335: The Bizarre Zizians Death-Cult Possibly Tied to 6 Murders

On January 20th, 2025, Border Patrol Agent David Maland was shot and killed while in a standoff with Milo Youngblut and Ophelia Baukholt. Ophelia was killed in the exchange, and Milo was quickly rushed to hospital and survived. After Law Enforcement searched their vehicle, they found cell phones wrapped in tin foil, riot gear, hollow-point ammunition, and a pistol registered to Michelle Zajko, whose parents were murdered in an unsolved double homicide on New Year's Eve, 2022. More than that, they found that Milo had filed a marriage license with a man in Washington named Audere (Aw-Dare), who, only days later, would be charged with the murder of Curtis Lind, a landlord in Vallejo. Curtis himself had been stabbed by a samurai sword in 2022 by his tenants, Emma Borhanian, Somnulence Logencia, and Suri Dao. At the center of all of these murders was a mysterious figure known as Ziz, a programmer in her 30s who had come out of Silicon Valley’s Rationalist community.

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Intro: 0:00

The Many "isms" of Silicon Valley 7:53

The Horror of Roko's Basilisk 15:20

Who Is Jack Lasota? 20:04

Ziz Discovers Rationalism 24:46

Aspiring to be a Sith Lord 33:32

Meeting Gwen Danielson 38:34

The Beginning of a Cult 49:33

What is Unihemispheric Sleep? 52:10

Launching the Rationalist Fleet 57:22

Meeting Curtis Lind 1:03:07

Ziz Recruits Emma, Michelle and Somni 1:04:39

The Camp Meeker CFAR Protest 1:09:28

Unhinged Behavior & a Lot of Star Wars 1:15:57

Curtis Lind Falls Out with the Zizians 1:24:52

A History of Being Uncooperative 1:33:19

The Zajko Murders 1:36:23

Terrifying Ends for Curtis Lind & David Maland 1:41:04

A Completely Wild Twist 1:45:52

Who Can Explain the Zizian Cult? 1:49:35

Final Thoughts & Outro 1:56:38

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