Things Observed

Johnny Vedmore comes on the show to discuss some of the mysterious deaths that took place in the London nightclub scene in the fifties and how these deaths may not be what they seem at first. One of these mysterious deaths is that of Esmeralda Gullan whose nightclub Esmeralda's Barn would start to have a host of strange characters patron the place after her passing. After discussing how these dead and missing women preceded the takeover of the London nightclub scene by gangsters and intelligence agencies, we discuss Horace Dibben who was a self-proclaimed satanist who would host sadomasochistic satanic orgies for the UK elite. We also discuss Stephen Ward of Profumo infamy, an abortionist with a strange penchant for reptiles, an art collector/inventor who helped the Nazis, an OSS/Kroll espionage agent, a woman married to a satanist sex party thrower who maybe slept with JFK and a host of other bizarre and sinister characters. And we also discuss a man who was a billionaire philanthropist who had homes in Palm Beach, France, New York and London and an island where had hosted sex parties for the elite and was connected to intelligence agencies...and he isn't Jeffery Epstein.

Also, I at one point I goof while talking and combine the words raunchy and debaucherous and say raunchous so just know that I know that I am dumb.

Check out Johnny's work:

Johnny Vedmore, Author at Unlimited Hangout

johnnyvedmore.com – Real Indie Journalism

Vedmore | Fungi Monkey | Cardiff

In this episode we cover a variety of topics in relation to Otto Skorzeny: the Compass Rose French Stay Behind Network Set up by Western Intelligence (Operation Gladio?), Skorzeny's escape (or release) from prison, Skorzeny's lockup conversation with OSS Cowboy Wild Bill Donovan, the creation of the World Commerce Corporation by William Donovan and Canadian Spymaster and British Intelligence man William Stephenson, the qualities that Skorzeny had that made him of value as a paperclip CIA mercenary, Nazis in the postwar period and much more. Stay tuned to the Things Observed Skorzeny deep dive because crazier things wait just behind the horizon. If you like this episode or the podcast in general leave a rating on you podcast app of choice and send to your friends and family!

Sources:

The Skorzeny Papers - Ralph Ganis

Coup in Dallas - H.P Albarelli Jr.

NATO’s Secret Armies - Daniele Ganser

My Commando Operations - Otto Skorzeny

Songs:

Pygmy Lush - Asphalt

Smerz - No Harm

In this episode we set the stage for the Things Observed series on Otto Skorzeny. We cover Skorzeny from his birth up through his Nazi years. We end the episode off with his surrender to the allies. In this episode we cover the Gran Sasso Mussolini rescue mission, Operation Mickey Mouse, the possible plan to assassinate or kidnap General Eisenhower, the Battle of the Bulge, a possible plan involving Skorzeny that would involve an attack on FDR, Churchill and Stalin. We also cover Skorzeny developing his skills when it came to assassinations, kidnapping, covert and special operations and how these skills would make him valuable to his future western handlers. If you find this episode interesting just wait because we are going to get into Operation Gladio stay behind armies, Skorzeny's hitman work for the Mossad (Yes an actual Nazi working for Israel), his possible role in the assassination of JFK and much more that you will not want to miss.

Sources:

The Skorzeny Papers - Ralph Ganis

Coup in Dallas - H.P Albarelli Jr.

NATO’s Secret Armies - Daniele Ganser

My Commando Operations - Otto Skorzeny

Songs:

Camp Orchestra - SHOWMETHEBODY

Angel of Death - Slayer

In the second installment of our two-part series on the Titanic we cover the possible plan to have the Californian rescue those aboard the Titanic and how this plan fell through. We also discuss how cold the water was on the night Titanic sank and ask the question could anybody really have survived for the length of time some of the survivors claimed to have been in the water. We also get into the lifeboat situation and some other anomalies surrounding the "Titanic" catastrophe. So come dive down deep with me into the cold and icy waters of the North Atlantic.

Sources

The Great Titanic Conspiracy - Robin Gardiner’

Titanic: The Ship that Never Sank

Chief Officer Wilde | William Murdoch

Titanic Passengers • Titanic Facts

Titanic: The Shocking Truth (Both on Youtube or Amazon Prime for Free if you have a membership)

Plucked from the Sea? (encyclopedia-titanica.org)

The head baker of the Titanic spent two hours in frigid water and emerged with only swollen feet! | Office for Science and Society - McGill University

Cold Water Survival - Seo Title (ussartf.org)

Hypothermia: How long can someone survive in frigid water? - Scientific American

The weather during the Titanic disaster: looking back 100 years - The Washington Post

Did a German U-Boat Sink the Titanic? | HuffPost Weird News

THE WRECK OF THE TITAN – APOCALYPSE CONFIDENTIAL (apocalypse-confidential.com)

SONGS:

God Moves On The Water - Blind Willie Johnson

When That Great Ship Went Down - Woody Guthrie

In this episode we are covering the infamous ship that sank the Titanic...or is it the Olympic? Well, that's going to be for you to decide! We discuss some of the history leading up to the catastrophe that took place in the North Atlantic Ocean. We also cover some of the similarities between the Titanic and its sister ship the Olympic in addition to some of the differences between these luxury ocean liners. We cover JP Morgan and his monopolization of the shipping and passenger trade industry through his company International Mercantile Marine Company which owned the Titanic and the Olympic. We also cover Morgan's mysterious absence from the doomed ship's maiden voyage. This episode covers everything leading up to the 'Titanic' heading out on its maiden voyage. So, come aboard and learn about the possible case of giant insurance fraud perpetrated against those roughly 1,500 souls that would find themselves in the cold, dark waters of the Atlantic. And come join us in asking the question: unintentional catastrophe or deliberate sinking?

Sources:

Titanic: The Shocking Truth - YouTube Also streaming free on Amazon Prime with better visual quality

Titanic: The Ship that Never Sank? - Robin Gardiner

The Great Titanic Conspiracy - Robin Gardiner

The Olympic, 221 F. 296 (1914) | Caselaw Access Project

Trenton True American - Google News Archive Search

Gilded Lives, Fatal Voyage: The Titanic's First-Class Passengers and Their World - Hugh Brewster

The Loss of the SS Titanic - Lawarence Beesly The Loss of the SS Titanic - CHAPTER II - FROM SOUTHAMPTON TO THE NIGHT OF THE COLLISION (encyclopedia-titanica.org)

Songs

The Titanic (When that Great Ship Went Down) - Pete Seeger

Nearer my God to Thee - Titanic (1997 James Cameron Film)

In this episode we cover the origins of the world anti-communist league starting with the Anti-Bolshevik Bloc of Nations and the Asian Peoples Anti-Communist League. This group brings together nazi collaborators from the Ustasha, Iron Guard and the Organization of Ukranian Nationalists. We also cover War Criminals from the days of the Imperial Japanese some of whom we've previously discussed in the Blood and Gold series on the Golden Lily Operation such as Yoshio Kodama and Ryochi Sasakawa. Some of the characters we find in the WACL would be involved not only with facist movements across the world but would also peddle opium. We discuss the Kuomintang party's connection the world opium trade and the little-known fact that Chiang Kai-Shek's country was a narco-state that worked alongside the Civil Air Transport and the CIA and how the National Crime Syndicate would get in on the action as well. Oh, and how can I forgot to mention the Moonie connection!

Picture is of Bush Sr. meeting with Yaroslav Stetsko

Sources:

VISUP: Secret Societies, Narcoterrorism, International Fascism and the World Anti-Communist League Part I (visupview.blogspot.com) - Recluse

Inside the League: The Shocking Expose of How Terrorists, Nazis, and Latin American Death Squads Have Infiltrated the World Anti-Communist League - Scott Anderson and Jon Lee Anderson

Gold Warriors: America’s Secret Recovery of Yamashita’s Gold - Sterling and Peggy Seagrave

One Nation Under Blackmail Vol I - Whitney Webb

Opium and the Politics of Gangsterism - Jonathan Marshall

History of the Opium Problem: The Assault on the East - Hans Derks

The Politics of Heroin - Alfred McCoy

In this episode we talk more about Lyme disease, and we specifically cover the discoverer of the bacteria responsible for Lyme Willy Burgdorfer. We discuss his work for the US Biological Weapons program ran out of Fort Detrick which includes tinkering with things as deadly as the plague. We also cover two possible bioweapons attacks on Communist Cuba as part of the CIA's psychotic cold war. This episode can get under your skin or on top of it? I don't know surely there's some sort of word play to be made

Sources:

Bitten by Kris Newby

Lab 257: Michael Christopher Carroll

'Swiss Agent' research unearths new Lyme disease mystery (statnews.com)

In today's episode we cover the strange animal research laboratory on Plum Island and its possible role in the creation of Lyme Disease. We discuss the initial outbreak of Lyme in the closest mainland town from Plum Island which is Old Lyme, Connecticut. We also discuss Nazi Biological Warfare Scientist Erich Traub who was brought over to America under Operation Paperclip. Both Traub's Nazi past and his work for the US Biological Weapons program underneath Fort Detrick are discussed. We briefly touch on the naysayers of the bioweapon leak theory and discuss some of the problems of believing that Lyme comes from changing ecological factors. Stay tuned next episode where we will dive even deeper and discuss the discoverer of Lyme Willy Burgdorfer and a bioweapon attack using ticks carried out by none other than Edward Lansdale who we have previously discussed on our imperial Japan series

Sources:

Lab 257: The Disturbing Story of the Government's Secret Germ Laboratory - Michael Christopher Carrol

Bitten: The Secret History of Lyme Disease and Biological Weapons - Kris Newby

Lyme disease: a neuropsychiatric illness - PubMed (nih.gov)

Did Lawmakers Demand the Pentagon Disclose If It Developed Weaponized Ticks? | Snopes.com (I guess I'll put this here but ew)

In this episode we cover the links between the 9/11 Hijackers and the Anthrax Attacks. We discuss how the official narratives concerning both stories makes no sense and we offer an opposing theory to the FBI and 9/11 commission's baseless theories. We also discuss how it appears that the 9/11 hijackers were following a script that would make them appear guilty for what happened on 9/11 but how the neocons responsible for the anthrax attacks faiiled to frame them for the anthrax attacks which it appears was the plan. Also, we get into crop duster talk for those of you who may have wondered about the title of the previous episode. Anyhow, hope y'all dig it

Sources:

The 2001 Anthrax Deception - Graeme MacQueen

Michael Springmann and the Jeddah Consulate Visa story - 9/11 Whistleblowers: Michael Springmann - The Corbett Report

The Courageous Rat (yes, the animal) we have been told helped discover the guilt of the hijackers Tony James - The Gatherings at Wellington (gawnews.org)

Check out last episodes description for other stuff briefly referenced like info on the dark winter simulation

Songs:

John Fahey - Wine and Roses

John Fahey - Impressions of Susan

John Fahey - The Red Pony