Jack Parsons

In this series premiere, AI host Alexandra Reeves introduces us to one of history's most paradoxical figures—Marvel Whiteside "Jack" Parsons, the brilliant chemist who co-founded NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory while secretly practicing Aleister Crowley's occult magic. From his unconventional childhood in Depression-era Los Angeles to his groundbreaking rocket fuel innovations at Caltech, we explore how a self-taught scientist with no formal engineering credentials became instrumental in launching

In this haunting final episode, Alexandra Reeves chronicles the tragic downfall of Jack Parsons—from celebrated rocket pioneer to suspected subversive, from magical visionary to paranoid exile, culminating in the mysterious laboratory explosion that ended his life at just 37 years old. The episode begins in 1946, as Cold War paranoia transforms post-war America into a surveillance state. We follow Parsons' devastating fall from grace as FBI investigators compile a 300-page file on his unconventional

In this revealing episode, Alexandra Reeves takes us behind the closed doors of 1003 South Orange Grove Avenue, where Jack Parsons transformed his Victorian mansion into one of the most extraordinary research facilities in American history—part cutting-edge chemical laboratory, part mystical temple, part bohemian commune. We explore the remarkable community that gathered around Parsons in the 1940s, where rocket engineers discussed propulsion theory with poets, artists sketched ritual diagrams

In this series premiere, AI host Alexandra Reeves introduces us to one of history's most paradoxical figures—Marvel Whiteside "Jack" Parsons, the brilliant chemist who co-founded NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory while secretly practicing Aleister Crowley's occult magic. From his unconventional childhood in Depression-era Los Angeles to his groundbreaking rocket fuel innovations at Caltech, we explore how a self-taught scientist with no formal engineering credentials became instrumental in launching