Secret Societies: Global Control

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You notice the same unfamiliar symbol in two places that should have nothing to do with each other. At first it feels accidental. Then you learn that people have connected similar signs to private groups, hidden traditions, and theories of influence for generations. Secret Societies: Global Control explores the uneasy territory where secrecy, power, historical mystery, and speculation begin to overlap. Each episode follows stories surrounding covert organizations, coded beliefs, and claims of influence that have captured public imagination across different eras. Rather than treating every rumor as fact, the show explores why certain ideas persist and what makes concealed power so compelling. Sometimes the disturbing part is not proving that someone controls everything—it is realizing how little we actually know about what happens beyond public view.

  1. 23h ago

    She pressed her palm flat against the iron and held it there

    She pressed her palm flat against the iron and held it there Imagine walking a trail and finding a fireproof box the size of a dictionary with a forced latch and, inside, a sealed plastic liner containing a layer of dried red rose petals pressed into a spiral notebook. Those petals came from flowers left at a grave two years earlier and survived thirty-seven days in a North Carolina July sealed without oxygen. Why would someone hide a man’s personal effects and the last physical trace of his wife in the woods? In this episode, we examine how Keith Novak used a forged grief to recruit recently bereaved people into the Fenwick Continuance Group and a four-acre farmhouse scheme. We follow Troy Gallagher’s path from caregiver to group member, the investigative reporting that unraveled Novak Restorative LLC, and the evidence that exposed a long con built on fabricated loss. Person: Troy Gallagher Person: Keith Novak Event: Discovery of sealed fireproof box Location: Curtis Sheridan Trail, Brackett State Forest North Carolina Period: 2008-2011 - On July 9, 2011 Diane Purcell found a forced fire-resistant box about two hundred yards past the creek crossing on the Curtis Sheridan Trail. - Inside the box investigators found Troy Gallagher’s laminated ID, house keys, a spiral notebook, and a vacuum-sealed layer of red rose petals. - Troy had given approximately $22,000 to the group’s “continuance fund” and moved from his apartment to live at the Orchard Basin Road farmhouse. - Keith Novak used a forged death certificate and a false story of losing a wife named Ellen to present himself as a continuance facilitator. - A member named Paul Gentry heat-sealed Troy’s pressed rose petals and hid the box in the woods thirty-seven days before Troy left the farm. To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com. © 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.

  2. 1d ago

    Inside, sitting on top of a stack of papers, was a sealed plastic liner

    Inside, sitting on top of a stack of papers, was a sealed plastic liner Imagine finding a red binder wedged in the fork of a sycamore root above the Kessler River, its cover stamped THE ACCOUNTING. FINAL CYCLE. CLOSE JUNE 3 and its pages inexplicably dry sixteen days after that date. The ledger pointed to money moved, a failed prophecy, and a leader who had prepared an exit long before the ceremony he promised would change everything. Who built the system that turned spiritual language into financial extraction? In this episode, we follow Beverly Nelson into the Seventh Seal Assembly and trace Marvin Sharp’s construction of a spiritual and agricultural cooperative that culminated in a June 3 ceremony and the disappearance of $94,218. We examine how records, a reporter’s investigation, and a binder pulled from a river revealed methodical preparation and an orchestrated liquidation. Person: Marvin Sharp Person: Beverly Nelson Location: Tremaine orchard, Brackett County Event: June 3 ceremony / "final cycle" Amount: $94,218 - Sharon Farrell found a red binder labeled THE ACCOUNTING wedged four inches above the waterline of the Kessler River on June 19 2011. - Nineteen people moved into the Tremaine orchard and surrendered money framed as a "release of material attachment." - Beverly Nelson transferred $412, her entire checking account balance, to the cooperative within one week of moving in. - Marvin Sharp moved $12,000 in April 2011 into a storage unit under another name two months before the June 3 ceremony. - After June 3 ninety four thousand two hundred and eighteen dollars moved through three transfers into an account registered solely in Sharp's name. To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com. © 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.

  3. 2d ago

    At four fifteen in the morning on June nineteenth

    At four fifteen in the morning on June nineteenth Imagine a county surveyor crouching by a concrete boundary marker and finding a fogged Kansas driver's license set into the wet cement like a message that could not be censored. The card bore the name Karen Jensen and it pointed back to a twelve-acre farm run as the Meridian Compact, where rules, confiscated IDs, and a controlled vocabulary kept people from leaving. What did one pressed license reveal about the system that held a family for years? In this episode, we trace how Dennis and Karen Jensen were drawn into Brian Stewart's Harwick Meridian Holdings scheme, how Karen lived inside the Compact for three years, and how a single act of pressing her license into concrete began the unraveling without immediately resolving who exposed Stewart's prior identity. Person: Karen Jensen Person: Brian Stewart (formerly Brian Stewart Stowers) Location: Opal County, Kansas Organization: Harwick Meridian Holdings / Meridian Compact Period: 2007-2011 - Dennis Jensen wired $60,000 to Brian Stewart in June 2007 and had invested $120,000 by October 2007. - Harwick Meridian Holdings was formed in 2004 and purchased the twelve-acre farm in Opal County in 2006 for $304,000. - Karen hid her Kansas driver's license in her sock then pressed it face-down into freshly poured concrete on the farm's western border in summer 2009. - County surveyor Judith Fleming discovered the license in the concrete in May 2011 and photographed it before notifying the sheriff. - Brian Stewart was sentenced to fourteen years in September 2011 after investigators found an annotated Illinois civil complaint showing a repeated, decades-long scheme To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com. © 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.

  4. 3d ago

    At seven forty-five on the morning of April fourteenth

    At seven forty-five on the morning of April fourteenth Imagine a single warm meal tray left on a picnic table beside a dark lodge a gravel drive and a car caked in pollen - a scene that prompted a septic contractor to call nine-one-one and unraveled a decade of carefully constructed lies. That tray led investigators to a retreat where private journals were read aloud and a forged professional identity was the cornerstone of control. How did a woman with no doctorate convince grieving people they could not - or should not - leave? In this episode, we follow the story of Beverly Whitfield and Clearwater Restorative Haven, a nonprofit wellness retreat on Harrow Creek where residents arrived for grief support but found their phones narrowed their schedules contracted and their journals used against them. We trace the path from a 2009 seminar tactic to a 2019 welfare check that exposed fabricated credentials and financial exploitation without conventional physical violence. Person: Beverly Whitfield Location: Harrow Creek property, Tilden County Oregon Period: 2009-2019 Event: Welfare check and entry on April 14, 2019 Charges: Fraud unlawful financial exploitation practicing psychology without a license - At 7:45 a.m. on April 14, 2019 septic contractor Holly Henderson found a fresh meal tray on a picnic table outside the lodge and called 9-1-1. - Beverly claimed a doctorate and fifteen years of clinical practice though Vermont's university and Oregon licensing records showed no such credentials. - Susan Zeller arrived at Clearwater on September 2, 2018 and contributed $22,000 across three payments while her outside contacts were restricted. - A notarized power of attorney dated 2016 showed Stuart Mace signing authority over to Beverly while his wife Lori Mace was isolated on the property. - Beverly was convicted in 2020 sentenced to seven years and in 2024 admitted she fabricated credentials and deliberately used residents' journal contents to prevent them from leaving To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com. © 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.

  5. 4d ago

    A yellow lunchbox, zip-tied to a fence post in thirty-one-degree air

    A yellow lunchbox, zip-tied to a fence post in thirty-one-degree air Imagine finding a yellow lunchbox fastened to a fence post at dawn containing a fifteen-year-old denial letter and seven human teeth. That small, deliberate object sat at the gate of a rural property outside Enfield Crossing, Missouri and became the only record of an exit from a closed farming community called the Remnant. What did that lunchbox reveal about the man who called himself Jason Mason and the lives he asked thirty-two people to give over? In this episode, we trace how Leon Lewis, recruited at a VFW dinner, moved to Haller Creek and gradually discovered that the Morning Light Land Trust held $412,000 routed through shell entities and a denied church registration from 2004. We follow Leon’s midnight retrieval of his mother’s teeth and a denial letter and the dispersal and prosecution that followed without resolving every survivor’s experience. Person: Leon Lewis Organization: The Remnant / Morning Light Land Trust Person: James Norman Kettrick (aka Jason Mason) Location: Haller Creek, near Enfield Crossing, Missouri Date: March 14, 2019 - Birdwatcher Kathleen Padgett found a yellow lunchbox zip-tied to a gate post at 7:00 a.m. on March 14, 2019. - The lunchbox contained a two-thousand-and-four denial letter from the Missouri Secretary of State and seven human teeth. - Thirty-two people had moved to the Haller Creek farm in February 2018 and followed a morning accountability routine at 5:15 a.m. - Investigators traced $412,000 routed through three shell entities administered from a UPS Store mailbox in Warrensburg. - James Norman Kettrick was arrested in summer 2019 and later cooperated revealing three document caches including one buried under the barn floor. To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com. © 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.

  6. 5d ago

    The cake had the number forty-seven piped in blue frosting

    The cake had the number forty-seven piped in blue frosting A sixteen-year-old paperboy finds a folding table in a frozen gravel lot with a birthday cake, a handwritten card, and car keys-then a sheriff's deputy opens an empty building that had housed twelve adults. The cake's single blue "47" and the card that reads "This was always yours. I'm sorry it took so long." become the first threads of a story about trust, money, and a fabricated credential. How did a wrong-numbered cake come to mark the end of a community? In this episode, we trace how Lloyd Dalton built the Dalton Circle from a library talk into a rented compound on Aldercroft Road, how Chad Bell and eleven others were drawn into a program called Directed Living and its predecessor Aligned Path, and how a green ledger notebook and a fake Whitmore Institute certificate helped investigators unravel financial exploitation without fully explaining why some members stayed. Person: Lloyd Dalton Organization: Directed Living / Dalton Circle Person: Chad Bell Event: Discovery of empty building and cake Location: Aldercroft Road, Merritt Falls - On February 9, 2019 Leon Green found a folding table with a cake piped "47" a handwritten card and keys in a frozen gravel lot. - Lloyd Dalton announced Directed Living at the Solvane County Public Library in spring 2017 with a framed Whitmore Institute certificate dated 2013. - The Whitmore Institute had ceased accepting Oregon registrations in 2008 and its founder had been fined for operating unlicensed education. - Investigators recovered a green composition notebook listing names amounts and program phrases that showed escalating fees and financial entanglement. - Chad Bell checked into a Dunleigh motel on his birthday paid cash and left a cake in the lot before being found there nineteen days later alive and later testifying against Dalton. To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com. © 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.

  7. 6d ago

    The diploma on his wall had the wrong font on the university seal

    The diploma on his wall had the wrong font on the university seal Imagine driving past a remote gate at eight degrees Fahrenheit and spotting a woman sitting upright in the frozen dirt clutching a glass of juice a stranger left for her. That roadside moment unravels a meticulously built community called the Pineward Fellowship where rituals, confessions, and finances were engineered to keep people inside. How did a fabricated doctoral certificate become the linchpin for twenty-two months of control and nearly half a million dollars in transfers? In this episode, we follow Emily Cox, a thirty-one-year-old medical billing specialist who spent twenty-two months at Breckett Ranch under Kenneth Cook’s Pineward Fellowship. We trace recruitment from a Marriott seminar to the compound routine, the Renewal Fund transfers, Sandra Peele’s secret lockbox, and the notebooks that documented confessions without revealing why some insiders turned on their leader. Person: Emily Cox Person: Kenneth Cook Organization: Pineward Fellowship Location: Breckett Ranch Delmar County New Mexico Period: March 2007-January 2009 - A road-grader operator named Bruce Tillman found Emily Cox sitting beside County Road Forty-One in eight-degree weather on January 14. - Emily Cox had lost fourteen pounds in her first three months at the compound on a diet of rice legumes and greenhouse vegetables. - Kenneth Cook framed a framed doctoral certificate with an incorrectly typeset university seal that a registrar later confirmed was fraudulent. - Sandra Peele photocopied financial records and a copy of the fake certificate for nineteen months and stored them in a Roswell lockbox. - Investigators later seized records showing Cook transferred approximately $412,000 from the Renewal Fund into a personal Nevada account. To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com. © 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.

  8. Oct 21

    A man with patient eyes and very good granola

    A man with patient eyes and very good granola Imagine climbing a utility pole and looking down at sixteen hand-painted wooden signs staked in a circle around a cold fire pit, each bearing a child's name and a single left boot at its base. That image was the first visible trace of a community that had quietly gathered people, money, and language over more than a decade. What did those sixteen names mean and why were they never explained? In this episode, we follow Amanda Weber from a Tuesday night board game group to eleven years inside "the Stewardship" led by Thomas Draper, tracing how slow cultivation, a shared bank account, and an invented vocabulary produced control and ultimately a criminal conviction without answering every mystery. Person: Thomas Draper Person: Amanda Weber Location: Pineward Road, Kellum County Event: Discovery by utility technician Linda Long Amount: $340,000 - On December 9 a utility technician named Linda Long found sixteen hand-painted signs around a fire pit and a single left boot at each sign. - Thomas Draper began attending Amanda's library board game night in February and later visited with homemade granola in April. - Members deposited savings into a communal operating fund that eventually totaled three hundred and forty thousand dollars. - A splice hiding an illegal tap into Tristate Rural Electric was found on the Pineward line and reported to the sheriff's dispatch. - The sixteen names on the signs did not match any member records or databases and remain unexplained. To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com. © 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.

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You notice the same unfamiliar symbol in two places that should have nothing to do with each other. At first it feels accidental. Then you learn that people have connected similar signs to private groups, hidden traditions, and theories of influence for generations. Secret Societies: Global Control explores the uneasy territory where secrecy, power, historical mystery, and speculation begin to overlap. Each episode follows stories surrounding covert organizations, coded beliefs, and claims of influence that have captured public imagination across different eras. Rather than treating every rumor as fact, the show explores why certain ideas persist and what makes concealed power so compelling. Sometimes the disturbing part is not proving that someone controls everything—it is realizing how little we actually know about what happens beyond public view.

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