EPISODE 92 | Octopus's Garden: Dan Casolaro, INSLAW & Death (WIW 10)
A number of unusual deaths, law enforcement software, mob families, casinos, drug running, arms dealing, and a possible nationwide, possible international, conspiracy known as the Octopus – this wild and complicated tale reads like a whole series of thriller novels and is further proof that the world is weird indeed.
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- 01:59 - Complicated Life - 1977: The weird death of Charles “Chuck” Morgan, Don Devereux investigates
08:48 - Herbie Goes Bananas - 1990: Joseph Bonanno aka Joe Bananas aka Don Peppino, Devereux helps Unsolved Mysteries on a story about Morgan, Doug Johnston dies across the street from Devereux's house, Dan Casolaro contacts Devereux in 199112:58 - Squid Game - 1973-1991: Dan Casolaro, dilletante & part-time journalist, starts poking around into rumors around INSLAW's PROMIS software, the 1980 October Surprise theory, Iran Contra and the BCCI Scandal21:36 - Danger Man & the Octopus - 1989-1991: Casolaro encounters Michael Riconosciuto ("Danger Man"), begins to see the shape of the Octopus, starts getting threats25:43 - Meeting in Martinsburg - 1991: Casolaro goes to Martinsburg, West Virginia but never makes it home, weirdness at his funeral, unanswered questions and "missing" files32:47 - You Better You Bet - 1978-1981: Cabazon murders in Rancho Mirage, the the Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, secret government dealings, mafia dudes, INSLAW and Michael Riconosciuto again, Wackenhut, drug running, software trojan horses, hitman James Hughes40:35 - Giant Octopus Kraken - 1982-1991: Riconosciuto's roommate is killed, NSA guy Alan David Standorf is killed, Riconosciuto's lawyer is killed, journalist Anson Ng Yong is killed in Guatemala while researching much of all this, arms running, INSLAW, BCCI, and the DOJ44:33 - Death & Espionage - 1976-2001: John Munson tries to frame Riconosciuto, then his girlfriend dies; the Spiro family are killed in Southern California; arms dealer turned Israeli spy Ari Ben-Menashe, counterintelligence agent Robert Hanssen turns double agent50:10 - Trying to make some sense of it allLapsus Linguae: I consistently mispronounce the name of Michael Riconosciuto thruoghout this episode, only finding out after I had recorded and edited that it should be closer to "Re-con-SHOO-toh" My bad.
- The Odd Mystery behind Charles C. Morgan's Death
Cold Case: Strange evidence found in '77 on, near man's bodyJoe Bonanno Tuscon Arizona Crew Members video The Kinship of KillersFBI Phoenix HistoryThe Odd Death of Charles C. Morgan on Unsolved WikiChuck Morgan on Unsolved MysteriesA Case of Mistaken Identity? The Strange Death of Doug JohnstonDevereux Reports websiteDanny Casolaro on AlchetronDanny Casolaro on Unsolved MysteriesThe Last Days of Danny Casolaro article plus several linksThe Strange Death of Danny Casolaro New York Times article, reprintedWhat Killed Danny Casolaro? Washington Post articleTHE STRANGE DEATH OF DANNY CASOLARO in Vanity FairFBI files on Dan CasolaroDan's file titled CIA Frank Terpil RenegadesDanny Casolaro's files and notesDanny Casolaro Died for You backstoryThe Mysterious Death Of Danny CasolaroThe INSLAW FileThe INSLAW Affair - chapter 17 of The Last Circle: Danny Casolaro's Investigation into the Octopus and the PROMIS Software Scandal by Cheri SeymourThe INSLAW Affair documentsFederal Corruption: INSLAW by Harry V. MartinThe Promis Threat: An Octopus Slouches Toward Mena, Arkansas, Area 51 and The International UFO Congress in Las Vegas by Kenn Thomas, Steamshovel press, #7
Octopus Revisited by Kenn ThomasThe Undying Octopus: FBI and the PROMIS affair Part 1Black Arcadia - Danny Casolaro and the Octopus - Parts 1-3Parts 4-7, Lindsay Biziak Murder parts 1-2Parts 8-10The INSLAW Octopus in WiredCode for PROMIS softwareBCCI SCANDAL: BEHIND THE 'BANK OF CROOKS AND CRIMINALS' in the Washington PostThe Dictator-Run Bank That Tells the Story of America’s Foreign CorruptionBCCI Scandal documentDanny Casolaro and the Octopus Syndicate videoCasolaro Murder excerpts from The Village VoiceCabazon: How 'Indian gaming' began - LaRouche articleArrest in 1981 tribal murders revives old mysteryBadlands - article in Spy Magazine about many of these storiesWorldwide Conspiracy, Or Fantasy? -- Felon's Story Checks Out - Kind OfJournalist Investigating Bank Was Second To DieGuatemala: Journalist's Murder May Be Linked With Bcci ScandalMurder in Rancho Santa FeInvestigators closed a mysterious murder case Wednesday and blamed...Secret Government Program Linked To Local Murders? KESQ new story on murders, INSLAW and moreTranscript of interview with Ari Ben-Menashe for Journeyman.tvJustice Department records confirm PROMIS scandal’s ties to IsraelHow an FBI Sting Took Down KGB Spy Robert Hanssen on SpyscapeHow Robert Hanssen Spied for the SovietsBecause there's a LOT more to this, the timeline from Danny Casolaro Died for YouFollow us on social for extra goodies:
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