Episodes
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"A couple travel to Sweden to visit their friend's rural hometown for its fabled midsummer festival, but what begins as an idyllic retreat quickly devolves into an increasingly violent and bizarre competition at the hands of a pagan cult."
None of the synopses really get the pitch right but what the hell, this'll do.
Dir: Ari Aster
Joined for this one by Marcus and Seb of THE RETURN OF THE REPRESSED podcast
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"Set against the backdrop of Belgium's most notorious unsolved crime spree, 1985 begins as three friends - Vicky, her brother Franky, and his best friend Marc - begin a new chapter of their lives, when they set off from their hometown to Brussels. But as their adulthood and careers in the big city commence, the trio risks losing their innocence and noble illusions, as they find themselves caught in the middle of the horrifying events that shocked a generation and will come to leave a scar on the entire country."
Nic joins me for an epilogue of sorts to talk about the very good TV show 1985 and kickstart MOVIE SEASON the right way.
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Missing episodes?
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Myself and @IRC_NIC discuss the sheer size of the case and consider what The Sprawl means. We go long on how the cops and the media conspired to kill the network angle, and then we look at the truly global scale of the Dutroux Affair and break down what, exactly, the Network was, its historical origins, the social context, how it worked, where it came from, and how it dealt with the threat of exposure.
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EXTREME CONTENT WARNING
Regina Louf talks about her experience in the network, the pressure mounts on the investigating team, people continue to die, the families of the victims are pushed to the edge of madness, and Belgium finds itself on the brink of revolution.
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Seemed fitting to unlock these two episodes, solder them together through the miracle of sound editing, and make them free to all given the news this week of Oasis reforming. Enjoy.
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Dutroux and his accomplices start to talk, the people of Belgium try to process news of the staggering investigative failings, prosecutors Bourlet and Connerotte gaze into the abyss, and a young woman steps forward with astonishing information about corruption and savagery at the heart of the Belgian establishment.
Next episode Thursday 29th.
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EXTREME CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains some very harrowing and upsetting material. I don't recommend you listen to it if you're in a bad place/are likely to be triggered by the subject matter. Please take care.
The part about the murders.
@irc_nic joins me once again for this journey into Belgium's heart of darkness.
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Nic (@irc_nic) guides us through the life story of Marc Dutroux. We look at his childhood, his descent into crime, and how he may have become a fixer for the Belgian political mafia.
"The Kludde" read by Michael S. Judge of Death is Just Around the Corner with our immense thanks.
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Nic (@irc_nic) joins us once again for a panoramic sweep across Belgium at the end of the Cold War, and on the eve of the Dutroux Affair in multi-chapter anthology style episode.
0:53: Prologue
10:00: Chapter 1 - The Paul Vanden Boeynants Kidnapping
52:15: Chapter 2 - The Belgian Gladio Inquiry
82:40: Chapter 3 - The Murder of Gerald Bull
91:21: Chapter 4 - The Murder of André Cools
131:26: Chapter 5 - The Atlas Report and the Nebula
143:38: Chapter 6 - The Murder of Katrien De Cuyper
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Tonight we tie off Brabant Killers Redux by looking at an especially bizarre event that occurred just before the final massacre, using it as an illustrative example of how deep into the weeds you can fall, if you so wish, in trying to understand this most eerie of true stories. We then explore various theories people have put forward over the years to explain the crimes, and offer our own holistic take for good measure. We close by discussing what became of major players in the case, and set up threads we will pursue for the remaining episodes of TBXF.
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The first Gang Commission, the aftermath of the Brabant Killers operation, and the consequences.
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Note: This is actually the first part of a four hour recording we did, but after some discussion we decided to cut it down into more manageable 60 - 90 minute instalments. This means Aftermath pt ii will land next week and, most likely, there will be an Aftermath iii dropping the week after. Then we're back to the usual 2 week release schedule. This now means that instead of 10 or 11 X-Files episodes there will probably be 13 or 14. Hope you enjoy, and have a good weekend.
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The second wave.
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I'm joined again by @irc_nic as the Belgian Autumn begins.
Prince Albert and the Belgian business class over-promise and under-deliver in a trade deal with the Saudis. The resulting financial scandal exposes a vice network, blackmail operations and massive embezzlement. The Belgian establishment scrambles to cover it all up, but things take a dramatically darker turn when a psychiatrist files for divorce and his wife decides to share explosive secrets about extremely powerful people.
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I'm joined by Belgian researcher Nic (@irc_nic) to talk about the post-war far-right in Belgium: what it believed, what it did, how it ensured loyalty, who profited...and who didn't. Paramilitary groups, Gladio, cults, dirty cops, gangsters and crooked spooks. They formed subterranean networks of mind-warping size that covertly influenced the course of modern Belgian history and planned everything from coups to terror attacks. Before us looms The Belgian Autumn.
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