52 episodes
Secret Societies Spotify Studios
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4.1 • 67 Ratings
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They’ve been around for thousands of years…orchestrating some of history’s most controversial events. And if not for their radical actions, you may never have even known they existed. Every Thursday, take a journey through hidden passageways and become a member of Parcast’s diabolical series, SECRET SOCIETIES. Each society is explored in 2 episodes—exposing the people and context responsible for its founding, and analyzing the psychology behind their beliefs.
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LA County Sheriff’s Gangs Pt. 5: The East LA Banditos
In East LA, a group of deputies named the Banditos stand accused of running the sheriff’s substation like a gang, institutionalizing a culture of fear and retaliation. And while they’re intimidating civilians and colleagues alike, they may be protected by the very top of the department.
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LA County Sheriff’s Gangs Pt. 4: The Compton Executioners
The Compton Executioners allegedly control every aspect of life at the LASD Compton substation. Gang members have been accused of assaulting fellow deputies and even killing civilians, claiming, often without evidence, that they were acting in self-defense. And although they’ve faced several lawsuits, somehow, the Executioners have evaded prosecution — and any accountability.
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LA County Sheriff’s Gangs Pt. 3: Wild West Roots/Jump Out Boys
By the 1850s, Los Angeles was one of the most dangerous places to live in the West. Extrajudicial killings, unchecked racial violence, and vigilante groups like the Los Angeles Rangers prevailed. This “Wild West” culture seeped into and was propagated by the Sheriff’s Department — and it hasn't gone away.
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LA County Sheriff’s Gangs Pt. 2: The Lennox Grim Reapers
The community of Lennox in Los Angeles is just one square mile, but it has an enormous problem. Alongside violent gang activity, there’s a secret organization adding terror to the neighborhood. Their symbol? The Grim Reaper. Their ranks? Los Angeles sheriff's deputies.
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LA County Sheriff’s Gangs Pt. 1: Little Devils & Lynwood Vikings
Deputy gangs have been embedded in the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department since 1971. In the first of our five-part collaboration with Parcast series Kingpins, we delve into the earliest of these violent gangs that shaped the current culture within the LASD.
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The Righteous and Harmonious Fists Pt. 2
The group staged a violent uprising in 1900, determined to rid Imperial China of foreign influence. It later became known as the Boxer Rebellion. Western diplomats and Chinese Christians were forced to defend themselves against the militants, while an international alliance moved to counter-attack…
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Customer Reviews
Shaun field
Love it 👍👍
Highly recommend 🙂
I’m warming to Parcast. Previously I’ve found the delivery in many of their podcasts to be heavily scripted and too rigid - this podcast is very good, though. Very well researched and excellently delivered, it would be nice to hear the presenters ad-lib & not just script read verbatim, I feel it would sound more natural, less forced but that’s just my opinion. All in all an excellent podcast well worth five stars!
Too much politics
This has the potential to be a really good podcast and I’ve actually listened to a few episodes which I have enjoyed. The latest one I listened to is the sons of Liberty episodes and in the second episode of that series the show barely mentions the sons of Liberty at all - I felt like most of the time was spent explaining how racist and evil the American revolution was. To give one example of the off topic content in this episode there was a section on “cultural appropriation” of Native American governance being taken by the settlers and used in the foundational institutions of the US after independence, with one statement being that the settlers took what was best from the Native Americans for their own benefit, anyone who has studied history knows that this is the story of humanity since the beginning - no civilisation has got to the top by not borrowing from others (and what’s even the problem with that anyway?). I think the fact this nonsense snuck itself on to the show makes me less likely to listen to further episodes, since I left the last one with a feeling of “what a waste of time that was”. If I wanted lectured to about politics I would listen to the plethora of podcasts out there dedicated to that topic, but this is meant to be about secret societies and interesting mysterious tidbits from history. Full disclosure - I’m not American so this isn’t about me being hurt over slander against my home country, I just find it annoying when the topic is sacrificed for political point scoring to make the content writers feel good about themselves.