Rick recounts the shadowy life of visionary rocketeer and devoted occultist, Jack W. Parsons. More importantly, he reveals Parsons’ ties to espionage—connections that may have ultimately sealed his fate.

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Rick introduces Stephen to Fred L. Crisman.

Rick gives a brief history of the connection between occult knowledge, psychic research, and intelligence agencies.

Rick walks Stephen through a story of political intrigue in the Adirondack Mountains.

Original Publication:

Spence, Richard B. "Death in the Adirondacks: Amtorg, Intrigue, and the Dubious Demise of Isaiya Khurgin and Efraim Sklyansky, August 1925." American Communist History, vol. 14, no. 2 (Aug. 2015), pp. 135–158.

Rick introduces Stephen to the strange life of James Shelby Downard.

In this inaugural (demo) episode of Strange As It Seems, Rick covers his 2017 article "LIGHTS IN THE SKY: A True Tale of Mystery Airships, Spies, and Secret Cults in WWI Utah," while Stephen tries to keep up.