#253: The Hidden World Of The Finders | John Brisson
82 min •
7 augusti 2022
The mid-1980s were a weird time when politics and child trafficking started to be mentioned in the same breath from time to time. The Franklin operation was in full swing between Omaha and D.C., the Iran-Contra affair was dragging in unusual stories about where some of the money was coming from, the McMartin Preschool scandal was breaking in Southern California, and an unusual group appeared on the scene called The Finders that had ties to intelligence agencies but looked and operated much like a cult.
John Brisson has been digging into this story for years as he pieces together his book on the subject, and we find an international operation that was trafficking children and had access to powerful military leaders and an unusual amount of money. There is also the satanic ritual component that adds an even darker twist to an already horrible story, and the FBI’s unwillingness to divulge the entire truth smells like a coverup from the highest levels. Were these just some pedophiles living on a commune, or was there an intelligence angle to this operation?