Premium Episode 241: Radium Toothpaste
On June 13th, 1996, the leader of a Long Island UFO group was charged with conspiracy to poison local conservative leaders with the most absurdly deranged of methods. His motive? Retribution for the political cover-up of UFO activity in the area. Brad Abrahams joins us to tell this bizarre and melancholy tale of the alien obsessed John J. Ford. We unravel if John really was criminally insane, or if he was entrapped for getting too close to a real life, albeit more terrestrial cover-up. Jake reads some powerful UFO poetry, Travis daydreams about arcane murder methods, and Julian cowers in fear from his secretly sadistic co-hosts. It’s time to squeeze out some phosphorescent toothpaste and enjoy an episode of the Long Island X-Files.
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Editing by Corey Klotz. Theme by Nick Sena. Additional music by NAP (doomchakratapes.bandcamp.com) & Jake Rockatansky. Theme Vocals by THEY/LIVE (instagram.com/theyylivve / sptfy.com/QrDm). Cover Art by Pedro Correa: (pedrocorrea.com)
QAA was formerly known as the QAnon Anonymous podcast.
SOURCES
THE DARK SIDE OF THE UFO LEGEND - Linda Oxley Milligan https://www.academia.edu/61683017/The_Dark_Side_of_the_UFO_Legend
OUT THERE - Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1998/01/11/out-there/89f520c3-bb7b-41d3-a991-6c4a1a2ff322/
THE LAW AND THE UFO MAN THE SAGA OF JOHN FORD - Jerry Cimisi https://www.floridaufonetwork.com/uploads/1/5/8/3/15834296/jerrycimisi_jford.pdf
John Ford’s statement to the media (Part 1 of 5) https://www.ufoteacher.com/johnford/prelease/jford_prelease_i.pdf
John Ford’s attorney’s closing arguments: https://www.floridaufonetwork.com/uploads/1/5/8/3/15834296/john_fords_closing_argument.pdf
And many many defunct sites via the Wayback Machine.
Comments (52)
Great ep, I enoyed it a lot after surviving the jokes about the beanbag chair murder. I love evil Jake:)
The lab is called BNL, you say? “IT’S BEEN One week since the aliens crashed Cocked your head to the side and said ‘what is that?’ Five days since the cops got you They said ‘you just did just what these local politicians said you were gonna do…’”
"It had lips because it kissed meeeee." It took some doing, but I found the video of "Janet".
Did not expect an episode called “radium toothpaste” would break my heart
Jake was kinda spittin with these poems ngl
Goddamnit Jake, Joey Grecco not Buttofoco. One Joey had his dick cut off by someone he was awful to, the other was "stabbed" during a confrontation." My drunk ass sucks at spelling but I know my Joeys. Also, shoutout to Cheaters ("Real Reality Television") and Eye For An Eye (think People's Court but the judge's gavel is a baseball bat, plaintiffs/defendants are rewarded revenge, and the correspondent is Kato Motherfucking Kaelin) for being the best late night cableless tv options in the late nineties early aughts.
Wait, somebody got their dick cut off? Are you sure that there's not a third party (John Wayne Bobbitt?) getting caught up in all of this confusion?
Amazing episode, thanks guys :D I came across the American historian Caroll Quigley and his 'conspiracy theory' recently (it's difficult to summarise but it includes Cecil Rhodes and supposedly continues to the present through Chatham House, the Council of Foreign Relations etc.) I was kinda fascinated by it, particularly because of his credentials and claims to first hand access but was of course equally skeptical. Would love if you guys covered it as it reminded me of my faves ❤️
Unrelated to this ep but would love some updated merch 💕 noticed there used to be a cool adrenochrome mug
Two’s on a mug
I think we all know that Julian dreams of becoming the bean bag king
Really enjoyed this one.
I’m not on Twitter anymore so I haven’t kept up with them there so maybe I missed it…but did I hear Brad say he’s working on “our documentary”… like for the pod?!
Just picturing Stavros laughing while nick mullen talks about poisoning local political figures with irradiated toothpaste
Thanks guys, this episode was great. Had never heard about him before, but long live John Ford! (Also, I was conflicted about if I would like the new theme when y'all announced it bc I hate change, but it's a banger and I love it!)
Didn’t know about the alternative illegal free feed. Thanks for advertising that, Julian
Is there a an extended version of the new theme available?
Travis and being the one with the instant murder trivia answer…and I’ve never felt so seen. ❤️ Cait (the spooky one in every friend group)
The new theme is such an ear worm 💖
Stavi Baby
Been looking at the buying a t-shirt but they all sold out. Is there any chance you could make one with the new logo. A blue t-shirt please.
Can the Bean Bag become a recurring guest?
More Falastine less pointless filler content - hard to keep this sub even though I love y’all so much Decolonial Marxism go
When have they ever been an IA pod?
Snapping my fingers at this stellar episode. Cool, whacko, daddy. By the way all y'all need to do a Staten Island episode. That's where I grew up. Haunted as fuck with multiple mass murderers.
I’m here to advocate for merch with this awesome new logo ✊
Does Jake have an instantly accessible inner database of accents from his actor training, or does he go the extra mile and do studying before the ep?
I spent most of the episode trying to figure out who Jake's Long Island accent sounded like. With about ten minutes left, I finally realized that it's a passable Peter Griffin impression.
Banging new opening theme. I thought the old one was catchy and hard replaced, but the new one is great. I get to annoy my partner by singing in falsetto now
Joey Buttafuco from “Cheaters”
Man I miss Cheaters!!
GET IN THE BEAN BAG JULIAN
Like a lot of other QAAeps, this would make for an amazing movie.
And yes when do we get to hear about Brad’s neti pot assassination attempt??
Right? You can’t just drop a tease like that in Act I and never follow up!
I got weirdly emotional from the poetry at the end. Jake’s a great poetry reader, it isn’t easy. lol at the finger snapping.
The more validation and power you give Jake, the better the world and its future becomes. His laughter can even heal the ozone! I've run the tests, analysed results, the science does not lie (not sober and before 6pm at least) 👌✊👩🔬
It's weird that you guys downplay the severity of what the Radium Girls went through to defend this guy. The below is about a plant that opened in 1917. These young women suffered horribly, and a complicit press waved it away same as you do now, just for reasons of corporate profit instead of an instinctive need to defend some lunatic. From Wikipedia: "In 1923, the first dial painter died, and before her death, her jaw fell away from her skull.[5] By 1924, 50 women who had worked at the plant were ill, and a dozen had died.[13] At the urging of the companies, medical professionals attributed worker deaths to other causes. Syphilis, a notorious sexually transmitted infection at the time, was often cited in attempts to smear the reputations of the women." I'd recommend the recent episode from the podcast Criminal for anyone who wants the full story of the injustice that was done to these women, because you're not gonna get it here.
i did hear them say the effects on the radium girls were awful. The downplaying was the use of it as a weapon.
I hate to be that guy, but the Cheaters dude is named Joey Greco. I only say this out of a duty to the truth on a significant cultural property.
I think Jake got scrambled from the earlier mention of the Amy Fisher incident
I love the episodes with Brad. Also love Julian’s Italian accent work 🍅
The "crash of a UFO" in this story is obviously silly and improbable. All knowledgeable people know that the incident in question was the crash of Amelia Earhart after she lost control of her aircraft while transiting the photon tunnel between Earth II to Earth I, because of a loss of quantum entanglement with her twin, opposite-spin component. Gosh,let's get a clue people. :-)
Wait we don’t get to hear the story about Brad indirectly killing someone with a nety pot?
yeah seriously i cannot focus on anything in the episode cuz now i just need to hear the neti pot story
I can't believe how much they left out of the Mike Malloy story! They also tried to kill him by poison and hitting him with a taxi. Check out the Dollop episode on him
One of my favorite Dollops
ngl both the theme and the art remind me of art angels... I miss grimes, RIP
If Grimes is gonna disown that album I think it's fair that the QAA gang get a turn with it
New theme reminds me very pleasantly of Goblin
I agree Tommy, it’s a fine, and appropriate change
New theme song is so good!
