Candace Ep 291: OH SNAP! We Were Right About Fort Huachuca
Podcast: Candace
Host: Candace Owens
Date: January 16, 2026
Episode Theme: Investigation into the Fort Huachuca controversy, emerging patterns of intelligence, Christianity, trafficking, and troubling changes in cultural attitudes, especially around pedophilia, plus audience reflections on past experiences in gifted/talented programs.
Episode Overview
In this episode, Candace Owens dives alone into her ongoing independent investigation tying together the Fort Huachuca military intelligence base, the personal history of a central figure named Erica, and broader unsettling themes connecting military, faith organizations, elite circles, and child exploitation. She also responds to Nick Fuentes' recent rhetoric reportedly excusing pedophilia as a "lesser issue," and takes questions and testimonies from listeners about gifted programs and childhood trauma. The episode is presented with Owens’ trademark sarcasm, bluntness, righteous indignation, and suspicion of official narratives.
Key Discussion Points & Insights
1. Fort Huachuca: Leads, Evidence, and PR Panic
- Owens has pursued a tip: someone stationed at Fort Huachuca claimed to have seen Erica there. The source faced online harassment and deleted the post, but Owens pursued the lead and gathered more evidence.
- Owens confirms:
- Erica “definitively aware” of the base due to filming a short film there (November Renaissance, c. 2010-2013).
- The film’s cast/crew were heavily military-affiliated, especially with Fort Huachuca.
- Movie posters, Kickstarter remnants, and firsthand testimonies substantiate Erica's familiarity and presence.
- Confronts PR overreaction from those defending Erica:
- Quote: “When people say too much, almost in trying to debunk something, when they pretend like they don’t even understand English words. Fort Forge. Can you put it in a sentence? What’s a fort?” [02:32]
- Suggests the public defense was so frantic it casts more suspicion.
Film Connection (November Renaissance)
- Plot: Corporate espionage, nanotech, government/corporate control via mind manipulation.
- Clayton Haugen (director/producer): Quote: “How can we manipulate someone’s senses enough so they believe a false reality?... What happens in a world where the brain is a hard drive, your eyes become video cameras, and knowledge is just programs that are installed onto you?” [09:45]
- Owens notes this feeds into conspiracies about military/intelligence conditioning, making official denials hollow.
Eyewitnesses and Chain of Information
- Summarizes several independent sources claiming to have seen Erica at the base—a corroborated “chain of custody”:
- Original military eyewitness (deleted her post after backlash).
- Friend/confirming former base member.
- Military group chat: mention of seeing Erica and an “order to lower drones that day.”
- Owens verifies identities and relationships to emphasize authenticity.
2. Thematic Patterns: Power Circles, Faith, Trafficking
- Emergent chart: Multiple threads interlinking recurring elements:
- Liberty University
- Eastern Europe
- Allegations of trafficking/abuse (including within church organizations)
- Military psychological ops (mentions Gen. Paul Vallely and his unsavory associations).
- Noting organization and donor ties to projects/charities working with foster children and sex trafficking victims—sometimes raising red flags.
- Erica’s own inconsistent claims on her time in China working with trafficking victims:
- Owens plays a clip of Erica describing “living in China and doing a lot of work with the victims from sex trafficking.” [24:17]
- Turning Point executive denies this; claims she only visited China briefly.
- Private planes tracked to Erica going to major donors—a non-scandal, but significant for research trails.
Nelda Buckman and Courage House, Nevada
- Major TPUSA donor Nelda Buckman supports foster/sex trafficking charities, notably Courage House in Nevada—a 40-acre, secret-location residence for a small number of girls.
- Owens expresses deep discomfort:
- Very large property for “six to eighteen” girls.
- Location is confidential, “hard for them to leave,” young age range, long residency up to 21.
- Quote: “I don’t feel great about that at all… We need to revisit the topic of these child sex trafficking charities. Full stop.” [34:50]
- Concern about possibility—generally—not solely Buckman—that some trafficking charities perpetuate harm or cover up abuse, citing her own history of donating to Operation Underground (which ended in scandal).
3. Trauma, Mind Control, and “White Walkers”
- Owens speculates (with caveats) that abused children fostered through certain programs could be turned into “sleeper cells” or diminished adults via institutionalized trauma—connecting this to “White Walkers”/zombies as a metaphor.
- Sees recurring patterns: prominent figures with traumatic, fostered backgrounds, cold war bases, CIA mind ops—suggests deliberate societal engineering.
- Quote: “When they start paying for that campaign, that propaganda campaign, we can then go ahead and take what I say to the bank.” [52:13]
4. Nick Fuentes, Soft-Pedaling Pedophilia?
- Owens calls out Nick Fuentes for minimizing the seriousness of Epstein’s sexual crimes:
- Quote from Fuentes: “It’s not really pedophilia, okay? …The issue is not that they were barely legal teens …the issue is that Epstein is a Jewish spy, probably working with Israel….” [37:38]
- Owens sharply rebukes:
- Quote: “Stop. That’s it. That’s all I have to say. Stop agreeing. I just, I watch. Just, just stop right there. Why, why are we always here in society for no reason?” [38:09]
- Blasts the use of semantics to blur distinctions about child abuse and attacks Fuentes’ “man” persona as theater.
- Quote: “Real men, their natural inclination is to protect women and children. That’s a fact.” [47:25]
- Mocks his behavior as “Real Housewives” melodrama (even replaying his yelling for comedic effect).
- Fuentes' attempts to reframe his statement highlighting “political” over “victim” issues, dismissing those focused on abuse as “Gen X idiots… obsessed with satanic pedophile elite and psycho conspiracy kookery.” [43:17]
5. Listener Comments: Gifted Programs, Childhood Trauma & Phenomena
- Owens reads and reflects on comments from listeners who were in GATE (Gifted And Talented Education) or similar programs, reporting memory blackouts, unusual phenomena, and repeated contact with military/DoD-adjacent schools.
- Notable quote from Nika:
“Total memory blackout from ages 4 to 10…the exact years that I was at Fort Hood on base… I wouldn’t follow protocol as a kid after the program had skipped me a grade… four different schools that I later discovered are all connected to the DoD.” [57:22]
- Notable quote from Nika:
- Reflects on her own near-transfer to a “special academy,” her refusal, and broader speculation that the programs may be used to “identify… and track” high-potential children.
- Notes that Charlie (her late friend/colleague) also believed he was “DARPA tested,” referencing military and tech connections in his background.
- Many listeners share similar uncanny memories—lights flickering, memory lapses, alleged telepathic experiences.
- Owens pledges to keep digging, possibly expanding this theme into a whole series.
6. Cultural & Spiritual War: Final Commentary
- Returns to theme: battle is fundamentally spiritual, rooted in historic and ongoing attempts by elites to subvert truth, definitions, and social supports.
- Quote: “The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist.” (from “The Usual Suspects,” cited at [48:54])
- Asserts that exposing and confronting abuse and manipulative power structures is a moral, not just political, imperative.
- Final rally for men to stand up as protectors, not followers of “theater boys,” and for the audience to trust intuition and investigate, especially as official narratives become more frantic.
Memorable Quotes and Timestamps
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On Over-the-Top PR Spin:
“Why are you guys so freaked out about this base? Clearly, something happened here…” [02:00] -
On the Mind-Control Film:
“What happens in a world where the brain is a hard drive, your eyes become video cameras…?” (Clayton Haugen) [09:45] -
On Disturbing Charity Patterns:
“I’m getting a sense that some of them are involved implicitly in trafficking victims and then traumatizing these people as their children…” [35:05] -
On Nick Fuentes’ Statements:
“If you are sexually interested in pre pubescent children, you’re, you’re a pedophile. How about that? Is that easy? Thumbs up. Cool. We good?” [39:10] -
On Spiritual Reality versus Political Surface:
“It is in fact occultic. It is in fact satanic and these are in fact ritualistic. It’s all over. You need but read articles that are in your face…” [44:42] -
On Child Protection as a Red Line:
“That’s my trigger. Kids. Whether it’s kids being blown up in Palestine, kids being trafficked, it’s just leave the kids alone. And we, for whatever reason, we just can’t agree on that.” [54:35] -
On Gifted Programs and Mind Control:
“What is the actual aim of these programs? Probably to identify kids and make sure that if they are in any measure brilliant… they probably want you to work for the government. They probably want to make sure that they can track you.” [58:55] -
On Listener Experiences:
“Not cut from the same cloth, but whatever happened to us as kids, we deserve answers… You’re giving us permission to speak our truth.” (Listener comment) [57:45]
Important Timestamps by Segment
- Fort Huachuca, Film Project, and PR Panic: 00:00 – 23:45
- Eyewitness Claims and Info Chain: 23:45 – 28:45
- Patterns: Trafficking, Sex Abuse, Donors, Churches: 28:45 – 41:00
- Charities, Courage House Critique: 35:05 – 41:00
- Nick Fuentes Pedophilia Rhetoric & Analysis: 37:13 – 48:54
- Listener Comments (GATE/Childhood Trauma): 57:22 – 01:04:00
Tone & Language
Owens employs a sharp, skeptical, and occasionally sardonic tone, alternating between outright outrage (especially over abuse), in-depth analysis, and personal confession. Sarcasm is often used to mock “official stories,” and sincerity is most clearly present when discussing child exploitation or emotional trauma.
Conclusion
Episode 291 is a candid, investigative, and provocative exploration of disturbing allegations, cover-ups, personal betrayal, and the slow normalization of taboo topics in culture. Owens calls for renewed vigilance—especially among men—to defend children and confront evil at societal, institutional and spiritual levels. She welcomes tips, pledges to keep pressing on Fort Huachuca, and hints at the need for a deeper public reckoning with how children are targeted for control, manipulation—and potentially, much darker purposes.