764 Arrests and Prosecutions: May 2026 Roundup
The status of federal 764 cases as of late May 2026: charges, guilty pleas, sentences, the FBI's open-case count, and one viral case that does not belong.
Brian Nuckols ·
Contested Cases
After the Debunking: Reading *We Believe the Children* From the Other Side of 2019
Richard Beck's 2015 book against the satanic panic, read against what Pizzagate, Epstein's arrest, and the False Memory Foundation's 2019 closure added.
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Latest Investigations
What Is the Order of Nine Angles (O9A)? A Plain-Language Explainer
The Order of Nine Angles is a decentralized occult-fascist network from 1970s-80s Britain that shaped modern accelerationist extremism, Atomwaffen, and 764.
Brian Nuckols ·
Richard Densmore, the '764' Member Who Ran the 'Sewer' and Drew 30 Years in Michigan
A federal judge sentenced Richard Densmore, 47, to 30 years for exploiting a child and running the 764 'Sewer' communities that coerced minors.
Brian Nuckols ·
Conspiracy of Silence: The Suppression History, 1993 to 2026
A documented timeline of how the Franklin documentary was commissioned, cleared by libel lawyers, pulled days before broadcast, bought back for $250,000, and leaked.
Brian Nuckols ·
Franklin Scandal Timeline: 1988 to 1999
A dated chronology of the Franklin case, from the 1988 credit union seizure to the 1999 Bonacci v. King civil judgment, including the grand jury hoax findings.
Brian Nuckols ·
How Big Is the 764 Network? What the FBI's Own Numbers Show
The FBI publishes no 764 member roster, but its open-investigation counts are public and rose from about 250 in May 2025 to over 350 by November.
Brian Nuckols ·
Unsolved Murders
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Inside the Watts Family Finances: Thrive, Debt, and a Double Life
The financial pressure behind the Chris Watts murders: Thrive MLM, $70K in debt, Chapter 7 bankruptcy, and the widening gap between Shanann Watts' curated.
Murders
Chris Watts in Prison: Letters, Religion, and the Myth of Redemption
Chris Watts claims to have found God in prison, writes letters blaming everyone but himself, and receives fan mail from women proposing marriage.
Murders
Chris Watts and the Psychology of the Introvert
Why narcissist and sociopath labels fail to explain Chris Watts. What Jung's psychological types, the shadow, and archetypal inflation reveal about him.
Unsolved Disappearances
View All →The Disappearance of Maura Murray: The Vanishing on Route 112
Maura Murray, 21, disappeared on February 9, 2004 after her car crashed into a snowbank on Route 112 in Haverhill, New Hampshire. The case remains open.
Craig Berry ·
Vanished: Seven People Who Disappeared Without a Trace
Seven people vanished under circumstances that defy explanation. From Maura Murray's crash on Route 112 to Andrew Gosden's one-way ticket, these unsolved.
Craig Berry ·
Brian Shaffer: The Medical Student Who Walked Into a Bar and Vanished
Brian Shaffer, a 27-year-old Ohio State medical student, walked into the Ugly Tuna Saloona in Columbus, Ohio on April 1, 2006 and was never seen leaving.
Craig Berry ·
Investigation Hubs
Multi-part investigations that connect individual cases to broader patterns of institutional failure, forensic science, and criminal psychology.
Murders
Pittsburgh's Drowning Gap
Suspicious deaths in the Three Rivers region that resist the accidental drowning explanation.
Murders
The Chris Watts Case
Case profile, interrogation analysis, and the criminology of family annihilation.
Forensic Science
Order of Nine Angles
From occult fringe to global threat: O9A, 764, and the FBI informant who built the machine.
Forensic Science
Forensic Interview Techniques
Evidence-based alternatives to the Reid Technique: Cognitive Interview, SUE, and Kernberg.
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