On the Trail of Delusion, Episode 18 with Phil Tinline

Fred Litwin
3 minutes ago
2 min read

I was very pleased to be able to interview Phil Tinline, author of the terrific 2025 book, Ghosts of Iron Mountain: The Hoax of the Century, Its Enduring Impact, and What It Reveals About America Today,

Please read this book. Find out why Fletcher Prouty fell for the Iron Mountain hoax.

The New York Times favorably reviewed Phil's book:

“Report From Iron Mountain” was soon revealed as a hoax. But it was so good a hoax, so deft and deadpan and precise in its aim, that nearly 60 years later, it retains a certain hold on the public consciousness. The story of this report — who conceived it, what they intended and why it endures, like toxic waste leaking from a metal drum — is the subject of “Ghosts of Iron Mountain,” an excellent new book by the British journalist Phil Tinline. His fast-paced account is often entertaining but never loses sight of where it is heading: toward a moment, our own, when conspiracists and crackpots have seized the levers of power.

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Previous Episodes of On the Trail of Delusion:

Episode 1

My first guest was Robert Reynolds who is an expert on the JFK assassination files.

Episode 2

Robert A. Wagner discusses his new book, JFK Assassinated.

Episode 3

Gerald Posner discusses the JFK assassination and conspiracy theories.

Episode 4

Dr. Martin Kelly, Jr., discusses conspiracy theories and the medical evidence in the JFK assassination.

Episode 5

Steve Roe discusses the life of General Edwin Walker and Oswald's attempt to kill him.