Ghost Stories For The End Of The World

Support the show here: https://www.patreon.com/GhostStoriesForTheEnd   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 o...

Support the show here: https://www.patreon.com/GhostStoriesForTheEnd   We 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 sales pitches?

Support the show by laundering some money here: https://www.patreon.com/GhostStoriesForTheEnd   Technical issues and last minute edits have held up the new special but here it is, baby. All Saints Day is upon us, so it's time for another trip to the graveyard bunker. We stripped it back to basics this year. First, we look at witch hunts in HYPERSALEMISATION, and then we check in to find out what b...

A first for the show, as we explore a modern horror classic that has a lot to say about psychopathic hitmen, parapolitical cults and what it's like to need a new jacuzzi in austerity-era Britain. 

Support the show here: https://www.patreon.com/GhostStoriesForTheEnd   Danny Casolaro's investigation into The Octopus ends in a West Virginia motel room in brutal fashion. We try to piece together his last days and discuss what his death means to skeptics and believers alike. This is the hinge point of our miniseries; while Danny's role in the story ends here, we'll be following up on his leads a...

Cocaine bears, Kentucky drug runners, CIA gunmen and mercs aplenty.   UNLOCK THE FULL SHOW HERE: https://www.patreon.com/GhostStoriesForTheEnd

Danny pursues his story to the California desert, encountering desperadoes, contract killers, dope runners and CIA assets. He also makes the acquaintance of one Robert Booth Nichols, a man with a lot of stories to share and a mysterious interest in the Inslaw Affair and the Casolaro's work.   Support the show here: https://www.patreon.com/GhostStoriesForTheEnd

For no particular reason, this episode is now !UNLOCKED!   MI6, the ruins of empire, the Royal Family, arms trafficking, terrorism, oligarchs, the gangster state and more converged on a tunnel in Paris one horrifying night in August 1997. We look at a pivotal moment in the history of the modern British Establishment (in as much as anything about the Establishment is 'modern'), and examine the web...

**TEASER** UNLOCK THE FULL EPISODE HERE: https://www.patreon.com/GhostStoriesForTheEnd     Danny Casolaro's pursuit of the Octopus brings him into contact with a geek burnout and spook fixer called Michael Riconosciuto. Riconosciuto is an operative of some kind (we think), and he has a lot to tell Danny about about software hacking, CIA ops, UFOs, bioweapons and gun deals in the desert. Casolaro i...

Danny Casolaro is a freelance journalist on the hunt for a scoop when he hears about the Inslaw Affair. Bill Hamilton has a hell of a tale to tell him: a horror story about grinding bureaucracy, corruption in high places, rogue intelligence operatives and low-level footsoldiers for the gangster state. In hearing this, Danny's curiosity soon morphs into an all-consuming obsession.   **SUPPORT THE S...

Inslaw Inc developed a version of a software package called PROMIS that was leaps and bounds beyond anything comparable at the time. It was stolen by the US government and allegedly distributed to clients around the world with a secret "back door" surveillance modification. The Inslaw Affair is, for many people, the Rosetta Stone of modern American conspiracy, a high tech Watergate. Before we get...

Inslaw Inc developed a version of a software package called PROMIS that was leaps and bounds beyond anything comparable at the time. It was stolen by the US government and allegedly distributed to clients around the world with a secret "back door" surveillance modification. The Inslaw Affair is, for many people, the Rosetta Stone of modern American conspiracy, a high tech Watergate. Before we get...

Inslaw Inc developed a version of a software package called PROMIS that was leaps and bounds beyond anything comparable at the time. It was stolen by the US government and allegedly distributed to clients around the world with a secret "back door" surveillance modification. The Inslaw Affair is, for many people, the Rosetta Stone of modern American conspiracy, a high tech Watergate. Before we get...

SUPPORT THE SHOW BY LAUNDERING SOME MONEY HERE: https://www.patreon.com/GhostStoriesForTheEnd   Tonight we present a tragicomedy in 4 acts.   Act 1: Devils Tearing Your Life Away   Unit 731, bioweapons in the Korean War, the origins of MKNAOMI.   Act 2: Far Out   MKNAOMI’s evolution, human experiments, near-catastrophes, lies, damned lies, and the lying liars who tell them.   Act 3: The Mindblower...

Support Ghost Stories to unlock other goodies and listen to our Patreon-only series Books of War: A History of the Sicilian Mafia by clicking here: https://www.patreon.com/GhostStoriesForTheEnd   Had some issues putting together the final run of America-centric episodes so I've unlocked this classic from last summer. Drugs, 9/11, nazis, Gladio, banking, money laundering, the CIA, James Blunt and m...

**TEASER**   To unlock the full episode, go to:   https://www.patreon.com/GhostStoriesForTheEnd   The final, Beast-length installment of CASINO. We talk Ronald Reagan: actor, dreamweaver, visionary, plus President, and we also discuss Agha Hasan Abedi: banker, pseudo-revolutionary and shaman capo of BCCI. Connecting both are the machinations of the White Rose, Poppy Bush, and a transatlantic allia...

We talk to Robert Skvarla about his excellent new series "The cover-up behind 'UFO Cover up? Live!'", available over on Diabolique. We discuss disinformation, spooks. the UFO community and why we shouldn't expect too much from any government "disclosure".   Robert's article: https://diaboliquemagazine.com/the-cover-up-behind-ufo-cover-up-live-part-1/   Support the show here: www.patreon.com/ghosts...

Our friend Robert Skvarla (@robertskvarla) joins us to discuss his excellent new series about a UFO TV show from the 80s over at Diabolique, and we also get into the recent UFO hearings, disclosure and disinformation, spooks, kooks and more!   Robert's article: https://diaboliquemagazine.com/the-cover-up-behind-ufo-cover-up-live-part-1/   Support the show on Patreon:   https://www.patreon.com/Ghos...

We have reached the midpoint of our CASINO series, friends and neighbours. Tonight we look at some other aspects of George HW Bush's time as CIA Director, the moment when he became the Godfather of the Amerikan Deep State. We look at the privatization of US intelligence, cocaine trafficking, Adnan Khashoggi and the development of Safari Club, and setting up the dark money networks with BCCI. This...

**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 Americ...

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 th...

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 episo...

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

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:  ...

**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, a...