Author Katherine Chiljan joins S.T. Patrick to discuss the Shakespeare conspiracy. Was William Shakespeare who we have long been taught he was? Was he someone else entirely different? Why would his authorship have been hidden? Was it a consortium? Were there women involved? What about Sir Francis Bacon, Christopher Marlowe, and the Earl of Derby? How does Hamlet hold key clues … [Read more...]
MWN Episode 158 – Robert Gettlin on Watergate, Silent Coup, and Len Colodny
Robert Gettlin, the co-author of Silent Coup: The Removal of a President, joins S.T. Patrick to discuss the memory of friend Len Colodny, Watergate, and the writing of Silent Coup. There has long been a question about whether Gettlin disavowed Silent Coup when his name did not appear as an author on the book's 25th anniversary paperback edition (Trine Day). That is answered in … [Read more...]
MWN Episode 157 – JFK & Oswald – Four Days That Shocked the World
Unlike most of our interview-based episodes, this one is a replay of the 1963 album, Four Days that Shocked the World: November 22-25, 1963. Reid Collins of WNEW Radio News narrates the events of those four days with news footage spliced in. If you have a conspiratorial view regarding the JFK assassination, you'll find this fascinating. You'll pick up small things throughout … [Read more...]
MWN Episode 156 – The Real Aaron Burr with Whisper Stone
Author Whisper Stone talks to S.T. Patrick about the real Aaron Burr, one Stone argues has been much maligned in recent Burr biographies by David O. Stewart and most notably in Ron Chernow's Hamilton, the basis for the hit Broadway musical. Stone discusses Burr's rise, the great tie of 1800, Burr as VP, strife with Jefferson, strife with Hamilton, "the duel," why the Burr … [Read more...]
MWN Episode 155 – David Denton on the JFK Docs, Hunt, Harvey, and the ACSI
Professor David Denton from Olney Central College teaches a course on the Political Assassinations of the 1960s. As one of the founders of the JFK Historical Group, he has spent decades researching the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. In recent years, he has focused on the JFK document releases. He joins S.T. Patrick on this episode of the Midnight Writer News Show … [Read more...]