In observance of America's semiquincentennial, we're going to dive into the legend of The Count of St. Germain - a larger than life figure who is considered the "God of Freedom for this system of worlds," in esoteric tradition. He was, from what we know, an 18th century adventurer and alchemist with no known age or origin who somehow charmed himself into the highest ranks of European society. He possessed more talents than seemed possible to gain in a single lifetime and ALLEGEDLY made himself immortal. His status in the centuries after his SUPPOSED death has elevated to that of an Ascended Master. It was said he warned Marie Antoinette of the coming French Revolution. It was also said he was even present at the signing of the Declaration of Independence. OR was this all nonsense and was the Count just an extremely clever conman? Perhaps!

For the first of our Bus Stop Bench series we're joined with special guest John to discuss the use of LSD in the 1950s; primarily by the U.S. government but also how it seeped into broader society. The buttoned up & repressed era of the 1950s is not a time we typically associate with acid and yet that's when the research really kicked off. So throw on your best tie dye cardigan and join us as we play stickball with your mind!

The Sarajevo Safari was an ALLEGED war tourism phenomenon that POSSIBLY happened during the siege of Sarajevo between 1992 to 1996. Wealthy foreigners MAY HAVE been paying huge sums of money to the Serbian military for the opportunity to shoot civilians with sniper rifles. It could be a complete myth, but the story has carried on to this day and just last year (2025) the Public Prosecutor's Office in Milan opened an ongoing investigation into the alleged participation of Italian citizens in these horrific crimes. We wanted to come back with something light!

The 1st semester of Bus Stop Seminars has come to a close. We'll be back soon once we've banked some more episodes. In the meantime, please leave a comment for any topics you'd want us to cover. Thank you very much for joining this cult in progress! Happy Holidays!

To close out our series on the life and mind of John A. Keel, we're going to dive into his master's thesis on the paranormal subject captured in the book The Eighth Tower. Does it make sense? No. Does it have any real evidence? Also no. But is it just the kind of ludicrous escapism your life has been craving? Maybe!

Have you heard about Mothman, but never felt like reading the book? Do you want three guys at a bus stop to give you all the talking points so you don't have to? You got nothing better to do right?

For this series we're going to explore the life and work of ufologist John Alva Keel. The man responsible for the Mothman Prophecies, in some ways the Men in Black franchise, as well as the concept of "ultraterrestrials" to explain the UFO phenomenon. Join us on the bleeding edge of Woo Woo!

To wrap up our series on the book we're going to take look at Manson's time in San Francisco and all the groovy connections he might have had with the CIA through his visits to The Height Ashbury Free Medical Clinic. Come on in and don't mind the pencil pushers! It's all part of a test we're doing...