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In the Fall of 2024, I stayed at an AirBnB in Maryland.   Just so happened that Mr. Turley lived next door.   We struck up a conversation.   He values truth and he is passionate pursuing it.    He is such an interesting, intelligent, honorable and kind man that I wished my business in Maryland lasted longer just so that we would have the opportunity to be friends.   Turley is one of those rare jewels of humanity.

I'm surprised the Abbey in Kentucky did not want the death investigated. That is strange indeed. Surely a search  for the truth honours Thomas's life and death.

I am a merchant seaman and this is such a wonderful channel for me to feel grounded in my faith. It is hard out here, but I loved this conversation, I love Our Lady, Our Church. Thank you so much. Father Merton has been my anchor chain for decades. I know in my heart he was murdered. Just like all the other logos. God bless and thank you.

I hope there is another interview with Hugh about his latest book "Thomas Merton's Betrayer's" !

You have done a great service to all of us especially Thomas Merton you are blessed

42 years a priest and now retiring soon from parish ministry, my life is focusing more on the things that make for peace, as a contemplative activist. There’s much to be offered and enjoyed on YouTube!

This popped up on my stream.  Hugh is amazing.  Thank you for doing this interview.   Help us Lord!

From Ireland, Just happened to stumble upon this podcast Nov 2022. Only 10 mins into talk.  Remember reading years ago Thomas Merton's own account of his life.
After his Father's death. His grandparents took him from London over to the States to live with them.  The grandfather owned a popular Newspaper. So perhaps the young Thomas learned  a lot about how media and politics operate behind the scenes. Just a thought.☘️

Thank you Ellen and C.A.M. for shedding light on dark matters.
The blood of the saints will be avenged by Christ on his return.
We are supposed to love in the meantime. Thank you and God bless you both.

This is a very important topic to cover. The nature of Merton's death is of course very important in how we assess his life, and what we make of his writings and message. I first came across Merton and read through his autobiography very eagerly in the early 2000's, probably right around 9/11, maybe even before. Learning of how he supposedly died in a meaningless accident, however, really gave me pause about him and I never read much more of any of his books. I know he had a sort of personal crisis towards the end of his days and even had an affair and strayed from his vocation a bit, I believe? Then there was the matter of his antiwar activism -- I was much more 'conservative' in political ideology back then and viewed the Vietnam War in a less unfavorable light than I do now, less as an act of imperialist aggression and somewhat more as a noble, yet failed, cause in the Cold War. So I viewed that aspect of his work somewhat skeptically. I have to say, I found his pacifism and unwillingness to fight in the second world war -- our 'good war' and such a hallowed part of our national mythology -- hard to wrap my mind around and agree with.  Again, that he ultimately died in a seemingly random accident on the other side of the world while at a Buddhist interfaith conference... all these things added up to form a somewhat murky picture in my judgment of Merton's actions towards the end of his life.
Two decades later, however, as our interminable wars on 'terror' and national decline reveal the true imperialist aims of our government and its national security state, as the parallels between the Vietnam War and the post-9/11 wars, and the assassinations of the 60's become more and more obvious as to what they reveal, Merton's writings on war and violence now appear more obviously prophetic. If his activism provoked some sort of attention from an intelligence agency, his work and life are all the more vindicated.

The answer regarding Merton's death lies in his diaries. What he says at the end of the Bangkok lecture ("now I'm going to disappear") is quite intriguing.

His book is a valuable source of illuminating facts.  I appreciate his integrity and am happy to learn that he is a devout Catholic.  Thanks again for another excellent interview. 👍👍

It is easier to see what is really going on in the world if you live outside of mainstream society.

Special place in hell for CIA.

You should talk with Mark Shaw, author of Denial of Justice, about the death of Dorothy Kilgallen.  She was once the most prominent Catholic reporter and media personality in America who died mysteriously of an “overdose” after expressing her doubts about Oswald and Ruby being invoked in any conspiracy to assassinate JFK, with whom she was personal friends.  She is the last and only reporter to interview Ruby after his trial and was found dead shortly thereafter.

Martyrdom is a big deal in the Catholic religion. If someone killed Merton for preaching the gospel, you'd think his biggest fans would want to recognize it.

The enemies of the TRUTH are the enemies of the people.

In the interview, mention is made of electricity. In Thailand, standard voltage is 220v, which can easily be fatal. It's twice the 110v which is standard on USA. Of course, one would think that if the fan had a short circuit, it should trigger some type of circuit breaker.

This is a revelation that you can never trust even the institution or people you consider to put premium on integrity and truth.