ZBT: The CIA Used Vampires Corpses to Fight Communism
Bold American Pod
Barstool Sports
4.6 • 3.4K Ratings
🗓️ 25 September 2024
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
In this gripping two-part podcast series, we delve into the unexpected and strange overlap of history and modernity. In Round 1, we explore how the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) used Filipino folklore, particularly the terrifying aswang, to wage psychological warfare during the post-WWII Hukbalahap Rebellion. Learn how Air Force Officer Edward Lansdale and the CIA weaponized vampire myths in the Philippines to turn the tide of insurgency. Round 2 takes a shocking turn to modern times, where nine athletes from Tufts University’s men’s lacrosse team were hospitalized after a dangerous workout led by a Navy SEAL. Discover the risks of high-intensity training and the dangers of rhabdomyolysis. Available now on YouTube, iTunes, and Spotify. SEO Keywords: CIA, Filipino folklore, aswang, Edward Lansdale, Hukbalahap, psychological warfare, Filipino vampires, post-colonial Philippines, U.S. military history, Navy SEAL training, Tufts University, rhabdomyolysis, athlete health risks, extreme workouts, modern sports injuries, historical espionage, paranormal warfare. @Mentions: @CIAHistory @USMilitary @TuftsUniversity @NavySEALs @FolkloreExperts @HistoryUnpluggedPodcast @AthleteRecovery Hashtags: #CIA #Folklore #Aswang #PhilippineHistory #PsychologicalWarfare #NavySEAL #Rhabdomyolysis #AthleteSafety #HistoricalEspionage #SupernaturalWarfare #Podcast #SportsInjury #Mythology #TrueStory
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, ZeroBlog 30 listeners, you can find us every Tuesday and Friday on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube. |
| 0:06.5 | Pride members can also listen ad-free on Amazon Music. |
| 0:11.7 | Welcome back to another edition of Zero Blog 30. |
| 0:15.3 | Today we're going to be talking about some big-time vampires that are happening in Vietnam and how we use them. |
| 0:21.6 | The CIA used them to basically scare the bejesus out of a civilian populace. |
| 0:27.6 | It's a wild story, Kay, just wait till you hear it. |
| 0:30.6 | Round number two, we're going to talk about Tufts University's lacrosse team, which isn't a huge topic of conversation typically on this |
| 0:38.2 | podcast, but we're going to be talking about them because there was one Navy SEAL who took, |
| 0:44.0 | I just got out of boot camp, hanging out in my driveway, going to show you how I can do a little |
| 0:48.9 | bit of PT, going to show you how I could choke somebody out type of thing, took it way too far. |
| 0:55.3 | And people ended up in the hospital. |
| 0:58.9 | You can't do Navy SEAL hazing on a college lacrosse team. |
| 1:03.7 | I will get into and we get there. |
| 1:06.6 | But I would have thought that he would have been okay because these fellas, they won a national championship. |
| 1:12.5 | Lacrosse, it's not like they're in terrible shape. |
| 1:15.6 | Like, you're a pretty good shape. |
| 1:17.1 | You do national championship level lacrosse. |
| 1:19.4 | I feel like you're in pretty good shape. |
| 1:21.2 | You can take a lot of hazing, you dumb bitches. |
| 1:23.4 | Yeah, totally. |
| 1:24.0 | Yeah, and I thought lacrosse was like the Navy Seals of Hazing. |
| 1:29.5 | Right? |
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