Weird Little Guys

A Deal With the Devil: Ethan Melzer, Pt. 2

In 2022, Ethan Melzer pleaded guilty to plotting to help al Qaeda ambush and kill his entire unit while on a sensitive mission in Turkey. But Melzer's co-conspirators turned out to be a Canadian teenager and a government informant, not members of al Qaeda. And the satanic cult that drew him down this nazi rabbit hole turned out to have been run by a man on the FBI payroll. Sources <a href="https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/17286246/united-states-v-melzer">https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/17286246/united-states-v-melzer</a> <a href="https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69307006/united-states-of-america-v-melzer/"> https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69307006/united-states-of-america-v-melzer/</a> <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/the-satanist-neo-nazi-plot-to-murder-u-s-soldiers-1352629/"> https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/the-satanist-neo-nazi-plot-to-murder-u-s-soldiers-1352629/ </a> <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/neo-nazi-1378280">https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/neo-nazi-1378280</a> <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/jack-teixiera-case-military-extremism-1234724461"> https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/jack-teixiera-case-military-extremism-1234724461</a> <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/the-dangerous-exploits-of-an-extremist-fbi-informant/">https://www.wired.com/story/the-dangerous-exploits-of-an-extremist-fbi-informant/</a> <a href="https://thequietus.com/opinion-and-essays/black-sky-thinking/ona-fascism-nazis-folk-horror-underground-occult/"> https://thequietus.com/opinion-and-essays/black-sky-thinking/ona-fascism-nazis-folk-horror-underground-occult/ </a>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Weird Little Guys is a weekly show about the worst people you’ve never heard of, taking you beyond the headlines to get to know the race warriors and aspiring terrorists trying to unravel the fabric of our society. Weaving together the origin stories of modern American white supremacist groups and the crimes that land their members in court, independent journalist Molly Conger exposes the monsters for what they really are - some weird guy. Whether they’re conspiring to build bombs or serving swastika shaped cookies at a dinner party, the weird little guys trying to destroy America are a little less scary with their masks off.