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.

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Mentioned in this episode:

"The Martyrdom of Thomas Merton: An Investigation"
https://www.amazon.com/Martyrdom-Thomas-Merton-Investigation/dp/1548077380/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2CNV8XVI3XOWR&keywords=the+martyrdom+of+thomas+merton&qid=1582888800&s=books&sprefix=the+martyrdom+of%2Caps%2C218&sr=1-1

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-James-Forrestal-David-Martin/dp/0967352126/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_1?keywords=the+assassination+of+john+forrestal+david+martin&qid=1582888877&sr=8-1-fkmr1

"JFK and The Unspeakable: Why He Died and Why It Matters," by James Douglass
https://www.amazon.com/JFK-Unspeakable-Why-Died-Matters/dp/1439193886/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=jfk+and+the+unspeakable&qid=1582888947&sr=8-1

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Chapters

• 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 hours
• 29:00 Merton's final hours
• 33:45 The story about the shower
• 36:04 Witnesses of the 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 David Martin