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The final part of an exhaustive multi-episode deep dive into the mega conspiracy movement, QAnon. In October of 2017, a mysterious poster known only as Q began posting cryptic messages on the image board 4Chan. As these messages started to be noticed by the users of the board, and eventually many people outside of 4Chan, Q slowly started to take shape as the leader of some kind of new movement. Bu...

Part 5 of an exhaustive multi-episode deep dive into the mega conspiracy movement, QAnon. In October of 2017, a mysterious poster known only as Q began posting cryptic messages on the image board 4Chan. As these messages started to be noticed by the users of the board, and eventually many people outside of 4Chan, Q slowly started to take shape as the leader of some kind of new movement. But where...

What actually IS QAnon? Is it a cult? Is it a religion? Is it a grift? Are the people involved dumb or just confused and angry? We consult with 6 experts on QAnon, cults, psychology, and religion to get to the heart of that answer before finishing the QAnon saga next week. -- Travis View https://twitter.com/travis_view https://www.qanonanonymous.com Will Sommer https://twitter.com/willsommer https...

Before heading into the final stretch of the QAnon saga, let's look at a couple more lighthearted side stories: Vincent Fuska and Zorth the QAnon Bigfoot. -- Join our brand new Discord server! https://bit.ly/deepcutsdiscord -- Pick up some Deep Cuts T-Shirts and other merch! https://bit.ly/deepcutsmerch -- Get the official Deep Cuts shoulder patch! http://bit.ly/deepcuts_patch -- Listen to our alb...

Join Dave, Andrew, Hillsmer, and Zero on a very special second annual Halloween episode of Deep Cuts. -- Hillsmer’s Halloween Special II was written by Andrew and Dave and edited by Andrew. It featured Andrew, Dave, Hillsmer, Zero, Rex, Choochie Woochie, and…a mysterious narrator that we literally have no idea how he showed up on this recording. A special thanks to Brandon Nebitt and Mike Miller f...

Part 4 of an exhaustive multi-episode deep dive into the mega conspiracy movement, QAnon. In October of 2017, a mysterious poster known only as Q began posting cryptic messages on the image board 4Chan. As these messages started to be noticed by the users of the board, and eventually many people outside of 4Chan, Q slowly started to take shape as the leader of some kind of new movement. But where...

Part 3 of an exhaustive multi-episode deep dive into the mega conspiracy movement, QAnon. In October of 2017, a mysterious poster known only as Q began posting cryptic messages on the image board 4Chan. As these messages started to be noticed by the users of the board, and eventually many people outside of 4Chan, Q slowly started to take shape as the leader of some kind of new movement. But where...

Part 2 of an exhaustive multi-episode deep dive into the mega conspiracy movement, QAnon. Dating back hundreds of years, people have spread anti-semitic conspiracy theories about Jews conspiring to kidnap and murder Christian children to drink their blood. And throughout the 20th century a radical shift in the nature of reality, the meaning of truth, and our collective trust in authority, occurred...

Part 1 of an exhaustive multi-episode deep dive into the mega conspiracy movement, QAnon. In November of 2016, amidst a monumental presidential election, WikiLeaks obtained 20,000 private emails from former White House Chief of Staff, John Podesta, and released them to the public. A handful of the emails contained references to various foods such as pizza. Seemingly innocent, but little did anyone...

Batman is one of the most well-known fictional characters of all time. He was completely stolen from his original creator. In the late 1930s, a new comic book character hit newsstands across the country. He was called The Bat-Man (later on just Batman), and he quickly took the nation by storm. Over the years he could go on to become one of the most popular characters - comic book or otherwise - ev...

An obsessed Sherlock Holmes fan lived out a bizarre and tragic real life Sherlock Holmes murder mystery. In the early 2000s, Richard Lancelyn Green, an obsessed Arthur Conan Doyle scholar and biographer, began down a path of obsession. He was searching for some lost papers on Conan Doyle that would allow him to write the definitive biography, but they had somehow fallen into the hands of an auctio...

The first ever Pizza Pizza Paparizza Memearizza Celebrizza meme competition full-length episode. -- The Memes https://www.dropbox.com/sh/eephixesoy817hi/AACcIbgMu6vQC0PBWzq77qLta?dl=0 -- Join our brand new Discord server! https://bit.ly/deepcutsdiscord -- Pick up some Deep Cuts T-Shirts and other merch! https://bit.ly/deepcutsmerch -- Get the official Deep Cuts shoulder patch! http://bit.ly/deepcu...

He created Sherlock Holmes, the world's most famous detective. He also believed in fairies and magic. Throughout the late 1800s and early 1900s, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's literary creation, Sherlock Holmes, took the world by storm and became one of the most popular characters of all time. Holmes was known for his dedication to science and his brilliant deduction skills, and the man who created him...

The origins of the world's biggest banana company are darker than you could ever imagine. In the late 1800s, several enterprising American businessman saw an opportunity to move into Central America and build successful companies growing, shipping, and selling bananas to the masses. Several fruit companies cropped up during this time, but none bigger or more powerful than the United Fruit Company...

Two complete strangers planned out an elaborate 3-year prank on a 19-year-old guy that would change his life forever. Today we interview those two guys. -- This Week's Listener Memes: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/vxoh6aq0jb51jws/AAC9w8mdITkhSNpwpT_rIiY2a?dl=0 -- Pick up some Deep Cuts T-Shirts and other merch! https://bit.ly/deepcutsmerch -- Get the official Deep Cuts shoulder patch! http://bit.ly/d...

One of the most famous movie directors was involved in the death of a legendary actor and two children on his set. In the early 1980s, hot off the heels of several hit movies, director John Landis was hired to direct a segment from the Twilight Zone movie being produced by Steven Spielberg. After a series of shady decisions - most of them illegal, Landis ended up directing a scene at 2:30 AM featu...

He fooled the world into believing he had telekinetic powers, but his true secret was much darker. In the late 1970s, James Hydrick came onto the scene claiming to have the ability to move objects with his mind. This landed him in newspaper articles, owning a handful of martial arts dojos, and making several television appearances where he demonstrated his powers. For a while it seemed like he had...

He invented the Satanic Church to shock people, but he had an immeasurable impact on our culture. In the 1960s, Anton LaVey founded the Church or Satan, wrote the Satanic Bible, and became one of the most infamous figures in history. But so many people wildly misunderstand what LaVey and the Church of Satan was about. On this episode of Deep Cuts, we explore the strange world of Anton LaVey and th...

They stole Mickey Mouse and put him in comics where he did drugs and had sex. The legal battle they fought against Disney saved free speech. In the late 1960s, newspaper cartoonist Dan O'Neill wanted to walk away from his job at the San Francisco Chronicle with ownership of the copyright to his comic strip, Odd Bodkins. But they wouldn't give it to him. So he hatched a plan. He'd start sticking to...

It's an app where people can learn about and report crimes in their neighborhood. It's designed to make us spy on each other and stoke fear. In the mid 2010s, Andrew Frame and his company launched an app called Vigilante which was literally designed to listen to police scanner broadcasts, alert users of crimes in their area, and encourage them to go...be vigilantes. The app was immediately shut do...

Two complete strangers planned out an elaborate 3-year prank on a 19-year-old guy that would change his life forever. In August of 2003, Kolin Pope - known as Velocity Gnome on the Internet - got a knock at his door. It was a man from the future named Zane Figiam who handed him a scrapbook that foretold that Kolin would one day become to savior of all mankind and the leader of the Resistance army...

The Dating Ring was a service that flew single women from New York City to go on blind dates with tech bros in Silicon Valley. It didn't go well. In the early 2010s, dating startup The Dating Ring got into the Y Combinator program and worked for several months trying to develop a successful business model. They cycled through many different ideas, the founders fighting and struggling to feel confi...

An airport owner in the 1950s created a weird story about time machines and aliens to get more business. It ended up becoming a religion. In the late 1950s, George Van Tassel was running a small airport in Giant Rock, California. One day, out of nowhere for this seemingly normal clean-cut business owner and family man, Van Tassel started peddling a story about how he'd been visited by an alien who...

They started off as a religious cult in the 1980s, but turned into a smaller cult that literally worships guns. In the 1980s, The Moonies were a very popular hyper-religious cult. Now, the son of the leader of that cult, Sean Moon, has started his own smaller offshoot. And they worship guns. On this episode of Deep Cuts, we delve into the bizarre and terrifying world of the Church of Guns. -- Pick...

He claims to fight extraterrestrials on his ranch in Arizona on a daily basis, and to have killed 19 of them with a sword. John Edmonds and his wife bought Stardust Ranch in the late 90s so they could retire on the outskirts of Phoenix, Arizona. However, quickly after moving in they discovered that the place was swarming with aliens from another world. Or so they claim. Edmonds says that dozens of...