional entities capable of traveling with light, new theory suggests A Hat, a Hut, or a Tavern: The Tale of Ong’s Hat The internet's first conspiracy theory involved a ghost town in New Jersey on AV Club Ong's Hat: The Early Internet Conspiracy Game That Got Too Real on Gizmodo Ong's Hat - Gateway to the Dimensions! The Incunabula Papers Scans of The Incunabula Papers Full text of "Ong's Hat: The Beginning" by Joseph Matheny Jospeh Matheny's Corrections to Brian Dunning's Skeptoid Podcast About Ong's Hat This Is Not a Game - Rise of the ARG pdf Interdimensional Travel article on WikiVoyage Follow us on social for extra goodies: Facebook (including upcoming conspiracy-themed events) Twitter YouTube (extra videos on the topic, Old Time Radio shows, music playlists and more) Other Podcasts by Derek DeWitt DIGITAL SIGNAGE DONE RIGHT - Winner of a 2022 Gold Quill Award, the 2021 AVA Digital Award Gold, 2021 Silver Davey Award & 2020 Communicator Award of Excellence, and on numerous top 10 podcast lists.  PRAGUE TIMES - A city is more than just a location - it’s a kaleidoscope of history, places, people and trends. This podcast looks at Prague, in the center of Europe, from a number of perspectives, including what it is now, what is has been and where it’s going. It’s Prague THEN, Prague NOW, Prague LATER.