Nephilim Death Squad

Episode: "Wigger | NDS Chronicles w/ Matt Hepner"
Date: October 29, 2025
Hosts: TopLobsta & The Raven
Guest: Matt Hepner

Episode Overview

This episode of Nephilim Death Squad’s NDS Chronicles marks the return of the series, with TopLobsta (Dave), The Raven (David Lee Corbo), and guest Matt Hepner fielding listener-submitted tales of the paranormal, supernatural, and just plain weird. The crew reads and riffs on submissions—ranging from vivid childhood apparitions to crackhead graveyard showdowns—and frequently digresses into irreverent banter about religion, demographics, and spiritual warfare. All this occurs within the show’s signature style: biblical weirdness crossed with conspiracy, delivered with gallows humor and a lived-in sense of outsider camaraderie.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Return to NDS Chronicles and How to Submit Stories

Timestamp: 01:38-03:16

• The hosts announce the return of the Chronicles, inviting listeners to submit supernatural testimonies to be read aloud for the show. Submissions should be sent to "chroniclesnds@gmail.com".

2. Listener Story: Sarah’s Fear Not Apparition

Timestamp: 07:18-17:18

• Summary: Sarah, a 65-year-old listener, shares her childhood experience of seeing a masculine, robed apparition that telepathically communicated “fear not”, and how this simple but profound moment has impacted her entire life, particularly during times of fear and isolation, such as the pandemic lockdowns.
• Panel Commentary: The crew injects humor and skepticism about the letter’s details (e.g., mirrored wardrobe doors, growing up in a physically/emotionally abusive household, synesthesia of church/501c3 churches as “fake”), but ultimately highlight the sincerity and poetic, if sometimes eccentric, nature of the testimony.

"This is like a woman who wanted an aspiring author just never pulled the trigger." – TopLobsta (16:41)

Notable Quotes:

• "It became masculine, no doubt. At the point of becoming defined, robed, it said, without speaking, fear not. And then faded, dissipated as quickly, yet unhurried as it arose. I was frozen in awe." – Matt reading Sarah’s submission (15:34)

• "Such a steady rise and then decline. In and out of focus. Like millions of light points converging into form and then abating." – Sarah via Matt (16:21)

• Discussion: The hosts and Matt debate the biblical concept of guardian angels, supernatural encounters, and how people frame Old vs. New Testament conceptions of God. They muse on whether visiting presences could be Christ, St. Michael, or simply a benevolent apparition.

Notable Quotes:

• “What do you think about, like, guardian angels and such?” – TopLobsta (21:55)
• “I think that’s in the scripture. Jesus talks about the children and their angels…” – Matt (21:57)

3. Shifting Demographics of the NDS Audience

Timestamp: 23:01-23:36

• Matt jokes about the now-older median age of listeners, which is confirmed by multiple chat users self-reporting their ages and long-term affiliations.
• “Matt’s helped us really spike the median age… It’s gone up about 20 years.” – The Raven (23:15)

4. Listener Story: Jake and the Graveyard Incident

Timestamp: 30:03-64:02

Part I: The Crackhead Motorcycle Incident

• Jake describes living across from a graveyard in a roach-filled Northern California apartment during the “bath salts” panic era. After his girlfriend’s car is broken into, Jake’s motorcycle is kicked over by a deranged woman, leading to a drawn-out chase and eventual police involvement.
• The hosts debate appropriate violent responses—grudges, curb-stomping, “push-kicking,” and drawing moral lines—with humor. They touch on the practicalities and moral ambiguities of neighborly intervention and self-defense.
• "Curb stomping is like what he’s thinking." – Matt (39:51)
• “What about a Leonidas… can you give her a stiff boot to the chest?” – TopLobsta (40:02)

Part II: The Graveyard Rescue

• Weeks later, Jake hears a woman’s screams coming from the graveyard at night. Clad only in basketball shorts, he and a South African exchange student rush to the scene. They confront a knife-wielding man in the foggy boneyard, then encounter the supposed damsel in distress—who unceremoniously rebuffs their help.
• The group uses this story to riff on the archetype of the “wigger” (white kids adopting Black cultural markers), the absurdities of real-life heroics, and the perils of getting involved in other people’s chaos.

Notable Quotes:

• "I shit you not. This pill popping lady sticks her thumb out and tries to hitch a ride from us." – Matt reading Jake’s story (45:42)
• “After that, I told myself I’d never risk my life for some stranger ever again. Hell yeah, Jake, very smart. That little ruined it for some truly in need. But as it turns out, I’m still not that jaded. You’re dumb.” – The Raven (69:33)
• “It’s just two dramatic trailer trash folks were having a fight in a graveyard.” – Matt, on the anticlimax (70:39)
• “[Wiggers]: California white. I’m that type of white.” – Matt (62:07)

5. Listener Story: Jason’s Schizo/NDS Testimony

Timestamp: 72:05-89:14

• Summary: Jason, a Standard Coffee Shop regular, shares a tale of personal spiritual transformation. Estranged from his affluent roots and mired in vice, he has an emotional breakdown at age 33, smokes weed for the first time at a July 4th party, and witnesses a glowing, feminine presence he identifies as an angel. This catalyzes a years-long trajectory of self-discipline, Nazirite vows (e.g., no haircut, no alcohol), and ultimately, the discovery of Nephilim Death Squad in his “time of JASON”—a play on July, August, September, October, November as months spelling out his name.
• The crew is impressed by the poetic tone and maturity, marveling at Jason’s conceptualization of redemption times (“the time of Jason”) and the biblical allusions he brings to bear.

Notable Quotes:

• "Not because I'm scared of hell when I die, but because of the hell I live in when I stray." – Matt, reading Jason’s testimony (86:54)
• “A Nadzarite vow was a voluntary, temporary, or lifelong separation to God involving abstaining from wine, all products of the vine, never cutting one's hair, and avoiding all contact with dead bodies.” – The Raven (87:17)
• “Glad I found you… This is the gayest sentence I’ve wrote about three dudes, but truth.” – Jason, as read by TopLobsta (103:01)

6. Deep Dive: Telepathy, Autism, Demonic Technology, and Biblical Conspiracies

Timestamp: 91:21–97:13

• The hosts discuss the “Telepathy Tapes” project, which claims nonverbal autistic children are communicating telepathically. They argue that this is linked to a long-running project (dating back to MK Ultra and the work of Andrija Puharich), involving the use of heavy metals to induce disassociation and create psychic hardwiring. The show posits that this is a “Tower of Babel,” New Age deception that strips children of their ability to interact with the physical world while opening them to spiritual manipulation.
• They critique the mainstream framing as “neurodivergence as evolutionary leap” and insist the original spiritual tradition warns about such occult technologies.

Notable Quotes:

• “[Telepathy Tapes] is not human development. This is like a step backward.” – TopLobsta (93:20)
• “When God, like in the Book of Genesis, the very beginning, God is speaking the Word into the world, into existence. It’s his words. And it’s like vibrating, creating.” – The Raven (95:34)
• “All spiritual experiences are not from God.” – Matt (96:48)

7. Community, Coffee Shop Vibes, and Bible Reading

Timestamp: 104:03–106:55

• As the show winds down, the crew invites listeners to visit the Standard coffee shop for face-to-face fellowship and Bible study. They share anecdotes about fans visiting, the unique personalities of their local diehards, and the strange but genuine community emerging around the podcast.

Notable Quotes:

• “A lot of times people are lonely, bro, because they play games on phones and screens and they don’t really have human interactions.” – Matt (105:39)
• “Some people don’t want that. They don’t want to be bothered.” – TopLobsta (105:16)

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Age and Audience:

  • “Matt’s helped us really spike the median age… It’s gone up about 20 years.” – The Raven (23:15)

• On Apparitions and Angels:

  • "At the point of becoming defined, robed, it said, without speaking, fear not." – Sarah’s letter via Matt (15:34)
  • “Do you think that dude was an angel?” – The Raven, re: Jake’s graveyard buddy (68:54)

• On Street-Level Spiritual Warfare:

  • "You know, curb stomping is too far, but if you catch her, can you give her a stiff boot to the chest?" – TopLobsta (40:02)
  • “Don’t look at him from Livermore. You know what it is? We’ll take Matt to New York City…” – TopLobsta, on regional differences in helping strangers (98:08)

• Community Vibe:

  • “Glad I found you… This is the gayest sentence I’ve wrote about three dudes, but truth.” – Jason (103:01)

Timestamps for Important Segments

• [01:38] – Show returns, listener submissions explained
• [07:18] – Sarah’s “Fear Not” apparition story
• [16:21] – Detailed description of apparition
• [21:55] – Guardian angels in scripture
• [30:03] – Jake’s graveyard/motorcycle saga begins
• [39:51] – Debating curb-stomps and street justice
• [62:07] – “California white. I’m that type of white.” Wigger discourse
• [72:05] – Jason’s spiritual journey and “time of JASON” testimony
• [86:54] – “Not because I’m scared of hell when I die, but the hell I live in when I stray.”
• [91:21–97:13] – Deep dive: Telepathy Tapes, autism, esoteric technology
• [104:03] – Shoutout to the Standard coffee shop and community invites

Tone and Language

The episode is:

• Irreverent: The hosts mix humor (often dark and self-deprecating) with genuine curiosity about the mystical, biblical, and conspiratorial.
• Personal: The show often reflects on listeners’ lives, the hosts’ own backgrounds, and the spiritual/communal impact of the Nephilim Death Squad project.
• Camaraderie-driven: Friendly roasting, inside jokes, and regional banter foster a sense of in-group identity among the listeners.
• Biblically curious: While not conventionally pious, all stories and debates are filtered through an idiosyncratic but sincere biblical lens.

Recap for New Listeners

This episode gives you both the flavor and substance of the NDS Chronicles—paranormal stories, spicy commentary, spiritual skepticism, and a unique mix of conspiracy and cross-generational weirdness. If you want to witness the intersection of modern spiritual seeking, conspiracy lore, and an unfiltered search for meaning (with a healthy side of roasted old people and crackhead exegesis), this is the pod for you.

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