Ringo, Tim Leary, Colin Ross, and the ISSTD papers

Ringo, Tim Leary, Colin Ross, and the ISSTD papers

This week: Lucien receives a “top secret” book exposing the coming ruling cabal (available on Amazon), as well as Lenny’s recent book on Timothy Leary. And we discuss an absurd documentary revealing that Paul McCartney died in 1966 and was replaced by a double. Next, we dig into academic papers by Colin Ross and Michael Salter, and recount some of Lucien’s run-ins with the ISSTD over the years. Also: Ted Gunderson, Stan Romanek, a self-styled psychic soldier who went by Omega Unit 193, and the time Lucien got stuck in an elevator with Warwick Middleton. Further Reading: -Subscribe to Joseph L. Flatley's Failed State Update newsletter: ⁠⁠ [http://lennyflatley.substack.com/]http://lennyflatley.substack.com/⁠⁠ [http://lennyflatley.substack.com/%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0] -Lucien Greaves on Substack: https://luciengreaves.substack.com/ [https://luciengreaves.substack.com/] Theme music: “Satanic Planet [https://thesatanictemple.tv/programs/_satanic-planet_-by-satanic-planet-official-video-149b03?category_id=171640]” by Satanic Planet

202. A Therapist, a Search Warrant, and a Coverup

Watch this episode on TST TV: https://thesatanictemple.tv/programs/wp-202-a-therapist-a-search-warrant-and-a-coverup [https://thesatanictemple.tv/programs/wp-202-a-therapist-a-search-warrant-and-a-coverup] A prominent trauma specialist is accused of warning a patient about an impending police search warrant, a decision prosecutors say allowed evidence to be destroyed before investigators arrived. What begins as a bizarre criminal case soon opens onto a much larger story about recovered memories, dissociative disorders and ritual abuse allegations. From there, Joseph L. Flatley and Lucien Greaves talk about the ISSTD, a professional community that has spent decades defending claims many researchers consider discredited. Along the way, they explore the enduring influence of conspiracy thinking in therapeutic settings, the legacy of the Satanic Panic, and why certain beliefs continue to survive long after the evidence behind them has collapsed. Also: Feral House has a new series on TST TV! And Lucien catches fire while filming a video for Satanic Planet. Links: -Lucien Greaves on Substack: https://luciengreaves.substack.com/ [https://luciengreaves.substack.com/] -Subscribe to Joseph L. Flatley's Failed State Update newsletter: ⁠⁠http://lennyflatley.substack.com/ [http://lennyflatley.substack.com/]⁠⁠ Theme music: “Satanic Planet” by Satanic Planet

201. Is it Disclosure Day Already?

Watch this episode on TST TV: https://thesatanictemple.tv/programs/wp201-is-it-disclosure-day-already [https://thesatanictemple.tv/programs/wp201-is-it-disclosure-day-already] In this episode of Worldwide Panic, Lucien and Lenny kick off Season 2 with a look at the recent wave of Pentagon UAP file releases and the decades-old "disclosure day" mythology that ufologists have built around the promise of a coming revelation. The conversation traces how thin, uncontextualized documents get inflated into proof through credentialed-sounding "whistleblowers," recycled tabloid sourcing, and sloppy AP-wire framing, drawing a direct parallel to recent Epstein files coverage, where a single ambiguous mention becomes a headline regardless of what it actually says. The episode closes with Lenny discussing his new book The Occult Timothy Leary, and Leary's own derisive take on UFO believers. Subscribe to Joseph L. Flatley's Failed State Update newsletter: ⁠⁠http://lennyflatley.substack.com/⁠⁠ [http://lennyflatley.substack.com/%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0] More info on Lenny's book The Occult Timothy Leary: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Occult-Timothy-Leary/Joseph-L-Flatley/9798888500842 [https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Occult-Timothy-Leary/Joseph-L-Flatley/9798888500842] Lucien Greaves on Substack: https://luciengreaves.substack.com/ [https://luciengreaves.substack.com/] Theme music: “Satanic Planet [https://thesatanictemple.tv/programs/_satanic-planet_-by-satanic-planet-official-video-149b03?category_id=171640]” by Satanic Planet

107. Lucien and Lenny Let the Devil in

In this episode of Worldwide Panic, we examine Let the Devil In, a recent docuseries centered on a 1988 New Jersey murder-suicide that has been retroactively framed through the lens of Satanic panic and occult fear. The conversation interrogates how the series presents its material: the use of reenactments, graphic imagery, and speculative testimony to imply supernatural causation where evidence is fragmentary or altogether absent. What emerges is a critique of true-crime storytelling in the streaming era: not as entertainment alone, but as a belief-producing system that rewards implication over proof and atmosphere over accountability. Watch this on TST TV: ⁠https://thesatanictemple.tv/⁠ [https://thesatanictemple.tv/] Subscribe to Failed State Update: ⁠http://lennyflatley.substack.com/⁠ [http://lennyflatley.substack.com/] Theme music: “Satanic Planet” by Satanic Planet

106. Cult Cops and the Internet’s Satanic Aesthetic

This week, Lucien and Lenny pick up where recent headlines left off: Australian authorities claim they disrupted an “international satanic pedophilic network,” and the hosts unpack why that framing echoes the Satanic Panic era even as today’s internet-born extremist micro-scenes muddy the picture. They draw a hard line between sensational “occult crime” narratives and what evidence-based investigation can actually support—especially when institutions build task forces explicitly to hunt “ritual” crimes and then declare they’ve found them. Lucien also explains his suspicion that modern “satanically branded” online networks (including 764 and O9A) are being amplified or exploited as propaganda vectors, potentially intersecting with Russian disinformation efforts. From there, the conversation turns to the professional ecosystem that keeps “ritual abuse” mythology alive: the ISSTD, “trauma-based mind control,” recovered-memory culture, and the way unfalsifiable frameworks can contaminate investigations and courtroom outcomes. The episode closes with a brief look at The Satanic Temple’s effort to help members evacuate Ukraine early in the war—and why Russia’s propaganda narrative latched onto it. Watch this on TST TV: https://thesatanictemple.tv/ [https://thesatanictemple.tv/] Subscribe to Failed State Update: http://lennyflatley.substack.com/ [http://lennyflatley.substack.com/] Theme music: “Satanic Planet” by Satanic Planet Further Reading: The Satanic Cult Crime Conspiracy Is Still Nowhere To Be Found [https://luciengreaves.substack.com/p/the-satanic-cult-crime-conspiracy] by Lucien Greaves