Black Hoodie Alchemy

For this episode of Black Hoodie Alchemy, I'm finally covering a topic I have teased here and there since the beginning of the whole show-run! At last, I am covering the sprawling, Charlie-Kelly-in-the-mailroom-style conspiracy theory that suggests that David Berkowitz did not act alone in the Son of Sam Murders of NYC. But make no mistake, this frenzied mailroom vibe comes not from the incredulity of the research, but from the sheer state of mind that tackling all of this topic's many threads will put you into! And let's not forget the fact that Berkowitz was working in a mailroom at the time, and contributed to the whole "going postal" phrase that we have today. Get ready to enter a story that surprisingly finds us diving into real-life theistic Satanism, Scientology and L. Ron Hubbard, Charles Manson, a strange Scientology doom-hippie offshoot called 'The Process Church of the Final Judgment', the dangers of hysterical Satanic Panic, brainwashing, and so much more! There is a lot of hype, hysteria, and leaping-conspiracy-theory conjecture that surrounds this case, but the actual case for the 'Sons of Sam' itself is quite compelling to me. In any case, I work my way through not only the classic tome on the topic, Maury Terry's 'The Ultimate Evil', but I also dissect the docu-series done by award-winning filmmaker Josh Zeman on this same subject, entitled: Sons of Sam: A Descent into Darkness. Not only was Zeman friends with Maury Terry towards the end of his life, but Zeman was the man that Terry willed his entire life's work to -- every document, photo, scribble, phone number... everything. And as an inside scoop, I was able to pick Josh Zeman's brain about this over a Skype call many years ago. While there isn't much he told me that his documentary didn't say, I did get some more direct and explicitly informative answers from him that I share here in the episode.Happy trip down the rabbit hole!Related BHA true crime episodes:The Brazilian PunisherClub Kids & Party MonstersRichard KuklinskiMalachi York's hiphop cultSante Muerte - the good and badIsrael Keyes Alaskan serial killerCartel Black MagiciansSHOW NOTES:NY Times Son of Sam TimelineJosh Zeman filmographySons of Sam: A Descent into Darkness documentaryActual old school Process Church propagandaLove, Sex, Fear, Death - book about the Process ChurchMaury Terry's 'The Ultimate Evil'Declassified FBI investigation into Process ChurchSon of Sam in prisonEd Opperman talks to NYPD Mike CodellaOpperman talks to childhood friend of Carr familyOpperman on History of 'Yonkers Cult'Opperman talks to Carl Denaro, Son of Sam victimLong Island Serial KillingsThis week's featured music -- a truly magnificent sonic assault coming from the strongest underground punk, hardcore, and experimental rock acts around!Salt Style - SaltSouled Out - Doc HammerCarbon Copy - Negative BlastWhen You Force It (Demo) - Zig Mentality

Welcome back -- at long last! Ending another unexpected break, I bring you an unexpected episode just in time for a 4/20-Easter combo, and this should mark the beginning of regular weekly or (at least) bi-weekly episode releases. I've had a lot going in my life recently, most of which has been very trying. It's brought about a lot of change, mostly for the better in the long run, but not before manifesting as horrific chronic pain for a couple months. More updates in the episode!But as for the central focus at hand, I take some time to address some of the insights I felt I gained as I gritted my teeth through intense waves of pain -- as always, I used philosophy to try and preoccupy myself and sometimes when you are pushed to your limits, you find some of your best insights. So I decided that for my episode back, embracing all the suck that I have gone through since my last episode (and all year honestly), I would explain just why all these New Agers that won't embrace the suck are seriously in the grips of mental illness. Using books like Robert Pirsig's legendary Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance and others, I get into why exactly this is the case and why's it not even a controversial stance to take. Outside of these insulated and self-congratulatory New Age communities, none of the critical thinkers are fooled. But all the same, rest assured that these 'spiritual' people will keep high-fiving and congratulating each other for saving the world in a way all too similar to the Scientologist rah-rah mindset.I'm just trying to do my part in this episode as a drop in the bucket. I hope you dig it!Related Content⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠DIVE MANUAL AUDIOBOOK⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HUNT MANUAL⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BHA LINKTREE w books, shorts, and much more⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Related EpisodesBHA Answer to Job episodeBHA The Image of GodBHA The Image of the DevilBHA Evolution of God and GoddessSource MaterialZen and the Art of Motorcycle MaintenanceAnswer to JobThe Crow's Afterword by A.A. AttanasioAd AstraThis week's featured music by talented homies of the show! Don't sleep on these underground titans, all their music is dope.The Sun Upon the Face - ZIG MENTALITYGet It Straight (feat. Purpose & Hashfinger) - Umang

Welcome back to Black Hoodie Alchemy, folks! When it comes to the soul and modern science, a question often overlooked is: how could something help ensure our genetic survival after death? Well, we've got some considerations for you!It's been almost long enough since the last episode to count as another mini-hiatus unfortunately, but hey cut me some slack. With the start of January, I had a weeklong trip in Georgia to see family and ended up nearly dying in the Emergency Room from a septic colon-response that emerged from norovirus. I'm all good now! But it mostly ruined the trip and gave me a solid week and a half of recovery before I could even get back into the swing of the basics. Not the best start to the New Year, but I'm thankful to be alive and running strong as ever!That in mind, we're diving into all things to do with death this episode, and I'm joined by my longtime friend and collaborator Justin Otto -- host of Dharma Junkie Podcast and facilitator at Gulf Coast Dharma. Justin has been heavily steeped in Buddhist practice and study for years now, and while he prefers to call himself a 'Dharma Practitioner' instead of the pigeon-holed spiritual label, he is one of the best people to have around for a conversation like this.With his help, I go through the seminal peer-reviewed scientific study done on reincarnation and natural selection, published in 2000, and titled: The Structure And Function Of Near-Death Experiences: An Algorithmic Reincarnation Hypothesis based on Natural Selection. This study gets DEEP talking about modern Near-Death Experiences, ancient and modern accounts of Out-of-Body Experiences, chaos theory, anthropology, physics and the nature of algorithms -- and even more! We also take the time to talk about Canadian psychiatrist Dr. Ian Stevenson and his dedication in the last half of his esteemed career to the diligent scientific investigation of reincarnation. Conducted out of the University of Virginia and continued in ways to this day, Stevenson absolutely pioneered the topic of reincarnation as a serious shadow of doubt even for the scientific materialist. Truly, even minds like Carl Sagan were fascinated with what Stevenson was doing and his work still leaves a tremendous amount for us all to digest today!We hope you dig the chat, stay safe out there, and remember to enjoy the small things in life! See you in a couple weeks.PS: We've also got some fresh updates for you straight from Tippy Patson and Jeff Mamba themselves -- don't forget to check it out at the commercial break!RELATED CONTENT:⁠⁠⁠⁠DIVE MANUAL AUDIOBOOK⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HUNT MANUAL⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BHA LINKTREE w books, shorts, and much more⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Paranormality Magazine w my Sasquatch chaos magick article!Justin Otto ⁠on Insta Dharma Junkie Podcast⁠ ⁠Gulf Coast Dharma⁠SHOW NOTES:Murphy & Persinger's peer-reviewed Reincarnation StudyTodd Murphy's Lecture on Darwinian ReincarnationJim Tucker on Ian StevensonJim Tucker, Stevenson and University of VirginiaMore Study into Birthmarks and rebirthIan Stevenson 30 min videoThis week's featured music is brought to you by the titanic hip-hop talents of Unknown Mizery aka KING MIZO, Hex One, and Umang! These dudes are always holding it down for the underground with real muscle -- keep an eye out for their current releases and show em some love!Living Dead - Unknown Mizery x Soul 4 HireBack Home - Umang x KickbackPump Your Fist - Uknown Mizery x DynamoBits of the Cosmos - Hex One x Devaloop x DJ FOXX

Welcome back to Black Hoodie Alchemy! This week we're blowing the dust off of an episode recorded in early October. Unfortunately, it was temporarily shelved when I got blindsided by 12 hour shifts, 7 days a week for over a month! If you'd like to hear all about that, just give last week's episode a listen. That in mind, I'm now happy to report that I'm rested, back in a normal routine and ready to hit the ground running with more BHA. This episode, my cohort Chris Fiato and I get into another sprawling, bat-shit crazy and fascinating subject! My research and focus for this episode started with the Paris Catacombs (and this takes up a good half of the runtime or so), but then it quickly spiraled out into the overarching history and psychology of 'subterranea' -- ranging across global history with catacombs, forgotten mines, freedom-fighter tunnels, expansive urban sewer and subway tunnels, and so much more. I even learned about Buddhist torture chambers, functioning city blocks in Scotland that were buried underground intact with businesses and homes still in operation, and an ancient Turkish city that housed up to 20,000 people with several stories underground. And to top that all off, as if this episode wasn't sprawling and crazy enough, we take some time to brush shoulders with the fringe-history conspiracy theories of the ancient advanced civilization of Tartaria and the obfuscation of history through "mud-floods." While these topics in and of themselves could warrant an entire episode, we do our best to get into this a bit and make some sense out of it! We had such an eerily fun time recording this episode, and it's a shame we weren't able to get it out in time for the Halloween season -- but hey, fuck it! It's always a Halloween vibe here at Black Hoodie Alchemy. That in mind, if you're listening to this when it comes out -- happy holidays and thanks for listening! We hope you dig it. Sources: Mary King's Close Mary King's Close Haunting MKC II A Skeptical Look at Tartaria & Mudfloods People debating Pensacola Tunnels on Reddit 5+ Hr Out-There Look at Pensacola Tunnels and Tartaria Underground city in Turkey Lost Tape in Paris Catacombs Living in Vegas Tunnels Vegas Tunnels Paris Catacombs History Paris Catacombs History II Tunnels beneath San Francisco Theater in the Paris Catacombs Mysteries Beneath the Surface Legend of Ashoka's Hell - Buddhist Torture Chamber Conspiracy Theories & Subterranea RELATED MATERIAL: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠DIVE MANUAL AUDIOBOOK⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HUNT MANUAL⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BHA LINKTREE w books, shorts, and much more⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠BHA YOUTUBE⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Chris on Insta⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Seed on Insta This week's featured music -- full of absolute bangers! Intro (4 All Y'all) - R DOTTA Raising the Culture III - Legitimate x Rex Seshunz Gang Rap - Babylon Warchild (Rumplestiltz Instrumental) I Gave You Power - King Mizo aka Unknown Mizery

For this episode on Black Hoodie Alchemy, we're celebrating the fall and Halloween aesthetic a bit more with our historical overview of the vampire! As Carl Jung often said: whether or not God exists, the image of God certainly exists, and has propelled humanity thought throughout history in ways both enlightening and catastrophic. Certainly, one could say this to varying degrees about all symbolic aspects of the psyche, especially the particularly old and familiar ones -- and certainly, this mentality has a lot to do with Jung's overall viewpoint. All that in mind, we apply that the notion of the vampire! Regardless of whether or not a vampire is real in a physical sense, the image of the vampire has been projected by the human imagination since nearly the beginning of human storytelling. Where did the word and belief come from? Why is it so compelling, and what can it tell us about our own psyches? Join us as we dive into modern New Orleans vampire lore, the origins of the characters throughout comparative religion and folklore the world over, the modern human "vampire" culture that has sprouted up (especially in places like New Orleans and Buffalo, NY), and some of the many historical underpinnings to the vampire mythology that can be related to early medical misunderstandings. We even get into pieces of American history like the New England Vampire panic -- something extremely similar to the Salem Witch Trials and just as terrifying! And we take a little bit of time to get into some of the key symbolic takeaways in our favorite works of vampire fiction, like the books I Am Legend and Interview with the Vampire. Enjoy the start of this Halloween season! Embrace your shadow and enjoy the episode. RELATED MATERIAL: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠DIVE MANUAL AUDIOBOOK⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HUNT MANUAL⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BHA LINKTREE w books, shorts, and much more⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠BHA YOUTUBE⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Chris on Insta⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Seed on Insta SHOW NOTES: Jungian psychology and vampires The Carter Bro Vampires and DeathPenaltyUSA Vampires in Briticannica Vampires NOLA NOLA Vampires CNN Casket Girls Forgotten History of NOLA Vamps Paranormal French Quarter PBS on Vampires and Real Disease New England Vampire Scare Vampires in Britain Vampires of Nebraska The Highgate Vampires of England This week's music is brought to you by the homies of the Babylon Warchild crew in the Toronto hiphop scene! With bars as enlightening as they are brutal and beats of equal measure, these guys are some of the life-blood of the underground that you're probably sleeping on -- so catch up! Bloodsmoke Camoflage - LostArtofFactz Hold the Crown - LostArtofFactz Turn it Up - Legitimate x Rex Reshunz Weapons of Mass Deception - Babylon Warchild

This week on Black Hoodie Alchemy, we're getting deep into the history, practice and application of Voodoo! Firstly, what's the difference between Voodoo, Vodou, Vodun, and Hoodoo aside from the spelling? We'll explain that and all the other African Diasporic Religions associated (like Santeria and Palo Mayombe) all the way up to traditions in good ol' New Orleans, Louisiana! We also take the time to discuss in some detail the historical events and characters surrounding Voodoo, like the successful Haitian Revolution against Napoleonic France, and prominent New Orleans characters like Queen Marie Laveau and Dr. John Bayou. As well, we analyze practices associated with Voodoo like the zombie, the doll, spirit possession and animal sacrifice, and their ceremonial drums' crucial influence on modern music today as we know it! And while it might sound a bit spooky to the un-studied eye, it's actually much more wholesome and cathartic and horror cinema would lead you to believe... most of the time! Voodoo in history and modern day is a complex, de-centralized, and heavily misunderstood web of spiritual traditions that has their roots in what can only be described as the West African Mystery Rites. It's an absolutely fascinating spiritual tradition that deserves a bit more respect in the west, and we here at Black Hoodie Alchemy hold a deep reverence for it. We sincerely hope we did it justice in our conversation and we hope you dig your listening! RELATED MATERIAL: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠DIVE MANUAL AUDIOBOOK⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HUNT MANUAL⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BHA LINKTREE w books, shorts, and much more⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Chris on Insta⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Seed on Insta SHOW NOTES: Marie Laveau Marie Laveau Rober Tallant New Orleans Voodoo Robert Tallant Zombies are Real Haitain Voodoo Dr. John Bayou Conjuring Dr. John Dark Tourist The Serpent and the Rainbow Zombies are Real Nat Geo Voodoo Leonard Nemoy narrates a Voodoo doc Voodoo Afterlife considerations Digital Voodoo doll Alex of Natural Born Alchemist talks about taking iboga This week's featured music! Don't forget to support that black hoodie rap and all your favorite independent artists! Equal Power - Babylon Warchild Building Pyramids - Unknown Mizery x Odweeyne The Gates of Babylon (feat. Profit Pre, KDB, & Laylow) - Babylon Warchild Farm Complex (feat. Chief Kamachi) - Babylon Warchild

Thanks for tuning in! This week on Black Hoodie Alchemy, we're taking a break from the intense rabbit holes of research involving extra-sensory perception, parapsychology, outlier physics and so much more. That's right, this week you're getting another surrealist comedic break from reality with the return of Jeff Mamba - Mind Jockey (AKA Steve Buschemi AKA Jefferson Tillamookslinger AKA Shnelius Maximus)! Being a self proclaimed 'classy movie critic', Jeff sits down with returning-guest Justin Otto to give an in-depth, metaphysically minded movie review of the cult-classic movie ⁠DONNIE DARKO⁠ (the director's cut, to be exact.) We here at Black Hoodie Alchemy are all fans of the movie, and it seems fitting that it should be bundled into the pre-100th-episode-celebration! For those that don't know, Jeff Mamba is colleagues with Tippy Patson - the Redneck Mystic Extraordinaire - who is the founder of the The League of Extrodniary Gents. This 'League' is a group of various drugged out conspiracy theorists camped out in the Everglades, and trained in the art of 'gator wrasslin'. They're also convinced that these gators are actually the shapeshifting shadow elite known as the Illuminati, and that's just the tip of the iceberg with all of their beliefs. For instance, Jeff Mamba himself is a self proclaimed 'former Illuminati cloning-lab manager from Newark, New Jersey.' If you're looking for more from these wild characters, don't forget to check out the Black Hoodie Alchemy Youtube and tiktok for more ridiculous content related to them, and you can look through the BHA episode feed for more of their appearances, or this link here for starters! Not to mention every BHA episode break. All hail The League of Extordniary Gents! RELATED MATERIAL DIVE MANUAL AUDIOBOOK⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HUNT MANUAL⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BHA LINKTREE w books, shorts, and much more⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ This week's featured music is from the homie Switch and featuring the legendary MOKA ONLY of Swollen Members! Don't forget to support that black hoodie rap and all your favorite independent artists. Who are We (feat. Moka Only) - Switch

This week on Black Hoodie Alchemy, Chris Fiato and Seedperson1 join me once again to help build off the recent conversations we've had about the connected web of: synchronicity, Hermeticism, psychology, physics, and even things like clairvoyance, remote viewing, ESP in general, and astral projection. After discussing JB Rhine and his ESP research at Duke University, we are now diving headfirst into the waters of the CIA's research into remote viewing, astral projection, and all forms of extra sensory perception. We talk about Robert Monroe, the Monroe Institute, and the CIA's interest in what he dubbed "The Gateway Experience," which all sounds extremely Inception-esque. For many years, the CIA would send agents here to be literally programmed through a brain-hemispheric-synchronization process that is said to be similar to states achieved by monks in meditation, and agents would learn to both remote view and astral project at will. And while the CIA says today that they found little to no use from their research in the Monroe Institute, their declassified documents say otherwise, and curiously, the Monroe Institute is still around today -- ready to train you like they did all those agents, but for a hefty fee! We also talk about Ingo Swann, Uri Geller, and the related members of the Stanford Research Institute that were also well funded by the CIA in their efforts to scientifically document and analyze various forms of ESP. It's all the way down the rabbit hole this week! We had a lot of fun and we hope you dig it. RELATED CONTENT: ⁠⁠⁠DIVE MANUAL AUDIOBOOK⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠HUNT MANUAL⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠BHA LINKTREE w books, shorts, and much more⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Chris on Insta⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Seed on Insta⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Paranormality Magazine w my Sasquatch chaos magick article! Show Notes this Week! Rhine Institute of Parapsychology today CIA Gateway Process Overview Alex Edwards Gateway Journals CIA and Psi Edgar Mitchell ESP on the Moon CIA on Robert Monroe and Ingo Swann Monroe Institute Origins Uri Geller and the CIA Monroe Institute website This week's featured music is more from the incredibly talented trio of ZIG MENTALITY, off of their latest release LEAD US NOT ASTRAY. BMF #11 - ZIG MENTALITY BEST DIRECTION (album version) - ZIG MENTALITY What Weighs on You - ZIG MENTALITY When You Force It (album version) - ZIG MENTALITY