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Historian of science, espionage, and the occult in the Cold War.

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[#17] The Gnomeiary, Phase I (w/ Bradley & Reid) Listen now | My buddies Bradley and Reid join me for a good old fashioned rap sesh, talking about the paranormal, the fringe, ufology, and the current state of affairs

Today on Getting Spooked: Bradley, Reid, & I joined forces in 2022 & began the vaunted Gnomechat, one of the smallest/most powerful groupchats in the stinky annals of ufology, Forteana, & parapolitics. That energy hits the airwaves for paid subscribers. tannerfboyle.substack.com/p/17-the-gno...

07.05.2025 13:52 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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State of the U(fo)nion II Losing the Magic, Forgetting Class Consciousness, Worshipping False UAP Idols, and Left Wondering Where to Go from Here

Today on Getting Spooked: A State of the U(fo)nion address on the UAP caucus, Peter Thiel, lobbying, & total right-wing cooptation of UFO & conspiracy. I discuss losing the magic, forgetting class consciousness, worshipping false idols, & the path forward. tannerfboyle.substack.com/p/state-of-t...

23.04.2025 12:20 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 6
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"Voice from the Swamp", John Heartfield, 1936

"Three thousand years of consistent inbreeding proves the superiority of my race!"

07.04.2025 19:00 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Getting Spooked Reading List #5 Okay, So Maybe Not Readingβ€”But Sometimes Watching Things Is Good for You Too! Seven YouTube Documentarians or Video Essayists Worth Your Time

Today on Getting Spooked: Another "reading" list, this one focused on YouTube documentarians or video essayists doing interesting research in the realm of the fringe, paranormal, conspiratorial, unsolved, & downright odd. I watch each channel fastidiously. tannerfboyle.substack.com/p/the-gettin...

12.03.2025 11:47 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

Where things are headed, you're all going to need to read this book

02.02.2025 22:31 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A Spook History of FedEx - Pt. 1 In the first part of this series, I talk about the founder of FedEx's father, his connections to Georgia Tann and Boss Crump, and Fred Smith's early life.

Check out my good friend Dr Diocletian Blobb's article on the secret history of FedEx:

drblobb.substack.com/p/a-spook-hi...

24.01.2025 23:08 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

They took a bit of a break for the holidays but there's a new episode coming soon!

22.01.2025 00:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Strange As It Seems | Strange As It Seems A podcast series about History, Occultism, Espionage, Secret Societies, Conspiracy and High Weirdness. Hosted by Dr. Richard B. Spence and co-host Stephen Austin.

The great Richard Spence, emeritus professor of history at the University of Idaho, has started a podcast called Strange As It Seems. Check it out! They just released an episode about Rick's astonishing 2017 article on a 1914 UFO cult in Utah called "Lights in the Sky".

strangeasitseems.podbean.com

21.01.2025 02:02 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

The first article in my series on Belita Adair covers her childhood career in the 1970s California New Age scene, her dangerous encounters with various figures in the Theosophical Society, and the psychic experimentation she was subjected to by Andrija Puharich. Check it out on Getting Spooked πŸ‘‡

06.01.2025 17:46 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you!

06.01.2025 23:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@themountaingoats.bsky.social If you get a chance to read this please let me know what you think πŸ™

06.01.2025 17:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you for reading!

06.01.2025 17:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The first article in my series on Belita Adair covers her childhood career in the 1970s California New Age scene, her dangerous encounters with various figures in the Theosophical Society, and the psychic experimentation she was subjected to by Andrija Puharich. Check it out on Getting Spooked πŸ‘‡

06.01.2025 17:46 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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From "lobotomies again" by Tacie Dejanikus in Off Our Backs, Vol. 2, No. 9 (May/June, 1972), pp. 2-3

21.12.2024 02:31 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Join us in a few hours for part two at 7pm EST! Set a reminder here πŸ‘‡

www.youtube.com/live/4w-4PsK...

05.07.2024 19:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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New on Getting Spooked: An early release of a forthcoming 7-part Programmed to Chill podcast series on starseeds featuring myself & Jimmy Falun Gong. First 5 episodes are out now and the appendices will drop over the next 2 weeks.

tannerfboyle.substack.com/p/programmed...

15.04.2024 14:55 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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The Qanon extended universe belief that Trump is one such β€œwalk-in” originates with Montgomery’s 1985 book, in which she predicts that America would soon elect a β€œwalk-in” president. She was a rising star in Hearst’s news empire until pivoting to psychic phenomena in the 1960s.

19.11.2024 03:05 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Early in her career, Ruth Montgomery, journalist who popularized β€œwalk-ins” β€” alien souls who take over someone’s body following trauma or an NDE, imbuing them with a cosmic mission & changing their personality β€” went undercover in the white supremacist cop-filled β€œBlack Legion” to solve a murder.

19.11.2024 03:05 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Join us in a few hours for part two at 7pm EST! Set a reminder here πŸ‘‡

www.youtube.com/live/4w-4PsK...

05.07.2024 19:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The Cult of Aristasia (Part 1) with Reid @seriations | Weird Reads with Emily Louise LIVE
My guest this week is the insightful and endlessly knowledgeable Reid, aka @seriations on Twitter. He is an independent historian of science, focusing on the intersection of espionage and the occult in the Cold War. From controversial figures like Ira Einhorn and James Shelby Downard, and topics like starseeds, UFOs and Atlantis, Reid's highly informative Twitter threads and podcast appearances are must-reads/listens. This week he joins me to explore the bizarre cult of Aristasia. Why were so-called "traditionalists" making violent video games? Why were they seemingly obsessed with corporal punishment? And how are they linked to fascism? Follow Reid on Twitter: https://twitter.com/seriations TIMESTAMPS 00:00:00 INTRO 00:07:24 Lux Madriana and The Coming Age 00:26:21 Mary Scarlett and the Screamers 00:33:18 Moving to Hebden Bridge 00:37:16 The Rhennes 00:44:37 Moving to Ireland 00:49:49 The Silver Sisterhood 00:59:14 St Brides 01:12:25 St Brides and age regression 01:18:00 St Brides and corporal punishment 01:22:35 The Games Mistresses of St Brides 01:33:00 The Romantics 01:43:12 Imperial Angel and the nation of Romantia 01:50:02 The English Magazine and fascism 02:06:39 Mary's "Romantic manifesto" 02:09:55 Abuse and court conviction 02:27:03 Communication with John Tyndall (BNP) 02:35:19 Recruitment The Cult of Aristasia (Part 1) with Reid @seriations | Weird Reads with Emily Louise LIVE

If you missed the livestream I did with Emily on the Aristasia cult back in April, check it out before we stream part two next week: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThXk...

23.06.2024 22:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Totally fair! Glad to hear you're still enjoying it. I'm going to write it up as an article soon so hopefully that'll be easier to digest. If you prefer video you may find her appearance in this 1980 HBO program interesting: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDv8...

16.06.2024 20:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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@themountaingoats.bsky.social It's a crazy & deeply sad tale. If the episode is too long (very understandable) you can read Belita's own version here, but the version I tell on the episode is much easier to follow & really went deep: web.archive.org/web/20220828...

16.06.2024 03:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

@themountaingoats.bsky.social since you named Satanic Corpse as one of your influences back in 2009, please listen to my episode on frontwoman Belita Adair's wild life story: tannerfboyle.substack.com/p/programmed...

16.06.2024 02:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Artwork by the incredibly talented @rvoy__ on twitter

15.04.2024 14:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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New on Getting Spooked: An early release of a forthcoming 7-part Programmed to Chill podcast series on starseeds featuring myself & Jimmy Falun Gong. First 5 episodes are out now and the appendices will drop over the next 2 weeks.

tannerfboyle.substack.com/p/programmed...

15.04.2024 14:55 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Fascinating article on Canada’s role in Anglo-American bioweapons research & production during the early Cold War. It’s criminal that many historians still push the lie that the US never used bioweapons during the invasion of Korea

www.thecanadafiles.com/articles/can...

10.11.2023 02:59 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

www.dreamscience.ca/en/documents...

06.10.2023 18:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Dream manipulation is one of the oldest forms of magic, dating back at least 5000 years. Today, with surveillance devices on every nightstand and telemedicine on the rise, adtech firms & intelligence agencies combine these methods with unprecedented access to your dreaming mind

06.10.2023 18:48 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

cheers πŸ™

24.09.2023 04:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Freeland knew her grandfather was editor of Nazi newspaper Stories on pro-Russian websites have said minister’s stand against Russian aggression in Ukraine is linked to her family’s past

www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politic...

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23.09.2023 22:13 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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