Those Conspiracy Guys
238 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★ - 2.7K ratingsThose Conspiracy Guys is a comedy, history and True Crime podcast based in Ireland and deals with everything from the out-there conspiracy theories like aliens, time travel, and ancient civilisations to the more grounded, historical and provable conspiracies like political and financial corruption, scientific chicanery and secret government agency shenanigans.
From the high concept topics like inter dimensional lizard men, complicated assassination plots and future technology like alternative simulated universes to the much more tangible topics like discussing serial killers and mysterious disappearances, exploring religions and cult leaders and examining unbelievable true crime cases. You are brought on a light hearted and hilarious exploration of these fantastic stories by TCG host Gordo and a cavalcade of comedians and fabulously interesting guests.
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Episodes
Charlie Manson: Revisited
January 31, 2024 03:47 - 6 hoursOn this episode we talk about one of the most notorious men in modern history; a dude whose simple and crazy face is synonymous with manipulation, mind control and murder; whose idea of family will have you thinking twice about complaining about going home for thanksgiving this year; this time we are chatting about the one and only Charlie Manson. This is a revisited episode on this topic with about 10 years in between; I wanted to give the fantastic source material a fresh outlook and using ...
The Salem Witch Trials
August 18, 2023 16:07 - 5 hoursDEEP DIVE - On this episode we discuss one of histories most enduring mysteries where accusations flew and farcical trials condemned many young women to death in the name of religious purity which was disguising political subterfuge and using fear of the unknown as a tool of control; this one is all about The Salem Witch Trials. In 17th Century Massachusetts newly settled puritans began a campaign of accusations against potential witches in their community. Largely led by the testimonies of y...
Randy Kraft - The Scorecard Killer
August 01, 2023 22:58 - 3 hoursOn this episode we talk about one of the most prolific and brutal killers in US history and a guy who got his moniker The Scorecard Killer from a macabre list of nicknames he had for his many victims; this episode is all about Randy Kraft. Joining me on this episode is comedian Ger Staunton; international comedy powerhouse and fellow Mayo man :) Ger and I discuss these heinous crimes and what drives someone to commit such horrific sexual attacks on so many young men. Kraft operated in the pro...
Tin Foil Hat with Sam Tripoli - April 2023
May 05, 2023 07:53 - 1 hourSWAPCAST - On this episode I join Sam Tripoli, XG and Johnny on the infamous Tin Foil Hat to chat about the state of 'conspiracy theories'; what mad stuff is going on in the world right now; how hard it is having a head going around the place and a bunch of other contemporary conspiracy topics. We also talk about the recent TCG Rothschild episode and all the shenanigans that entails. There's a big ol' intro on the front of this one too, because it's been a while! If you want to skip to 00:08:...
The Rothschild Dynasty
March 14, 2023 16:35 - 6 hoursDEEP DIVE - On this episode we discuss The Rothschild Dynasty and the beginning to one of the most powerful and covertly influential dynastic families in modern civilisation. From the Jewish ghettos of 18th century Frankfurt to seats at the most clandestine and unimaginably powerful boardroom tables in the modern day; the Rothschild family and their immeasurable wealth has had a secret hand in the shaping of our society and, undoubtedly, a huge influence on the future of humanity. In this epi...
Michael Barrymore
January 05, 2023 10:45 - 3 hoursOn this episode we discuss one of the most famous and contentious true crime cases this century; the death of Stuart Lubbock. Now this case is still unsolved and in the UK and Ireland it was a huge deal and was covered incessantly by the news and tabloid media because of the association with celebrity tv personality and comedian Michael Barrymore. Lubbock died in the swimming pool of Barrymore's house after a drink and drug fuelled night out in the local nightclub but, as yet, the killer or k...
Pizzagate
December 03, 2022 02:18 - 5 hoursOn this episode we talk about one of the most contentious and censoriously restricted topics on the internet; admittedly on an extremely dark subject with many many potentially litigiously vulnerable points but something that has been misinterpreted, covered up and in a real sense, the true factual details forgotten about online; this one is all about Pizzagate. From the Podesta email leak and Anthony Weiners laptop showing Hillary up to be a bold pup; to a popular internet generated rumour o...
The Menendez Brothers
October 28, 2022 11:15 - 3 hoursTRUE CRIME - On this episode we discuss a harrowing case of abuse and revenge; two brothers who killed their parents in a brutal and meticulously premeditated manner were paraded across the mainstream media as cold hearted killers. During the televised case however, the extent of the sexual and psychological abuse they suffered was described in sickening detail and the motivations for their actions became that much more murkily motivated. This time we are talking about The Menendez Brothers....
Rasputin and The Romanovs
October 18, 2022 18:56 - 6 hoursOn this episode we discuss one of the most maligned and mysterious figures from modern history; a man who is as famous for his death as for his life, and someone like him would put the willies up anyone in power because he was an uncontrollable and unpredictable force; this episode is all about Rasputin. Shambling into St Petersburg from the Siberian countryside in the early days of the 20th century; is how most people would view the tale of Rasputin; but the truth is often stranger. As part ...
The Keepers - The Death of Cathy Cesnik
September 13, 2022 11:10 - 3 hoursOn this episode the wonderful Claire joins me to talk about the horrible case of the death of Cathy Cesnik and the abuse that Fr Joseph Maskell doled out on the girls of Keough High School in Baltimore as detailed in the Netflix documentary series The Keepers. This is a rough one and we dive deep into the personalities involved including the two investigators Abbie Schaub and Gemma Hoskins who hounded law enforcement for documents pertaining to the case as well as doing emotionally harrowing ...
Operation Mockingbird
September 01, 2022 00:26 - 5 hoursOn this episode we discuss the silent machine behind the worlds media; the clandestine manipulation of your reality and the obfuscation of the real world around us through the content we consume; the news we trust and the moulded attitudes of our friends and loved ones. An operation so grand in its complexity and execution that it is as easily identifiable as it is deniable; Operation Mockingbird Post war propagandists and government manipulators took the forty years after World War Two and u...
Chris Watts
July 29, 2022 14:59 - 3 hoursOn this episode we discuss this horrible human being, Chris Watts, and his cowardly and brutal murder of his wife and two young kids with super-guest: comedy powerhouse and the undisputed heavy weight champion of the comedic arts Colin Geddis. The discussions and opinions on this episode will definitely be controversial as we try to understand the motivations behind such a crime; we also look deeper into the famous documentary American Murder: The Family Next Door and discuss all the info tha...
Israel Keyes
July 06, 2022 04:12 - 3 hoursOn this episode comedian Tom O'Mahony joins me to talk about one of the best kept secrets in modern True Crime; the man with a thousand murder buckets and an unpredictable and seemingly uncontainable serial scourge on the entirety of the US; Israel Keyes. Growing up as a Mormon in a massive family can mess with the best of us but Israel took it that step further and his cultish childhood led to a deeply troubled adolescence with gangs of killer criminals as close friends and ideation of terro...
Barry Seal and The CIA Enterprise
June 13, 2022 12:52 - 5 hoursOn this episode we talk about one of the most dramatically interconnected men in conspiracy lore; a man who had more fingers in more pies than Mr Kipling and who was responsible for more rock than Dwayne Johnson. The king of cocaine and the reason anyone had something to toot throughout the 70s and 80s in America; this episode we are talking about Barry Seal. You may have heard of Barry from the 2017 Tom Cruise movie 'American Made'; but he is much more than some haphazard drug mule that was ...
Dean Corll - The Candyman
May 30, 2022 13:21 - 3 hoursOn this episode we talk about the man who made parents everywhere afraid that a man in a van will come and take away your children; Texas Serial killer, child murderer and all round very bad man, Dean Corll. Killer of up to (and probably more than) 28 young men Dean Corll was the scourge of Heuston Heights in Texas and was so cruel in his murders that the moniker of Candy Man was given to him. Using what was known as 'The Murder Board' Dean tortured, molested and killed these lads between the...
Nora Koppel - The Hinterkaifek Murders
March 31, 2022 22:59 - 2 hoursOn this episode I interview Nora Koppel, daughter of Hinterkaifek expert Adolf Koppel, all about the facts of the case as proven by the investigations of her father. Dolf wrote the book Lerchenstimme (The Lark's Song) and book in German about The Hinterkaifek Murders and he claims to have proof of what happened to the Gruber Family on those fateful days 100 years ago at Hinterkaifek. Dolf recreated weapons, made moulds of wounds and combed through the 100 year old evidence to bring this case ...
The Mystery of The Pyramids
March 18, 2022 04:50 - 5 hoursOn this episode we casually hold our hand over our brow as we inquisitively stare into the glare of the midday sun; searching for an ancient truth in a barren land and uncovering possibly the ultimate mysteries of our creation, our civilisation and the nature of our planet in this episode all about The Mystery of the Pyramids. From the classic pyramid on the Giza plateau in Egypt to the buried pyramids under the lush undulating hills of Bosnia, the wide sprawling once thriving civilisations i...
General Banter - Dec 2021
January 27, 2022 12:38 - 2 hoursSWAPCAST - On this episode I join Colin Geddis in his General Banter Podcast HQ in Belfast as part of his 12 Pods of Christmas; where we talk about conspiracies, comedy, dicks, willies and cocks. We do get a small bit serious about a few things but there is craic and chat of the highest order. I really did have a great time with Colin and Niall in Belfast and the city is lovely; Ill defo be back for a live show in the near future. You can find Colin and all the menagerie of odd and hilarious...
Monster Fuzz - Glitches in The Matrix - Jan 2022
January 25, 2022 03:31 - 3 hoursSWAPCAST - On this Swapcast I join well loved TCG co-host Eamonn and his compadre Rob on their show Monster Fuzz and I get very impassioned by the new Matrix film and its overall shitness! We talk about simulation theories, other universes, CERN and 'the quantum'; and toward the end give a scathing appraisal of the newest and most blasphemous of the now quadrilogy of Matrix films! Why don't they just leave good stuff alone!? _____________________ On this episode Im joining Eamonn O'Neill and ...
Project Blue Beam
January 20, 2022 14:23 - 5 hoursOn this episode we cast our eyes skyward and prepare for the end times as we discuss the seemingly inevitable extra terrestrial invasion scenario that was famously predicted by a Canadian journalist and now fabled conspiracy theories Serge Monast known as Project Blue Beam Blue Beam began its round in the public discourse after a 1994 article was written by the infamous Serge Monast and hit hard on the now 'alien abduction obsessed' public in the early 90s. The X-Files and other massively pop...
Manchester - October 2021
December 16, 2021 01:27 - 2 hoursLIVESHOW On this LIVE episode I head to Manchester to the Chapeltown Picture House to do a live show for the wonderful fans in the North! We had such craic talking about Neil How and Bill Strauss and The Fourth Turning as well as global economics, being a conspiracy theorist and a word guy with mad eyebrows who chases us all in our dreams! Thanks so much to everyone who came to the show and to all the people who took part in the craic! Let me know on social if you hear yourself in this episod...
The Murder of Mark Kilroy
December 13, 2021 01:03 - 4 hoursOn this episode we talk about one of the darkest and torture laden murders that has ever graced the mics at TCG Towers; this episode is the gory tale of a satanic drug dealing cults inhuman efforts to kidnap, torture, and then gruesomely murder American tourist Mark Kilroy. Dark, this one gets dark! Mark Kilroy was a catholic student who went to Texas State and one Spring Break went to Brownsville with a small stop over the border in Matamoros. This was the last trip for Mark as he was snatch...
OBDM - August 2021
November 26, 2021 02:44 - 1 hourOn this episode I chat with Midnight Mike on his show OBDM (Our Big Dumb Mouth) about the upcoming alien invasion; the superpower elite; Project Blue Beam the plan for the fake holographic alien invasion; alien abductions and sightings; the transhumance biotechnological agenda and loads more! We talked so much that Mike forgot to take calls on a phone in show :) Ill get to them the next time, we were having too much craic! If you like what you hear and you want to hear more from Mike and the ...
Robert Berchtold
November 20, 2021 01:47 - 3 hoursOn this episode comedian Ailish McCarthy joins me to discuss the case made famous by the documentary 'Abducted in Plain Sight' and one of the most egregious cases of manipulation that you can find; the case of Robert Berchtold and Jan Broberg. Infiltrating and then sexually intoxicating a whole family of Mormons called The Brobergs, Berchtold was able to wrestle away the control of their daughter Jan and end up co-habiting with the family as he continued his deep psychological control campaig...
Vampires
October 31, 2021 23:59 - 6 hoursDEEP DIVE On this episode we discuss one of the most enduring and visceral myths in humanities history; dating from ancient civilisations; even mentioned in the bible and other ancient religious texts and recognised all the way up to many modern media masterpieces; the concept of the bloodsucking prince of the night still holds a strong sentiment in all our hearts so this time we are talking about Vampires. From tales of forlorn lovers and rich aristocrats draining yearning wenches of their b...
Slow News Day - August 2021
October 15, 2021 00:31 - 1 hourSWAPCAST - On this episode I join Steve Poikonen from Slow News Day podcast to talk about all and sundry! We get into a bit of Joe Biden; January 6th; the faith based appeal of the Q Anon narrative; the left/right conspiracy flip-flop and the constant appeals to emotion that seem to be all the news is made up of nowadays! If you want to find more of Steve and his show head to https://slownewsdayshow.com or search for them in any and all podcast apps. You can find a real handy link to Spotify ...
The Crowbar Podcast - July 2021
October 10, 2021 02:53 - 1 hourSWAPCAST - On this episode I join James Cronin from The Crowbar Podcast to chat about loads of conspiracy and true crime topics including; fiat currency and the global financial collapse; Chris Benoit and his tragic death; mental health and conspiracy theories and how they are not great bedfellows; and we talk a bit about Sophie Tuscan Du Plantier and the murder case from West Cork. Its great casual craic and I get to shoot the sh1t with a really nice guy, You can find James and his podcast o...
Sam Tripoli - Tin Foil Hat - June 2021
October 06, 2021 01:23 - 1 hourSWAPCAST - On this SwapCast I join Sam Tripoli, XG and Johnny on their show Tin Foil Hat where we talk about culture, propaganda, censorship, and what lies in store for us in the future! Great craic as always on Tin Foil Hat and this SwapCast is also available as an episode on their podcast also where you can hear loads of fantastic interviews with the good and great from the conspiracy world; experts, authors, and professional crackpots. All mad craic! So if you want to listen to more of the...
PLEASE LISTEN - Important Message
October 05, 2021 15:01 - 6 minutesAn important message to TCG fans about the RSS feed moving from Spreaker to Megaphone; please at some stage over the next few days, make sure you are still subscribed to TCG on your podcast app of choice! More info in this audio clip :)
PLEASE LISTEN - Important Message to all TCG fans
October 04, 2021 22:46 - 6 minutes - 8.44 MBAn important message to TCG fans about the RSS feed moving from Spreaker to Megaphone; please at some stage over the next few days, make sure you are still subscribed to TCG on your podcast app of choice! More info in this audio clip :)
Buckshot 200th Episode LIVE
September 13, 2021 23:05 - 1 hourSWAPCAST - On this LIVE episode I join Tom O'Mahony on stage in Galway for the 200th episode of his wonderful podcast Buckshot! We had so much craic at this show and we melted minds and left mouths agape with some of the topics discussed! Joining Tom and me on stage is the hilarious comedian Colin Geddis from 'General Banter' podcast and we went at everything here from aliens and the simulated universe; to The Illuminati and tips on starting our own cult! Wild craic was had and it was reall...
David Koresh and The Waco Massacre
August 22, 2021 00:13 - 4 hoursDEEP DIVE - On this episode we talk about an event that arguably changed America forever; destroyed the perceptions of law enforcement for anyone that witnessed this event on mainstream media; and irredeemably erased at least some of the faith that Americans held dearly when it came to constitutionally held aspects of the US culture like freedom and security; this time we are talking about David Koresh and The Waco Massacre. In 1993 in Waco Texas the ATF and FBI initiated a sting on a Branc...
Ian Huntley
August 05, 2021 22:56 - 3 hoursTRUE CRIME - On this episode we talk about one of the most tragic and seemingly preventable crimes to rock the UK in the past 30 years; a short lived but unbelievable mystery of a killer who tried to famously help police and, through media interviews, cemented his own undoing; this time we are talking about Ian Huntley.Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman; two young girls from Soham in East Cambridgeshire, England were abducted and murdered by Huntley and he then brazenly went on to try to help to...
The Zodiac Killer
July 21, 2021 15:13 - 4 hoursTRUE CRIME - On this episode we talk about one of America's enduring murder mysteries, a case that has spanned seven decades and remains as unsolved today as the day the crimes occured; The Zodiac Killer! This is a case that has captured the fears and imaginations of the US since the sixties and the wonderful Claire and I look at the details of the mysterious murders, the eventually fruitless efforts of the police, and the many many potential suspects that may fill the shoes of the Zodiac!__...
The Montauk Project Revisited
July 06, 2021 01:21 - 6 hoursDEEP DIVE - On this episode we revisit an old topic and give it a new perspective; a classic conspiracy and one that still splits conspiracy theorists down the middle when it comes to its voracity, the players involved and the legitimacy of their claims. With huge names in conspiracy come even grander tales of time travel, body swapping, psychic powers and more as this time we revisit The Montauk Project Al Beilek, Preston Nicholls and Duncan Cameron; the veritable three amigos of contemporar...
Dennis Nilsen
May 05, 2021 12:36 - 3 hoursTRUE CRIME - On this episode Tom O Mahony joins me to chat about one sick pup; known as the Kindly Killer and one of the creepiest the UK can produce, Dennis Nilsen; a former policeman and army private, murdered an unknown amount of young men in his London homes in the 70s and 80s. Nilsen is thought to have killed up to twenty homeless and homosexual men after luring them to his various apartments, killing them and burying the bodies under floorboards.It was also discovered that Dennis Nilsen...
Aileen Wournos
March 15, 2021 17:19 - 3 hoursTRUE CRIME - On this episode we talk about Americas first female serial killer and one of the most tragic stories of abuse and poverty you can imagine; this is Aileen Wournos. From the most dysfunctional and abusive upbringing, Aileen dragged herself out of her hometown and hitch hiked across America, partaking in loads of anti social behaviour; arrests; crimes and selling her body along the way. Aileen's behaviour escalated and she began to take some sort of deadly revenge against the men wh...
Bob Marley
February 20, 2021 23:46 - 5 hoursDEEP DIVE - On this episode we discuss arguably the most famous musician to have ever lived; a man who not only pioneered a music but a movement and while preaching a message of peace through his songs, was repeatedly violently attacked and tragically died before his time; Bob Marley.From a meagre start in the streets of Trenchtown, Jamaica to the dizzy heights of international super stardom, Bob Marley wanted to do more than just sing songs and make money. His mission was to heal through mus...
Peter Stumpp
February 05, 2021 19:08 - 2 hoursTRUE CRIME - On this episode we go all the way back to the 16th century to chat about a real sick puppy; The Werewolf of Bedburg, Peter Stumpp. An occult document details the story of Peter Stumpp and his despicable misdeeds such as killing and eating women and children and loads of other depraved animalistic satanic stuff.Stumpp apparently made a deal with the devil for the enviable power to turn into a wolf man at will and commit these atrocities. He was found guilty and put on trial; but w...
Aaron Swartz
January 19, 2021 00:54 - 4 hoursTRUE CRIME - On this episode we talk about one of the most important contemporary internet figures and how his ingenuity, innovation and imagination changed the face of the internet culture we know today and has set forth a standard by which the governments of the world should maintain the great global resource of the World Wide Web, this one is all about the life and death of Aaron Swartz.Aaron was a child prodigy and from his early life to his tragic and untimely death he sought to make his...
Joseph Kondro
January 07, 2021 23:43 - 3 hoursTRUE CRIME - This episode is a cracker and tells the tale of one sick pup; Joseph Kondro. Comedian Betsy Speer joins me to chat about Uncle Joey and his misadventures with the children of his neighbours in Washington State and beyond. A lesser known killer, as murderer charts go; his story is one of manipulation, coercion, and deceit using the crutch of decorum and public decency as his shield against his despicable crimes. _______________________Joining me is comedian Betsy Speer and you can...
The Port Arthur Massacre
December 25, 2020 01:43 - 4 hoursTRUE CRIME - On this episode we talk about the catalyst for disarming the Australian population and an event that was so destructive to society at the time; it is used as the yard stick to measure the severity of all mass shootings until just very recently; this time we are talking about Martin Bryant and The Port Arthur Massacre. Port Arthur was a mass shooting perpetrated by one Martin Bryant in April 1996 where 25 people were wounded and 35 people killed at the hands of Bryant and a vari...
Buckshot - Tom O'Mahony
December 23, 2020 20:05 - 2 hoursSWAPCAST - This is a lovely little SwapCast with Tom O'Mahony where we get deep about what success means; what it like to be a working entertainer; what the fuck is going on in the USA according to two low information Paddy Muck Savages :D and a load of great chats! Check out Tom's podcast called Buckshot where he does interviews with loads of celebrities, sports personalities, comedians, musicians and many more interesting folks! You can check out the podcast here on Tom's website www.tomoma...
Malcolm X
December 16, 2020 20:30 - 6 hoursDEEP DIVE - On this episode we discuss one of the most quoted and revered civil rights leaders of all time; a man whose ideological journey is sometimes truncated to serve political purposes; a man who the term 'died before his time' was created for; Malcolm X.Born Malcolm Little to a family of meagre means he grew to become one of the heads of the black nationalist organisation known as The Nation of Islam. With this vast and popular platform and a lifetime of prejudice encouraged by the tea...
The Conspiracy Farm
December 10, 2020 09:25 - 1 hourSWAPCAST -On this episode I chat with Jeffrey Wilson and Pat Miletich from The Conspiracy Farm about corona and the most recent shenanigans; the election and the potential fraud perpetrated; and about conspiracy theory and how hard it is to keep the conspiracy interesting when real life is so f**kin weird right now! :)_______________________You can find Jeff and Pat at their website https://theconspiracyfarm.com and on any and all podcast apps. All their episodes are on here as well as links ...
Luka Magnotta
November 14, 2020 03:42 - 3 hoursTRUE CRIME - On this episode we talk about a famed sick video maker, self anointed master criminal and star of the Netflix documentary series "Don't F**k with Cats" Luka Magnotta. Comedian Danny O'Brien joins me to chat about Luka and his sick scheme to capture the imaginations of internet sleuths to help him realise a twisted fantasy to commit a very public murder. Across continents and through the power of the internet Luka killed Jun Lin on camera and put it on the internet; while a team o...
Season 8 Announcement
November 12, 2020 01:41 - 1 hourANNOUNCEMENT - This is the season 8 announcement and this episode is split into two halves. The first 30 minutes is the most important part with all the information about the show; what happening with me; what happening with the podcast; what going to be happening with the episodes coming up and going forward; I also give info about the episodes upcoming; how Im going to be structuring the show going forward and new social media strategy (hint: get on Discord)In the second half hour I talk ab...
Fleccas Talks
November 04, 2020 05:12 - 2 hours - 122 MBINTERVIEW - On this episode I have great craic with Austin Fletcher from the hilarious and brilliant YouTube channel Fleccas Talks. Austin takes to the streets and interviews real people with real opinions; and gets into some scrapes in some of the scenes of violence and endless protests and marches that America has been subjected to (both sides) for the last 4 years. On this episode we talk about Trump, the election, how he sees America, and what he thinks the future holds for the real Am...
Austen Fletcher - Fleccas Talks
November 04, 2020 05:12 - 2 hoursINTERVIEW - On this episode I have great craic with Austin Fletcher from the hilarious and brilliant YouTube channel Fleccas Talks. Austin takes to the streets and interviews real people with real opinions; and gets into some scrapes in some of the scenes of violence and endless protests and marches that America has been subjected to (both sides) for the last 4 years.On this episode we talk about Trump, the election, how he sees America, and what he thinks the future holds for the real Americ...
Oklahoma City Bombing
November 02, 2020 02:21 - 4 hoursDEEP DIVE - On this episode we discuss one of the most devastating domestic terrorist attacks on American soil, The Oklahoma City Bombing; the story of which involved white supremacist militia, secret government agents, ex-military operatives, and of course the deaths of 168 people. On 19th April 1995 a truck exploded in front of the Alfred P Murrah Building and killed 168 people and injured almost 700 more. This huge explosion caused over $650 million damage and was apparently set up and set...