Hanussen (Pt. II): EJH & Crowley in Cairo, Mandrake Moonchildren, Hitler's Mass Hypno Lessons, Hanns Heinz Ewers, & the OSS Langer Report—A PPM + Things Observed Collab (TASTER)

Hey folks, Luke & I are back at it—picking up our saga of the life of the psychic spy, Nazi Nostradamus, yacht orgy organizer, sexual blackmailer, & British intel asset named Erik Jan Hanussen. Subscribe to the PPM Patreon to access the full 2 & a half hours of this EP, as well as the brand new "Speculative Swiss-mania" double header: patreon.com/ParaPowerMapping This one contains some shocking & possibly novel speculations... Trust me, it's a good one. You can also listen to the unabridged version on Luke's Premium Feed, which you can find here: https://www.patreon.com/ThingsObserved/ Make sure to give Luke a follow on Twitter @thingobserver & support him as you're able. Klonny Confessional: I used to bump "Things Observed" EPs on Alfred Kinsey & occulted Catholic bishops back before I'd even started my own parapolitical podcasting project, so it's been both a helluva trip & "Mission: Accomplished" kinda vibe getting to work w/ Luke. Def give his stacked back catalog a listen. But before we get into an index of what you can expect, a quick note about the audio fidelity. Luke and I unfortunately ran into some difficulties—whether caused by faltering Internet bandwidth or else one or the both of us unknowingly making ambient sounds on our end... You might notice the occasional plosive pop or a background ruffling in some places. It's infrequent & hopefully barely noticeable, or else at least not distracting. Either way, don't worry, we already have a plan in place to ensure we have top-notch audio quality for the final installment. Thanks for understanding this learning moment for the both of us. In today's EP: We pick back up w/ EJH's dalliance in film & the Cabinet of Dr. Caligari-esque silent movie that he produced, which stars himself as a Sherlock Holmes-y psychic detective type who must rescue young Viennese dancers from a "Indian fakir" who is forcing them into sexual slavery thru hypnotic means—a curious inversion of Hanussen's own proclivity for pimping. From there, we turn our attention to Secret Agent EJH; his hypnotic feeding of tobacco magnate Hans Hauser; their scheme to sell surplus military equipment to the Greeks post-WWI; Hanussen's debut as a British intel asset, likely via the SIS front Tobacco Co Ltd or else the manager of a bar for British officers in Cairo named Philip Neufeld; EJH investigating hashish smugglers for the Brits; and a breakdown of the itinerary overlaps & textual synchronicities that may support my theory that Hanussen & Crowley met as early as 1922 in Cairo. Furthermore, they may have even shared handlers or gotten up to something espionage-related together... If you want the complete rundown of the mandrake root mythic valences, the creepy Moonchild-esque homunculi in Hanns Hewers Ewers's fiction (the novelist-spy that both EJH & Crowley were tight with), Hitler's hypnosis lessons w/ Hanussen, or the too-many coprophagia puns stuffed into this installment... You can find a more in-depth index over on the Patreon. Songs: | The Flaming Lips - "Are You A Hypnotist?" | | David Bowie - "Quicksand" | | Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - "Satan Said Dance" | | Cannibal Corpse - "Under the Rotted Flesh" |