Episode 6 - The Devil’s face is an Octopus (Season Finale)

Project Bläckfisk

In this season finale, Amber and David follow leads to White Guardian Security and Leap Industries, which ultimately leads them to Judith Chambers, Mary, and Clive. The trio reveals a hidden laboratory containing the

Key takeaways

• White Guardian Security handled tramline excavation covering the Salford bunker entrance, directly tying them to Leap Industries' operations.
• Judith Chambers, Mary, and Clive operate a secret underground lab where they preserved a mutated skeleton named Darren Ainsworth exhibiting extreme radiation levels.

Main topics

• Cold War radiation experiments
• Project Blackfisk conspiracy

Notable quotes

This has become one of the... Hold on, hold on, hold on. Are you recording again?

Conclusion

The episode delivers a major lore expansion by exposing the true origins of Project

Transcript preview

Speaker 1 (0:10) Hi, I'm Amber, and welcome back to the Project Blackfist podcast. Okay, where to start? Things were accelerating quickly, and it was getting easy to lose track. The bunker entrances we visited last episode hadn't told us much, but had thrown us even more questions. The suits were either patrolling the entrances or following us. Either way, I guess David was right to have been cautious. We've also discovered something else. Thank you to at... the Mac 49 on Insta, for pointing this out. At the Salford entrance, where the building work was going on, we met an idiot security guard who worked for a company called White Guardian Security. Something we didn't notice before is if you zoom in on the pictures that Zara sent us online from the 2015 tramline work, the same company logo was there. These guys were the ones who looked after the tramline body exhumation. which essentially meant Leap Industries were in charge of that building work covering the Salford entrance. This is the first time that something we'd investigated had been happening in the present. We normally feel like we're chasing ghosts. I'm not naive enough to think that it's because of our podcast that they're starting to hide things, but it was definitely interesting. Speaker 1 (1:20) Anyway, for clarity, I think we just need to rewind for a minute. Speaker 7 (1:27) No problem, officer. Speaker 1 (1:28) Yep, will do. Speaker 1 (1:32) Well, that was a joke. All that fuss and all they did was just lecture me. They didn't even arrest me. Not that I wanted to get arrested, but like, what was the point? I'm gonna call David and see where he is. Speaker 1 (1:48) Come on, answer your phone, it's not as if you've... Oh, hello? Speaker 1 (1:59) Judith! Oh, hi! Speaker 1 (2:04) Judith and Mary lived fairly local in Greater Manchester, and after they told me what they knew, and what they were in possession of, we agreed to meet up ASAP. I tried calling David's phone, but he wasn't answering, so after they picked me up, we headed to the only place I thought he might go, the main bunker entrance. And I was right. After we picked him up in what fortunately was the nick of time, we started driving to their place. Speaker 1 (2:34) Hm? Speaker 7 (2:38) So what? Are you going to explain what's going on? Speaker 1 (2:42) I thought you got taken by the police. Speaker 7 (2:45) Then you Speaker 1 (2:45) show up in the back of a van. Yeah, so those coppers didn't even take me to the station. They just walked me to their car and gave me a slap on the wrist. Speaker 4 (2:52) Oh, what? Speaker 1 (2:55) Hang on. I thought they arrested you. What could they charge me with looking at cars? Anyway, I got a call from Judith explaining everything. Speaker 7 (3:03) That's a bit convenient. Speaker 1 (3:05) Where are they taking us? I... I don't know. Speaker 7 (3:10) where they live, I guess. I'm being serious. Why did you just agree to go with them? Speaker 1 (3:16) They could be lying. Try not to be so worried all the time. You'll have a heart attack. Heart attack? Speaker 7 (3:21) I Speaker 1 (3:22) literally just got chased down the street by... Speaker 2 (3:24) Are you guys okay back there? Speaker 1 (3:26) Yeah, thank you. Speaker 1 (3:29) Listen, they're not lying. And I don't want to freak you out, but they told me what they know. And, mate, if they're being serious, it's on another level. Speaker 1 (3:40) We'll just wait and see. Speaker 7 (3:48) I gave you that other phone for a reason. Speaker 1 (3:50) Right, I'm sorry. I'm not used to this spy movie shit. I forgot. I'm Speaker 7 (3:53) trying to help protect us here. And not only are you not using your phone, you're just jumping into a van with random strangers. Speaker 1 (4:00) They're not randomers. And if it wasn't for them, you'd still be being chased by the suits. Or worse. You're welcome, by the way. Speaker 7 (4:10) I guess Speaker 7 (4:13) Do you think they were following us? Speaker 1 (4:16) The suits? I'm not sure. Speaker 7 (4:22) on a ledge to try and film over the wall of the bunker so Maybe they were just patrolling the place. Speaker 1 (4:27) He did what? Speaker 7 (4:32) See? Speaker 1 (4:33) You love it, really. I think I'm rubbing off on you. Speaker 7 (4:37) Maybe. Speaker 7 (4:40) That does link the suits to the Guardian bunker too. The suits were linked to Leap Industries and possibly Robert Doyle. Speaker 4 (4:47) I Speaker 7 (4:47) nearly caught them on video. Speaker 1 (4:52) At the same time, nice idea. Did you see anything? Speaker 1 (5:00) Are you recording now? Speaker 7 (5:20) Look, their van heading to God knows where! Speaker 2 (5:26) care to include us. Speaker 1 (5:29) Uh, sorry, um, well, we were just... Speaker 1 (5:35) Where are we actually going? Speaker 3 (5:38) If you don't mind, we really don't want to tell you the location. It's better for everyone. Speaker 1 (5:44) Are we not just going to your house? No. But you said... We can't Speaker 2 (5:51) tell you because if those guys in suits get hold of you again, they might try and make you talk and then that would lead them to us. Alright? Speaker 1 (6:01) Okay. Speaker 2 (6:06) We're here now anyway Speaker 2 (6:10) Right, I'm going to have to blindfold you both. Speaker 7 (6:14) You're joking, right? Speaker 2 (6:16) Do I look like someone who jokes? Speaker 1 (6:21) She wasn't joking. They're legit blindfoldedles. Speaker 3 (6:32) Are you alright? Speaker 7 (6:34) Yes, fine. Speaker 2 (6:40) We're here. Speaker 3 (6:48) Put your hands out and you'll find two handles. It's a ladder. Turn around, step backwards and take it a step at a time. Speaker 3 (7:07) Right, let me take those off. Speaker 1 (7:13) What is this? It was an underground bunker, but not like an old-fashioned wartime one. It had electricity, a big screen TV, food, and a mini kitchen as well. It was like one of those reels on Instagram of someone building a pimped-out bunker in their own back garden. Speaker 1 (7:34) Who's that? Speaker 3 (7:34) That's Clive. It's his bunker. Speaker 7 (7:37) This isn't a bunker. It's like an ultimate man cave. Speaker 2 (7:42) We've tried to train him out of calling it a man cave. Speaker 5 (7:45) Yeah, yeah, this is my man cave. Hi, nice to meet you both. I'm Clive. Speaker 1 (7:51) Hi. Speaker 5 (7:52) David. Hello. Boy, are we excited to get you guys here. You know, in four years, we haven't found anyone who knows anything about those bodies. And then you leave Jude that voicemail and... Boom! Speaker 2 (8:04) Clive, Clive, just let them breathe, will you? Speaker 5 (8:07) Yeah, yeah, sorry, sorry. Would you like a drink? I've got a mini fridge and a coffee machine. Got any purple bark? Yeah, I do, yeah. Sorry, Amber, is it? Speaker 1 (8:20) Yeah, I'll have whatever, thank you. Just not purple bark. Speaker 5 (8:25) Yeah, no probs. Speaker 3 (8:28) I think you should lay off the purple bark yourself, Clive. And maybe try to get a bit more Speaker 2 (8:32) sunlight? Speaker 7 (8:33) Can one of you please explain what's going on? Speaker 2 (8:38) This has become one of the... Hold on, hold on, hold on. Are you recording again? Speaker 7 (8:44) What? No. Speaker 2 (8:46) Then what are you fiddling with in your pocket? Take it out. Take what? No, I'm not... Right, fine. Take it out. Hey, Speaker 3 (8:54) hey, hey, stop it! Take your sneaky little shit. We told you. David, we're trying to do this to protect everyone. Speaker 7 (9:03) Yes, and I'm the one who you've led down a ladder, blindfolded into a bunker without any explanation at all. You throw me in the back of a van... David. Technically, you jumped in. Tell me you have something to do with the bodies from underneath the tram lines and then drive us to an undisclosed location. I just want to know why we're Speaker 2 (9:20) here. Speaker 5 (9:21) Everything all right? Speaker 2 (9:22) Yeah, it's fine, Clive, it's fine. I understand where you're coming from, OK? But we didn't want to talk about anything until we were in a secure place. Mary's right. Speaker 3 (9:32) And also, the only way we can really explain is to show you. Show Speaker 2 (9:38) us Speaker 3 (9:38) what, exactly? You need to turn that recorder Speaker 2 (9:41) off. Speaker 1 (9:41) But... Look, the thing is, guys, we're trying to unmask some important people here, and this recorder and our podcast is the only thing we have against them. Speaker 5 (9:53) Can I weigh in? Speaker 5 (9:56) OK. Look, this is the first time we've found anyone who may know what we do. And like Amber said, they contacted us. If they're doing this podcast and putting it online, then everyone will know about what we've found. Look, isn't that what we've always wanted? To not be the only one's burden with this anymore? And David, do you really think if we were kidnapping you or something, I'd be offering you drinks? Well, it might be. I Speaker 7 (10:22) don't know. Speaker 5 (10:23) To Speaker 7 (10:23) lure us into a false sense of security or something. I Speaker 5 (10:26) admire your imagination. Speaker 7 (10:31) Thanks. Speaker 3 (10:31) I have to agree Speaker 2 (10:32) with him. Mary? Fine. Fine. But what about you-know-who? Who? Speaker 5 (10:40) What's he going to do? The news will be out. He won't be able to back us into a corner again. Speaker 2 (10:47) Okay then. Speaker 3 (10:49) Right. Sorry, who were you talking about? It doesn't matter. Speaker 7 (10:56) So... Are you going to explain? What is this place? Speaker 3 (11:03) So we used to work for a company in York named Anna Light. Speaker 2 (11:08) We're Speaker 3 (11:08) the people who get called to identify and examine the deceased, particularly at mass gravesites. Speaker 2 (11:14) Which was an understatement for what was