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10/05/2022·

Frank Parlato

Mark Vicente now has a Podcast. It is called “What the Fuck Is on My Mind.”

He introduces it:

My name is Mark Vicente. I’m a director, producer, writer and troublemaker.
I’m not totally certain if the trouble finds me, or I find it. I’m mostly known as the director of the film ‘What the Bleep Do We Know?’ And as one of the NXIVM whistleblowers featured in the HBO series, ‘The Vow’.
Let’s just say I know a thing or two about cults. I don’t consider myself a cult expert, but I’m definitely an expert in being screwed over, waking up, and knowing how to spot them. And let me tell you, they’re everywhere. ‘
As you’ll hear, I have a pretty salty approach to most things. And I’m utterly fascinated by the patterns in human behavior that create the best and the worst in society. I’m part geek, part rebel, and pissed off about a whole bunch of things.’
Join me as I unpack a whole range of topics to do with psychology, spirituality, consciousness, morality cults, narcissistic abuse, science, filmmaking and philosophy.’
You never quite know what you’re going to get as it really does depend on what the fuck is on my mind.

Vicente has two episodes. The first is the Introduction. Its length is 18:15. The second is Fuck Adversity. It is 13:38.

His podcast is of him discoursing on matters of interest.

His former NXIVM partner Sarah Edmondson also has a podcast with her husband, Anthony ‘Nippy’ Ames.

It is called a Little Bit Culty.

It began in March of 2021. The couple has produced more than 60 episodes.

They typically have guests.

Sarah Berman & Amanda Montell

And many others.

In 2019, Sarah published Scarred: The True Story of How I Escaped NXIVM, the Cult that Bound My Life, with Kristine Gasbarre.

Vicente has not published a book but is rumored to be writing one on his NXIVM experiences.

Alex Betancourt was a follower of Keith Raniere. He even worked hard to intimidate women who tried to leave DOS and tell about it.

But he and his partner in NXIVM, Emiliano Salinas, finally left Raniere.
Betancourt has a Substack Blog where he offers his philosophy.

It is called Beyond Two Cents

It is described:

For those who enjoy reading about Philosophy, Self-Improvement, and other topics that help boost Consciousness and Life Fulfillment. It will be perfect for your weekly dose of insights, delivered via email Monday and Friday.

To Help or Not to Help? The Paradox of Assistance

To Date or Not to Date Someone Different From You: That is the Question

The Power of Commitment: How Making Small Changes Can Transform Your Life

The Surprising Benefits of Suffering

You can also follow Betancourt on Twitter.

Pam Cafritz’s Body?

As Shadow pointed out, we are approaching the sixth anniversary of Pam Cafritz’s death.

Pam has a listing on findagrave.com. Unfortunately, there is no picture or details on where she is buried or if she was buried, cremated, or frozen.

Pamela Anne Cafritz
BIRTH
1959
DEATH
7 Nov 2016 (aged 56–57)
BURIAL
Burial Details Unknown
MEMORIAL ID
232941901 · View Source

The work DOS slave Nicole did to transcribe videos for Pam’s memorial service was forced labor.

But where was her body? The memorial took place several months after she died. For a time, Keith Raniere kept the fact of her death hidden from most NXIVM members.
There were rumors of her body being frozen.

Lauren Salzman, Pam Cafritz, Nancy Salzman, Keith Raniere, and Mark Vicente stand and applaud a performance at Vanguard Week.

Pam Cafritz’s body lies a-frozen in the cryogenic grave.

While weep the daughters of bondage whom she ventured all to save

Though she lost her life in struggling for the slave,

Her truth is marching on.

Prison Shortens Life by Two Years for One

Research shows that incarceration shortens life expectancy by two years for every year served.

Each year in prison takes two years off an individual’s life expectancy. With over 2.3 million people locked up, mass incarceration has shortened the U.S. life expectancy by almost two years.

A 2016 study by Professor Christopher Wildeman found that from 1981 to 2007, the U.S. life expectancy would have increased by more than five years – from 74.1 to 79.4 years – if not for mass incarceration. But given the reality of mass incarceration, the U.S. life expectancy only increased by 3.5 years. Without so many people behind bars, he argues, the life expectancy at birth would have increased 51% more than it did from 1981 to 2007. The sheer magnitude of how many people are locked up shortens our entire nation’s life expectancy.

In her 2013 analysis of New York state parole data, Professor Evelyn Patterson found that a person can expect to lose two years off their life expectancy for every year in prison.

Keith Raniere, at age 61, would have 21 years of life expectancy if his supporters were to spring him tomorrow.

Marie White’s painting of Keith Raniere in the SHU

Raniere’s paternal side comes from long-lived stock. His father lived to about 90, and his grandmother made it to 106.

Keith Raniere’s dad with his mother Marion.

Raniere’s paternal side comes from long-lived stock. His father lived to about 90, and his grandmother made it to 106.

Some Photos of the Old NXIVM Gang

Keith Raniere

Young Keith Raniere before he donned the august title of Vanguard.

When he was the adored and adorable Vanguard.

Showing off his amazing judo skills.

Eating a banana to get some energy to better show off his amazing volleyball skills.

Keith, with his longest serving girlfriend, Karen U. She was with him for 40 years.

It may not be a recommitment ceremony, but the women adored their blessed Vanguard.

Fantastic Shots of Keith Raniere in his cell at MDC

Keith and Nancy

Keith Raniere, with his co-founder Nancy Salzman, in a triumphant pose.

A young Nancy Salzman is giving the world-saving teachings of her divinely glorious, extraordinary leader.

The Prefect during the NXIVM heyday, thinking of her glorious teacher.

Nancy Salzman gave a pre-prison interview where she realized that while she had 100 percent good intentions, Raniere had 100 bad intentions. She said it took her 20 years to learn how good the man was at hiding his true intentions.

Moira Kim Penza explains…

Sarah Edmondson displays emotion for a documentary.

Michele Hatchette is not a fan of the Frank Report.

Marie White’s painting of Michele Hatchette.

Allison Mack is now in prison at Dublin FCI, and her release date is 12/15/2023.

Nancy looks out the window as she contemplates her future, which was to be a stint in prison. She is now living at Hazelton FCI, and her release date is 02/12/2025.

Zebra, the captions above are not because I adore Keith Raniere.

I never promised you, Zebra, or anyone, I would find out what happened to Kristin Snyder. I said I would try.

But you keep accusing different people of murdering your sister or attempting to murder you.

Lately, you have been emailing under various names. For example, you sent me about 100 emails under the name Jennifer saying Kim was at death’s door.

Jennifer [AKA Kim] writes, “I have attempted to wear a mask in and around her, but her comment – ‘if I’m going to die, I want to see all of your face, NOT half of it.’ What do you say to that one?”

[wipes tears away]

But happily, Jennifer reports that Kim made a recovery. And since I did not call, she hired a team to investigate.

The big problem with Zebra/Kim/Tiffany/Jennifer is if you call her, she wants to talk for an hour or more about new evidence she made up about her sister’s death. And repeating herself 20 times.

She wrote me today that Ed Kinum, who taught the NXIVM class where Kristin left and was seen no more, took a lie detector test. And the results change everything.

She made up that story.

But that is not the end of it. She demands results on her [fake] leads.

She will call ten times daily and send 20 emails. If you do not take her calls and shut down every aspect of your life, you are the bad guy with the broken promises.

The problem is Kristin Snyder disappeared 19 years ago. There are no new leads. One cannot work on it every day – all day.

Maybe one day, we will learn what happened to Kristin Snyder. But there is nothing to do but be patient.

Kim says now she has a new team working on it. She has law enforcement and confidential informants. She accuses various people of killing her sister. She is working with detectives in several states.

And she says she knows why I was involved in investigating her sister’s disappearance.

She writes, “You were planning to start NXIVM and DOS back up again.”

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Aristotle’s Sausage10/05/2022

There are already a million podcasts by arrogant loudmouths promoting themselves shamelessly. Vicente’s makes it a million and one. Mack sure looks haggard in that photo. And the study supposed to show serving a year in prison takes two years off an inmate’s life is a fine example of flawed, politics-driven methodology.

Nutjob10/05/2022

Frank – If you restart NXIVM and DOS, I hope you keep the little people like Nutjob in mind. I'd really like to be near the top of those pyramids… If Scott taught me anything over the years, it's that being one of the first ones in will help us win the MLM game. (that and all about tool scams, of course)

Frank Parlato10/06/2022

You know, Nutjob, I feel that in a small way, we are doing something important. Satisfying a fundamental urge. It's deep in the race for a woman to want to be blackmailed and forced to seduce an ugly man and get branded hot on the groin with his initials but not know it's his initials, and we're helping them get those things in our little sorority. Thanks for joining Scott and me.

Peaches 🍑10/06/2022

Can I join, or is this a men's only club?

Frank Parlato10/07/2022

Peaches, we're all grateful to you for offering to join this club. We all know you as a woman of your word…a modest woman…who will always listen to reason. Times have changed. Of course, you can join. After all, we are not misogynists.

Anonymous10/07/2022

Hey Sweet Cheeks! Upon restart, can I be your Proctor proctologist or plumber?

Frank Parlato10/07/2022

What did the proctologist say when he reached into his pocket and pulled out a rectal thermometer? “Damn it! Some asshole has my pen!”

Alex10/05/2022

Frank, I've now established beyond reasonable doubt, until you got busted by Zebra, you were in fact working towards resuscitating NXIUM and DOS especially! You gave yourself away just above when you had a slip of the tongue and mentioned you've been shutting down your life! Every aspect but the DOS one especially… and another! Too late, Frank. Too late!

Frank Parlato10/06/2022

So I suppose I should give DOS to miserable failures like Allison and that idiot master of hers. They never put any real pressure on those slaves to create fresh collateral. I am running a master slave sorority not a charity ward. Keith Raniere was not a good grandmaster. That's what ruined him. Oh, I don't mean any disrespect to him, he was a man of high ethicistic ideals.

Just Sayin'10/06/2022

Don't let em' say that about cha, Pop!

Frank Parlato

ShadowState195810/05/2022

More Miscellaneous NXIVM facts. In 2019 several members of the LeBaron clan were ambushed and murdered by a drug cartel in Northern Mexico. Now noted investigative journalist Sally Denton has written a book about the incident. This book focuses on Mormonism and the LeBaron clan burt does mention NXIVM, Keith Raniere, Clare Brongman, Mark Vicente and Vicente's film “Ignite the Fire.” Sally Denton is herself the descendant of Mormon polygamists. A True-Crime Story That Pits Polygamists Against Drug Lords In her ninth book, “The Colony,” the veteran journalist Sally Denton takes readers across the border to a Mormon sect in Mexico. Women tend to fare poorly in religions created by men. Throughout history, male prophets have claimed divine authority to write laws that perpetuate male power and shunt women aside as intellectual inferiors or evil temptresses who threaten male glory. Although we reject sexism in other sectors of our society, it is baked into many religious creeds. Nowhere on our continent does a faith based on male supremacy loom larger than in the polygamist sects dotting the American West and northern Mexico, which follow the original teachings of the libidinous founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Joseph Smith. Billing himself as a “prophet, seer and revelator” in 1830, Smith bested the religious start-ups of yore: He claimed that God — viewed as male, always — allowed men to take multiple wives. Smith accumulated up to 40 himself, including a 14-year-old girl — a troubling history that Mormon leaders denied until 2014. Women tend to fare poorly in religions created by men. Throughout history, male prophets have claimed divine authority to write laws that perpetuate male power and shunt women aside as intellectual inferiors or evil temptresses who threaten male glory. Although we reject sexism in other sectors of our society, it is baked into many religious creeds. Nowhere on our continent does a faith based on male supremacy loom larger than in the polygamist sects dotting the American West and northern Mexico, which follow the original teachings of the libidinous founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Joseph Smith. Billing himself as a “prophet, seer and revelator” in 1830, Smith bested the religious start-ups of yore: He claimed that God — viewed as male, always — allowed men to take multiple wives. Smith accumulated up to 40 himself, including a 14-year-old girl — a troubling history that Mormon leaders denied until 2014. Denton, who is an award-winning journalist and the author of eight previous books (including two related to Mormonism), is a descendant of polygamists. In “The Colony,” she traces the lineage of Melissa LeBaron, the plural wife of one of Smith’s early acolytes, to the present-day Colonia LeBaron, a polygamist community of 5,000 people in Chihuahua, Mexico. “This book is an exploration of LeBaron — the place and the family — in an effort to explain the impulses that drove thousands of women over generations, including ancestors of mine … to join or remain within a novel American religion based on male supremacy and female servitude,” Denton writes. Bowing to pressure from the federal government, the Latter-day Saints issued a manifesto forbidding plural marriage in 1890. The sudden shift in dogma split the church; fundamentalists, including the LeBarons, fled to Mexico to continue their polygamous lifestyle. The author couldn’t have found a more bizarro clan to profile than the LeBarons, whose history of murdering family members, mental illness and incest rivals that of the Hapsburgs. One LeBaron patriarch, after 14 years of marriage to one woman, claimed he had a vision telling him that he needed a “quorum” of seven or more wives to attain godhood. Another blamed God for his seduction of underage girls. Yet another incorporated U.F.O.s and extraterrestrials into his teachings. One family member told Denton that a “streak of insanity haunted the family,” the result of generations of marriages between first cousins and even half siblings. Over the years, it has become increasingly difficult for followers to distinguish between their leaders’ “divine” revelations and mental derangement. Most of Denton’s polygamous sources insisted on anonymity, reflecting a culture ruled by secrecy and fear. Practitioners skirt the law by marrying only the first wife; subsequent wives are relegated to the status of “concubine,” with few legal rights. Whether male practitioners truly believe Smith’s teachings or are only “converted below the belt” — as one woman who fled the colony suggests — is impossible to tease out. The clan has grown relatively wealthy in Chihuahua, where they own more than 12,000 acres of walnut and pecan orchards that rise from the desiccated landscape like a green mirage. The trees are irrigated with water diverted from communal aquifers and rivers, an action that has provoked ongoing water wars with neighboring farmers. The LeBarons made headlines in 1972, when Ervil LeBaron ordered a Mafia-style hit on a rival polygamist leader: his own brother. The murder kicked off a 15-year killing spree that claimed 33 lives, as Ervil (known as “the Mormon Manson” in the press) enlisted some of his 13 wives and 54 children to kill his enemies — murders that were financed by drug trafficking, bank robberies and a vast, trans-border car theft ring. In 2009, the family again entered the news cycle when drug traffickers kidnapped a teenage boy from the colony and demanded a million-dollar ransom. The case caught the attention of Keith Raniere, leader of the Nxivm sex cult, who billed himself as “one of the top three problem solvers in the world” and flew to Mexico to advise the family. Raniere was struck by the “docility and submissiveness” of the LeBaron women, Denton writes, and chose 11 girls, ranging in age from 13 to 17, to bring back to his headquarters in upstate New York, ostensibly to work as Spanish teachers in a school he’d founded, but in reality, according to prosecutors, to groom them as sexual partners. Raniere was unable to solve the polygamists-versus-narcos problem, however, which came to a head in 2019 when gunmen opened fire on a caravan of three cars from LeBaron and a sister polygamist community, killing three women and six children. I grew progressively angrier as I read this book. While Denton provides an excellent history of a polygamist subculture, she never fully explains why women choose to stay in a religion that treats them so shabbily. But as someone who grew up in a fundamentalist Christian household and understands how self-eroding patriarchal religion can be to girls, I’ll take a stab at an answer. The stranglehold of a dogma embedded in a child’s mind from infancy can be loosened only by exposure to new ideas. But for the LeBaron women — hobbled by chronic pregnancy, economic dependency and lack of a formal education — the odds of escaping that stranglehold are very slim. “The colony is a magnet for trouble,” one woman who fled long ago told Denton. “They have a good racket. Many of the women are not there by choice.” Perhaps women should start a belief system based on respect and equality for ourselves and our sisters. Oh wait, we already have one: It’s called feminism. Denton’s book is a testament to what happens when male power, under the guise of religious conviction, goes unchecked. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/28/books/review/the-colony-sally-denton.html

Jim Byrd10/05/2022

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Frank Parlato10/06/2022

I'm particularly interested in knowing, is there always a buffer involved? Someone in between you and your superior, Patriot God who gave the order for you to be a fool.

🎖🎖🪖 Colonel James Ludlow 🪖🎖🎖10/06/2022

HEY GINZO! THIS IS COLONEL JAMES LUDLOW OF THE PATRIOT ARMY SPEAKING YOU BETTER WATCH YOUR MOUTH AND NOT TALK SHIT TO JIMBO HERE IF YOU KNOW WHAT’S GOOD FOR, YA!!! ☝🏻 I ALSO COMMAND YOU TO STOP CENSORING THE GREAT LORD PATRIOT GOD! YOU BETTER STOP ALL YOUR GODDAMN NIGGERING AND NIGGERDRY BEFORE I FLY DOWN TO GODDAMN YANKEEVILLE NEW YORK AND STICK MY FOOT SO FAR UP YOUR OLD, WRINKLY, LIVER-SPOTTED, GERIATRIC, GUIDO ASS THAT IT KICKS YOUR DENTURES OUT OF YOUR UPPITY FUCKING MOUTH!!!! I’LL TAKE MY SWEET ASS TIME SNAPPING EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOUR LITTLE PUDGY FEEBLE FINGERS OFF THAT YOU USED TO TYPE YOUR LITTLE SMART REMARKS TO JIMBO AND ALL THE TIMES THAT YOU DARE CENSORED THE GREAT PATRIOT GOD JUST SO YOU CAN ENJOY IT WHILE THE GLORIOUS NIGHT RIDERS MAKE YOUR SHIRTLESS FAT ASS HUG A TREE SO THAT THEY CAN PUT MORE GLORIOUS STRIPES ON YOUR BACK THAN 1,000,000 AMERICAN FLAGS COMBINED! THEN FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YOUR WORTHLESS EXISTENCE, YOU CAN SEE WHAT A TRUE GLORIOUS AMERICANA WORK OF ART IS THAT THE DUMB AMATEUR BITCH, MARIE WHITE COULD NEVER SHOW YOU! THAT’S AN ORDER, NIGGER! 😡😡😡😡😡😡

Anonymous10/05/2022

Prison sucks. There's no doubt. Many, many people have declared that prison actually saved their life. It all comes down to how you do your time. Where you do your time. Why you are in prison. How healthy you were base level upon entering. And then certainly other factors that are out of an inmate's control. But it is very common for ex-cons to state that if they had not been sent to prison they would be dead Perhaps more importantly they would have hurt more people had they not been stopped.

Nutjob10/06/2022

Great post. To anyone this resonates with, listen to or read “The Holy Shit Moment.” Fix yourself before needing to rely on prison to do it for you.

Peaches 🍑10/06/2022

I'll second that. Fix yourself or prison will do it for you.

Alex Betancourt10/06/2022

Alex Betancourt filed fake criminal charges against many US NXIVM members in Mexico. Frank, do you have any information if Betancourt clrleared those charges up? Has he contacted you regarding any of these charges? You'd think if he realized Raniere was really a bad guy and he was doing this via Clare Bronfman orders, Betancourt would work to clean up his dirty work that had a negative effect on so many people.

Frank Parlato10/07/2022

Alex has not contacted me. I do not know what he has done to undo the things he did to others right after I exposed DOS. It would be good if he did. I would take his call, and I understand that he realized he made a mistake.

Cupids Arrow💘10/06/2022

ALONZO’s for bidden fruit! 🍎 “For those who enjoy reading about Philosophy, Pornograpy, Self-Improvement, that help boost Consciousness and Life Fulfillment. It will be perfect for your dose of insights.” — Alex Betancourt *************** ************************ ***************************** Upon reading the passage above…. …….ALANZO’s wiener became instantly amplified and….. ….Poor Alex Betancourt instantly became the object of Alonzo’s saucy desires. Mmmh! 💔

Vicente all about the profit.10/07/2022

Vicente is a media whore who steals credit from those who earned it. He loves himself above all else. The fact that he’s gaining money from a lawsuit of a company he profited from undermines all value to true victims. How Vicente can suggest he “knows how to spot cults” reveals his delusions of grandeur. He’s yet to “spot” any cult. He simply profits as a leader, then a victim, and now he’s riding the wave for more income by exploiting those truly victimized.

Kevin10/09/2022

Does anyone know if Mark was also compensated with an HBO mug for his work on “The Vow?” If he had better negotiating skills, he could have requested a larger bed and mattress so his poor wife wouldn't have to sleep on the floor. Was negotiations not an ESP intensive, or did he miss class that day?

Anonymous10/09/2022

You tell us – you're the expert kev!

Anonymous10/07/2022

Pam Cafritz was murdered. Just ask creepy, bald-headed, paunchy porter.

🎖🎖🪖 Colonel James Ludlow 🪖🎖🎖10/07/2022

“May I….he’s the wanker that jacked off on his keyboard and got the cap lock button stuck. And he’s not a nig·gernig·ger /ˈniɡər/ nounOFFENSIVE a contemptuous term for a black or dark-skinned person.“ Peaches, You don’t have a dog in this fight, bitch! Nigger’s backs were made for whipping and can take a lot more more that you! Peaches bruise and split open very easily because they’re delicate! You don’t want any of this, bitch! So fuck off while you still can!

Frank Parlato10/08/2022

People are people. Don't be afraid of them.

🎖🎖🪖 Colonel James Ludlow 🪖🎖🎖10/07/2022

‘So when the keyboard turned up stuck, and he wrote all this stupid all-caps stuff, I let it go. And I said to myself, “This is the blog business I’ve chosen.”’ Uh-oh! Old man Ginzo is starting to read that kike Freud again and getting some very sexually depraved fantasies as a consequence! Yeah, you’ll “let it go”, except when Patriot God gets too close to exposing the truth about America and the nigger problem! Then you shit your geriatric diapers and go on a censorship tirade to cover it up! That’s the real “blog business [you’ve] chosen”! But don’t worry, Ginzo! Justice will prevail! IF WE BEEEELIEEEEVVEEEE!!!!!!

Frank Parlato10/08/2022

Your writing isn’t particularly good, but the feeling with which you write is not bad at all.

Gdogscat01/17/2023

'kike' 'nigger' ????? wash your mouth out… its not the 1960s…. even if you think youre being ironic.

Anonymous10/07/2022

Frank, Kim figuratively speaking is at “deaths door”. She clearly is delusional and paranoid. Bipolar disorder, what I believe she has, is an inherited trait. There’s little doubt mental illness runs in her family. Ignore her or it’s never going to end, by responding you’re feeding into her insanity. Ignore her until the end of time. She’ll move onto something. “Kim was at death’s door.” (Jennifer)

Anonymous10/07/2022

Mark Vicente’s Podcast/Blog the very first day had tens of thousands of downloads and views!!!! Poor alanzoblog after 10 years has 213 unique visitors… What a crying shame!

Crawling back10/10/2022

Ha ha. Suneel is also a failed blogger. Now he writes on Frank Report under under a psyeudonom. The comments of his are very obvious.

Alanzo10/08/2022

“I am running a master slave sorority not a charity ward.” – Frank Parlato

Anonymous10/08/2022

I don’t know. I am one of those who at first thought Mark Vicente was a self-serving pompous attention ho who was just pretending to be a delicate flower crushed by the brutal Raniere. But I have since come around to respecting his point of view and think he really is just trying his best to do some good. I think if you personally have never been the victim of a narcissist it’s hard to understand. I had the misfortune of experiencing that within the past year and it has opened my eyes.