This week we're looking at the reign (and dysfunctional family) Holy Roman Emperor Rudolph II, the sadboi emperor. Rudolph II was a patron of the arts while also showing a keen interest in alchemy and the occult. A good emperor, however, he was not, preferring to amass a monstrous collection of curiosities in art, science, alchemy and esoterica to actually doing anything. We look at where Rudolph came from and what may have lead him to choose a life of escapism and interesting knick-knacks over ...
Sep 20, 2023•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 125
We're here. The finale and Aum Shinrikyo's Armageddon extravaganza. Aum has now fully transformed itself into a true paramilitary death cult with commando units, an "Intelligence Ministry" multiple weapons factories for all the different types of weapons, conventional, chemical, biological, you name it. Most importantly, they have "The Wizard", a chemical weapons factory that, among other implements of death, produced two of the most horrifying and deadly chemical weapons known to man: Sarin and...
Sep 13, 2023•1 hr 41 min•Ep. 124
Look, we warned you it was going to get bad. Following their totally unpredictable complete loss in the parliamentary election and the murder of the Sakamoto family, Shoko Asahara and Aum Shinrikyo begin the full-on militarization process that would ultimately lead to the 1995 Tokyo sarin gas attacks. But we're not there yet. First they need to experiment with other chemical and biological weapons, like botulism and anthrax. We also learn about how Aum got huge in Russia all in an attempt to buy...
Sep 06, 2023•1 hr 38 min•Ep. 123
This week we're beginning the darkest story we've ever told here on The Nonsense Bazaar,, that of legendary Japanese death cult Aum Shinrikyo. But don't worry because it's as absurd as it is harrowing. And it is both to an extreme degree. Between 1987 and 1995, "blind" yoga instructor and quack medicine salesman Shoko Asahara did the hard work of turning a yoga school franchise into full-on sci-fi death cult that manufactured drugs, chemical and biological weapons, completely brainwashed and tor...
Aug 30, 2023•1 hr 33 min•Ep. 122
We're back! Join us for a cosmic exploration of David K. Miller's Group of Forty, a meditation collective that promises a journey to the fifth dimension through…shimmering? Along with his wife Gudrun, Miller and his Group of Forty have pioneered techniques like "bio relativity" to heal Mother Earth and restore our personal feedback loop systems. From inconsistent accounts of channeling experiences to highly questionable Native American teachings, we’ll unravel this nonsense and determine whether...
Aug 23, 2023•1 hr 43 min•Ep. 121
Doing that thing again where I ramble at you for way too long. Mostly about how much I hate UFOs. That's not true actually. I love UFOs and I love Uri Geller, but I hate UAPs.
Aug 09, 2023•59 min•Ep. 120
I wanted to do a remaster episode or two this week, but apparently my backup game is simply weak. So you're getting another Corkboard. Next week I might talk about UFOs while I drink whiskey If I can figure out what I even want to say other than like a muffled sob-scream. I can't wait to get back to regular episodes. This week on the Corkboard, Willow auditions a new theme song, we learn about the seemingly common phenomenon of encountering the Easter Bunny, and we pop over to Gaia tv to find ou...
Aug 02, 2023•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 119
This week we're unlocking another episode of our bonus series, The Corkboard Bizarre and taking a look at the super spooky totally real and definitely not made up text at the core of Theosophy, the Stanzas of Dzyan. Referenced throughout Helena Blavatsky's magnum opus The Secret Doctrine, the Stanzas of Dzyan is allegedly the real, actual, secrets of how the universe was formed and functions. As a literary device, it's pretty cool in theory. But is it actually the whole truth and nothing but the...
Jul 26, 2023•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 118
This week we're unlocking an episode of our Patreon bonus series The Corkboard Bizarre on the insane, highly detailed, and mind-numbing "Awakening Your Light Body" course that was mentioned in our episode on "The Bodysnatchers" that may have been the catalyst for driving Jennie Gosbell over the edge. We get some personal affirmations from the spirit world, listen to some brainwashing music, and maybe even learn something. You can find more episodes of The Corkboard Bizarre and fill the void left...
Jul 19, 2023•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 117
Wanted to record something just in case you missed our posts on Friday. Family stuff means we need to take a hiatus from regular episodes for a few weeks. Never fear, however, we shall return and we have episodes both recorded and in the pipes. They ain't got us yet. And as promised, this week Sequoyah is going to mumble at you about God only knows what while he has a drink.
Jul 12, 2023•45 min•Ep. 116
Join us on today’s episode as we enter the confusing world of Susan Reed, a woman who was drawn into a web of extraterrestrial intrigue and danger, as detailed in her revealing book, 'The Body Snatchers: A Real Alien Conspiracy.' Her saga started innocently in a Spanish class where she met Brian, a host for interdimensional reptilian entities, and culminated in a questionable pilgrimage to meet John of God, the disgraced psychic surgeon in Brazil. But here's the question that lingers as we delve...
Jun 28, 2023•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 114
We're taking a summer break this week so instead of a regular episode, Sequoyah read Jack Parsons' essay "Freedom is a Two-Edged Sword" which he completed in the year following the famed Babalon working. It remains one of very few completed pieces of writing by Parsons and if you look past some needed edits (due to excessive horniness, mainly) it's absolutely fantastic. However because we are technically on vacation, Sequoyah didn't have his microphones and had to use his phone so please forgive...
Jun 21, 2023•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 113
We’ve all heard about the things that supposedly happen at the moment of death: the life review that flashes before your eyes, the tunnel of white light, etc etc. But what if all of that truly does happen except…it’s a trap. Meant to keep us stuck on the wheel of life and death feeding our tasty loosh energy to the evil reptilian archons again and again and again, forever. Yeah that’d suck, for sure. And that’s exactly what some poor lost souls believe through a worryingly prevalent and insanely...
Jun 14, 2023•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 112
Returning to our enlightening study on Jane Lead, today we’re delving into the pivotal years from her first vision in 1670 to her demise in 1704. We'll probe into how, as her physical sight failed, her spiritual visions proliferated, igniting both intrigue and devotion among a growing body of followers. This clandestine group, the Philadelphian Society, subscribed to Lead's prophecies of an impending era of universal brotherly love. However, the course to spiritual enlightenment wasn't always sm...
Jun 07, 2023•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 111
We’re turning back the hands of time to 17th-century England to learn about the eccentricities of post-Reformation life and Jane Lead's spiritual metamorphosis from rich girl to old blind weirdo. Learn how she journeyed from her Norfolk upbringing to marry her cousin and eventually become a conduit of Sophia, the mysterious embodiment of divine wisdom herself. She was inspired by the enigmatic teachings of Jakob Böhme and the Behemenists. Join us, as we uncover the unconventional path of a woman...
May 31, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 110
Join us as we embark on a spiritual exploration to discover what connects the tale of Rapunzel with the ancient tradition of alchemy. We’ll deconstruct the metaphorical tower and examine Rapunzel's encounters with the witch and prince as expressions of the seven stages of alchemy: calcination, dissolution, separation, conjunction, fermentation, distillation, and coagulation. It's a tapestry of history, philosophy, myth, and personal introspection that invites us all to look deeper into our favor...
May 24, 2023•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 109
Roadworn and weary, battered and bruised, this week we're finishing the series that actually might have been trying to kill us. It's Andrija Puharich part III, and it is completely insane. We find the good doctor Puharich after the publication of his book about how Uri Geller is the baby Jesus, convinced that the Soviets have mind control cannons pointed at the world, and now that even Uri Geller has distanced himself, trying to find a new Uri Geller -- with some incredibly dark consequences. Al...
May 17, 2023•1 hr 39 min•Ep. 108
In the continuing saga of trying to record this series, not only did we have to re-record this episode, but Sequoyah lost his voice. So enjoy laughing at that. This week we find Andrija Puharich in Israel to research the powers of the international spoon-bending psychic superstar Uri Geller, and the truly psychotic misadventures that ensue after the mysterious voice of a time traveling artificial intelligence on board a spaceship named Spectra starts speaking through Uri Geller and leads the two...
May 10, 2023•1 hr 49 min•Ep. 107
Psychic powers, mind control, mushrooms, the richest old ladies there's ever been, chemical and psychological warfare, Uri Geller, psychic healing, UFOs, the Dutch, you name it, this story quite literally has it all. We're finally doing it and starting our portrait of the man at the dark heart American high strangeness: Dr Andrija Puharich. While sometimes lionized as a maverick scientist who tried to legitimize parapsychology, Andrija Puharich was much, much more than that. While founding the R...
May 03, 2023•1 hr 59 min•Ep. 106
Today's episode takes us on a high-flying adventure as we delve into two infamous balloon hoaxes that took place over a century apart: Edgar Allen Poe’s Balloon Hoax of 1844 and the Balloon Boy Hoax of 2009. From the pages of the New York Sun to the screens of millions of viewers, these hoaxes captivated the public's attention with their seemingly unbelievable stories of balloons soaring through the sky. But what was the truth behind these events, and what do they say about human nature's love f...
Apr 26, 2023•1 hr 37 min•Ep. 105
Get your robes and that old pharaoh costume you bought while drunk at Spirit Halloween that one time, because today we're talking about one of the, unfortunately, most well known books in the entire spooky pantheon: The Kybalion. Check any reddit thread of people wondering where to begin their magical, wonderous journey into the terrible world of occultism and chances are the sentence "I already have The Kybalion" will be in there somewhere. Purporting to be the secrets of Hermetic magic handed ...
Apr 19, 2023•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 104
On this very wet edition of the Nonsense Bazaar, we’ll dive into the stories of two rainmakers: Don Decker, a man allegedly possessed by the devil who gained the ability to make it rain following a death in the family, and Lillie Stoat, the elderly Mississippi potion maker who caused a stir in the 1940s. She’s the most famous woman in history! We’ll examine the evidence for and against their abilities, hear a lot of silly names and once and for all, make it rain here at the Nonsense Bazaar. And ...
Apr 12, 2023•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 103
We’re big fans of all things lewd, obscene and filthy here at the Nonsense Bazaar. We enjoy our right to say and do disgusting things, and to hell with anyone who tries to get in our way! That’s why today, we’ll be talking about the century long battle within the American court system over what constitutes “obscenity”. We’ll start after the Civil War when two Foote doctors went up against a nosy Anti-Vice blowhard who went through peoples private mail, explore the Lavender Scare of the 50s as it...
Apr 05, 2023•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 102
We made it to 3 entire digits! And to celebrate...we’re talking about the history of the hydrogen bomb. Because what says celebration like the explosive power of 500 Super Walmarts stacked 6ft high with TNT, hanging like the sword of Damocles over our heads each and every day? When most people think of nuclear weapons they think of the bombs dropped at the end of WWII, and while most are aware that the weapons humanity has now make the atomic bomb look like a water balloon, we’re not sure most p...
Mar 29, 2023•1 hr 53 min•Ep. 101
Once there was something incredibly rare: a truly honest place on the internet. Despicable, crude, ill-advised, dangerous, unhealthy, and extremely toxic, yes, all of this is true. But it was honest. And it was beautiful. The subreddit Wallstreetbets gained prominence during the GameStop stock fiasco of 2020-2021, but it was much more than that. It is a stock trading forum, on paper, but in practice it is (or was) a truly wretched hive of scum and villainy. Where fortunes were made or lost depen...
Mar 22, 2023•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 100
Today we’re exploring the claims of one man with many identities and fantastic stories about his past. His name is James Casbolt, he’s from England and he’s blowing the whistle on deep underground military bases that supposedly house kidnapped children and the evil shapeshifting reptilians who eat them. A certified psychic super soldier who met an American supermarket heiress online and married her, a man who rubbed elbows with billionaires only to land in prison for stalking one. Why does James...
Mar 15, 2023•1 hr 44 min•Ep. 99
Today we're telling a little tale of a man named Sir Jeffery Hudson, court dwarf to Queen Henrietta Marie of England. Jeffery wasn't any ordinary dwarf though, his life is one of the most insane stories we've ever heard. From the wacky psychotic hijinks of 1600s royalty, to pirate captures and English Civil War, the inherent hilarity of a tiny dude and a huge dude together, and a bloody duel in a cold castle in France. If nothing else, the story of Sir Jeffery Hudson is proof that things have al...
Mar 08, 2023•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 98
Does the thought of mind-controlling parasites upset you? It should, it’s very likely you have them…apparently almost everybody does! That’s why the world is so messed up! We’re all being piloted by worms thanks to some people who huffed pigeon poop in a cave 15,000 years ago. At least that’s what one document making the rounds online titled “The Parasite Pill” would like you to believe. They claim that parasites are the cause for all human suffering but there IS a cure… find out the antidote on...
Mar 01, 2023•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 97
It's time to talk about the man, the myth, the eyebrows Col. Michael Aquino. One of the longtime devils of conspiracy culture, Michael Aquino was an Army PSYOP officer, a Satanist who started his own religion after talking to the Egyptian God set, a goth edgelord of tremendous proportions, a favorite target of satanic panic accusations (which included such totally believable incidents of satanic ritual abuse as "poo-poo baseball") and a military and political theorist whose concept of MindWar ha...
Feb 22, 2023•1 hr 36 min•Ep. 96
This is the tale of Sir Emperor Nicholas Chopper III, aka The Tin Man. Yes. THAT Tin Man. The Wizard of Oz is a classic tale many of us grew up with. Dorothy and her friends met the Wizard…and then what? Let us regale you with the tale of the Tin Woodsman and how he became emperor of the Winkies, how he was transformed into an owl, and how he came to be made of tin. Love. Adventure. Evil curses. Rainbow fairies. Self-mutilating robots. Green monkeys. Transhumanism. Existential questions about wh...
Feb 15, 2023•1 hr 33 min•Ep. 95
