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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

The True Story of Aleister Crowley

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture

4.211K Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2026

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

Depending on whom you ask, Aleister Crowley was: a genius, a conman, a criminal, a philosopher, a prophet, the greatest magician of the modern age, or all of the above. But what was he really like? In tonight's episode, Ben, Matt and Noel explore the strange saga of 'the Great Beast' ... and ask whether his ceremonial magick actually worked.

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0:00.0

From UFOs to psychic powers and government conspiracies, history is riddled with unexplained events.

0:06.5

You can turn back now or learn the stuff they don't want you to know.

0:12.0

A production of IHeartRadie. Hello, welcome back to the show. My name is Matt.

0:29.4

What are you doing, Matt? I can't with you. It was dull. They called me, Ben. We're joined, as always, with our super producer, Max, the freight train Williams.

0:40.1

Most importantly, you are you.

0:42.2

You are here.

0:43.2

That makes this the stuff they don't want you to know as above.

0:47.8

So below.

0:48.8

Shout out to the Great Beast 666, depending on who you ask.

0:54.2

Alistair Crowley is a lot of things.

0:56.9

Six, six, six, six.

1:00.0

Did you ever think about that, guys?

1:01.9

Right.

1:02.6

The sign of the beast.

1:05.1

Now, I think at this point, all of us, long-time conspiracy realists, are very familiar with the character,

1:14.2

the real guy, known as Alistair Crowley. So depending on who you ask, and depending on when

1:20.9

in history, you ask, Crowley will be described as either a genius, a con man,

1:28.5

uh, uh, the great, one of the greatest magicians, a drug addict, a womanizer,

1:34.0

a criminal, uh, phenomenal philosopher, or maybe all of those things at once.

1:39.9

Ben, I don't often hear him described as a trust fund kid, which is probably even closer to

1:46.5

reality.

1:47.2

Bit of a trust a farian.

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