The Conspiracy Tapes | 5. Resurrection

The Conspiracy Tapes

Sony Music

True Crime, History, Society & Culture, Documentary

4 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Discredited, John Todd vanishes and is largely forgotten until his speeches resurface online, sparking a new wave of interest and influence. 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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0:34.0	You may be familiar with the phrase, starved for attention.
0:38.0	There's probably no better way to describe John Todd in the 1970s.
0:47.2	He craved attention because he craved the feeling of power and influence. He craved the ability to use that power and influence to
0:56.4	manipulate others and he was willing to tell extraordinary lies in order to get it.
1:03.0	Falling into obscurity was perhaps the worst possible fate in his mind.
1:08.0	And yet, by March 1979, that's exactly what happened.
1:14.0	John Todd had been shunned by the evangelical Christians who had once adored him.
1:21.0	John was believed to have become so desperate for attention that he even called
1:25.8	in a tip to an FBI field office. About himself. John claimed to be an anonymous caller concerned about the activity of a small group running paramilitary drills in the woods.
1:38.0	John said that the group were practicing weapons training for hand-to-hand combat.
1:43.9	Soon after, Special Agent Joseph Servill
1:47.1	traveled two hours from the FBI field office
1:50.0	in Butte, Montana, to a 10-acre property to interview John.
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