624: Ancient Prophecies Predicted Hitler's Rise and Fall

Summary

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The Why Files: Operation Podcast

Episode 624: Ancient Prophecies Predicted Hitler's Rise and Fall

Date: January 19, 2026
Host: A.J. (with co-host/comic relief Echo Fish)
Theme: An exploration of various ancient prophecies, myths, and mystical beliefs said to predict Adolf Hitler’s rise and fall, and how these prophecies were used—and manipulated—for political ends, culminating in the eerie fulfillment of an ancient pattern at the Nuremberg Trials.

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Episode Overview

This episode dives into how prophecies—real, manipulated, and manufactured—shaped the rise and fall of Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany. Drawing from Nostradamus, obscure German mystics, Jewish tradition, and World War II propaganda, the hosts investigate the power of belief in shaping history, the weaponization of prophecy, and the chilling historical coincidences (or fulfillments) that played out on the world stage.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Prophecies Foretelling Hitler's Rise and Fall

• Nostradamus (1555):

  • Alleged prophecy describing a leader from Western Europe (“child of Germany”) who would seduce with words, bring hatred and war, and disregard laws.
  • Quote: “Out of the deepest part of Western Europe, from poor people, a young child shall be born, who with his tongue… shall seduce many people… He shall come to tyrannize the land. He shall raise up a hatred that had long been dormant.” (00:33–01:56)

• Heinrich Heine (1821):

  • Warned of a “German thunderbolt” making the world crash—a poetic vision since reframed as prophetic by some in wartime.

• Matthias Stormberger (1830):

  • Bavarian forest worker who foresaw war, economic collapse, and modern technology well before its time.
  • “He saw machines that would change the world… great wire boxes carrying voices across vast distances. Modern technology described over 100 years too early. But then his visions turned dark.” (02:11–02:40)

• Elsbeth Ebertin (1923/1924):

  • German astrologer’s almanac warned that Hitler, an obscure political agitator at the time, had a chart “of someone who could sacrifice himself for Germany... expose himself to danger through daring acts.”
  • Her words helped people look for Hitler before he became famous.

• Edgar Cayce (1932–1941):

  • The “Sleeping Prophet” in America predicted a dangerous form of imperialism rising in Europe, the start of World War II, and America’s entry into the conflict.

2. Prophecy as a Tool for Social Manipulation

• The Thule Society & Nazi Mysticism (1918 onward):

  • Secret societies in Munich believed in “Vrilya”—giants who supposedly gifted Germans with ancient knowledge, seeing Hitler as their chosen vessel.
  • Dietrich Eckart, mystical mentor to Hitler, allegedly had a vision of “a Fuhrer,” and shaped Hitler’s public persona.

• Erik Jan Hanussen:

  • Well-known conman claiming psychic powers, coached Hitler’s performance and predicted—possibly through inside information—the Reichstag fire (which paved the way for Nazi power).
  • Quote: “I see a great house in flames… it is a very big, official looking building, and it will be consumed by flames before the end of this month…” (09:47–10:04)

• Joseph Goebbels’ Propaganda Ministry:

  • “Weaponizing Nostradamus”—commissioned forgeries to reassure Germans (and intimidate Allies) that ancient prophecy foretold Nazi victory. Allies responded with their own falsified versions.
  • “Nazi planes dropped them [forged prophecies] over France and England by the thousands… Both sides manufactured prophecies, dropping them from the sky like propaganda bombs.” (11:25–12:04)

3. The Downfall: Prophecy Unravels

• Rudolf Hess’ Flight (1941):

  • Deputy Führer acted on astrologers’ advice for a solo peace mission to Scotland—based “entirely on a horoscope”—and was immediately arrested, exposing the regime’s reliance on astrology.
  • “He trusted the stars more than he trusted his generals.” (12:57–12:59)

• Hitler’s Response:

  • Furious, Hitler ordered a crackdown—“Action Hess”—on astrologers, arresting or disappearing over 600.
  • “The same prophets who helped manufacture Hitler’s destiny were now too dangerous to let live.” (13:39)

4. The Ancient Prophecy Hitler Couldn’t Control

• The Book of Esther Prophecy (Jewish year 5707 = 1946):

  • Story of Esther, Haman’s plot to exterminate the Jews, and the hanging of Haman’s 10 sons.
  • Mysterious Hebrew letters (“tav, shin, zayin” small; “vav” large) in Esther spell out the year 5707 (1946)—the exact year 10 Nazis were hanged for genocide at Nuremberg.
  • “Fact: 10 Nazis were hanged at Nuremberg for genocide. The same crime, the same punishment, the same fate as Haman’s 10 sons. Was this prophecy or coincidence?” (23:54)

• Final Words at Nuremberg:

  • Nazi Julius Streicher, as he was executed, shouted: “Purim Fest, 1946.”—directly referencing the Esther story (18:33).

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “Please, no jokes when I’m trying to build drama.” – Host, to comic relief Echo Fish (02:06)
• “A dictator gets a life coach. What could possibly go wrong?” – Echo Fish, on Hanussen’s influence (09:28)
• “Prophecy became policy, prediction became propaganda.” – Host (10:49)
• “He based his flight plan on a horoscope.” – Echo Fish, about Rudolf Hess (12:54)
• “Prophecy doesn’t have to be true to change the future. It just has to be believed.” – Host (24:46)
• “Thank goodness we’ve moved past that…” [government editing source material] – Echo Fish, sarcastic (23:42)
• “Your future isn’t written in ancient texts or planetary movements or expert predictions. Your future is determined by your choices.” – Host (25:55)

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Important Timestamps

• Opening Mystical Scene & Nostradamus Prophecy (00:33–02:11)
• Other Early Prophecies (Heine, Stormberger, Ebertin, Cayce) (02:11–05:10)
• Thule Society, Mysticism, and Hitler’s Shaping (06:34–09:28)
• Hanussen’s Prophecy & Death / Propaganda Ministry Forgeries (09:34–12:04)
• Rudolf Hess, The Astrological Flight, and Purge (12:42–13:39)
• The Book of Esther & Nuremberg Parallels (16:15–20:42)
• Debunking and Reflection (22:24–26:00)
• Contemporary Parallels: Prophecy, Manipulation, and Modern Narratives (24:54–25:55)

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Critical Reflections

• Skepticism About “Prophecies”:

  • Many so-called prophecies (Nostradamus, Ebertin) are too vague or were retrospectively interpreted to fit events.
  • Nazi forgeries deliberately twisted ancient quatrains to justify and encourage belief in Hitler.

• Weaponization of Belief:

  • Nazi regime’s manipulation of collective belief as a means of control is compared to modern narratives (“expert consensus”—COVID, news media).
  • Hosts warn that prophecy, whether ancient or modern (“The Science”), when weaponized, serves not to foretell the future, but to control the present.

• Chilling Coincidence or Fate?

  • The striking numerical and narrative parallels between the Book of Esther and the Nuremberg executions remain unexplained and are presented as eerie—inviting the listener to question the nature of coincidence and belief.

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Conclusion

The episode challenges listeners to draw lessons from history’s manipulation of belief—reminding them that fate is not written, but made by those who believe in it (or make others believe). The hosts urge critical thinking and independent judgment in the face of modern narratives.

“Because the only prophecy that matters is the one you write yourself.” – Host (26:06)

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Listen for:

• History’s eeriest “prophecy” coincidences (00:33–16:15; 16:15–21:19)
• Nazi occultism & the myth-making machine (06:34–14:39)
• The dangers of propaganda and ideological manipulation—past and present (10:04–26:00)
• A healthy dose of humor and skepticism from the hosts throughout

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Transcript

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[Narrator / Host (possibly A.J. or main presenter of The Why Files)]

Berlin, April 1945. Wilhelm Wolff, the Reich's astrologer, stood in a bunker beneath the burning city. Reading star charts, he saw something that terrified him. Mars would enter LEO on April 30th. And when it did, Adolf Hitler would die. Wolff kept the prediction to himself. Five days later, Hitler killed himself. Mars entered the constellation Leo that exact afternoon. This wasn't the first prophecy that predicted the rise of Hitler. They actually started 500 years before he was born. In 1555, Michel de Nostradamus sat in his study in France and stared at a pool of black water, trying to see an image of the future. His prophecies made him famous, but one prediction disturbed him more than the others. Out of the deepest part of Western Europe, from poor people, a young child shall be born, who with his tongue.

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Shall seduce many people.

[Narrator / Host (possibly A.J. or main presenter of The Why Files)]

His fame shall increase in the Eastern Kingdom. He shall come to tyrannize the land. He shall raise up a hatred that had long been dormant.

[Sponsor Voice / Advertiser]

The child of Germany observes no law.

[Narrator / Host (possibly A.J. or main presenter of The Why Files)]

Cries and tears. Fire, blood and battle.

[Co-host / Sidekick / Comic Relief]

Tears, fire, blood in battle, eh? It sounds like my second divorce hearing.

[Narrator / Host (possibly A.J. or main presenter of The Why Files)]

Please, no jokes when I'm trying to build drama.

[Co-host / Sidekick / Comic Relief]

Sorry, sorry, I was triggered.

[Narrator / Host (possibly A.J. or main presenter of The Why Files)]

Go ahead, Germany. A good speaker. Rising Hatred War. Nearly four centuries before Hitler's birth, Nostradamus saw him coming. Then, in 1821, the German Jewish poet Heinrich Heine published a warning. He described a German thunderbolt that would make the world crash. He said eagles in the air would drop dead. The lions in Africa would hide in their dens. Now, to people in the 1800s, it sounded like poetry. To people in the 1940s, it sounded like the Luftwaffe. In 1830, a Bavarian forest worker named Matthias Stormberger also had visions. He saw machines that would change the world. Iron wagons moving without horses, great wire boxes carrying voices across vast distances. Modern technology described over 100 years too early. But then his visions turned dark. Two wars would devastate Europe. The first would last four years. After this war, money would lose all value. A loaf of bread would cost 1000 marks. Then would come the Greater War. In 1923, German astrologer Elsbeth Ebertin published her annual almanac. One entry stood out. A horoscope for a little known political agitator named Adolf Hitler. She warned that this man had the chart of someone who could sacrifice himself for Germany. Someone who would expose himself to danger through daring acts. She saw violence in his stars. She saw crowds following him. Now Hitler was nobody. A failed artist turned street speaker. But Eberton's almanac sold thousands of copies. People read her prediction, and some believed. And believing made them watch for him. Across the Atlantic, Edgar. Edgar Cayce had similar visions. In July 1932, he spoke about a dangerous form of imperialism rising in Europe. In 1935. He predicted war would begin in 1938 or 1939. In 1941, he predicted America's entry into the conflict. Every prediction came true. These weren't vague prophecies about distant futures. These were specific and highly detailed prophets across centuries. Different countries, different methods, all seeing the same disaster, all describing the same man. In Munich, a small group had been collecting these prophecies for years. But they weren't trying to prevent what was coming. They were trying to create it. You know that whole new year, new me thing? Well, this year I'm actually doing it. I want to feel better, eat better, and stop defeating defaulting to sad desk salads and mystery takeout. And CookUnity is making that happen. I tried their dill marinated salmon with vegetables, and wow, the dill gave the salmon such a fresh, bright flavor. And the garlicky mixed vegetables were the perfect balance. It felt indulgent, but was totally clean and nourishing. The best part is that these meals are crafted by real chefs like James Beard award winners and Food Network stars. And they're delivered fresh, never frozen. No cooking, no dishes. Just heat and eat in five minutes. Whether you're going protein forward, mood boosting, or just want food that doesn't bore you, CookUnity's got over 300 rotating options. And now they've even got a lunar New Year collab with symbolic chef design dishes. Go to cookunity.com the y files or enter code the Y files before checkout to get 50% off your first order. That's 50% off your first order by using code the Y files or going to cookunity.com the Y files.

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[Narrator / Host (possibly A.J. or main presenter of The Why Files)]

Profits across centuries warned about a German leader who would bring catastrophe. In 1918, someone was paying attention. In the back room of a Munich hotel. A small group met to discuss Germany's future. They called themselves the Thule Society. They believed in ancient Ra lived beneath the earth. These beings gave humanity its knowledge and technology. And they chose the German people as their successors.

[Co-host / Sidekick / Comic Relief]

Listen, people.

[Narrator / Host (possibly A.J. or main presenter of The Why Files)]

No. They were called the Vrilya, a race of giants who escaped the great flood and created an underground kingdom called Agatha. Yep, Agatha.

[Co-host / Sidekick / Comic Relief]

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[Narrator / Host (possibly A.J. or main presenter of The Why Files)]

The Thule Society had money and influence. Judges, police chiefs, military officers. They funded the German Workers Party. That party became the Nazis. But they needed a voice, a leader who could channel this destiny. Dietrich Eckart sat in a smoke filled room watching a young corporal rant to a crowd. Eckhardt didn't see a soldier. He saw potential. Eckart was the Thule Society's most influential member. He claimed to have seen a vision during a seance. A man who had rise to lead Germany, a Fuhrer. Eckart believed that man was Hitler. For four years, Eckart became Hitler's mentor. He gave him money, connections, influence, everything he needed to rise. In December 1923, Eckart was dying. Witnesses claimed his final words were about his greatest creation.

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[Narrator / Host (possibly A.J. or main presenter of The Why Files)]

And Hitler dedicated Mein Kampf to Eckhart. And among them, I want also to count that man one of the best who devoted his life to the awakening of his our people. Dietrich Eckart. Eckart called the tune. Hitler learned to dance. And across Germany learn. Audiences started to believe they were watching destiny unfold. Dietrich Eckart molded Hitler into a leader. But orchestration required more than mysticism. It required showmanship. Erik Jan Hannesen was a con man. He reinvented himself as a Danish nobleman with psychic powers. But Hanussen understood something most magicians didn't. Power isn't about predicting the future. It's about making people believe that you can. Hannesen stood in front of a mirror with Hitler, correcting his posture. He taught the future dictator how to turn a trembling hand into a fist, how to turn a whisper into a roar. Hitler was a mediocre speaker. Hannesen turned him into a force of nature.

[Co-host / Sidekick / Comic Relief]

Oh, great. A dictator gets a life coach. What could possibly go wrong?

[Narrator / Host (possibly A.J. or main presenter of The Why Files)]

But Honussen's greatest gift was prophecy itself. In February 1933, Honussen hosted an exclusive event at his palace of the Occult. He entered a trance and spoke a prophecy.

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I see a great house in flames. It is not a little house. It is a very big, official looking building, and it will be consumed by flames before the end of this month. I see this with absolute certainty.

[Narrator / Host (possibly A.J. or main presenter of The Why Files)]

Five days later, the Reichstag building burned and Hitler seized power. But Hannesen knew too much. Three weeks later, his body was found in a field, three bullets in the back of the head. With Hannesen gone, Joseph Goebbels stepped in as Minister of Propaganda. Goebbels continued the Hitler prophecy. On January 30, 1939, Hitler addressed the Reichstag. Goebbels wrote the speech. Hitler delivered it. Today I will once more be a prophet. If the international Jewish financiers in and outside Europe should succeed in plunging the nations once more into a world war, then the result will not be the Bolshevization of the earth and thus the victory of Jewry, but the annihilation of the Jewish race in Europe. That was more than a prophecy, it was a promise. And Goebbels made sure everyone in Germany understood Hitler wasn't just predicting the future, he was creating it. Prophecy became policy, prediction became propaganda. And Goebbels was about to weaponize it on a scale the world had never seen.

[Guest / Musical Interlude / Special Segment Voice]

Foreign.

[Narrator / Host (possibly A.J. or main presenter of The Why Files)]

Joseph Goebbels established an entire department dedicated to one purpose. Weaponizing Nostradamus. The Propaganda Ministry hired scholars to comb through the prophets quatrains, not to study them, to edit them. They printed millions of forged pamphlets, each one carefully crafted to look like authentic 16th century prophecies, each one predicting inevitable German victory. Nazi planes dropped them over France and England by the thousands. The Allies found them everywhere. In the streets, in fields, tucked into mailboxes. Then the British responded with their own forgeries. Both sides manufactured prophecies, dropping them from the sky like propaganda bombs.

[Co-host / Sidekick / Comic Relief]

Ah, this propaganda war still happens today. But now the pamphlets are called tweets.

[Narrator / Host (possibly A.J. or main presenter of The Why Files)]

I can't argue with that. For three years, this prophecy war worked. The German people believed victory was written in the stars ordained by ancient seers. Victory was inevitable. Then Rudolf Hess destroyed everything. Hess was Hitler's deputy Fuhrer. He'd been with the Party since the early Munich days. But Hess had a secret. He believed in astrology more than he believed in Hitler. In May 1941, Hess consulted his personal astrologer who said that the planets were aligned for peace negotiations. Saturn and Jupiter formed a favorable angle. Mars was in retreat. If Hess flew to Scotland now, he could negotiate peace with Britain and save Germany from a two front war.

[Co-host / Sidekick / Comic Relief]

He based his flight plan on a horoscope.

[Narrator / Host (possibly A.J. or main presenter of The Why Files)]

He trusted the stars more than he trusted his generals.

[Co-host / Sidekick / Comic Relief]

He better hope Mercury isn't in Gatorade.

[Narrator / Host (possibly A.J. or main presenter of The Why Files)]

Retrograde.

[Co-host / Sidekick / Comic Relief]

What'd I say?

[Narrator / Host (possibly A.J. or main presenter of The Why Files)]

On May 10, 1941, Hess flew 900 miles across the North Sea. He parachuted into a Scottish field and demanded to meet Churchill. The British arrested him immediately. During interrogation, Hess explained his mission.

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I have come on my own initiative. Since England cannot win the war if we make peace now, each nation can rebuild what has been lost. But if we wait, if we continue this madness, more will die. Thousands more. Millions perhaps. Please, you must listen before it is too late for all of us.

[Narrator / Host (possibly A.J. or main presenter of The Why Files)]

Churchill thought he was crazy. When Hitler found out, he was furious. Not because Hess failed. Because Hess revealed what Hitler tried to hide. The prophecy. Hitler ordered a purge. The SS called it Action Hess. Within weeks, over 600 astrologers were arrested across Germany. Some were sent to concentration camps. Others simply disappeared. The same prophets who helped manufacture Hitler's destiny were now too dangerous to let live. The prophecy war was over, but its damage was done. The German people were taught to believe in fate, to trust that victory was written in the stars. That belief became a weapon pointed at their own future. Goebbels manufactured prophecies and he created a narrative of inevitable victory. But there is one prophecy he couldn't control. One that waited for over 2000 years.

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[Narrator / Host (possibly A.J. or main presenter of The Why Files)]

Germany was winning the propaganda war. But there was one prophecy Goebbels never saw coming. It was over 2000 years old, and it came from a Jewish queen named esther. Ancient Persia, 486 BC King Xerxes ruled the Persian Empire. But the man who whispered in his ear was Haman. Haman wasn't just an advisor. He was the grand Vizier, the second most powerful man in the world. When he walked through the streets, everyone was required to bow. But one day, a Jewish man named Mordecai refused to bow. Haman was furious. He convinced Xerxes to issue an order On a specific date, all Jews in the empire would be killed. But Haman had a problem. He didn't know Queen Esther was Jewish. Mordecai was her cousin. When he learned of Haman's plan, he sent a secret message to the queen. Then Esther waited. She hosted elaborate banquets night after night. She gained the king's trust. Then she made her move. At the final banquet, she revealed everything. Her Jewish identity, Haman's genocide order, and evidence that Haman was embezzling from the royal treasury. Xerxes was furious. He ordered Haman hanged on the same gallows Haman built for Mordecai. A structure 75ft high, visible across the entire city.

[Co-host / Sidekick / Comic Relief]

When you build your own execution device, maybe rethink your life choices.

[Narrator / Host (possibly A.J. or main presenter of The Why Files)]

But Esther wasn't finished, Haman's 10 sons had copies of the genocide orders. They would continue their father's plan. Esther demanded their death as well. All 10 were found hanging the next morning. When Jewish scribes recorded the story centuries later, something strange happened. In the verses listing Haman's ten sons, three Hebrew letters were written smaller than usual. Tav, Shin and Zayn. One letter was written large. Vav in Hebrew letters have numerical values. The small letters add up to 707. The large letter equals 6. Together they form the Jewish year 5707. On our calendar, that's 1946. The scribes were encoding a date. The pattern Esther established. 10 enemies hanged for attempting genocide would repeat. And just as prophecy said, it would repeat, on October 1946, When Jewish scribes recorded the book of Esther 2400 years ago, they encoded a date in Hebrew letters. The Jewish year 5707. October 1946. That exact month in Nuremberg, Germany, several Nazi leaders were sentenced to death by hanging. Two hours before the executions, Hermann Goering bit down on a cyanide capsule in his cell. He took his own life. That left 10. The executions began just after 1am and one by one, Nazi war criminals climbed 13 steps to the gallows. The same number of steps Hamann built. Each man was asked for final words. Yulius Streicher was ninth for 12 years, his newspaper called for the murder of every Jewish. Now he stood on a wooden trap door. He looked at the witnesses. His last words. Purim Fest, 1946. Purim is the Jewish holiday celebrating Queen Esther's victory over Haman. The holiday that commemorates 10 sons hanging for genocide. Stryker knew exactly what was happening. He was fulfilling a 2,400-year-old prophecy. Hitler knew it too. In 1944, he warned his officers that Germany lost. The Jews would celebrate a second Purim. He knew the pattern. He just thought he could break it. By dawn on October 16, all 10 bodies were cut down. Not nine, not 11. 10 Nazi war criminals hang for genocide. The same number as Haman's sons. The same crime, the same punishment. The prophecy demanded it. The Hebrew letters in the Book of Esther weren't a warning. They were an instruction. An ancient pattern that couldn't be broken. The Nazis spent years trying to manufacture their own destiny. They edited prophecies, murdered astrologers. But in the end, the only prophecy that mattered was the one they tried to destroy. A Jewish text. But the pattern returned and the prophecy was fulfilled exactly as it was predicted 2,400 years ago.

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[Narrator / Host (possibly A.J. or main presenter of The Why Files)]

The Nazis spent years manufacturing prophecies, editing ancient texts, murdering astrologers who predicted the wrong futures. But 10 Nazis hanged at Nuremberg, just like Haman's sons. The pattern returned exactly as written. So how much of this is real? Well, let's look at the pieces. Elspeth Eberton did publish a horoscope for Adolf Hitler. In her 1924 almanac, she warned that he had the chart of someone who could sacrifice himself for Germany. Hitler was already a public figure, a street agitator. But this wasn't prophecy. It was political commentary disguised as astrology and cable news.

[Co-host / Sidekick / Comic Relief]

Does astrology disguised as political commentary?

[Narrator / Host (possibly A.J. or main presenter of The Why Files)]

I don't know what you mean.

[Co-host / Sidekick / Comic Relief]

Yeah, you do.

[Narrator / Host (possibly A.J. or main presenter of The Why Files)]

Eric Janhausen did predict the Reichstag fire five days before it burned. He was executed three weeks later. But his prediction wasn't psychic ability. It was inside knowledge. Hannessen probably knew the Plan and maybe even helped coordinate it. He was murdered to keep him quiet. The Nostradamus quatrains are real, but Goebbels Propaganda Ministry did change them. The original texts are vague enough to apply to dozens of historical figures. A young child from poor people, could be anyone. The Nazi version made them specific, made them point to Hitler. That's not prophecy. That's selective editing.

[Co-host / Sidekick / Comic Relief]

Government editing source material to fit the narrative. Thank goodness we move past that.

[Narrator / Host (possibly A.J. or main presenter of The Why Files)]

Are you being sarcastic?

[Co-host / Sidekick / Comic Relief]

Of course I'm being sarcastic.

[Narrator / Host (possibly A.J. or main presenter of The Why Files)]

The Book of Esther is more interesting. The Hebrew letter variations exist in every ancient manuscript we have. The numerical values do add up to 5,000, 707. The Jewish year corresponding to 1946. But scholars debate whether this was intentional or not. But the parallel is documented. Fact. 10 Nazis were hanged at Nuremberg for genocide. The same crime, the same punishment, the same fate as Haman's 10 sons. Was this prophecy or coincidence? Or something stranger? A belief so strong that it bent reality to match ancient text? Here's what we know. Prophecy doesn't have to be true to change the future. It just has to be believed. The Nazis committed unthinkable crimes because they thought it was predetermined. That's the real danger, not prophecy. The manipulation of prophecy, the weaponization of belief. And we see this today. We're told what to think by people in power were given narratives disguised as news during COVID If you questioned lockdowns, mask mandates, or any part of the official story, you were a conspiracy theorist.

[Co-host / Sidekick / Comic Relief]

Conspiracy theorist? Also known as someone who reads the news.

[Narrator / Host (possibly A.J. or main presenter of The Why Files)]

Two years early, in 2020, I publicly said that the Wuhan Bat theory was propaganda. I was attacked. My YouTube channel was at risk.

[Co-host / Sidekick / Comic Relief]

Yeah. Remember, as soon as you open your yap, I updated my resume.

[Narrator / Host (possibly A.J. or main presenter of The Why Files)]

But I didn't shut up. I changed my approach. Go watch early episodes. I continued to comment on Covid and other government narratives, but I disguised it as comedy.

[Co-host / Sidekick / Comic Relief]

What you consider passes for comedy either way.

[Narrator / Host (possibly A.J. or main presenter of The Why Files)]

If you've been watching the why Files for a while, you know that our episodes are aging well.

[Co-host / Sidekick / Comic Relief]

They're aging like a finer wine.

[Narrator / Host (possibly A.J. or main presenter of The Why Files)]

Now we know those early suspicions about COVID more justified. The government lied. The media amplified those lies. Not because they were evil, because they wanted control. They wanted us afraid, which kept us compliant. And throughout history, dictators used prophecy to manufacture consent to make people believe their destiny was fixed. Today, it's not prophecy. It's expert consensus. It's follow the science. Anything that questions the narrative is now labeled misinformation. And we have a responsibility to question what we're told, to examine who benefits from our fear, and to resist those who want to control us through a manufactured narrative. Your future isn't written in ancient texts or planetary movements or expert predictions. Your future is determined by your choices. You can think for yourself, or believe what you're told. The choice is yours. So choose wisely, choose freely, and choose courageously. Because the only prophecy that matters is the one you write yourself. Thank you so much for hanging out today. My name is A.J. that's Echo Fish.

[Co-host / Sidekick / Comic Relief]

When the orange fish swims in glass without sea and speaks the truths sheeps refuse to see, the lizard people's grip shall come undone, and all shall kneel before a chosen one.

[Narrator / Host (possibly A.J. or main presenter of The Why Files)]

I guess you're the chosen one.

[Co-host / Sidekick / Comic Relief]

Yeah, toot.

[Narrator / Host (possibly A.J. or main presenter of The Why Files)]

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[Co-host / Sidekick / Comic Relief]

Grab a head of a T shirt or one of these fish little coffee mugs that you can stick your iron fist in or whatever, whatever flavor fist you got. I'll grab a hoodie or set my face on it. I'll get one of these adorable cute little. Look at him get a squeezy animal hegelish fish T. But before you buy.

[Narrator / Host (possibly A.J. or main presenter of The Why Files)]

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[Co-host / Sidekick / Comic Relief]

Keep that secret close your friends, eh?

[Narrator / Host (possibly A.J. or main presenter of The Why Files)]

Those are the plugs. And that's going to do it. Until next time, be safe, be kind and know that you are appreciated.

[Guest / Musical Interlude / Special Segment Voice]

In Area 51 a secret code inside the Bible said I was. I love my UFOs and paranormal fun as well as music song singing like I should. But then another conspiracy theory becomes the truth my friends and it never ends know it never ends. I feel the crap cat I got stuck inside Mel's home with Mkotru I being only too aware Did Stanley Kubrick fake the moon landing alone on a film set I were the shadow people the Roswell aliens just fought the smiling man I'm told and his name was cold But I can't believe I'm dancing with the bitches Head to fish on Thursday nights Wednesday J2 and W W W W W it all through the night All I ever wanted was to just hear the truth so the walls on my feet all through the night. The Mothman sightings and the solar stone still come to Agatha the secret city underground mysterious number stations Planet Surf 02 Project Stargate and what the dark watchers found. Me so I can't believe I'm dancing with the fish head we'll fish on Thursday nights with a J2 and the weapons I'm beat up to the night night All I ever wanted was to just hear the truth Till the weapons I repeat all through the night Head to fish on Thursday nights when they change you and wild. All I ever wanted was to just hear the truth so. Loves to dance. Gertie loves to dance yeah girly loves to dance on the dance floor because she is a camel and camels love to dance when the feeling is right Always in time. Sa. Foreign.

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[Narrator / Host (possibly A.J. or main presenter of The Why Files)]

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