Hey there you beautiful, kind, sympathetic and totally understanding kooks! First of all, sorry about the lack of episode last week but the eclipse ended up throwing off our whole schedule & on top of that (woof!) this here...this is some dark, disturbing subject matter that required quite a few breaks in between research in order to keep our mental health at acceptable levels. However, given the current American political, and by extension conspiratorial zeitgeist, we thought that this was a timely topic that needed to be discussed. For those of you who know the story behind the piece of shit that happens to be the subject of this (and our next) episode, then you're well aware of what it is you're in for. For those who don't? Just don't say you were never warned! We'll try our best to gloss over as many of the horrific details whenever possible, but once again, we felt that given the current climate of conspiratorial rhetoric in America today, what with all the Qanon, "cheese pizza", "adrenochrome" shit show inextricably interwoven into politics, this is something that we felt needed to be brought to the fore of public consciousness. It's rough stuff & part deux is likely to be far worse. As stated before, we going to try our very best to maintain a respectful stance overall for the victims involved, while pointing out much of the contemporary hypocrisy, lies, and unmitigated bullshit which surrounds us today. So far this is some of our darker subject material to date and (excluding next episode) will hopefully be one of the very few times we have to address it. But don't fret dear listener, we will whenever possible attempt to mix in a bit of levity & lightheartedness into the mix any and everywhere we can get away with it. If nothing else, we hope this 2 part series supplies you with some much needed food for thought. Thanks for listening!

*BTW, Pt.2 WILL be posted up this Wednesday! Again, sorry for the wait!

*Opening/closing theme: "Ghost Town" by Aves

*Email us!: kooksandcranks@gmail.com

*SOURCES: "Le Monstre" podcast (12 episodes) by Matt Graves from Tenderfoot TV & "iHeartRadio" (an exhaustively comprehensive overview of the entire Dutroux case, highly recommended for those interested) & the book "Programmed To Kill" by David McGowan for more of the kooky (if not outright completely false) total conspiracy theory rundown of events such as these.

*W.W.T.W. Articles:

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/9/what-do-texan-red-heifers-have-to-do-with-al-aqsa-and-a-jewish-temple

https://news.sky.com/story/armageddon-in-illinois-nefarious-scientists-warning-signs-from-god-marjorie-taylor-greene-alex-jones-and-influencers-peddle-conspiracy-theories-about-solar-eclipse-13110035

https://www.thedailybeast.com/russia-freed-satanic-cult-killer-nikolai-ogolobyak-from-prison-to-slaughter-ukrainians

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