The Conspiracy Tapes | 4. Contagion

The Conspiracy Tapes

Sony Music

True Crime, History, Society & Culture, Documentary

4 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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A pastor receives troubling information about Todd's past. His credibility is shattered, but the tapes of his talks take on a life of their own. Todd's ideas move from fringe Christian congregations to the mainstream, igniting fears of Satanic cults, government conspiracies, and violence. Unlock all episodes of The Conspiracy Tapes, ad-free, right now by subscribing to The Binge. Plus, get binge access to brand new stories dropping on the first of every month thats all episodes, all at once, all ad-free. Just click Subscribe on the top of the Cover Up show page on Apple Podcasts or visit GetTheBinge.com to get access wherever you get your podcasts. A Magnificent Noise & Sony Music Entertainment production. Find out more about The Binge and other podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The bench.
0:04.0	Once you're in, there's a bounty on your head should you ever leave.
0:10.0	Leaving the alumnus, There's a bounty on your head should you ever leave.
0:13.0	Leaving the Illuminati, John Todd was faced with two options.
0:18.0	Fight or flight.
0:21.0	The bounty starts at $10,000 and they spend a professional. If you're wondering why I'm still alive, it isn't easy.
0:27.0	He could have kept a low profile. He would have changed his appearance, assumed a new identity, and faded into obscurity.
0:37.3	But instead, he chose a very different path, a well-publicized tour across the US, speaking in front of packed churches,
0:46.0	calling news coverage wherever he went and revealing every secret plan of the shadowy organization he once belonged to.
0:55.1	It was an unusual choice for someone with a $10,000 bounty on their head, to say the least.
1:01.6	And yet, no one tried to assassinate John while he was on tour. That didn't
1:06.7	happen until the tour was over.
1:08.9	It was a Sunday night in April 1978 and after being on the road for three months
1:18.0	John had returned to Canoga Park. On this night he was attending a service at Faith Baptist.
1:26.5	Faith Baptist was no ordinary church for John.
1:30.1	It was the place where he Roland Rasmussen, who had helped catapult
1:33.0	him into one of the most talked about topics in Christian circles at that moment.
1:38.0	And it was Faith Baptist pastor, Roland Rasmussen, who had helped catapult John's speaking career.
1:45.0	At the end of Pastor Rasmussen's evening service, the congregation was filing out of the building.
1:51.0	I came walking out of the church at Faith Baptist.
1:55.0	I got in my car, started to drive off in the parking lot.
1:58.0	About 30 people were standing around, and a passing car opened up on with a gun.
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