Episode 245: Kenn Thomas, The Octopus, and 90s Paranoia feat. Devin OShea
b"Repeat guest Devin O\\u2019Shea regales the boys with a tale straight from \\u201890s conspiracy theory culture. It concerns the prolific parapolitical researcher and St. Louis native Kenn Thomas. Thomas\\u2019 magazine Steamshovel Press made him a minor celebrity and earned mentions in The New Yorker, Time, Newsweek, and The Smithsonian. The magazine was also a source of inspiration for the writers of The X-Files. In 1996, Thomas published his career-defining book: The Octopus: The Secret Government and the Death of Danny Casolaro. The book weaves a complex tale of a massive conspiracy involving a journalist who died in an apparent suicide, Native American reservations, a state-of-the-art-security program, a source named Danger Man, the Contras, the Shah of Iran, and a private security firm called \\u201cWackenhut.\\u201d\\n\\nSubscribe for $5 a month to get an extra episode of QAA every week + access to ongoing series like 'Manclan,' 'Trickle Down' and 'The Spectral Voyager':\\nwww.patreon.com/QAnonAnonymous\\nQAA's Website: www.qanonanonymous.com\\nMusic by Pontus Berghe and Nick Sena. Editing by Corey Klotz.\\n\\nEpisode Written by Devin O'Shea\\nhttps://twitter.com/devintoshea"