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Ghost Stories For The End Of The World

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An occult history of post-war politics, true crime, corruption, and how we got here.

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43 - CASINO 3: It’s a Small World After All **TEASER**

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2022/04/23

**TEASER** To unlock the episode, subscribe here: https://www.patreon.com/GhostStoriesForTheEnd Our CASINO miniseries continues. We chase the money and Cuban exiles across 30 years of intrigue and corruption, looking at Castle Bank & Trust, World Finance Corporation, Disney, money laundering, Operation Condor, the mafia, and the CIA. 1976 and the rise of George Bush to the summit of the American deep state looms; the world will never be the same after this.

01:13:55

42 -CASINO 2: The House of the Rising Sun

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2022/04/15

Support the show by laundering some money here: https://www.patreon.com/GhostStoriesForTheEnd Twitter: @ghoststoriesend The CIA is under new management. As the skim operation and the links between the mob and the Agency are exposed, a panicked attempt at a cover-up ensues. A neon paradise disappears in a tsunami of gore and litigation, but not everyone falls. We end with a look at the claim that the FBI "cleaned up" Vegas, and discuss the mob frontman who briefly became the most powerful man in

01:01:21

41 - Casino 1: Holes in the Desert

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2022/04/08

A new miniseries about the deep politics of casinos. Tonight we introduce the story of the near-destruction of the Syndicate, with a look at the story of Lefty Rosenthal, Tony Spilotro, and the secretive networks of business, intelligence and crime surrounding the massive skim operation they oversaw in Las Vegas back in the 70s. Sub and show some love on Patreon to gain access to paywalled episodes and Books of War: A History of the Sicilian

04:45

40 - Networks of the Invisible Empire **TEASER**

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2022/03/18

A brief interruption to the last run of American history shows, in which we look at the City of London, the British Establishment, Ukraine, Russia, dark money and media spin. UNLOCK THE SHOW BY LAUNDERING SOME MONEY HERE: https://www.patreon.com/GhostStoriesForTheEnd Twitter: @ghoststoriesend

01:16:28

39 - Last Waltz at 29 Broadway

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2022/03/03

Tonight we examine the career of OSS/CIA agent and financier Nicholas Deak, and the strange, sad life of a mentally ill woman called Lois Lang. This one takes us on an odyssey through decades of money laundering, assassination, banking and, bizarrely, MKUltra experiments. **Support the show by laundering some money here**: https://www.patreon.com/GhostStoriesForTheEnd Deep state ambiance: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1K5u6jESjv9snQgdiuUTKB Twitter

04:28

38 - Cielo Drive **PREVIEW**

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2022/02/25

**TEASER CLIP** - This episode was actually up on Patreon last week but I had trouble getting this clip uploaded to Podbean for whatever reason. Unlock the show by subscribing at https://www.patreon.com/GhostStoriesForTheEnd We wrap up our Manson mini-series and the Season of the Witch project entirely by musing on the nature of conspiracy, navigating a head maze of folk myth and covert ops, and why Cielo Drive still matters.

01:32:11

BOOKS OF WAR 1: Creation Myths

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2022/02/05

** This is a brand new show that is entirely separate to Ghost Stories for the End of the World. This one is free but if you want to hear future installments, subscribe at https://www.patreon.com/GhostStoriesForTheEnd ** In the first episode of BOOKS OF WAR, we trace the origin of the Sicilian Mafia and explore how it drew on 2000 years of history to fashion grandiose creation myths that obscured the grim reality of what it was and how it came into existence.

01:47:16

37 - Process Church: Feed Your Head

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2022/01/21

We kick off 2022 with a deep dive into the Process Church of the Final Judgement as part of our lateral look at the Manson family. A new religious movement and cult that was influenced by Carl Jung as much as Scientology, Process has been the subject of wild and feverish speculation for years. Art school try-hards or the guiding hand behind a secret "Satanic terror network"? Neonazi occultists or a pyramid scheme aimed at middle class dropouts? Our goal in this episode is to chart a path through the

01:08:33

Episode 36 - Patty Hearst and the Symbionese...

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2021/12/23

Hollywood Ghost Stories continues as we get into the mind-warping, brain melting, sanity blasting story of Donald Defreeze and the kidnapping of Patty Hearst. From bank jobs to CHAOS agents, the Phoenix Program to revolutionary fervor, MKUltra to the LAPD, this story has it all, and is easily one of the most incredible we've ever discussed. Support the show by laundering some money here: https://www.patreon.com/GhostStoriesForTheEnd Send me amusing and spooky tweets

02:10

Episode 35 - COINTELPRO, CHAOS and Manson in the New...

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2021/12/11

Subscribe here to unlock the show: https://www.patreon.com/GhostStoriesForTheEnd Part 1: Hollywood. 1969. Hippies and revolutionaries mingle with rock gods and movie stars. The dream is over, but the party won't end. Gangsters, drug dealers, spooks and cult leaders haunt the scene. As the summer rolls on, Reagan unleashes his dogs on the counterculture, LAPD bulls run wild, paranoia reaches fever pitch, secret networks plot in the shadows, and the Family mounts an apocalyptic assault on Cielo

01:30:40

Episode 34 - Nixon and Invisible Bridges

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2021/11/23

A look at the life, times and mindset of Richard Nixon and his America. Bridging the 1960s and the 1970s, his administration is infamous for its corruption, dirty tricks and endless hustles. We follow him as he navigates a swamp of neofascist masons and CIA congressmen, Bohemian Grove bigshots and Wall Street creeps, discussing everything from his bloodcurdling foreign policy to his raving paranoia. Support the show by laundering some money

01:13:46

Episode 33 - Tales From the Graveyard Bunker

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2021/10/31

In association with iLovePodMedia, and with the help of Bradley and the Mrs, this year we offer a trilogy o' terrifying tales for All Hallows' Eve. For your consideration: 1. The ExorCIAist 2. Project Blue Beam: The New World HORRORder 3. Operation Stab-io Enjoy. Well...I say "enjoy"...ahahahahahaha. Support the show by laundering some money here: https://www.patreon.com/GhostStoriesForTheEnd Find us on twitter @ghoststoriesend

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Episode 32 - More Tales of the Yankees and Cowboys

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2021/10/27

Howard Hughes goes to war with the Syndicate in Vegas. We look at a deep state in transition, the mob on the brink of implosion, and a private eye chasing land fraud and silver mining scams. Unlock this episode by laundering some money here: https://www.patreon.com/GhostStoriesForTheEnd

01:43:41

Episode 31 - The Assassination of RFK

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2021/10/15

Jimmy Falun Gong (@JimmyFalunGong) of Programmed to Chill is here to blow minds and explode myths about the RFK assassination. Once again, 1968 proves to be a crucial year for us as we traverse a land haunted by women in polka dot dresses, the Rosicrucian Order, the rise of Nixon, the CIA, sinister hypnotists and more. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GhostStoriesForTheEnd Twitter: @ghoststoriesend Deep state ambiance: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1K5u6jESjv9snQgdiuUTKB

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Episode 30 - Acid Spooks II: Psychedelic Gladio...

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2021/10/09

Unlock this episode by laundering some money here: https://www.patreon.com/GhostStoriesForTheEnd The next stop on our mission upriver: CHEMIST DROP OUT GANGSTER REVOLUTIONARY CON MAN BRITISH TERRORIST ACCOUNTANT FREEDOM FIGHTER NERD RONALD MOTHER FUCKING STARK Deep state ambience: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1K5u6jESjv9snQgdiuUTKB

01:14:57

Episode 29 - This is the Zodiac Speaking pt 2 ft....

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2021/09/30

Part 1 here: https://www.patreon.com/GhostStoriesForTheEnd Part 2 of our look at the Bay Area and the serial killer as a social and political subject in the 60s and 70s. The Dark Cowboy (Brace - @TrueAnonPod) once again guides the humble host (myself - @ghoststoriesend) on a dark voyage into the West Coast netherhead. A psychedelic abyss, you might say, where spooks, dirty politicians, killers, crooks, cult leaders and capering grotesques grin with bloody, hungry mouths as the 60s counterculture

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Episode 28 - This is the Zodiac Speaking pt 1 ft....

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2021/09/23

Obtain access by laundering some money here: https://www.patreon.com/GhostStoriesForTheEnd ...or: "Tales From the Golden Age of American Serial Murder" In the first of a two-part US-UK operation, Brace Belden - private investigator, parapolitical expert and one third of the podcasting phenomenon Trueanon - drops by to discuss the serial killer as a social and political subject in 1960s and 1970s America. We use the Zodiac case and the circus surrounding as a window through which to

01:21:50

Episode 27 - Acid Spooks I: MKUltra and the Void

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2021/09/16

While LSD wasn't the sole cause of "The Sixties", the era would have looked far different without acid. Tonight we explore how LSD and other psychedelics served a political and social function from the earliest days of the CIA, taking in Cold War brinkmanship, MKUltra, and the search for mind control. Consider laundering some money here: https://www.patreon.com/GhostStoriesForTheEnd Twitter: @ghoststoriesend Deep state vibes: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1K5u6jESjv9snQgdiuUTKB

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Episode 26 - The American Years of Lead? ft Matt...

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2021/09/06

!PATREON EXCLUSIVE! To hear this one, please launder some money here: https://www.patreon.com/GhostStoriesForTheEnd We kick off our Season of the Witch miniseries with a look at the New Left of the 1960s and 1970s, and for this one Mr Matt Christman (@cushbomb) of Chapo Trap House kindly stopped by to share some insight about the times. We talk about the Weather Underground, the Black Panthers, Vietnam, Dustin Hoffman, and more. It's a tale of paranoia, class, acid fantasies, confused politics,

01:03:42

The Chicago Outfit and the People Who Died

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2021/08/25

In the first half of this week's show, we explore the roots and rise of the Chicago Outfit, analyzing its influence, structure, activities, demographic makeup, and compare it to more traditional mafia syndicates elsewhere in the States. In the second half, we follow Sam Giancana after the JFK assassination and look at examples of people connected to the Outfit and Dallas who died in mysterious ways. Why not consider laundering some money here: https://www.patreon.com/GhostStoriesForTheEnd

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