Autumn's Oddities Autumn Grube

Do you know who your neighbors are? After the Cold War, the FBI arrested 10 people who’d been spying for Russia for more than a decade. They’d been blending in with Americans, but in reality, they were sleeper spies. Their objective was to disappear into a community and not be recognized for what they were, leaving many questioning who they could trust.

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https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/operation-ghost-stories-inside-the-russian-spy-casehttps://vault.fbi.gov/ghost-stories-russian-foreign-intelligence-service-illegalshttps://vault.fbi.gov/ghost-stories-russian-foreign-intelligence-service-illegals/documentshttps://vault.fbi.gov/ghost-stories-russian-foreign-intelligence-service-illegals/videoshttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/jul/09/russian-spies-swap-us

When the body of 23-year-old Josh Dufort was found by the side of the road in Henderson, Nevada, it appeared at first to be a random crime. Only after investigators found two life insurance policies taken out in Josh’s name by a new friend did they realize he’d been murdered. 

When a group of young Burger Chef employees went missing from their night shift, police initially thought they’d stolen money and run. It was soon apparent that they hadn't gone anywhere willingly. 

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https://www.indystar.com/picture-gallery/news/2023/12/28/from-the-indystar-archives-the-1978-burger-chef-restaurant-murders/72054036007/
https://vault.fbi.gov/speedway-indiana-burger-chef/speedway-indiana-burger-chef-part-01/view
https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/site-of-1978-burger-chef-murders-to-be-torn-down-speedway-indiana-indianapolis-5725-crawfordsville-road/531-5f0c51dd-f92d-469c-b64d-94970bc74497
https://www.findagrave.com/virtual-cemetery/621592

Where we left off, Dion Fortune was in the midst of a divorce and living in The Belfry, about to embark on a new leg of her journey. This time I’m getting into the good, the bad, and the ugly the details of one of the most influential people in modern paganism and Wicca.

Dion Fortune was a British occultist, ceremonial magician, novelist, and author. She co-founded the Fraternity of the Inner Light and several other Theosophical organizations. Fortune was a proponent of philosophies that she claimed had been taught to her by spiritual entities known as the Ascended Masters.

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[ T. W. C. Moriarty], Seven Aphorisms of Creation, Seven Cosmic Principles
Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (1893). The Secret Doctrine: The Synthesis of Science, Religion, and Philosophy (Original from Harvard University (2 volumes) ed.). Theosophical Publishing Society. vol 2, p 143, 191.
Graf, S. J. (2007). The Occult Novels of Dion Fortune. Journal of Gender Studies, 16(1), 47–56. https://doi.org/10.1080/09589230601116182
https://viewfromthebighills.blogspot.com/2015/01/the-cosmic-doctrine-its-seven-laws_4.html

On a cool night in January of 2008, the town of Stephenville, Texas was inundated with unexplained aerial sightings. The incident received widespread media attention at the time and remains among the most notable UAP events in the 21st century.

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https://web.archive.org/web/20080208225743/http://www.ufocasebook.com/2008/sorrellssaga1.html.web.archive.org/web/20080115055543/www.cnn.com/2008/US/01/14/ufo.sightings.ap/in
explorer.naco.org/?county_info=48143. Accessed 4 Oct. 2022
https://www.npr.org/2008/01/16/18146244/dozens-claim-they-spotted-ufo-in-texas
https://www.vice.com/en/article/4a37xb/netflix-encounters-messengers-stephenville
https://www.npr.org/2008/01/24/18375952/air-force-alters-texas-ufo-explanation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephenville,_Texas#UFO_sightings
https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/a4018/4304170/
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/watchdog/2023/06/14/ufo-mania-surges-as-aerospace-experts-grapevine-lecture-sparks-intrigue/
https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/MUFON_releases_report_on_UFO_sighting_in_Stephenville,_Texas