The Grateful Dead (Pt. 3): What The Epstein Files Tell Us About Bob Weir’s Bohemian Grove Ties and MK Ultra
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🗓️ 24 February 2026
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Why was the Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir a member of the secretive Bohemian Club? Maybe the answer lies in the Epstein Files or in early MK Ultra efforts? Listen to find out why a counterculture icon, one of the architects of the most consequential communities in music history, was part of a community that included conservative presidents and war criminals.
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| 0:00.0 | Disgrace and is a production of Double Elvis. |
| 0:03.0 | This is a story about the other one. |
| 0:18.0 | The Prep School Kid, the Bagman, the devil's right hand. |
| 0:23.0 | And it's also a story about Satanism, an LSD, and the CIA, in M.K. Ultra, |
| 0:31.4 | about ritual sacrifice and the devils in the details of the Epstein vials and on the grounds of Bohemian Grove. |
| 0:39.6 | This is a story about the Grateful Dead's Bob Weir, about a man who made great music. |
| 0:48.8 | Unlike that music, I played for you at the top of the show. |
| 0:52.2 | That wasn't great music. |
| 0:54.2 | That was a preset loop from my Melotron called Boot Scootin' Booty MK1. |
| 1:01.7 | I played you that loop because I can't afford the rights to the fate of Ophelia by Taylor Swift. |
| 1:09.4 | And why would I play you that specific slice of over-saturated Kelsey cheese could I afford it? |
| 1:17.0 | Because that was the number one song in America on January 10, 2006. |
| 1:24.5 | And that was the day Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weird died, promptly sending me down the rabbit hole at Bohemian Grove. |
| 1:34.3 | On this episode, the CIA, M.K. Ultra, nearly a million dead, satanic sacrifice, LSD, Jeffrey Epstein's Files, Bohemian Grove, and Bob Weir. |
| 1:49.2 | I'm Jake Brennan, and this is Disgraceland. on on January On January 10th of this year, 2006, |
| 2:24.5 | Grateful Dead, Rat Dog, and Dead and Company guitarist, singer and songwriter Bob Weir, died. |
| 2:31.4 | The statement from his family says that Bobby, as they call him, quote, |
| 2:36.7 | transitioned peacefully, surrounded by loved ones after courageously beating cancer as only Bobby could. |
| 2:44.7 | Unfortunately, he succumbed to underlying lung issues, unquote. |
| 2:50.4 | Bob Weir was beloved by his family and by fans from around the globe. |
| 2:55.7 | He not only helped mold the sound of one of the most influential and successful rock |
| 2:59.9 | and roll bands of all time, he also helped create an institution, A Grateful Dead. |
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