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Ghost Stories For The End Of The World

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An occult history of post-war politics, true crime, corruption, and how we got here.
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98 - VATICAN SHADOWS BOOK 1: Opus Dei i

You don't make up for your sins in church. You do it in the streets. You do it at home. The rest is bullshit, and you know it. **SUPPORT THE SHOW HERE** https://www.patreon.com/c/GhostStoriesForTheEnd SHOW SOUNDTRACKS AVAILABLE HERE: https://ghoststoriesfortheendoftheworld.bandcamp.com/

May 18, 20251 hr 18 minEp. 118

It's time for church

Proxima hebdomade, seriem incipimus nos reversuros esse ut per annum proximum vel sic intermittant. Ecclesia catholica. De Deo loquor. De diabolo loquor. De Caelo, Inferno, et de ultimis diebus loquor. Nemo mea opera iudicet nisi Pater. Proba fidem tuam et opera mea confirma per donando hic https://www.patreon.com/c/GhostStoriesForTheEnd Fruere hymnis hic https://ghoststoriesfortheendoftheworld.bandcamp.com/...

May 07, 202519 minEp. 117

97 - These Dreams of Menwith Hill

We’re setting the table for the year ahead in Ghost Stories, and to do so we’ll be following a number of threads that may or may not have much to do with each other. Key to this one is the UK’s relationship with the US, which we use to explore how unnerving it feels to be alive in the Hermit Kingdom in the last days, its mind blown out by redundant upper management and a deep state that no longer has any purpose. We mainline the DMT released from the dying spider’s brain, exploring Keir Starmer ...

Mar 25, 20251 hr 44 minEp. 116

BOOKS OF WAR 4: Belle Époque

People try to be the king but the ace is back, with a banging new theme tune and a story that explores the decadence of the Palermo Belle Époque. The mafia is now well entrenched and reaching ever further into the Italian system; a banking crisis exposes industrial-scale fraud and leads to the first eminent corpse. This episode is free to all but most subsequent BOW episodes will be available ONLY ON PATREON, which is HERE: https://www.patreon.com/GhostStoriesForTheEnd Check out the imposing wal...

Feb 07, 20251 hr 7 minEp. 115

DULCE MIDNIGHT RADIO 6: The Men in Black ft. Robert Skvarla

It's been too long since last we took the Saucer of Insight out for a spin through the feverish Caverns of the Mind, so tonight we're finally getting weird again to talk about those lovable scamps in human skin in black suits: THE MEN IN BLACK. Who they? Where be? What is? And but? All these questions and more will be answered as our good friend Robert Skvarla joins myself and Bradley to explore the social, cultural and political history of the MIB phenomenon. SUPPORT THE SHOW HERE: https://www....

Dec 10, 20242 hr 10 minEp. 114

ROSEMARY'S BABY (1968) and REC (2007)

This one goes off the rails in a major way because I'm out of practice and it's been a very long month. We begin with an overview of where the main show is heading and our plans for the future, then we talk about (in no particular order here): poison eurodwarf Polanski, occultism and control, Aktion T4, Yorkshire Aunties, pandemics, apartments, left wing thinkpieces, serial killers, if Boris Johnson really had covid, exorcism, the Catholic Church, escaped nazis, lockdowns, American voters, gener...

Nov 29, 20241 hr 20 minEp. 113

MIDSOMMAR (2019)

"A couple travel to Sweden to visit their friend's rural hometown for its fabled midsummer festival, but what begins as an idyllic retreat quickly devolves into an increasingly violent and bizarre competition at the hands of a pagan cult." None of the synopses really get the pitch right but what the hell, this'll do. Dir: Ari Aster Joined for this one by Marcus and Seb of THE RETURN OF THE REPRESSED podcast...

Oct 25, 20242 hr 23 minEp. 112

96 - The Belgian X-Files 19: 1985 (Epilogue)

"Set against the backdrop of Belgium's most notorious unsolved crime spree, 1985 begins as three friends - Vicky, her brother Franky, and his best friend Marc - begin a new chapter of their lives, when they set off from their hometown to Brussels. But as their adulthood and careers in the big city commence, the trio risks losing their innocence and noble illusions, as they find themselves caught in the middle of the horrifying events that shocked a generation and will come to leave a scar on the...

Oct 22, 20241 hr 41 minEp. 111

94 - The Belgian X-Files 17 - Dutroux Affair vi: A World Inside the World

Myself and @IRC_NIC discuss the sheer size of the case and consider what The Sprawl means. We go long on how the cops and the media conspired to kill the network angle, and then we look at the truly global scale of the Dutroux Affair and break down what, exactly, the Network was, its historical origins, the social context, how it worked, where it came from, and how it dealt with the threat of exposure. **SUPPORT THE SHOW HERE** https://www.patreon.com/GhostStoriesForTheEnd...

Sep 20, 20243 hr 40 minEp. 109

93 - The Belgian X-Files 16: Dutroux Affair v - Witnesses

EXTREME CONTENT WARNING Regina Louf talks about her experience in the network, the pressure mounts on the investigating team, people continue to die, the families of the victims are pushed to the edge of madness, and Belgium finds itself on the brink of revolution. **UNLOCK THE FULL EPISODE HERE** https://www.patreon.com/GhostStoriesForTheEnd

Aug 30, 202426 minEp. 108

**UNLOCKED** - The Parapolitics of Britpop: Omnibus

Seemed fitting to unlock these two episodes, solder them together through the miracle of sound editing, and make them free to all given the news this week of Oasis reforming. Enjoy. **SUPPORT THE SHOW HERE**: https://www.patreon.com/GhostStoriesForTheEnd

Aug 27, 20243 hr 2 minEp. 107

92 - The Belgian X-Files 15 - Dutroux Affair iv - Casework

Dutroux and his accomplices start to talk, the people of Belgium try to process news of the staggering investigative failings, prosecutors Bourlet and Connerotte gaze into the abyss, and a young woman steps forward with astonishing information about corruption and savagery at the heart of the Belgian establishment. Next episode Thursday 29th. ***SUPPORT THE SHOW HERE*** https://www.patreon.com/GhostStoriesForTheEnd...

Aug 24, 20241 hr 13 minEp. 106

90 - The Belgian X-Files 13: Dutroux Affair ii - Voices in the Walls

EXTREME CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains some very harrowing and upsetting material. I don't recommend you listen to it if you're in a bad place/are likely to be triggered by the subject matter. Please take care. The part about the murders. @irc_nic joins me once again for this journey into Belgium's heart of darkness. ***TRAILER*** UNLOCK THE FULL SHOW HERE: https://www.patreon.com/GhostStoriesForTheEnd...

Jul 16, 202422 minEp. 104

89 - The Belgian X-Files 12: Dutroux Affair i - The Lost Girls (1956 - 1995)

Nic ( @irc_nic ) guides us through the life story of Marc Dutroux. We look at his childhood, his descent into crime, and how he may have become a fixer for the Belgian political mafia. "The Kludde" read by Michael S. Judge of Death is Just Around the Corner with our immense thanks. **SUPPORT THE SHOW HERE** https://www.patreon.com/GhostStoriesForTheEnd...

Jun 29, 20242 hr 2 minEp. 103

The Belgian X-Files 11: Land of the Dead

Nic ( @irc_nic ) joins us once again for a panoramic sweep across Belgium at the end of the Cold War, and on the eve of the Dutroux Affair in multi-chapter anthology style episode. 0:53: Prologue 10:00: Chapter 1 - The Paul Vanden Boeynants Kidnapping 52:15: Chapter 2 - The Belgian Gladio Inquiry 82:40: Chapter 3 - The Murder of Gerald Bull 91:21: Chapter 4 - The Murder of André Cools 131:26: Chapter 5 - The Atlas Report and the Nebula 143:38: Chapter 6 - The Murder of Katrien De Cuyper SUPPORT ...

Jun 12, 20242 hr 53 minEp. 102

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, in trying to understand this most eerie of true stories. We then explore various theories people have put forward over the years to explain the crimes, and offer our own holistic take for good measure. We close by discussing what became of major players in the case, and set up ...

May 23, 202420 minEp. 101

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 60 - 90 minute instalments. This means Aftermath pt ii will land next week and, most likely, there will be an Aftermath iii dropping the week after. Then we're back to the usual 2 week release schedule. This now m...

May 10, 20241 hr 8 minEp. 99

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 Belgian establishment scrambles to cover it all up, but things take a dramatically darker turn when a psychiatrist files for divorce and his wife decides to share explosive secrets about extremely powerful people. *SUPPORT TH...

Mar 01, 20241 hr 35 minEp. 96

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 formed subterranean networks of mind-warping size that covertly influenced the course of modern Belgian history and planned everything from coups to terror attacks. Before us looms The Belgian Autumn. This is the first hour or so free...

Feb 15, 202449 minEp. 95

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-th...

Nov 08, 20231 hr 19 minEp. 91

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 the halls of Congress to The Simpsons to the work of pop horror guru Stephen King. What Forrest Gump perfectly demonstrates is how the American imaginary has misinterpreted its own history. From early meetings wi...

Oct 31, 202323 minEp. 90

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

Oct 27, 202323 minEp. 89
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