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CZM Rewind: The Devil's Chatroom
The Devil's Chat Room: Ethan Melzer, Part 1
In June of 2020, US Army Private Ethan Melzer was arrested for leaking information about his unit's deployment to Turkey with the intention of causing a mass casualty incident. The plot was hatched in a Telegram chat room for a group calling itself Rapewaffen, an Atomwaffen splinter cell that was committed to the beliefs of a neonazi satanic cult called the Order of Nine Angles. This episode follows the rise of satanism within Atomwaffen and the chaos that influence caused.
Original air date: 10/31/24
A Deal With the Devil: Ethan Melzer, Part 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.
Original air date: 11/7/24
Part 1 Sources:
https://unicornriot.ninja/2020/national-guard-soldier-who-deployed-to-dc-identified-as-neo-nazi/
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/neo-nazi-1378280
https://hopenothate.org.uk/2020/06/23/the-rapewaffen-telegram-channel/
https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/group/atomwaffen-division