DEMON FORCES V, Part Two: Shadow Worlds, Black Networks, & The Last Crusade Of Gerhard Mertins
Added 2023-08-02 13:23:26 +0000 UTCDimitri embarks on a terrifying dive into the career of Charles Taylor’s most mysterious arms dealer, the elite Nazi paratrooper-turned-Gehlen Org/CIA operative Gerhard Mertins.
Topics covered:
Mertins rescuing Mussolini with Otto Skorzeny in 1943, joining the Gehlen Org, training Nasser’s troops in Egypt with CIA money, forming Merex Inc. in 1963, working with CIA arms dealer Sam Cummings, clashing with Army Intelligence handlers in Vietnam, bankrolling his friends at Nazi cult torture compound Colonia Dignidad, Mae Brussell tracing Jonestown/Dignidad interlocks, Mertins befriending Zhao Fei and the Pakistanis, joining Bill Casey’s crusade, shipping Polish weapons to the Contras, big deals with the Saudis, Arif Durrani, Bin Laden’s high school teacher Ahmed Badeeb, Prince Turki and Prince Bandar, hiring the shadowy Joe der Hovsepian, Charles and Bob Taylor becoming Merex agents, International Bank’s control of the Liberian Maritime Registry, ominous satellite intrigues, Samuel Doe’s relationships with BCCI and Meridien Bank, Bob Gates shitting on “High Maintenance” David Charles Miller, searching for “David Miller” the BCCI insider snitch, John Tower’s suspicious plane crash death, and figuring out once and for all whether Gerhard Mertins was “Heinrich”, the mysterious German source for Time Magazine’s BCCI exposés in 1991.
Main sources: “Shadow World” by Andrew Feinstein, “Private Warriors” by Ken Silverstein, “Outlaw Bank” by Jonathan Beaty & Sam Gwynne
Comments
Are you talking about Programmed to Chill? I really liked just about everything Jimmy Falun Gong did. Is he problematic for some reason?
Tradili Porkmen
2024-08-26 17:19:52 +0000 UTCMy head exploded
Hispanic at the Disco!
2023-12-27 17:57:56 +0000 UTCHi. Is there any word on when the next episode is coming out? Thanks
FomorianSleeperAgent
2023-12-15 09:56:25 +0000 UTCAlso, https://youtu.be/f3V-7DEAgdc. Not sure if anyone has ever watched that and been confused but i thought of it while listening to this episode- haven’t come up with any coherent arg or interpretation but just wanted to add the sus link
ampgorky
2023-08-13 10:56:51 +0000 UTCI like the musical accompaniment(s) / composition of this episode too. I’m about to re-listen today woot woot. First time around I was thinking I had like mr robot season 2 music flashback but could be a false memory 😝😵💫🙃
ampgorky
2023-08-13 10:46:02 +0000 UTCIncredible work, can’t wait for the next one. This and contra are some of the best podcast series I’ve listened to. Would love a deep dive into Colonia Dignidad at some point, even though it’s been done by lesser podcasts that shall remain nameless
legomaster
2023-08-04 03:12:11 +0000 UTCWow, amazing level of research. Thank you guys for this important contribution to the truth.
Dusky Lad
2023-08-03 23:52:17 +0000 UTCHad to listen to that outside in the sunshine! Wow! Well done 👍
Jennifer Stroh
2023-08-03 23:45:18 +0000 UTCJust when you think this conflict can't get any murkier and spooky here we are. Nazi colonies in South America, shady business dealings, An enigmatic German arms dealer with ties to intelligence agencies and a plethora of questionable characters. Demon Forces continues to deliver! Production quality is top notch, can't wait for the next ep
MoveWeightLikeSosa
2023-08-03 20:09:20 +0000 UTCThat was insane. Holy fuck 😵💫
Han
2023-08-02 22:11:43 +0000 UTC
