September 25, 2009: Economic Meltdown and Spiricom Fraud - Stephen Rorke & Joseph Meyer
The program shifts dramatically when Rorke presents his years-long investigation into the Spiricom, a device long celebrated as a breakthrough in spirit communication. Rorke reveals that operator William O Neill was a diagnosed schizophrenic with ventriloquist skills who possessed an electrolarynx device never disclosed in his equipment diagrams. Newly discovered high-fidelity audio from the MetaScience Foundation archives makes the electrolarynx signature unmistakable, and critical analysis shows the two voices on the recordings never actually overlap.
Rorke traces the deeper connections between Spiricom and intelligence-linked figures like Andrija Puharich, suggesting the story may involve elements of psychological operations. Despite declaring the Spiricom a hoax, Rorke maintains that EVP as a broader phenomenon should not be dismissed based on this single fraudulent case.
Key Moments
1929 redux - the second wave is coming: Joe Meyer maps the post-crash 1929-1930 sucker rally - 50% recovery over seven months - directly onto the 2009 Dow rally and warns the market will revisit 6470 and could bottom near 2450.
$350 billion California ARM time bomb: Meyer points to $350 billion in adjustable-rate mortgages set to reset in California in 2010 and 2011 as the trigger for a second housing collapse and a second economic tsunami.
Spiricom operator was a schizophrenic ventriloquist: Rorke says his investigation of the MetaScience archives proves operator William J. O'Neill was a diagnosed schizophrenic with ventriloquist skills who possessed an electrolarynx device - the buzzing tone heard in every famous Spiricom recording.
The Dr. Mueller voice never spoke when others were watching: Rorke notes Spiricom's miraculous two-way conversations only happened when O'Neill was alone - George Meek would sit for hours filming with the 13-tone droning, hoping for contact, and nothing came.
Cleaner audio makes the hoax obvious: When Rorke transferred Spiricom from the original one-inch broadcast reels, the clearer the recording becomes, the more clearly the supposed spirit voice sounds like an electrolarynx buzzing - the opposite of what real evidence would do.