The Crazy Rulers of Our World [Jon Ronson]

Watch on Substack: https://theofficialurban.substack.com/p/crazy-rulers-1 Join investigative journalist Jon Ronson as he uncovers one of the most bizarre and unbelievable stories in the history of the U.S. military. This documentary explores the declassified history of the First Earth Battalion, a secret unit established in the 1980s with a singular goal: to create a new kind of "Warrior Monk" soldier. Following the trauma of Vietnam, forward-thinking (and perhaps delusional) leaders like Major General Albert Stubblebine believed the future of warfare was not in bigger bombs, but in the untapped potential of the human mind. This led to a series of highly covert and strange experiments, from attempts to walk through solid walls to the development of psychic spies. At the heart of this story is Lieutenant Colonel Jim Channon's "First Earth Battalion" manual, a document that blended New Age philosophy with military strategy, proposing soldiers could become invisible, sense plant auras, and pacify the enemy with "sparkly eyes." While some of these ideas were metaphorical, they were taken literally by high-ranking officials, leading to the infamous "Goat Lab" at Fort Bragg, where soldiers allegedly attempted to stop the hearts of animals simply by staring at them. Ronson interviews the key figures behind these programs, including General Stubblebine himself, the visionary Jim Channon, and Guy Savelli, the martial artist who claims he successfully performed the fabled "death stare." This film pieces together the secret history of these paranormal experiments and questions their ongoing impact in the post-9/11 world. = Affiliate Links = Use my Affiliate Link for the Deep State Mapping Project - Grab your deep state maps, graphs, posters, apparel and more, all you have to do is use my link https://dsmp.io/?aff=22 Looking for affordable web / game / server hosting? Check out my good buddy's hosting company which I am happily an affiliate for. Just use my link! https://my.terabit.io/aff.php?aff=30 = Live Streams = Twitch: https://twitch.tv/theurbanodyssey Kick: https://kick.com/officialurban Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/MastersMahan/live = Links & Social Media = All Links & Resources: https://bio.link/officialurban Urban Odyssey Substack: https://theofficialurban.substack.com Twitter (X): https://twitter.com/officialurbanus Urban's PDF Library: https://tinyurl.com/urbanspdfs = Chapters = 00:00 Introduction: Crazy Ideas in High Places 05:27 General Stubblebine and The Warrior's Arsenal 10:32 Project Jedi & The Goat Lab 13:34 The First Earth Battalion 19:26 A Make-or-Break Briefing at Fort Knox 25:24 The Predator: A Dark Interpretation 30:20 The Man Who Actually Stared at Goats 37:13 Staring at Goats After 9/11 42:01 The Return of the First Earth Battalion = Tags = Jon Ronson, The Men Who Stare at Goats, Crazy Rulers of the World, US Army, Military Intelligence, Psychic Spies, Paranormal, General Albert Stubblebine, Jim Channon, First Earth Battalion, Goat Lab, Fort Bragg, Project Jedi, Remote Viewing, Conspiracy Theory, Documentary, Cold War Experiments, Guy Savelli #JonRonson, #TheMenWhoStareAtGoats, #CrazyRulersOfTheWorld, #USArmy, #MilitaryIntelligence, #PsychicSpies, #Paranormal, #GeneralStubblebine, #JimChannon, #FirstEarthBattalion, #GoatLab, #FortBragg, #ProjectJedi, #RemoteViewing, #Conspiracy, #Documentary, #ColdWar, #PsychicWarriors

Watch on Substack: https://theofficialurban.substack.com/p/crazy-rulers-2 In this installment, Jon Ronson investigates the bizarre and disturbing evolution of psychological warfare, tracing a direct line from the esoteric theories of the "First Earth Battalion" to the interrogation rooms of Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib. The story begins with a seemingly humorous news report: U.S. forces are using songs from "Barney the Dinosaur" and "Sesame Street" to break Iraqi prisoners. Ronson interviews the songwriters, who are baffled and horrified, and the journalist who first broke the story of Metallica being blasted into shipping containers in the desert. The investigation deepens with the testimony of Jamal Al-Harith, a former Guantanamo detainee, who describes not only deafening industrial noises but also, perplexingly, being made to listen to Matchbox 20 and Kris Kristofferson at a normal volume. This suggests a coordinated program, not random acts. Ronson travels to the heart of the U.S. Army's Psychological Operations (PSYOPs) headquarters at Fort Bragg, where the official line is that they merely provide the equipment when ordered by commanders. But the trail leads back to Jim Channon's influential manual, which advocated using discordant sounds and music to mentally disorient the enemy. These ideas, once considered "folklore," found a real-world testing ground during the 1993 Waco siege, where agents blasted the compound with everything from Nancy Sinatra to the sounds of dying rabbits. The film culminates by connecting this history of experimental, non-lethal tactics to the Abu Ghraib scandal, challenging the official "few bad apples" narrative with evidence that PSYOPs may have directed the infamous photo sessions as part of a calculated psychological strategy. = 👨‍💼Affiliate Links👨‍💼 = 🕳️🐇🗺️ Use my Affiliate Link for the Deep State Mapping Project - Grab your deep state maps, graphs, posters, apparel and more, all you have to do is use my link 👉 https://dsmp.io/?aff=22 👈 🖥️💽 Looking for affordable web / game / server hosting? Check out my good buddy's hosting company which I am happily an affiliate for. Just use my link! 👉 https://my.terabit.io/aff.php?aff=30 👈 = 🔴Live Streams🔴 = Twitch: https://twitch.tv/theurbanodyssey Kick: https://kick.com/officialurban Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/MastersMahan/live = 🔗Links & Social Media📺 = 🔗All Links & Resources: https://bio.link/officialurban ✒️Urban Odyssey Substack: https://theofficialurban.substack.com Twitter (X): https://twitter.com/officialurbanus 📚Urban's PDF Library: https://tinyurl.com/urbanspdfs 🕳️🐇Masters Mahan Podcast LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/mastersmahan 📝Docs+Notes Database: https://docs.urbanodyssey.xyz 📺Urban's Playlist & Series Directory: https://docs.urbanodyssey.xyz/main/playlists.html = 📺 Other Channel(s) = 📺Rumble (More Content Freedom): https://rumble.com/c/MastersMahan 📺Bitchute (More Content Freedom): https://tinyurl.com/urbanodysseybitchute = 📷 Instagram(s) = https://www.instagram.com/mastersmahan https://www.instagram.com/theofficialurban = 📘 Facebook(s) = https://facebook.com/theurbanodyssey https://www.facebook.com/urbanrevelator https://facebook.com/groups/urbanslibrary = Chapters = 00:00 Introduction: From Goats to Abu Ghraib 02:26 The "Funny Torture" Playlist 07:45 A Tip-Off in Al Qaim 10:26 A Musical Mystery in Guantanamo Bay 15:16 Inside PSYOPs Headquarters 21:57 The Folklore of the First Earth Battalion 27:22 Waco: A Testing Ground for Non-Lethal Weapons 35:25 The Bucher Effect and Subliminal Messages 43:33 Connecting the Dots to Abu Ghraib = Tags = Jon Ronson, Funny Torture, PSYOPs, Psychological Warfare, Music Torture, Guantanamo Bay, Abu Ghraib, Waco Siege, David Koresh, Jim Channon, First Earth Battalion, Non-lethal Weapons, Subliminal Messages, Barney the Dinosaur, Sesame Street, Metallica, Lindy England, Documentary, Conspiracy #JonRonson, #FunnyTorture, #PSYOPs, #PsychologicalWarfare, #MusicTorture, #GuantanamoBay, #AbuGhraib, #WacoSiege, #DavidKoresh, #JimChannon, #FirstEarthBattalion, #NonLethalWeapons, #SubliminalMessages, #Barney, #SesameStreet, #Metallica, #LindyEngland, #Documentary, #Conspiracy

Watch on Substack: https://theofficialurban.substack.com/p/crazy-rulers-3 In the final installment of the series, Jon Ronson delves into the strange history of the U.S. Army's most secret unit: a team of "psychic foot soldiers" tasked with remote viewing during the Cold War. The film reveals how, after being officially disbanded, these paranormal operatives re-emerged in the private sector and were even recruited by agencies like the FBI to help fight the War on Terror. The story takes a dark turn as it traces the origins of these programs back to the CIA's infamous MKUltra mind-control experiments of the 1950s and the suspicious death of scientist Frank Olson, who fell from a hotel window nine days after being secretly dosed with LSD. Ronson interviews Olson's son, Eric, who has spent his life proving that his father's death was not a suicide but a murder to cover up a crisis of conscience over "terminal interrogations." This episode exposes the direct line from the shadowy figures behind MKUltra, like Sidney Gottlieb, to the funding and administration of the psychic spy program. It's a world where good intentions and paranormal curiosity intersect with a dangerous history of unaccountable power. The film culminates in the tragic story of the Heaven's Gate cult, whose 1997 mass suicide was directly inspired by a psychic prediction about an alien spaceship trailing the Hale-Bopp comet—a prediction made by a civilian remote viewing school started by a former military psychic's student. It serves as a chilling case study of what happens when these "crazy ideas" leak from their top-secret military containment and spiral out of control in the public domain. = 👨‍💼Affiliate Links👨‍💼 = 🕳️🐇🗺️ Use my Affiliate Link for the Deep State Mapping Project - Grab your deep state maps, graphs, posters, apparel and more, all you have to do is use my link 👉 https://dsmp.io/?aff=22 👈 🖥️💽 Looking for affordable web / game / server hosting? Check out my good buddy's hosting company which I am happily an affiliate for. Just use my link! 👉 https://my.terabit.io/aff.php?aff=30 👈 = 🔴Live Streams🔴 = Twitch: https://twitch.tv/theurbanodyssey Kick: https://kick.com/officialurban Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/MastersMahan/live = 🔗Links & Social Media📺 = 🔗All Links & Resources: https://bio.link/officialurban ✒️Urban Odyssey Substack: https://theofficialurban.substack.com Twitter (X): https://twitter.com/officialurbanus 📚Urban's PDF Library: https://tinyurl.com/urbanspdfs 🕳️🐇Masters Mahan Podcast LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/mastersmahan 📝Docs+Notes Database: https://docs.urbanodyssey.xyz 📺Urban's Playlist & Series Directory: https://docs.urbanodyssey.xyz/main/playlists.html = 📺 Other Channel(s) = 📺Rumble (More Content Freedom): https://rumble.com/c/MastersMahan 📺Bitchute (More Content Freedom): https://tinyurl.com/urbanodysseybitchute = 📷 Instagram(s) = https://www.instagram.com/mastersmahan https://www.instagram.com/theofficialurban = 📘 Facebook(s) = https://facebook.com/theurbanodyssey https://www.facebook.com/urbanrevelator https://facebook.com/groups/urbanslibrary = Chapters = 00:00 Introduction: Psychic Foot Soldiers 03:34 Recruiting Psychics for the War on Terror 10:13 The Original Sin: The Frank Olson Story 16:25 The Birth of the Remote Viewing Program 21:41 A Test of Psychic Ability 27:56 The "Obi-Wan Kenobi" of the US Army 33:33 Spreading Uncontrolled Across America 38:56 The Hale-Bopp Comet and The Heaven's Gate Tragedy 44:01 Death Threats and Dangerous Ideas = Tags = Jon Ronson, Psychic Foot Soldiers, Remote Viewing, Psychic Spies, US Army, CIA, MKUltra, Frank Olson, Eric Olson, LSD Experiments, Prudence Calabrese, Ed Dames, Courtney Brown, Hale-Bopp Comet, Heaven's Gate Cult, Conspiracy, Documentary, Cold War, Paranormal, Mind Control #JonRonson, #PsychicFootSoldiers, #RemoteViewing, #PsychicSpies, #USArmy, #CIA, #MKUltra, #FrankOlson, #LSD, #Paranormal, #PrudenceCalabrese, #EdDames, #HaleBopp, #HeavensGate, #ConspiracyTheory, #Documentary, #ColdWar, #MindControl