Interview · moment 13 of 19
Nancy Schaefer's Death and Political Blackmail History
from The Whole Thing Is Evil · #63
Audio-only archive episode — no video to seek.
4 minGuest
Discussion of child welfare advocate Nancy Schaefer's suspicious murder-suicide, historical political blackmail by J. Edgar Hoover and James Angleton, and the claim that Hoover blackmailed JFK into putting LBJ on the ticket.
- 55:48Tim was pitched a Nancy Schaefer story in Hollywood five years ago; a studio VP who wanted to develop it started receiving ominous phone calls.
- 56:14Nancy Schaefer exposed dangers in the foster care and Child Protective Services systems; she and her husband died in what was ruled a murder-suicide.
- 56:56Tim received significant pressure after pursuing this work and decided he would proceed as if willing to die for the story.
- 57:27The Schaefer story potentially unravels massive blackmail, corruption, and crimes involving sociopaths in power.
- 57:46Political blackmail has been a tool of American intelligence and law enforcement for decades—J. Edgar Hoover and CIA counterintelligence chief James Angleton both practiced it.
- 58:22According to JFK's secretary Evelyn Lincoln, Hoover blackmailed Kennedy into accepting Lyndon Johnson as his running mate, altering the course of history.
- 58:54Dennis Hastert was a pedophile for years before becoming Speaker of the House, constitutionally the third most powerful man in the country, and the FBI probably knew about it.
- 59:21According to FBI whistleblower Sibel Edmonds, the FBI and Turkish authorities knew about Hastert's crimes while he held the speakership.
CIAJ. Edgar HooverDennis HastertJohn Fitzgerald KennedyJames AngletonFBINancy ShaferSibel EdmondsLyndon JohnsonChild Protective ServicesEvelyn LincolnBoston GlobeChurch six candles