Ghost Stories For The End Of The World

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What's Ghost Stories For The End Of The World about?

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

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Ghost Stories For The End Of The World episodes:

05.23.2024
87 - The Belgian X-Files 10: BRABANT KILLERS REDUX - Aftermath iii
Tonight we tie off Brabant Killers Redux by looking at an especially bizarre event that occurred just before the final massacre, using it as an illustrative example of how deep into the weeds you can fall, if you so wish,...
05.17.2024
86 - The Belgian X-Files 9: BRABANT KILLERS REDUX - Aftermath ii
Particularly strange deaths connected to the Brabant Killers attacks. SUPPORT THE SHOW HERE: https://www.patreon.com/GhostStoriesForTheEnd
05.10.2024
85 - The Belgian X-Files 8: BRABANT KILLERS REDUX - Aftermath pt 1 (1985 - now)
The first Gang Commission, the aftermath of the Brabant Killers operation, and the consequences. https://www.patreon.com/GhostStoriesForTheEnd Note: This is actually the first part of a four hour recording we did, but after some discussion we decided to cut it down into more manageable...
04.26.2024
84 - The Belgian X-Files 7: BRABANT KILLERS REDUX pt 2
The second wave. UNLOCK THE FULL SHOW HERE: https://www.patreon.com/GhostStoriesForTheEnd
04.12.2024
83 - The Belgian X-Files 6: BRABANT KILLERS REDUX pt 1
The First Wave.
03.01.2024
82 - The Belgian X-Files 5: The Pinon Affair
I'm joined again by @irc_nic as the Belgian Autumn begins. Prince Albert and the Belgian business class over-promise and under-deliver in a trade deal with the Saudis. The resulting financial scandal exposes a vice network, blackmail operations and massive embezzlement. The...
02.15.2024
81 The Belgian X-Files 4: Chaos, Fascism and Solar Temples
I'm joined by Belgian researcher Nic (@irc_nic) to talk about the post-war far-right in Belgium: what it believed, what it did, how it ensured loyalty, who profited...and who didn't. Paramilitary groups, Gladio, cults, dirty cops, gangsters and crooked spooks. They...
01.29.2024
80 - The Belgian X-Files 3: The Bees Made Honey in the Lion's Skull II
We conclude our time in Congo by discussing how they killed Lumumba, colonial ghosts returning to the imperial core, and the politics of forgetting. SUPPORT THE SHOW HERE: https://www.patreon.com/GhostStoriesForTheEnd
01.03.2024
79 - TBXF 2: The Bees Made Honey in the Lion’s Skull (part i)
Leopold. Congo. Belgium. The neo-aristocracy and generational suffering. The Belgian X-Files 2. TO UNLOCK THE FULL EPISODE: https://www.patreon.com/GhostStoriesForTheEnd
12.08.2023
78 - The Belgian X-Files 1: Some Years Ago (1945 - 1960 or so)
We look at Belgium under Nazi occupation and the Royal Question, then discuss the assassination of Communist Party leader Julien Lahaut and the hidden networks in the Belgian establishment.
11.08.2023
DULCE MIDNIGHT RADIO 5 ft. Mark Pilkington
Bradley (https://twitter.com/bpleasies) and Mark Pilkington (https://twitter.com/markopilkington) sit down to discuss UFOs, the latest round of "disclosure", Mirage Men, bigfoot erotica, black helicopters and more besides. Mirage Men blog: https://miragemen.wordpress.com/ Support the show here: https://www.patreon.com/GhostStoriesForTheEnd Buy the Ghost Stories official soundtrack album here: https://ghoststoriesfortheendoftheworld.bandcamp.com/album/the-octopus-music-and-atmospheres-from-the-sea-floor
10.31.2023
77 - The Deep Politics of Forrest Gump
**SUPPORT THE SHOW HERE** https://www.patreon.com/GhostStoriesForTheEnd We discuss Forrest Gump and boomers. The film arrived at a time when competing claims of ownership over the legacy of the 60s and “what it all meant” were becoming a major cultural issue, manifesting everywhere from...
10.27.2023
76 - Clockwork
The story of a psyops agent called Colin Wallace, MI5 coups against the British state, Gladio in Northern Ireland and abuse rings sanctioned by the secret city. **TEASER CLIP** UNLOCK THE FULL EPISODE HERE: https://www.patreon.com/GhostStoriesForTheEnd
10.10.2023
75 - The Gangs of London: Brink’s-Mat, Freemasons, the Met Police and The Long Good Friday
Gold heists, cocaine, gangsters, money laundering, Freemasons, dirty cops, PABLO ESCOBAR, Nazis, the CIA, MI5, MI6 and more. HAVE A BITE. **SUPPORT THE SHOW HERE**: https://www.patreon.com/GhostStoriesForTheEnd
09.25.2023
74 - CARTELWORLD: Coups, pimps, private spooks and collapse
**TO UNLOCK THE FULL SHOW CLEAN YOUR BLOOD MONEY HERE**: https://www.patreon.com/GhostStoriesForTheEnd We discuss Azerbaijan, MI6, oil, al Qaeda, coups, assassinations, the Turkish deep state, the rise of the private intelligence agencies and more besides.
09.13.2023
73 - CARTELWORLD: Guns, oil, princes
We use Prince Andrew as an example of the Account Man, the connection between different nodes in the vast circuitry of the Machine. We talk offshore accounts, money laundering, guns and oil. SUPPORT THE SHOW HERE: https://www.patreon.com/GhostStoriesForTheEnd
08.22.2023
72 - The Parapolitics of Britpop 2: Midnight, the Stars and You
The ghosts have broken into the material world, and they are more real than the living. UNLOCK HERE: https://www.patreon.com/GhostStoriesForTheEnd OCTOPUS SOUNDTRACK HERE: https://ghoststoriesfortheendoftheworld.bandcamp.com/album/the-octopus-music-and-atmospheres-from-the-sea-floor
08.15.2023
71 - The Parapolitics of Britpop 1: ”But Doctor,” said the United Kingdom, ”I *am* the great clown Pagliacci!”
This is a story about a haunted house. To hear the rest head over to: https://www.patreon.com/GhostStoriesForTheEnd
07.28.2023
70 - Olof Palme 8: Arla Dawn
If the rule you followed brought you to this, of what use was the rule? Arla Dawn, the Swedish Stay Behind, the reason Olof Palme was murdered. Everything converges, everything ends. Support the show here: https://www.patreon.com/GhostStoriesForTheEnd Official Ghost Stories soundtrack available here: https://ghoststoriesfortheendoftheworld.bandcamp.com/album/the-octopus-music-and-atmospheres-from-the-sea-floor Please check...
07.14.2023
69 - Heaven Holds the Faithful Departed (Tripping Up to Boston Remix) **TEASER**
[Plug for Patreon page here]: TEASER ONLY! SUPPORT THE SHOW HERE! www.patreon.com/ghoststoriesfortheend [Episode summary designed to intimidate listeners and rivals into believing this shit is possibly too heavy for them here]: COLD WAR PARANOIA, the search for mind control, Martin Scorcese, Hong Kong, LSD,...
07.08.2023
68 - Olof Palme 7: South Africa
The role of South African intelligence, assorted right-wing networks, slimeball operators and scumbag mercs in the assassination of Olof Palme. We are closing in on the heart of darkness, people. SUPPORT THE SHOW HERE: https://www.patreon.com/GhostStoriesForTheEnd RETURN OF THE REPRESSED HERE: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-return-of-the-repressed/id1623796875 https://www.patreon.com/TheReturnOfTheRepressed OCTOPUS SOUNDTRACK HERE: https://ghoststoriesfortheendoftheworld.bandcamp.com/album/the-octopus-music-and-atmospheres-from-the-sea-floor
06.30.2023
67 - Olof Palme 6: Swedish Guns
GUNS. LOTS OF GUNS. Let's talk Bofors, Bush, bastards, bullets, bombs, bribes, and blackmail. It's a rogues gallery, a compendium of intrigue, a thesis statement about the fallen world in which we live. Support the show HERE: https://www.patreon.com/GhostStoriesForTheEnd Return of the Repressed HERE: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-return-of-the-repressed/id1623796875
06.26.2023
66 - Olof Palme 5 - Skandiamannen
**TEASER** - UNLOCK THE FULL SHOW HERE: https://www.patreon.com/GhostStoriesForTheEnd I'm joined again by Marcus and Sebastian to take a look at reactionary oddball and graphic designer STIG ENGSTROM, from his childhood spent in India to his possible role in the murder of Olof...
06.16.2023
65 - Olof Palme 4: More Usual Suspects
More theories, more suspects, more SWEDES. Nazi cops, Kurdish leftists, crooked spooks, shady politicians, wild theories. It's all happening. SUPPORT THE SHOW HERE: https://www.patreon.com/GhostStoriesForTheEnd Check out The Return of the Repressed here: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-return-of-the-repressed/id1623796875
06.09.2023
64 - Olof Palme 3: The Usual Suspects
Marcus of Return of the Repressed once again joins me to explore how the police handled the immediate aftermath of the Palme hit and the troubling witness accounts that undermined the early attempts to establish an Official Narrative. SUPPORT THE SHOW...
05.26.2023
63 - Olof Palme 2: Masquerade **TEASER**
We step back from the Palme murder to explore the Palme family and the rise and rise of Olof in Swedish politics. Also there are psychics and nazis in this one. UNLOCK THE FULL SHOW HERE: https://www.patreon.com/GhostStoriesForTheEnd GHOST STORIES SOUNDTRACK HERE: https://ghoststoriesfortheendoftheworld.bandcamp.com/album/the-octopus-music-and-atmospheres-from-the-sea-floor
05.19.2023
62 - Olof Palme 1: Come and See
SUPPORT THE SHOW HERE: https://www.patreon.com/GhostStoriesForTheEnd When he had opened the fourth seal I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, "Come and see." And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat upon him was Death, and...
05.05.2023
61 - The Horror of Police with Travis Linnemann
I'm joined this evening by friend of the show Travis Linnemann - author, academic and associate professor at Kansas University - to discuss the cops, the uncanny, the weird and the eerie. Travis is the author of THE HORROR OF...
04.24.2023
LETO II: THE TRUTHENING **TRAILER**
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04.11.2023
60 - THE OCTOPUS: Epilogue
SUPPORT THE SHOW HERE: https://www.patreon.com/GhostStoriesForTheEnd This was actually supposed to be up on Friday just gone but technical issues delayed release. A chill discussion about the journey, and our final thoughts on The Octopus story. No fireworks in this one but some...
03.29.2023
59 - THE OCTOPUS 13: The Future is History
https://www.patreon.com/GhostStoriesForTheEnd "Back in the days of hippie simplicity, people liked to blame 'the CIA' or 'a secret rogue operation.' But this is a new enemy, unnameable, locatable on no organization chart or budget line. Who knows? Maybe even the CIA's scared...
03.08.2023
58 - THE OCTOPUS 12: Arkansas part II
SUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/GhostStoriesForTheEnd OCTOPUS SOUNDTRACK AVAILABLE HERE: https://ghoststoriesfortheendoftheworld.bandcamp.com/album/the-octopus-music-and-atmospheres-from-the-sea-floor We go deep on 1980s Arkansas and tie off many loose threads as we barrel towards the end of this epic odyssey into the narcotic, technological psychosphere.
02.27.2023
57 - THE OCTOPUS 11: Arkansas part 1
*TEASER* - UNLOCK THE FULL EPISODE BY LAUNDERING MONEY HERE: https://www.patreon.com/GhostStoriesForTheEnd OCTOPUS SOUNDTRACK AVAILABLE HERE: https://ghoststoriesfortheendoftheworld.bandcamp.com/releases Poppy Bush exits the White House and pardons his underbosses on the way out the door. The Clintons take the reins, their rise to power assisted by mob...
02.10.2023
56 - THE OCTOPUS 10: Disintegrating at the End of History
WE ARE BACK. Support the show here: https://www.patreon.com/GhostStoriesForTheEnd We talked to Bill Hamilton and our tiny minds were blown, so many thanks to him for answering our questions. We begin with a look at how the Inslaw case, PROMIS and the intelligence underworld...
12.24.2022
55 - THE OCTOPUS 9: Robert Maxwell and the Dancing Hare
TO UNLOCK THE FULL EPISODE SUBSCRIBE HERE: https://www.patreon.com/GhostStoriesForTheEnd We explore the fall of Robert Maxwell, the spread of PROMIS, the rise of the new operators, and 20 years of financial voodoo and Mossad hits.
12.05.2022
54 - THE OCTOPUS 8: The Enterprise
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...
11.18.2022
53 -THE OCTOPUS 7: The Bodies
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,...
11.01.2022
TALES FROM THE GRAVEYARD BUNKER III
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....
10.23.2022
HALLOWEEN TALES: Kill List (2011, Dir: Ben Wheatley)
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.
10.06.2022
52 - The Octopus 6: The Death of Danny Casolaro
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...
10.01.2022
51 - THE OCTOPUS 5: The Company
Cocaine bears, Kentucky drug runners, CIA gunmen and mercs aplenty. UNLOCK THE FULL SHOW HERE: https://www.patreon.com/GhostStoriesForTheEnd
09.19.2022
50 - THE OCTOPUS 4: A Pale Horse
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...
09.08.2022
The Invisible Empire: A Tunnel in Paris
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...
08.29.2022
49 - THE OCTOPUS 3: Danger Man
**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...
08.22.2022
48 - THE OCTOPUS 2: Danny Casolaro in Wonderland
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,...
08.08.2022
47 - The Octopus 1: The Perfect Spy
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...
08.08.2022
47 - The Octopus 1: The Perfect Spy
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...
08.08.2022
47 - The Octopus 1: The Perfect Spy
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...
07.27.2022
46 - MKNAOMI and 70 Years of Bioterror
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...
07.08.2022
!UNLOCKED! Cartelworld: Drugs, Banking, Empire and Terrorism in the Last Days
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...

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Ghost Stories For The End Of The World episodes:

87 - The Belgian X-Files 10: BRABANT KILLERS REDUX - Aftermath iii

86 - The Belgian X-Files 9: BRABANT KILLERS REDUX - Aftermath ii

85 - The Belgian X-Files 8: BRABANT KILLERS REDUX - Aftermath pt 1 (1985 - now)

84 - The Belgian X-Files 7: BRABANT KILLERS REDUX pt 2

83 - The Belgian X-Files 6: BRABANT KILLERS REDUX pt 1

82 - The Belgian X-Files 5: The Pinon Affair

81 The Belgian X-Files 4: Chaos, Fascism and Solar Temples

80 - The Belgian X-Files 3: The Bees Made Honey in the Lion's Skull II

79 - TBXF 2: The Bees Made Honey in the Lion’s Skull (part i)

78 - The Belgian X-Files 1: Some Years Ago (1945 - 1960 or so)

DULCE MIDNIGHT RADIO 5 ft. Mark Pilkington

77 - The Deep Politics of Forrest Gump

76 - Clockwork

75 - The Gangs of London: Brink’s-Mat, Freemasons, the Met Police and The Long Good Friday

74 - CARTELWORLD: Coups, pimps, private spooks and collapse

73 - CARTELWORLD: Guns, oil, princes

72 - The Parapolitics of Britpop 2: Midnight, the Stars and You

71 - The Parapolitics of Britpop 1: ”But Doctor,” said the United Kingdom, ”I *am* the great clown Pagliacci!”

70 - Olof Palme 8: Arla Dawn

69 - Heaven Holds the Faithful Departed (Tripping Up to Boston Remix) **TEASER**

68 - Olof Palme 7: South Africa

67 - Olof Palme 6: Swedish Guns

66 - Olof Palme 5 - Skandiamannen

65 - Olof Palme 4: More Usual Suspects

64 - Olof Palme 3: The Usual Suspects

63 - Olof Palme 2: Masquerade **TEASER**

62 - Olof Palme 1: Come and See

61 - The Horror of Police with Travis Linnemann

LETO II: THE TRUTHENING **TRAILER**

60 - THE OCTOPUS: Epilogue

59 - THE OCTOPUS 13: The Future is History

58 - THE OCTOPUS 12: Arkansas part II

57 - THE OCTOPUS 11: Arkansas part 1

56 - THE OCTOPUS 10: Disintegrating at the End of History

55 - THE OCTOPUS 9: Robert Maxwell and the Dancing Hare

54 - THE OCTOPUS 8: The Enterprise

53 -THE OCTOPUS 7: The Bodies

TALES FROM THE GRAVEYARD BUNKER III

HALLOWEEN TALES: Kill List (2011, Dir: Ben Wheatley)

52 - The Octopus 6: The Death of Danny Casolaro

51 - THE OCTOPUS 5: The Company

50 - THE OCTOPUS 4: A Pale Horse

The Invisible Empire: A Tunnel in Paris

49 - THE OCTOPUS 3: Danger Man

48 - THE OCTOPUS 2: Danny Casolaro in Wonderland

47 - The Octopus 1: The Perfect Spy

47 - The Octopus 1: The Perfect Spy

47 - The Octopus 1: The Perfect Spy

46 - MKNAOMI and 70 Years of Bioterror

!UNLOCKED! Cartelworld: Drugs, Banking, Empire and Terrorism in the Last Days

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