Ghost Stories For The End Of The World

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 communiques: @ghoststoriesend

**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.

** 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.

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 fog of bullshit and paranoia, and find something approximating the Truth. Support the show by laundering some money here: https://www.patreon.com/GhostStoriesForTheEnd Deep state ambiance: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1K5u6jESjv9snQgdiuUTKB

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 here: @ghoststoriesend Deep state ambiance here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1K5u6jESjv9snQgdiuUTKB

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 Drive. Tonight, we begin the end of Season of the Witch with a look at the dark networks encircling the LA scene of the late-60s, and go deep on one of the CIA's most controversial programs and the sickos who ran it.

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 here: https://www.patreon.com/GhostStoriesForTheEnd Deep state ambiance here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1K5u6jESjv9snQgdiuUTKB

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

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