# Gary Allen

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Dimwits, Dipsh*ts, Dufuses, and Dullards (E70, pt. 2): Gary Allen Influenced Alex Jones, Who Sucks

Who is Gary Allen? Good question. I never heard of him, either...until I looked into who influenced Alex Jones. Gary Allen was one such infuence, at least to an extent. Let's look at some of the basic ideas Allen espoused and apply an anarchic deconstruction of right-wing populism. That photo is o…

Dimwits, Dipsh*ts, Dufuses, and Dullards (E70, pt. 3): Robert W. Welch Jr.'s John Birch Society

Alex Jones influencer Gary Allen was a prominent member of Robert W. Welch Jr.'s John Birch Society, which is why I am looking at Welch as the 3rd part of this examination of Alex Jones's paranoid ideology (if it could even be called an ideology). The biggest, most defining scandal of Robert W. Wel…

Episode 061 - It’s Getting in My Way Now: Gary Allen on Slow Change and Building a Second Act After 45

Gary Allen had his first drink at 19, a pint of Harp he didn’t even like. He kept drinking it anyway, because for the first time, he felt like everybody else. Gary grew up in rural Ireland, the oldest of three, and has used a wheelchair full-time since he was 13. Alcohol became the thing that close…

The Conqueror's Room | Gary Allen

The Conqueror's Room is where the people inside VICI tell their own story. No script. Just a lifter sat down talking about where they started, what was broken, and what it actually took to fix it. Every episode is one client. We go back to the beginning. Then we walk through what changed. The asse…

Arrogant Killer Realizes He_s Never Going Home

Arrogance can be the final crack in a killer's facade, the flaw that ensures they will never walk free. For years, they live between two worlds, ordinary to everyone around them, but a predator in the shadows. They believe they are untouchable, that their intelligence and planning have made them in…

Within the Trenches Ep 668

Episode 668 features a solo episode in celebration of a Decade of Voices, the tenth anniversary of the #IAM911 movement. Episode topics – The 10-year anniversary and global reach of the #IAM911 movement The origins and impact of sharing dispatcher stories Introduction of imaginelisten…

A 10-Foot Bigfoot Walked Past His SUV At Lolo Pass

A 2026 trip into the Lolo Pass and Mt. Hood area of Oregon produced one of Gary Allen’s most intense weekends yet.Gary returns to Bigfoot Society with firsthand details from a remote camp near what he calls Skookum Ridge, where several people reported activity over the same weekend. His skeptical b…

Episode 069 - One Panel At A Time

For about twenty years, Tiffiny Yaxley was the one who made the party happen. Figure skater, geologist, entertainer, the girl who would moon a room full of people because she thought it was hilarious. She built that reputation on purpose. And somewhere along the way she stopped liking the person sh…