Topic: Jack Nicholson

Greg Carlwood addresses listener feedback regarding a previous guest and a critical piece by Johnny Vedmore. He explains his process for researching guests and his decision to move controversial personal discussions to the Plus segment. The segment highlights interesting research found in the guest's work regarding Gerald Ford and Hunter S. Thompson, despite the personal controversies surrounding the author.

Kirby Sommers discusses allegations that author Hunter S. Thompson was involved in the production of snuff films, as claimed by Franklin survivor Paul Bonassi. A handwritten note from Thompson is presented, in which he mentions a film made with Jack Nicholson and warns of the dangers of the subject. Thompson is characterized not as a counterculture rebel, but as a facilitator for dark elite circles who openly wrote about child abduction in his book Kingdom of Fear.

Director Bob Rafelson is identified as a mentor and potential handler for Jack Nicholson, encouraging him to buy property adjacent to the Playboy Mansion. Blueprints and social media admissions confirm the existence of underground tunnels connecting the mansion to the homes of celebrities like Nicholson and Warren Beatty. These locations are linked to incidents of sexual assault, including the 1977 Roman Polanski case involving a 13-year-old victim.

Producer Joe Pasternak is credited with discovering Jack Nicholson at MGM, a role Sommers compares to modern celebrity trainer Harley Pasternak. The discussion explores how modeling agency owner Katie Ford allegedly delivered victims to Nicholson, mirroring tactics used by Harvey Weinstein. The Pasternak name is highlighted as a potential multi-generational lineage of handlers for Hollywood talent.

A temporal link is established between "The Shining" and Tim Burton’s "Batman," both starring Jack Nicholson as characters named Jack. The films are separated by 474 weeks (237 x 2), with the midpoint being the release of "2010: The Year We Make Contact," directed by Peter Hyams. Hyams, who shares a birthday with Kubrick, also directed "Capricorn One," a film about a faked Mars mission, further weaving the theme of space deception.

The discussion examines the 1974 film Chinatown as a potential "revelation of method" where creators like Roman Polanski and Robert Evans allegedly turned real-world crimes into celebrated art. Jason Horsley compares this behavior to British DJ Jimmy Savile, who used public boasting about his crimes as an expression of power over victims. The segment highlights the mysterious background of Jack Nicholson and the distinction between aesthetically good filmmaking and ethically compromised production.

The discussion shifts to Kubrick's early production partner, James B. Harris, who had a background in the Army Signal Corps and a family business distributing Soviet films. Harris is identified as a key link to the darker side of Hollywood, including associations with self-proclaimed "Hollywood witch" Samson De Brier. These connections placed Kubrick on the periphery of an occult-influenced social scene involving figures like James Dean and Jack Nicholson.

Kubrick's close ties to Roman Polanski and Peter Sellers are scrutinized, particularly in light of Polanski's 1970s sexual assault case. Snyder addresses a rumor from the blog "Crazy Days and Nights" alleging that Kubrick possessed a trove of child pornography at the time of his death. Snyder remains dubious of this specific claim, suggesting it may be disinformation designed to shift blame from James B. Harris to the deceased Kubrick.

The episode concludes with a preview of the "Plus" segment, which covers Jack Nicholson's alleged role in cleaning the Tate murder scene and snuff film allegations against Hunter S. Thompson. The host highlights the suspicious nature of Roman Polanski being out of the country during the murders. The show wraps up with a call to join the subscription service and a closing musical track about elite manipulation.