Conspiracies of the Grateful Dead Pt. 2
The Nitrous Mafia have been a fixture at Grateful Dead shows and other jam band concerts since the ‘90s. They deal nitrous oxide to fans who want a taste of euphoria, but critics claim the cutthroat r...
20 Apr 202238min
Conspiracies of the Grateful Dead Pt. 1
In the 1960s a counterculture revolution was upending traditional norms of life, and the Grateful Dead were providing the soundtrack… and the drugs. Of course, this put them right in the crosshairs of...
18 Apr 202243min
William Kamm & The Order of St. Charbel Pt. 2
When teenage girls in the Order started getting pregnant in the early 2000s, Kamm claimed the babies were miraculously conceived from his “holy seed.” It was a lie, but by then, he had cemented contro...
12 Apr 202239min
William Kamm & The Order of St. Charbel Pt. 1
In Australia, an Easter Sunday vision set William Karr on a God-given path to start a family and fight the anti-Christ. Two decades later, in the 1980s, he had the beginnings of a religious movement, ...
5 Apr 202244min
Heaven’s Gate Pt. 4: The Exit
As the days count down to Hale-Bopp’s arrival, 39 people prepare for ascension. They’d abandoned their old lives, embraced a new ideology, weathered the death of a beloved leader… and finally, made th...
29 Mar 202247min
Heaven’s Gate Pt. 3: The Pivot
The group’s belief system had never been infallible. There had been adjustments along the way; revisions meant to keep the wheels turning whenever prophecies didn’t manifest. But then, in 1985, Bonnie...
22 Mar 202240min
Heaven’s Gate Pt. 2: The Class
1976 was a turning point for Heaven’s Gate. The spaceship that was promised had not arrived. Members were defecting. Nettles and Applewhite gathered their truest believers in Wyoming and made it clear...
15 Mar 202242min
Heaven’s Gate Pt. 1: The Two
When Bonnie Lu Nettles and Marshall Applewhite meet in Houston in 1972, it’s not for the first time — at least, not according to their birth charts. They’ve known each other in a past life. And in thi...
8 Mar 202247min
