Episode 31: The Strange Death of Thomas Merton

An interview with Hugh Turley, co-author of the book "The Martyrdom of Thomas Merton: An Investigation." In the more than fifty years since Merton passed, this has been the only investigation of his death ever conducted.

3:46 Hugh's investigative background
8:00 Seeking truth / seeking God
10:45 Co-author Dave Martin and past experience
14:35 Media as propaganda machine
17:45 Merton's final hour
33:45 The story about the shower
36:04 People who first saw Merton's body
38:00 The fan that supposedly electrocuted him
43:28 The Abbey of Gethsemane
56:43 Who was Fr. Francois De Grunne?
1:03:00 John Moffitt, America magazine
1:06:50 More evidence of a cover-up
1:11:46 How the book has been received
1:15:27 International Thomas Merton Society
1:23:39 Two poems by Dave Martin

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Mentioned in this episode:

"The Martyrdom of Thomas Merton: An Investigation"
https://www.amazon.com/Martyrdom-Thom...

Seventeen Techniques for Truth Suppression
https://dcdave.com/article3/991228.html

Vince Foster Murder Cover-up
http://www.fbicover-up.com

Dave Martin's website
www.DCDave.com

"The Assassination of James Forrestal," by David Martin
https://www.amazon.com/Assassination-...

"JFK and The Unspeakable: Why He Died and Why It Matters," by James Douglass
https://www.amazon.com/JFK-Unspeakabl...