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🗓️ 15 March 2023
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Today's tale is the stuff of award-winning fiction and counterintelligence nightmares: What would you do if you learned one of the nation's top intelligence professionals had joined the other side? Join Ben, Matt and Noel as they dive into the strange, disturbing case of Charles F. McGonigal.
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0:30.0 | From UFOs to psychic powers and government conspiracies, history is riddled with unexplained events. |
0:37.0 | You can turn back now, or learn the stuff they don't want you to know. |
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0:54.0 | Welcome back to the show, my name is Matt. |
0:56.0 | My name is No. |
0:57.0 | They called me Ben. We're joined as always with our super producer, Paul Mission Control Deckent. |
1:03.0 | Most importantly, you are you, you are here, and that makes this the stuff they don't want you to know. |
1:10.0 | Today's episode is about power. It's often said power corrupts, and you know, we all seen that happen one way or another. |
1:18.0 | You might remember a kid who got a little despotic when they became a hall monitor, or kept an eye on the class while the teacher was gone. |
1:26.0 | There are no shortages of stories of local politicians who dip their finger into the sugar jar of public coffers. |
1:33.0 | But what happens when the people at the very top reaches of law enforcement start breaking the same laws? |
1:41.0 | These specific same laws they are meant to enforce. |
1:44.0 | That's our story today, the still unfolding tale of Charles McGonagall, Charlie to his friends. |
1:50.0 | For 22 years, he served the FBI and according to authorities, he began serving other masters somewhere along the way. |
1:59.0 | Here are the facts. |
2:01.0 | Yes, we first learned about Charlie here when we did a quick piece of strange news on him, because I think it was, it's something's been going up for a long time, |
2:11.0 | but it made the news because he was formally being charged with some stuff. |
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