Western Fringe

We take a look at the MK Ultra hypnosis research that was performed at the University of Denver during the early 1950s by Alden Sears. I'm joined by hypnotherapist Melvin Marsh, who talks about modern applications of hypnosis, and what he thinks about the CIA's attempts to create "human robots" using drugs, hypnosis, and other means.

I got to attend the 2022 MUFON Symposium! I attended field investigator training, heard about the Phoenix Lights from eyewitnesses, and got to chat with J. Allen Hynek's son and Betty Hill's niece.

We talk about transhumanism, Peter Thiel and Elon Musk before jumping into the history of Frozen Dead Guy Days, Nederland's annual festival.

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In honor of the Days of Blood, or Trans Day of Visibility, we are exploring Trinidad's history as the "Sex Change Capital of the World." We talk about the history of trans people, in antiquity and the modern era, and the work of Dr. Stanley Biber and later Dr. Marci Bowers, as they provided gender confirmation surgery to over 6,000 trans people in Trinidad.

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Robert A. Heinlein, famed sci-fi writer, lived in Colorado Springs in the 1950s. We look at the life of Robert Heinlein, his connections to L. Ron Hubbard and Jack Parsons, the Esalen Institute, and Heinlein's own connections to weird mysticism and the occult.

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We talk about the Smaldone crime family. Bloody shootouts in Pueblo during the 1920s, gory gangland killings in Denver in the 30s, weird mob connections to Harry S Truman and Colorado Governor Ralph Carr, among others. Things get weird with mentions of Anton LaVey and Clyde Smaldone's take on "conspiracy theories" surrounding the JFK assassination.

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Computer pioneer Seymour Cray died after a traffic accident in Colorado Springs in 1996. His computers were used in a variety of military and intelligence roles, so is it possible that Cray's death was something more than it seems? Possible but not likely. We talk about the life and death of Seymour Cray.

Is there a network of Deep Underground Military Bases (D.U.M.B.) run by Aliens and Military personnel connected by a secret underground rail network? Probably not. Is there a DUMB at Schriever Space Force Base? Also probably not. Were Air Force and Intelligence types involved with spreading the DUMB conspiracy? You betcha. Also, I talk about two of my favorite buildings in Colorado Springs.

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Time to get weird about UFOs. We talk about CU-Boulder's 1969 report on UFOs, historic sightings at F.E. Warren Air Force Base (technically in Wyoming but close enough) and recent UFO sightings in Denver and Colorado Springs, including the 2020 "mystery drones" and mini-flap I covered in Colorado Springs in March 2020.

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Operation Trojan Horse by John Keel

Starting in 1975, Colorado was ground zero for the cattle mutilation phenomenon. Today we look at the reporting of two journalists, Dane Edwards of the Brush Banner and Dorothy Aldridge of the Colorado Springs Gazette-Telegraph, as they cover the strange phenomenon that still persists today, which the FBI dubbed the result of "natural predator activity."

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