Part Three: The Finders: CIA Child Trafficking Cult or Just Normal Cult?
Were The Finders a CIA operation? The short answer is "maybe"! The long answer is... this episode.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
23 Tammi 20241h 4min
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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. So, open your Apple Podcasts app, search for “Cooler Zone Media” and subscribe today! http://apple.co/coolerzone See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
20 Tammi 20243h 9min
Part Two: The Finders: CIA Child Trafficking Cult or Just Normal Cult?
After almost twenty years of quiet growth the Finders explode into public awareness when they are accused of sex trafficking children, possibly for the CIA. (Or the Devil.)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
18 Tammi 20241h 9min
Part One: The Finders: CIA Child Trafficking Cult or Just Normal Cult?
Robert sits down with Jamie Loftus to tell the tale of Marion Petty, the man whose cult was accused of trafficking children and may have been part of a CIA op. Or not! It's very unclear! (4 Part Series) Sources: https://apnews.com/article/4c5cd8141e930159ea3e4f0492a41ade https://www.vice.com/en/article/7x53vg/the-finders-cult-from-the-80s-was-patient-zero-for-epsteinand-pizzagate-conspiracies https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/287890/finders-keeper/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1987/02/07/officialsdescribe-cult-rituals-in-child-abuse-case/11f05df1-48e0-41f7-b46d249c0bd2bc39/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1987/02/07/finders-group-has-its-roots-in-popular60s-hippie-refuge/2d6b5d9d-904f-4acd-a371-f560fca68b39/ https://vault.fbi.gov/the-finders/the-finders-part-01-of-04/viewr https://www.gnosticwarrior.com/finders.htmlhttps://joncohen.org/wp-content/uploads/1988/11/In-Search-of-the-Finders-New-Times-version-.pdf https://www.amazon.com/Gamecaller-Mr-Tobe-Terrell/dp/1974059308 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
16 Tammi 20241h 10min
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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. So, open your Apple Podcasts app, search for “Cooler Zone Media” and subscribe today! http://apple.co/coolerzone See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
13 Tammi 20243h 45min
Part Two: John Schmitz: The First Trump
Our tale of Orange County bastardry reaches it's apex in John Schmitz, the conspiracy maniac who ran against Nixon from the Right and blazed the trail that led us to Donald TrumpSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
11 Tammi 20241h 9min
Part One: How Orange County Incubated American Fascism
Robert sits down with Francesca Fiorentini to talk about how Orange County, California gave birth to the modern Republican Party, thanks to some arms dealers and a howling fascist named John Schmitz. (2 Part Series) Sources: https://cafe.com/article/were-revolutionaries-john-schmitzs-controversial-1972-third-partypresidential-campaign/ https://www.nytimes.com/1972/11/05/archives/john-schmitz-is-no-george-wallace-.html https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-16-me-1902-story.html https://www.reddit.com/r/thecampaigntrail/comments/115krux/fun_facts_about_john_g_schmitz_not _really_theyre/ https://people.com/crime/mary-kay-letourneau-devastated-when-politician-father-was-caughtfathering-children-with-student/ https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-joseph-e-schmitz-foreign-policypentagon-dod-germany-wrong-doing-439239 https://archive.is/qkm9c https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2001/01/12/conservative-gopcongressman-john-g-schmitz-70-dies/d1dc7a2d-458c-4ef4-8f0d-398dfb8d54b4/ https://www.npr.org/2023/05/17/1176662608/a-historian-details-how-a-secretiveextremist-group-radicalized-the-american-rig https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/09/29/republicans-orange-county-california-228110/ https://www.pressreader.com/usa/los-angeles-times/20181105/281483572392685 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
9 Tammi 20241h 16min
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6 Tammi 20242h 26min
