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From UFO's to psychic powers and government conspiracies, history is riddled with unexplained events. You can turn back now or learn the stuff they don't want you to know uction of IiHarR radio Hello, welcome back to the show. My name is Matt. My name is Noel They call be Ben. We're joined with our super producer, Max the Freight Train Williams. Most importantly, you are you. You are here. That makes this the stuff they don't want you to know. If you are tuning in our strange News program, the evening it publishes, welcome to june fifteenth, twenty twenty six guys up B shout out to Ol ofgard Yeah, Yeahah, I mean,' we're all family at home What a tagline. What a genius bit of marketing. It's the thing that always comes to mind. What's going on with olive Garden? Are they Are they finally out of breadsticks Well, it's a tagline up there with Checkers infamous You gotta eat, one of our favorite taglines on this show. They are involved in a crazy story. We're gonna give you just a little bit to wet the appetite, you know, just like a breadstick before you get your fetucin. Yeah, before you get your fetuccinis. comoming to us from ABC four News. We have learned on Tuesday, june ninth that a man was charged in a forced marriage and satanic ritual after police responded. call from an olive garden That's a headline. Not to attack there. I mean so Did he have I don't I have so many questions. Did he like reserve? Did he have one of the private rooms Like for a birthday party, like what are we talking here? This is. This is where it gets a little bit more serious than the headline would indicate. So A main resident named Daniel Uay. I believe that's how we pronounce it O U E L L E T. Daniel Uay had apparently forced his victim to marry him threatened her with a firearm, claimed a religious cult was chasing them And then he grabbed the woman's arm during the incident and Cutterhand as part of a Satanic ritual in Kittery, Maine ever the the court documents show that Someone was able to get word to the police. pololice in New Hampshire. had received a call to an olive garden restaurant in a town called Newington. and the they did this after Pennsylvania state police received a report from a woman who was tracking her daughter's cell phone. That was The victim. So they did go apprehend him. Olive Garden did the right thing. Investigators searched Uay's vehicle wherein they found a satanic Bible and a sweatsir That's I don't know why they noted it that way. They were like a satanic Bible and also a sweatshirt. Was it a satanic sweatshirt It's it remains under investigation. And also, I'm sorry, Ben. Satanic Bible. has this come up before? Is there one official I mean Aish? Or is this just like a Satanic adjacent Bible I've heard of the Sanic verses. I don't know about this. Right? Publication And you've heard of you know the Stt James Bible or the LDS Bible. there are all sorts of variations and spins on this for O late The investigators are probably not experts in religious quandaries, which I think to later Yeah in the occult, which we'll get to later. But it does appear again that Ol of our Garden did the right thing unless you think folks that we are discriminating against any religion We can tell you that we very much do not here on stuff they don't want you to know But we can no longer say the same for the Pentagon. What if we pause for a word from our sponsors This is an IHart podcast. Guaranteed human You know, we've all tumbled down an internet rabbit hole trying to self diagnose, and it usually leaves us more anxious than informed. Our feeds are full of wellness trends, but how do we know it's real? 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And hopefully for you listening along at home fellow conspiracy realists It turns out that the Pentagon of the United States, our own Department of Defense. has done something arrguably unconstitutional. J Yeah, Jud wait a a minute. I know. just recently, they their official list of recognized military faiths. So here in the U. S. Armed Services peopleeople of all faiths are accepted. and until quite recently The DOD had a huge list of they recognized as faiths for service members. It was a list of like two hundred and eleven And now it's been cut down to thirty one One stroke Gessing Satanism was never on there, Ben. and it certainly isn't now Well, there are a few, I think they'll interest us. We're get this thanks to Raven Faugh over at MSN, the title of this article, Every faith, the Pentagon just dropped from its recognized religion list. And guys, It's okay with everybody. I'd like to read a few of these and just let's stop when we run into one we haven't heard of because I have not heard of a lot of these. I don't think I can name two hundred eleven religions, even counting Christian denominations H we go Atheism out Atheism is no longer recognized as a legitimate affiliation And yeah, I guess you could see why because atheism s the idea of religious belief The second one is interesting a saturin Have you guys ever heard of a satu? No, I was gonna say first one that popped for me. no idea. Sounds pretty interesting though I'm curious. T Have you heard of the Satu Um It's I don't know It sounds Nordic me, but I don't know Yeah, no, you nailed it, man. It's pre Christian Norse and Germanic religious tradition in kind of like a mix tape, remix revival. And no like you, I had never heard of this, but it does come on the heels of a statement from September of twenty twenty five when Pete Hagsetith said We were singling out Nordic pagans specifically we don't want those things recognized. Oh there is an interesting thing going on with I don't know if it's that specific religion, but a revival of Nordic worship like Odin, Freya, these kind of the pantheon there associated with white supremacyish movements and some of the nationalism kind of things I do wonder if that something it has something to do with that quQuite possibly and that's a great point to, you know, the two type people who are internally trying to resurrect a They say resurrect, but really what they're trying to do is create a belief system that confirms their racist ideology. Well, and the message here, Ben would be we want our white supremacists to be the good old fashioned Christian kind Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. you know, the ones we know and like. None of this pagan shenanigree. No. right. A lot of a lot of other respectable, credible religious systems caught some strays here guys. Daism, which is one of the most easy to get along with belief systems ever. You're just saying, I think Not sure about that a God. Not sure about that. Yeah. They're like, I think there is a god. and then you say, what about the details? they go A, we're more an big idea of religion. J I'm not gonna to lie, Ben. I'm curious of y'all's thoughts, but that's certainly kind of more or less where I find myself. It's the closest thing I could say that I would espouse, which be like, I think there's something, don't know it is, don't know what to call it I'm okay with that What do you think about universalist unitarianism? I know they were real nice people and they used their community hall to host punk shows when I was growing up. So they always were cool in my book They they were They removed Unitarian? I know. that do so harmless kind. Yeah. Yeah. As are the humanist. grandparents were a big part of Unitarian unversity. Very community focused, always hosted AA meetings and stuff. Like really, I always found them to be very lovely well, lovely people Dang And what was the other one you said Ben? Humanist are removed as well, which is I think you could say it's kind of related to you you. They're a nonthistic worldview and they say ook, we don't need the supernatural to be G people. And by the way A lot of these religions we just named. have been recognized in U.S courts. They've gotten the protection of a religious system or institution. The IRS recognizes a lot of these A There was also for tax purposes, like for tax like for breakes or like and that can be misused like in Catholicism or scientology. There's shots fired indeed. But can I just ask for a quick, what does this mean? Is this like mean you're not allowed to about or to espouse these religions if you are in the government? or is it just them sort of drawing a line in the sand and saying we don't recognize these as legitimate? Like does it mean something functional for members of the bureaucracy or of the military? Yeah, not a bad question there, No, because it, like so many other moves from this administration, could be seen as arguably performative, symbolic, little bit of red meat political theater to shore up votes for the midterms. but this is the functional difference If you are if your faith is recognized by the Pentagon, then you have the ability to access chaplain services, you can request specific religious accommodations, right? So for instance, I follow Islam So no pork in my MREs. This is very basic functional stuff. It's very important to people who practice these faiths When you enlist in the US. Armed Forces, you are asked to identify a religious preference. that gets put on your permanent file, gets put on your dog tags. For a lot of people, if you' religious isn't there or isn't recognized. It means that a chaplain cannot be formally assigned to support you It also means that if you have any dietary requirements or you have any important religious observations. if your belief system is not recognized, You don't get any of that And also it's not on your dog tag anymore, right? Or you have to put down one of the thirty one approved religions on your dog tags. So like imagine if you're getting buried and it's just your body. found, right? with those military IDs on you It could it could It could be a big deal. Yeah, again, because they it won't be put on your dog tag if it's it's one of these no longer recognized religions. And let's think about that number. two hundred and eleven All the way down to a little more than thirty. This also newew age churches band Druids. I didn't know there were I didn't know there was a contingent of Druids in the military services, but America is a melting pot. Rose Crucians Samans spiritualist, various denominations, Wiccan traditions, and then members of something called the Trough D you guys ever hear about the tra? No, but it sounds like the name of a space depot in Starfield. Yeah. Sounds like they added an R to They removed an H at an R to Thoth. Yeah, right. O Or they called it the broth and said they had to rework the thing. The troth is it's interesting because it's like how sharps are skinhes against racism The trough to your earlier point, Matt, is a specific reaction within the larger sphere of Norse Germanic paganism exist to explicitly distance itself white nationalist interpretations of paganism. Oh wow. So they take that one off. like they took that one off. They were like,, nope, nope guys, is this just a cost cutting measure? so they don't have to hire so many like clerics of different chaplains of different religions to be there to actually like help the service members I wish that were the case, but I think it's something deeper. I think it's pushing the U. S closer to Christian nationalist society. And the reason it's inherently unconstitutional is because on paper, we've always made a big deal about the separation of church and state. You can have any religion you want is the idea, right? As long as your religion is not explicitly telling you to break the law or harm other people you can do things like become a conscientious objector, right? Like Quakers, for instance, who would not take certain wartime roles in U. S. conflicts. This is This is deeper than I think a little cost cutting. I think it is again a political dog whistle, but it also indicates what appears to be an administration wide push toward an increasingly theocratic state one hundred percent They're not even saying the loud part quietly. They're just kind of screaming it from the rooftops. What is it that Pgsgath has that very specific brand of kind of I don't know, what's the word crusading Christianity that he espouses, that had that tattoo that he has that frankly has vaguely white supremacist vibes at the very least to it. But it's a very specific representation Christian reconstruction. There you go. And he has made no secrets about wanting to BA Christian conqueror. Yeah, making America a Christian nation built on biblical law. att least that's what that's what his Citics will say, we just I think it's important for us to talk about this one because it is so cartoonishly opposed to what the founding fathather said You know, it's it's just it's as bizarre as using giant fire tornadoes to clean up oil spills. Which is another real thing. That's the second It sureure is. Does it sound Does it sound like a made up headline, you guys So many of them do these days, it's hard to say It does. I still I just I can't get over they took Brosrucianism, Ricrucianism out of there just after having conversations about it, knowing there are major universities in the US that are based upon or based around that religion. It's just that's crazy to me I'm sorry to break that segue Ben. It's just a of the some of the things on that list. or baffling Yeah, very much so, very targeted. We know that the The Pentagon has started reworking some things. They started rolling back a little bit. They were originally targeting LDS members as well. Latter day Saints It turns out There are a lot of people who are members of the Mormon Church in politics who make laws. And so their voice mattered enough for the Pentagon to rework their list of religious designations. I've got gott to get to the fire tornado though, because it's so ridiculous. Sudas who were coming in today. This comes to us from Science Daily. courtesy of Texas A M University. here's the summary. Researchers have shown that controlled fire fers can clean up oil spills faster and more cleanly than traditional burning methods. So if you make a fire tornado They found it consumes up to ninety five percent of the oil from a spill. It cuts the emissions of soot and all that nasty stuff by forty percent and it could theoretically nip these oil spills in the bud and burn them out before they reach sensitive marine So that's where we're at twenty twenty six It's time for the fire tornadoes I don't know who willll actually do it Why not I give it a shot? You know what I mean? This is such a shrug, hold my beer. What else, what else kind of thing. But if If it works and you can read the study online. if it works the u The Bffins proposing this are credible. I don't think they're a bunch of arsonist or fire bugs. nowhere in anything I've read about this Did anybody say anybody from Texas A M say Also fires are cool and tornadoes are cool That's not in their conclusion They think it will genuinely help address some serious issues Well And also we all universally know that tornadoes and fires are cool unless you've been inside one or the other or both simultaneous Right. Yeah. yeah. we don't know. Maybe there's a weird aggregate effect where somebody survives a tornado and then survives a fire, but then they get them both at once and they say actually, they kind of balance out. It's a cool vibe. It's sort of like an olive garden Olive garden. The firestorm family. Gys, we've got other stuff we can't get to, especially the story of David Rush, which I think we mentioned a little bit, but there are some updates on a a real con artist of a C CIA officer, mayaybe we could save that for next week.. We've got one canan you give us a taste? Yeah, yeah, of course. G to New York Times. this this is a few days old, but we've got some pretty Pretty impactful updates here. G to New York Times and you'll see you'll see a headline, FBI arrest CIA official with forty million dollars in gold bars in his home along with multiple fancy watches Lose diamonds? prettyretty much lose diamonds. Okay because because here's what happens. God lose diamonds. It's key. Yeah that This guy, David Rush is still in jail. He is being charged with stealing public money by filing fraudulent timeheets He was a former senior executive service level employee at a U. S. government agency end quote, cool. That mean you had a senior position at the CIA. One of the good ones. Yeah. He's a spook. And he his home got searched, especially when he was Look, he got jammed up because he was doing some con artist stuff and he lied about his whole CV. We still have no idea really how he got around the background checks to get his clearance. but fromr last November to March. So november twenty twenty five to March of this year. Mr. Rush went to his bosses at the CIA and asked for and received, quote, a significant quantity of foreign currency and tens of millions of dollars in gold bars, those are our loose diamonds, for work related expenses. end quote That's that's why I think is that's what's really sticking guys. I think this is a bigger story in the future. Imagine if we went to our bosses and said We've got some work related expenses. Can we have gold bars The CIA literally keeps untold hoordes of precious metals for sensitive overseas operations John Wickhot It so much is, right? I wonder what are his markers like right now. for Rush But yeah, I think we should look into that one further, perhaps in the future, maybe maybe an episode. Big shout out to our reporters, Devlin Barrett and Julian E. Barnes. If you wna check out their article, again, New York Times FBI arrest CIA official with forty million in gold bars in his home goes deeper, deeper and deeper and we'll be right back If something's been off in the bedroom for you, you are not the only one. A lot of guys wait longer than they need to take action. But the difference now Getting real treatment is simple and through HIMS is one hundred percent online. 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We've certainly over the years, referenced and heard tle of the Denver Airport. and I think a handful of us have even passed through that bad boy. I don't think I have It's certainly not in a way that I noticed anything bizarre. And if I did, it was probably just a quick layover or something like that. But I actually don't think I have been there. But it has long been, I guess, since it's unveiling in nineteen ninety five, the subject of a lot of conspiracy theories surrounding some unusual art, perhaps little bit of an unconventional layout of its runways. We're going to get into some of these in a minute. and a giant sculpture of a blue horse with red eyes that many people connect to the horseman of the apocalypse. Well, with all that talk lo these many years, it seems that finally the administrators The stewards of the Denver Airport have decided to just lean on in. by saying that they plan to open some of the subterranean tunnels underneath the airport and turn it into something of a conspiracy museum experience Yeah, they're planning to spend seven hundred million dollars on pedestrian walkways connecting the different terminals of the Denver International Airport, throwing in touches of conspiracy theory, history, many of which directly reference some of the ones that have spread about the airport many, many years. Piece here in the Coloradoan by Nate Trella, walkways will take passengers through core of den conspiracies. The project announced may twenty sixth calls for converting old baggage tunnels to give passengers a way to get between the terminal and all of the concs, sorry the is not the terminals, as I originally said, without using the underground trains, which apparently have been the subject of a lot of criticism over the years for not being particularly efficient. Since the airport opened back in ' ninety five, the only way to get to Concourses B and C was by utilizing that apparently woefully outdated train system A can be reached through an above ground walkway Construction of these walkways is expected to begin next year and wrap up the following year, twenty twenty nine at the latest. We don't have an overall spend in mind, but some estimates and media reports do establish a range from three hundred to seven hundred million the May, yeah. it's not a cheap project. The mayor of Denver, Mike Johnston said in a statement, We've heard loud and clear that easier, more reliable ways to move between the concourses has been top priority for people traveling in and out of DEN. So he's sort of burying the lead a little bit. But I mean, I guess for folks that aren't into the conspiratorial side of things, this is just a convenience that is very welcome He goes on these new pedestrian walkways would deliver on them. giving folks more flexibility while we continue building one of the best connected airports in the world. And who knows? Maybe along the way, travelers will finally get a closer look at the underground tunnels and decide for themselves what's fact and what's fiction I love these guys. Yeah. Pretty fun guys. Yeah. guys. Yeah. Did did we ever talk about this just for context? yearsars ago, we were in our YouTube days, we did a video about the conspiracies you're mentioning there with the Colorado Airport or Denver Airport And we received, Matt, I bet you remember this. We received a very nice email from the people at I guess it was their PR department who said they watched our video and they invited us to come explore the airport with them and I'm still bummed that our bosses wouldn't let us go I wish we could go. That' so cool. Have either of y'all passed through this this hub I have. I have on a long layover heading somewhere else and because it's so far out of a max has to and because it's so far A from Denver proper It's like one of those airports where Unless you have a really long, long layover, you kind of just have to stay there I for one have never left an airport during a layover. I'm just too scared to do it. That's risky, right? It always feels risky. It always feels risky and short of it being like, you know overnightly I just won't chance it. The only place I've been really tempted to do it was in Amsterdam for reasons. But the biggest speculation surrounding these underground tunnels has been this idea that there's some sort of chD type creatures that live down there. That's me editorializing, talking about cannibalistic humanoid underground dwellers The more popular theory would be lizard people. always a favorite or aliens of some stpe. The most prominent theories that these Entities live below the airport, occupying a network of tunnels built long ago before the above ground portions of the airport were constructed. And to your point, Ben, it's obvious that this PR operation behind the Denver airport has been leaning into this for some time. And this is just an extension of that lean in You gotta love it though. You do. You do. Here's another thing you gotta love. Taxpayers aren't going to pay a dime for this reconstruction It's going to be all funded. The bill will be footed by, you know, profits from the airport itself. we know this concept of hiding something most effectively in plain sight is by doing in plain sight. So if we are going to create these things, you go through the areas that have these high traffic sccary creepy things that might exist down there What if play that up even further and it's almost like a tourist attraction to go through that thing And then you've got actual aliens that can just hang out go to and fro like Halloween horror nights at a musement bar and they jump scare you. And you encourage everybody. I like this idea because you encourage all the humans visiting to dress up and that way the aliens can move inconspicuously. Well think about thinkink about how much tourism revenue comes into you know area fifty one in adjacent communities and all of the you know UFO themed restaurants and bars and stuff in that community It makes a whole lot of sense. and I also do like the fact that as we know, most of these more outlandish conspiracy theories, we enjoy talking about them because they're a good time, they're a fun hang. It's a great thought experiment. And I just think we all want to believe, but probably don't believe that there are lizard people occupying the underground tunnels beneath the airport or that it was established as a home base and operating headquarters for The Illuminati, you know, or the Freemasons, whatever amorphous cabalss maybe, you know in question here. I would just say no, I think I do believe personally that there are underground secure facilities beneath this particular airport. like bunkers's no, that's an now that's that's one that I think you're right. That does have some sand. and we'll talk about that one in a second. time please They' for COG continu of govern Just just putting that out there like long lines building type stuff. Yeah, I'm with you, one hundred percent, but that is a different category of conspiracy than, you know, spooky aliens and lit. Yeah. That's more actual conspiracy as opposed to conspiracy theory. But yeah, there are a lot of subterranean things there, especially Colorado And Colorado is prime real estate for creepy government stuff. Shout out to Norad. Also, hey, I'm glad you mentioned Blucifer. Blucifer, that huge sculpture popped up in an episode we did on Ridiculous history about inventors who died by their own hands and unfortunately, the sculptor who created Blucifer died when the thing fell off Well, let's get to the bottom of that. It is locally known affectionately, like we said as Blucifer. It is just called Mustang and the artist is Louise Jimanz, who did sadly perish under the weight of Bluey Lucifery. Let's see. it has been you know, it's sort of like it is really spooky looking, especially at night because you can really see the outline of its like ribs and it's got quite a richus grin and it's, you know, the one lit or I guess one on each side Bright red, shiny. It really does look sinister as hell. You think it'd be weird for the pilots executing a landing, especially, but also I mean, the story I remember us researching on ridiculous history says that the sculptor was paying homage to his to the neon shop. that his father ran. But obviously, you got something like this, you got a story like this, consonspiracy theories are going to proliferate like mad Well, you look at the thing And then you realize that it severed its creators artery in his leg and made him bleed to death in his studio as he m cing stuff. bro. Yeah B sacrifice right Well, and there are some theories. This is obviously easily debunked, or some believe that its eyes didn't start glowing red until after its creator had been killed.. I mean come on. We're having Hey he paid the blood price and yeah, it made the eyes glow. Back to the one I'd mentioned, this notion that it contains the headquarters for the ultimate big bads of conspiracy theories, the Illuminati and or the New World Order and or you know, the Freemasons, any mishmash of all of these things. There have been theories about this circulating for many years, referring specifically to some of those bunker type situations that are incredibly M. Valid speculations that those exist for different reasons, but as we know, with a lack of information, you know, whatever, the speculation thrives. So this theory specifically stems from a time capsule that was buried on the ground and set to be opened in twenty ninety four that contains some freemason related symbols which also of course, has ties to this concept of the Illuminati, a secret society dating back to eighteenth century Europe. Another reason that this one had a lot of staying power was that the airport went way over budget than was originally projected and it took a lot longer to build. So conspiracy theorists believe that it took Iilluminati money to finish the job when they ran out of budget. The first five buildings reportedly weren't built correctly, but instead of demolishing them, they supposedly buried and more buildings were built on top of them, giving the Illuminati an opportunity for a secret underground Lir. So Let's jump to the one that you guys mentioned that has the most sand. Rumors that there is something of an end of the world bunker buried beneath the Denver airport. There is indeed, as we mentioned, as is the whole point of the story, a large network of underground tunnels with a train running between the concourses and a long defunct automated baggage moving system. But some people believe that their true purpose is to hide and to offer a path foot paths between a network of underground bunkers. Of course, the speculation, again dives back into lizard people and alien life forms, but to your point, Matt and Ben, this much more likely is a way of preserving continuity of government in the event of some sort of, you know ick event We know these places exist. We have evidence that these types of things absolutely exist. Long Lines buildilding in New York. We talked recently about one strange news. Well, let's say you got to you want to build a brand new extxtremely secure underground facility. Let's say somewhere immediately adjacent to the White House What do you got to build on top of it an airport. No. a giant freaking ballroom O or, you know, you want to build a huge underground safe facility kind of in the middle of nowhere. Well you gott to build an airport on top. No, it's true and the airports there. So I think we're on board that that's highly likely. But we certainly don't have any direct proof of that. The official Denver Tourism website says that other theories speculate, this is from leeisure and Travel Piece, by the way, Dive into the strange conspiracyies surrounding Denver International Airport by Andrea Romano And yes, the tourist board does say That other theories speculated that the tunnels lead directly to the North American Aerospace Defense Command or NRAad located at Peterson Peterson Space Force Bace around ninety kilometers to the south of the airport in Colorado Springs. I was just looking at the map, you guys, That's why I went dark for a second because this is a fun game. We always like to play, fellow conspiracy realists You can pull up your map and if you check out Cheyenne Mountain Space Wce Station, like Nool mentioned, you will see that it's about an hour and a half south of Denver International Airport, which makes it perfect planning. Let's say you've got some politicos or high value folks on the east coast and stuff goes sideways and the bombs begin to fall, then they're a hop skip and a jump away from one of the most secure facilities outside of that ballroom whatever is underneath it. Yeah, no, that's definitely true. The same article that I mentioned also does point out though that it would have taken much longer. then the airport has been around to construct a tunnel of that length that would have stability unless it was pree existing infrastructure, like they speculated about some of the underground tunnels underneath the airport. Maybe not, but unless you had something like the Boring compomany Amam had a with like billionaire that was like all about that kind of thing I don't just say Like Tesla in the hyper loooop or something, but it would, you know, to your point, it would have to be It would be a work of such infrastructure to get subterraneum to do it secretly. That's also do Yeahick do it secretly is it's like one of the main things I keep going back to here. We know the the time I gave in terms of transport distance is just surface area. So driving on the streets of Colorado, it'll take you an hour and a half to get from point A to point Z But what if you had a helicopter, right? What if you land in the airport and you had a puddle jumper or something like that? I mean, by which I mean, just a small craft like a cessna, could you land at could you land over at Norad oss Quite possibly indeed. And I think one of our favorite and most visual examples of conspiracy theories surrounding the Denver Airport are the art pieces outside of I keep calling themy Blucifer. There are some pretty wild murals. one of which I always point to features this gestapo looking like a character out of Pink Floyd's the wall, wearing a gas mask and kind of a borderline like Nazi type hats and uniform, wielding a Kalashnikov with a bayonet on it in one hand and swinging a giant razor sharp shiny saber in the other. On the tip of the saber is a dove of peace. And stylized on the other side of the saber is just like just sle old women clutching dead babies It's an odd choice guys for a piece of public art. I would say. And it is called something along the lines of Children of the Wor Dream of peace and it is just quite intense to say the least There's another little frame that just shows children Huddled under blankets laying in piles of bricks that appear to be bricks born of rubble from demolition of their homes, it is just a real bummer. And then along the top you you got yourself a rainbow flying across the top edge of the piece Um it is A real choice And it is by the artist Leo Tenguma So whoever commissioned all this stuff, including Blucifer, definitely was down with some seriously dark imagery. And then the last thing and not least is this notion that if you look at an aerial view of the way that the runways are laid out, it creates something resembling a swastika, but that's kind of just usually the way runways are laid out If I'm not mist Like in a circular like kind of you know, zig zagging pattern in order to maximize the space That's it guys. That's my time. The second one that I was going to mention, but I had a feeling would we would go to town with this one is just that they pray priest who was formerly an exorcist for the Catholic Church was playing a little too fast and loose with his idea of what demons were, saying that they were likely aliens and UFOs. And the Catholic Church has said goode byye and severed ties with this man Is that what it takes? to get kicked out of the Catholic to know Gabe was very successful for many years. We ran into him while we were investigating exorcisms previously. and that guy was accusing people of being possessed for reading Harry Potter So I wonder if there's more to the story we can look to in the future. Yeah, this is a guy named Mignor, Stephen Rosetti, who'd been working at the Washington Archdiocese over the past fifteen years as you heard it right, an exorcist. And we have talked in the past about how that definitely still is a thing. And there are folks, you know who work within the Catholic Church that specialize in that Apparently he just was straying a little too far from their their dogma regarding how the devil plays his dirty tricks And UFO's apparently doesn't enter into it Can I read a quote from his may twenty ninth Facebook ost Oh by all means I know that you are I know that you were digging on this one too. Heck ye. This is a quote from Monsignor Rosetti There's a danger here As an exorcist, I wanted to raise that danger And that is that demons like to hide They don't want us to know what they're doing because they're more effective when we don't realize it They can kind of get in your head, you know, and manipulate things in the world to influence us to do evil It's my personal belief that probably many, if not most of these UFO sightings are in fact demons. Definitely speed demons. those things be zipping around, zipping and zipping. And this was a man who was even, you know, in the good company, I imagine of other prolific exorcists considered to be highly prolific having conducted hundreds of these things, as well as something referred to as deliverance sessions, which I guess is a little different than an exorcist. was also a licensed psychologist and seems to have a real proclivity for for theccult and made these made these connections. and the leadership did not seem to like it Dude, can we talk about how it's Oh and J Vance, by the way, has also said that he believes UFO's are demons. this guy isn't alone That's fascin There's something to this concept of being obedient to the church rather than being obedient to teachings or I don't know Therere sure is part of the religion? There sure is. He he made another statement This is another stamment re really fast. He says, I ask forgiveness for any ways that I have not been faithful to the teachings of the church's magisterium particularly in the cited video on Aliens and the deemmonic. I believe it is of the utmost importance to be obedient to the church. And I will continue to endeavor to subject all that I do in the center to be thus obedient Yeah, ye, throwing around that obedience, that oh word. defefinitely makes your skin crawl just a little bit. And last thing for me, there's a piece from slate by Molly Olmstead that lays out this potential, I mean it's highly speculative, of course, that there might be something deeper at play. And she says to the uninitiated, it's a bit confusing that a religious official whose job description includes wording off demons could get in so much trouble for simply speculating that there could be a demonic link to what are by definition, unexplained aerial phenomena Is there some grand conspiracy here Does Rosetti know too much? Gainless as that sounds there's actually something less supernatural and more terrestrial playing out here. And This is to your point as well, Matt, about that O word, a power struggle between the Catholic Church and influencer priests who have successfully harnessed the internet's algorithms my time. Ben, what do you think about this? This is a fascinating cross section of social media influencing, the kind of stuff. we was read Me for us, UFology you know, unexplained phenomenon and of course religion M Yeah, please do folks, go back and check out our multiple episodes on exorcism, both in Western canon of dogma and around the world. You may also appreciate something really weird we found folks, which is that for a while, not too long ago Gobal exorcisms were actually on the rise. The Catholic church was green lighting way more. Also, magisterium just means the church's ability to Say what is real about God That's what makes them the authority. So that's why he's saying he's going to be obedient or that's why he's kissing butt too. And I think we all implied it, but I maybe buried some stats here a little bit. He is hugely successful on various social media platforms with fifty thousand followers on Facebook and TikTok and more than one hundred forty nine thousand followers on Instagram. And he spends a lot of his time putting out content and writing posts about demons and their various methods of triggering. Pretty interesting guys. I think this is a fascinating thing. and I'm curious to see the fallout from this and if there are other examples of you know, religious influencers who are technically part of the Catholic Church getting a little too big for their brches and getting kind of, you know having their wings clipped Let's take a quick break. H away from our sponsor, and then we'll be back with one more of strangeness We've all done it. 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A woman named Megan Perry who at the time was wearing a quote, clean water is a human right t shirt. went to the podium at an Nntucket schoolchool Cittee meeting with a plate of brownies and offered said brownies to the committee members She said, quote They do have a non detect level of XLax in them, but I figured since we're okay with a non detect level of PFAS, that's forever chemicals, it would probably be okay So again Here are some brownies. They have non detectable levels of exXlax in them Please have sone What is this like a in in protests. like I don't understand. You trying to make a point here Yes. Perry says she was trying to make a point in protest of Nantucket's proposed turf project This is a synthetic turf, you guys. remember us talking about that a little while back about Specifically soccer players. Right. Soccer players and the little bits of the PFast that ends up getting into the mouths and like on the bodies of children playing soccer. 'cause they' be sliding and stuff, right? and just like grinded on that, you know? Yeah. Yes, yes. She says she's concerned about the synthetic field and the levels of PFast are forever chemicals that will be in them The field for reasons we talked about with kids playing on it, but also for stuff that's underneath the field The field sits over the island's water aquifer The water aquifer of Nantucket Island an aquifer that is very important when you are surrounded by Ocean waters that are very salty And you can't drink that stuff without without a lot of money and time and So that makes sense. She's worried that there might be a chemical leakage or something that would contaminate the water supply of the town Now we've got a ton of PFAS maybe potentially in our aquifer that gives us all potable water Here's the thing. voters already approved the project Construction, however, is stalled while the Nantucket public schoolool system and the Nantucket Land and Water Council which is a local environmental advocacy group, negotiate an agreement on a testing regime for this artificial turf field It is it was stated here by Jeff None of the brownies were eaten. However, the district was planning to file a report with local police Yeah This lady tried to give us X laax brownies But again, she let them know what was in it. And I think that's part of the protest with a point. with a braright Right. I you know, I think that is a good point And we're only bringing this story up just to show that it is probably worth our time to examine the allowable levels of terrible, carcinogenic, toxic chemicals that we allow into all of our things, including our water, our building materials, you know, our fields, everything probably examine it as deeply as we can and make sure there are extremely strong support structures and regulatory bodies that can prevent companies and I guess school districts for making decisions for all of us that may be against our best interest, which would be our health Next, we're moving on to another local story you guys. We're keeping it local. We're heading to Atlanta, Georgia. This comes to us from Atlanta News firstirst, written by Sarah Hammond on june eighth, twenty twenty six laawmakers pushing Marta for answers after recent string of violence What What? There's a new push for answers from the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority After a string of violence at its stations this time from state lawmakers, The pressure comes after two stabbings and a shooting in the week of june first. That is last week as we record this on june tenth twelve thirty seven PM. I don't know why I'm doing that. Okay Police said for Etern time folks. Eastern Police said forty two year old Anthony Gresham is now behind bars after what they're calling a targeted shooting on a marta train on Friday, june fifth It was the latest incident in a string of violence on booard trains inside stations The shooting came one day after the federal government announced its intention to investigate Marta in the wake of two recent stabbings. One of which left Margaret Sam Swan, who was sixty six years old, dead Her daughter, Chineay is pushing for more security. There's stuff that the Senate majority leader and the House majority leader here in Georgia, these are state leglat legislators They sent a letter toart Mart's CEO demanding details on how the agency is going to improve safety They want to know what actions have been taken, especially ahead of the twenty twenty six FIFA World Cup. Oh wait, wait a second, you guys, hold on. Why whyy would this be a big story? People get hurt all the time in this city and every other city There's violent crimes that occur every day, every hour. U Why are we talking about this story Do you think it has something to do with that FIFA World Cup Aian in the city Why do you think there have been so many why do you think there have been infrastructure improvements like those, o gosh, those glass doors that keep getting busted and make the city look bad? Why do you think that there are more law enforcement officers posted at these at these various venues? The World Cup, by the way, is not going well for the US thanks to those really harsh visa and immigration laws, right By the way, this state probe comes less than a week after the current presidential administration announced it opened an investigation into MartA surrounding its safety and security Hey that Wow yeah. Yeah, again I think it all has to do with FIFA and a World Cup. And it makes you wonder how much a city like Atlanta can use the World Cup As an excuse to put more funding Yeah as you knowical capital. Yeah I might look at the Olympics. Everybody loves that park that nobody has gone to since nineteen ninety six yeah, well I've been there a couple of times. Talking about centennium?. Yeah. Well they used to do shaky knies there or maybe they still do. Yeah, I mean we've been Brooke, if you've exactly a regular dog walking spot. Yeah, it's very nice parking. I think there was a nice parking There wass a show called on the Bricks or something like that that used to was through there. Yeah. Yeahah, I still like that place. It really c cool fountain But to your point, there is a tremendous window of opportunity for any government, especially if you're in the south where things are a little bit more conservative fiscally, this gives you a golden opportunity to say, hey There's a reason. we're using taxpayer money this way and it'll actually bring billions of dollars to our local economy because people around the world are going to visit to watch the premier matches of the planet's most popular sport Problem is They're not selling tickets like they wanted But yes, but it is an opportunity to get more of those tax dollars funneled directly to Marta to improve things that they want to get improved, but they don't have the budget for So you need a story like this to run, you need stories like this to run and make people truly believe and feel that using these trains is unsafe makeake you afraid of it so that you will even push or agree with the fact that, oh, my taxes have to go up a little bit fund Marta. Well, Marta's already been undergoing some renovations and they've been there's been talk of having some expansions being financed, but our good buddy Nick Benson, who was actually won a really cool contract to have a mural put up in one of the biggest kind of hub stations, five pointoint station, that whole project was scrapped. So you got to wonder if maybe there was some dodginess in some of those initial dollars. And this is a good way of maybe clawing some of them back Well, it's not about having amazing art by Nick Benson in our In our stations, it's about having more than a hundred officers. spread out all over the stations from Denver And having all these MAartA officers work extended shifts