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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For whatever reason, I do not get notifications at all when someone is kind enough to DM me on here. I only remember to check every couple of weeks too, but when I do I will always try to answer correspondence. So apologies if you've asked something and it was like four weeks ago, I'm just working through everything today and I'll get atcha.
We had a couple of scheduling issues so no episode this week - part 3 will be out next Friday instead. We'll be following the investigation and the initial leads while setting up deeper connections to be explored in the second half of this series.
Here's to you 🍺
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.
I'm joined by Marcus of Return of the Repressed podcast and his boy Sebastian to look at Olof Palme, Sweden, and dark secrets l...
2023-05-19 04:24:08 +0000 UTC View PostI'm joined this evening by friend of the show Travis Linnemann - author, academic and associate professor at Kansas State University - to discuss the cops, the uncanny, the weird and the eerie. Travis is the author of THE HORROR OF POLICE. Find out more here, and get a copy pronto:
2023-05-05 15:15:37 +0000 UTC
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Here is a list of books, some documentaries and a poem we used to inform THE OCTOPUS series. I am definitely forgetting some things, because we've been working on this for over a year. A couple of these books are written by people with whom we had little in common politically but contained valuable info or an interesting perspective we hadn't co...
2023-04-12 01:50:32 +0000 UTC View PostThis was actually supposed to be up on Friday just gone but technical issues delayed it. A chill discussion about the journey and our final thoughts on The Octopus story.
2023-04-12 00:13:31 +0000 UTC View Post
"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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2023-03-29 23:03:13 +0000 UTC View Post
More connections added (and about to be added) in advance of the final two episodes.
2023-03-09 09:34:01 +0000 UTC View Post
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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2023-03-08 13:15:56 +0000 UTC
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Little production note, give it a listen after you hear the new episode
2023-02-27 06:27:36 +0000 UTC View Post
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https://ghoststoriesfortheendoftheworld.bandcamp.com/releases
Poppy Bush exits the White House...
WE ARE BACK.
We talked to Bill Hamilton and our tiny minds were blown, so many thanks to him for answering our questions via email.
Ben Ghazi and I use what he told us to 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,...
I hope you're all good and enjoying the soundtrack.
Dropping this communiqué to update you on the end game of The Octopus series, lest you think we've just disappeared or given up. The hiatus is almost over.
We anticipate there are at least five episodes remaining, plus a couple of "minisodes" we hope will serve as footnotes for...
...and it is the soundtrack to THE OCTOPUS, plus assorted cuts from other episodes. Enjoy.
2023-01-13 00:08:55 +0000 UTC View Post
I was going to make this an Anchor show and answer your questions in between the songs, but in the end I thought it was better to just put this together as its own discreet thing. No particular stylistic theme other than I enjoy taking long winter walks with music like this playing. Hope you enjoy.
I want to say a massive thank you for su...
I took some questions from listeners and well-wishers. Happy New Year.
We explore the fall of Robert Maxwell, the spread of PROMIS, the rise of the new operators, and a decade of financial voodoo and Mossad hits.
2022-12-24 10:44:26 +0000 UTC View PostSubmit via DM here, on Twitter or on the discord.
Many thanks for the support, 2022 has probably been the best year of the show so far and it isn't possible to do any of this without you, my killers. Much love as always.
Next episode is Chapter 9 of the Octopus: Bob Maxwell and the Dancing Hare
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-terroris...
2022-12-05 09:05:36 +0000 UTC View PostWe 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 rumour and sales pitches?
2022-11-18 10:50:45 +0000 UTC View Post
It's approaching that time of year where all good podcasters throw open the DMs to listener Questions. Harvesting the ones we're fairly knowledgeable about and discarding the ones that touch on our shortcomings and outright fraudulence, under the guise of "I only had an hour so there just wasn't enough time to get to yours", it's a festive atmos...
2022-11-15 04:38:39 +0000 UTC View PostTechnical issues have been dogging the show this last week, forgive the lateness of the episode. I still can't seem to post it on Podbean. Anyway, we stripped the special back to basics this year and I turned heel for it. Happy Halloween.
2022-11-01 00:21:26 +0000 UTC View PostBradley (@bpleasies) and I are joined once more by our good pal Robert Skvarla (@robertskvarla) for a live watch of a classic episode of The X Files: JOSE CHUNG'S FROM OUTER SPACE. This was a lot of fun.
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