#451 – Rick Spence: CIA, KGB, Illuminati, Secret Societies, Cults & Conspiracies

Rick Spence is a historian specializing in the history of intelligence agencies, espionage, secret societies, conspiracies, the occult, and military history.

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OUTLINE:

(00:00) – Introduction

(09:04) – KGB and CIA

(23:21) – Okhrana, Cheka, NKVD

(38:53) – CIA spies vs KGB spies

(45:29) – Assassinations and mind control

(52:23) – Jeffrey Epstein

(59:15) – Bohemian Grove

(1:11:09) – Occultism

(1:22:20) – Nazi party and Thule society

(2:02:38) – Protocols of the Elders of Zion

(2:35:43) – Charles Manson

(3:02:30) – Zodiac Killer

(3:13:24) – Illuminati

(3:20:48) – Secret societies

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