The Farm and the State of High Weirdness

Christopher Knowles of The Secret Sun and myself were back on the Farm this past Friday with our hosts, Frank Zero and Jeremy Knight of ZeroKnight. Jeremy graciously handled the technical aspects so that the rest of us could gab for nearly an hour an a half. On the whole, I felt the results were quite excellent despite Frank and I having personal stuff that effected our prep and Knowles being a little under the weather. Regardless, this podcast turned out much better than our first effort, which wasn't to shabby in and of itself. This time around, everyone seemed more comfortable together, leading to the chat taking some epic turns.

We started out discussing Andrija Puharich and The Nine, and from there things started to take on a life of their own. The various blue-bloods who backed Puharich were considered, as well as the Pentagon behavior modification program he cut his teeth in. Knowles addressed Puharich's old stomping grounds of Maine and all of the strange stuff that was going on in the surrounding area, as well as the mysterious Rear Admiral Herbert B. Knowles (no relation to Chris). Naturally, I found time to expound on the differences between ARTICHOKE and MK-ULTRA. From there, Chris started to breakdown some of the more Nine-centric Hollywood productions, most notably the Star Trek franchise (especially The Original Series and The Animated Series) and the original The Outer Limits. Naturally, the creators of these two franchises, Gene Roddenberry and Leslie Stevens respectively, got a lot of air time as well.

Puharich

From there, Frank delved into some of the mysterious tropes that appeared in the cartoons we kids from the 1980s and 1990s grew up with. I then started to break down the murky origins of the Association of Former intelligence Officers and its sinister Las Vegas chapter. This led to a discussion of the Las Vegas shooting of 2017, To the Stars Academy, and the sinister Mellon family of Pittsburgh. Things wrapped up with Chris and I discussing Lovecraft and what he may have been up to during his numerous journeys across the US. I also found the time to elaborate on the occult significance of the atomic explosion at Trinity.

All in all, pretty epic. The chat can be found here. Please check it out and like it. We'd like to make these chats a regular thing if the interest is there. Certainly, they're a lot of fun for us and here's hoping you guys are enjoying them as well.

For more information on the topics discussed, it is recommended you listen to the first podcast as this one builds off of the earlier one.

Also of interest:

• The Office of Security: A Tale of Sex, Drugs, and High Weirdness series
• The Office of Security Meet The Nine Part One and Two 
• The Fringe: The Strange and Terrible History of the Far Right and High Weirdness series, especially Part Two
• The House of Mellon Part IV: A Death in the Family and The Dark Enlightenment and More Mellon Madness
• The New World? -Occult Volusia County

Also of interest is the classic Lucifer's Technologies series on the Secret Sun that largely inspired my fringe series.

A big thank you again to Chris, Frank, and Jeremy for making these chats possible. And with that, I shall sign off for now. Until next time dear readers, stay tuned.