Candace Ep. 329: Victor Marx: The Man Who Weaponized Faith
Date: April 22, 2026

Episode Overview

This episode features a detailed and candid conversation between Candace Owens and Corby Hall, the founder of Fold AR, discussing his personal and business interactions with Victor Marx—a controversial Christian figure with a significant following. The episode investigates how faith and spiritual authority can be manipulated, the intersections of Christian activism, arms manufacturing, and alleged covert operations, and the connections to the recent fallout at Turning Point USA after Charlie Kirk’s death.

Candace sets out to uncover the broader patterns of manipulation using faith as a tool for control, with Hall’s testimony providing a microcosm of themes she believes are at play on a national scale.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Introducing Corby Hall & Fold AR

• Background: Corby Hall owns Fold AR, a small East Texas company specializing in ultra-compact, caliber-swappable AR-15s. (03:11)
• Special Forces Interest: The product’s appeal to military and law enforcement was discussed, highlighting an encounter with special forces operators including the IDF. (04:15)
  • "It's the most compact, but it's also a caliber swap...you can change your calibers, your barrel lengths, push the pin back in and you're ready to go with another caliber." —Corby Hall (04:16)

2. Meeting Victor Marx & Initial Spiritual Manipulation

At Marx’s Colorado Property

• Meeting Setup: Hall and his wife visit Victor Marx after being invited to see if Fold AR was suitable for Marx’s signature series. (05:30)
• Spiritual Bonding: Marx remarks on Hall’s "unique connection" with his wife, claiming God’s favor and predicting imminent abundance (08:30).
  • "I feel the hand of God on y'all. Or God's favor. I feel God's favor on y'all. And you're about...you're about to come into an abundance." —Victor Marx (relayed by Hall, 08:36)
• “Retooling Prayer”: Marx leads Hall and his wife through a "retooling prayer," portrayed as a ritualized spiritual process to “remove assigned demons.” (16:31)
  • "He asked how many demons are assigned... I just said the first number that came to mind." —Corby Hall (21:00)
• Manipulation Tactics: Hall describes how the prayer extracted his deepest insecurities (being a fraud, fear for his kids), giving Marx psychological leverage. (29:03-30:13)
  • "He's just commanded that out of you. And now, now he knows your weak spots." —Candace Owens (29:41)

3. From “Spiritual Authority” to Business Dealings

The Victor Marx Signature Series

• Business Collaboration: Hall builds custom rifles for Victor Marx's “signature series,” with a mission shift towards equipping school resource officers (SROs)—a goal later presented by Marx on air as his own vision. (46:48-49:04)
• Fundraising and Distribution: ATP (All Things Possible, Marx’s non-profit) purchases guns for a school but pulls back from further promise fulfillment. Marx’s commitment to the SRO mission wanes after publicity. (53:37)

4. Emerging Red Flags: Haiti, Orphanages, and Weapons Requests

The Haiti Plot

• August 2024 Meeting: Marx requests a sniper rifle with a camera, first mentioning “testing on watermelons” but then suggesting it might be used for lethal force against intruders at a Haitian orphanage (“blow the head off someone sticking their head over the fence”). (56:07-56:53)
• Hall’s Pushback: Hall refuses to leave a weapon for extrajudicial action, but Marx tries to reframe it as targeting a criminal figure, “Jimmy Barbecue,” a notorious Haitian gang leader. (61:23)
  • "I'm not going to leave this. That's not what my rifles are for...in this context of a mercenary type operation that doesn't have oversight. No." —Corby Hall (58:13)
• Requests for Massive Weapon Shipments: Marx later asks Hall for 50 rifles to be dropped in Haiti for “protection” of an orphanage, despite embargo laws. Hall refuses, suspecting illicit intent. (66:41)

Increasing Doubts and Psychological Manipulation

• Mentorship Turns Manipulative: As Hall faces financial and marital stress (compounded by THC dependency), Marx offers minimal spiritual support, instead making dark jokes about arranging Hall’s “disappearance” after a suicide crisis. (76:50-78:22)
  • "I can have you knocked off or disappeared to a banana plantation in South America." —Victor Marx (quoted, 78:22)
• Candace’s Reflection: Owens frames this as faith-based psychological abuse, likening it to broader patterns in evangelical and political movements. (83:07)

5. The Final Falling-Out & Cult Dynamics

Final Colorado Visit (April 2025)

• Business Offer Turns Hostile: Marx proposes buying 51% of Hall’s company at a lowball $2 million valuation, seeking the patent—an offer Hall finds exploitative. (101:13)
• Aggressive Posturing: Marx attempts physical intimidation during a walk, saying, “I could whoop your ass and there ain't nothing you could do about it.” (106:53)
  • "I think the whole weekend was kind of designed to intimidate you." —Candace Owens (108:12)
• Cult Analysis: Candace and Hall compare Marx’s tactics to those of cult leaders and the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR), noting the pattern of DARVO manipulation (Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender). (129:41)
  • "There's a really unhealthy cell here that's building with faith. It's not really faith. It's a cult." —Candace Owens (131:26)

6. Weapons, Missing Guns & the Charlie Kirk Connection

The Missing Fold AR & Conspiratorial Overtones

• Lost Weapon: A Fold AR sold to a Texas police officer goes missing, reported stolen under odd circumstances. The ATF sends a trace request on September 10th, coinciding with the day of Charlie Kirk’s assassination—leading Candace to suspect a link. (114:19-118:03)
• Ballistics & Assassination Theories: They speculate on whether a Fold AR (with swappable barrels/calibers, including subsonic 300 blackout rounds) could have been used in the Charlie Kirk shooting—since the bullet didn’t exit, bucking common expectations for higher-caliber rifles. (133:12-147:57)

Unpacking Patterns: Orphanage Missions, Trafficking, and Turning Point USA

• Pattern Recognition: Candace sees repetitions in the way “anti-trafficking charities,” spiritual manipulation, and unique weapon patents intersect—citing both Victor Marx and figures in the Turning Point USA orbit. (127:07)
  • "I think the biggest theme...that runs through all of this is this faux faith. And it feels like the entire world was given this retooling prayer...where suddenly we're being told, this is all God ordained and this is who you have to follow." —Candace Owens (128:31)

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• "He's just commanded that out of you. And now, now he knows your weak spots." —Candace Owens (29:41)
• "He came as your friend." —Candace Owens (25:54)
• "I can have you knocked off or disappeared to a banana plantation in South America." —Victor Marx (quoted by Hall, 78:22)
• "There's a really unhealthy cell here that's building with faith. It's not really faith. It's a cult." —Candace Owens (131:26)
• "We're looking at a very large mosaic. A lot of players are involved, all kind of using the same tools, manipulating people, attacking people, making them think that...they're not doing right by God." —Candace Owens (151:19)
• "The dark psychiatry—it’s manipulative...I do think that right off the bat you were a victim of that, and he targeted you for purposes that had very little to do with faith and more to do with the product that you had." —Candace Owens (151:44)

Key Timestamps

| Timestamp | Segment | |-----------|---------| | 03:11 | Corby Hall’s background and Fold AR product niche | | 08:30 | Victor Marx’s “God’s favor/abundance” comments | | 16:31 | The “retooling prayer” ritual begins | | 21:00 | Naming and exorcising “demons” | | 29:03 | Manipulation through revealing insecurities | | 46:48 | Start of ATP Signature Series deal | | 56:07 | Marx’s request for sniper rifle “for Haiti” | | 66:41 | Marx’s request for 50 rifles for Haiti | | 78:22 | Marx’s “I can just have you disappeared” text during suicide crisis | | 101:13 | Hostile business offer for 51% of Fold AR | | 106:53 | “I could whoop your ass…” Marx’s intimidation | | 114:19 | Discussion of the missing Fold AR and ATF trace | | 133:12 | Ballistics speculation and assassination theories | | 129:41 | Discussion of DARVO and cult-like tactics |

Thematic Connections & Closing Thoughts

• Throughout the episode, Candace and Hall connect faith-based manipulation, occult-like practices masquerading as Christianity (NAR, “retooling prayer”), and the co-opting of trauma/charity work for darker purposes.
• There’s heavy skepticism toward Marx’s public persona and mission, reinforced by Candace’s ongoing investigation into post-Charlie Kirk Turning Point USA dynamics, and discussions of unique weapon patents tied to key figures.
• The episode closes with Candace noting the importance of following even faint leads ("I think it's a divine point in the right direction." —Corby Hall, 159:36), keeping the search for truth alive in the shadow of Kirk’s death.

For Listeners

This episode is an incisive look into the manipulative potential of spiritual authority, the dangers of conflating faith with power, and the ways in which weapons, money, and theology can intertwine behind the public face of activism and charity. With Corby Hall’s testimony as a case study, Candace Owens paints a broader, often troubling picture of cultic dynamics within some corners of American Christianity and its political intersections.

For further context, notable references regarding the New Apostolic Reformation, Tim Ballard/Operation Underground Railroad, and unique weapons patents are suggested.

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