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New Epstein allegation horrifying

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Daygloboo · 18/02/2026 23:20

Just that. Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse. Now horrific allegations about a property on New Mexico.

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MyTrivia · 19/02/2026 08:57

The thing that was most concerning for me re: pizzagate was nothing to do with pizza. It was the really disturbing pictures of babies and children on James Alefantis’s Instagram.

Londontown12 · 19/02/2026 08:57

User253853 · 19/02/2026 08:49

How would she know unless she was directly involved?

She may have heard it, she may believe it but she doesn't know for sure.

I didn't say she "knew"
I said she spoke to me about this and at the time I dismissed it as being utterly ridiculous! And I was shocked at what she said Because I couldn't believe a subject like this would have crossed her mind let alone voiced an opinion about it and only recently she again said I told u didn't I about pizza gate and again I laughed !
I'm not laughing now thou !
Again my daughter is not into this kind of conspiracy stuff

THisbackwithavengeance · 19/02/2026 09:01

Those of you who haven’t heard of a baby smuggling ring for the purpose of devil worship, sacrifice and torture need only to look in social media. It’s all there. Is it true? A month ago I’d’ve said definitely not but now..? There are some very, very disturbing allegations about people who are household names and others who are not. The UK media are concentrating on AMW and SF however.

EsmaCannonball · 19/02/2026 09:01

Epstein's email about 'enjoying the torture video' was made to a rich Dubai businessman. Dubai is known for men paying to subject women to extreme sexual abuse and torture.

MyTrivia · 19/02/2026 09:04

EsmaCannonball · 19/02/2026 09:01

Epstein's email about 'enjoying the torture video' was made to a rich Dubai businessman. Dubai is known for men paying to subject women to extreme sexual abuse and torture.

And that makes it ok then? Hmm

DeepBlueDeer · 19/02/2026 09:04

PrizedPickledPopcorn · 19/02/2026 08:22

Presumably because they are actually gathering and pinning down evidence rather than trying to go to court on the basis of some emails?

We don’t hear the details of serious crimes while they are being investigated. And the amount of information being discussed- it will be a mammoth task trying to join the dots, gather the evidence etc. I would expect the authorities in the places the crimes were committed to be investigating quietly, so individuals aren’t alerted as to what to expect.

What would you expect to be happening, that we would know about?

I doubt the FBI are doing much.

Apparently, there's insufficient evidence to charge anyone. Had Epstien not experienced his untimely death then, presumably, that could have changed.

There's also Maxwell, who is angling for clemency from Trump, who has been afforded remarkable privileges in recent times by the Justice Department - particularly being moved to a much nicer and low security prison (which, of course, happened very shortly after it became clear Trump's own party would back the release of the files - causing an extraordinary long recess - and Trump's former personal attorney, paid her a visit).

It's odd, isn't it, that the Administration does not appear to be suggesting the possibility of clemency if Maxwell offers enough useful information or evidence to secure some convictions? Instead the Administration seems quite keen to obstruct the release of the files and remains desperate for everyone to shut up about them and move on.

Thank goodness the current administration isn't also exerting unprecedented influence, in ways that upend constitutional norms, over the Justice Department based upon the whims of sitting president....otherwise, it'd almost look suspicious.

LongTermLurker · 19/02/2026 09:06

Interesting that the Epstein files have been released now, ie a time in which so much can be faked by AI. I'm quite sure that those with something to hide will be muddying the waters as much as possible. Technology/media is at a "sweet spot" for them at the moment, when do much shit can be convincingly faked, and we're not yet at a point technologically where things can be concretely verified.

Sitonyourdressmavis · 19/02/2026 09:08

THisbackwithavengeance · 19/02/2026 09:01

Those of you who haven’t heard of a baby smuggling ring for the purpose of devil worship, sacrifice and torture need only to look in social media. It’s all there. Is it true? A month ago I’d’ve said definitely not but now..? There are some very, very disturbing allegations about people who are household names and others who are not. The UK media are concentrating on AMW and SF however.

I have worked briefly with 2 children who were born not for families , but for cp rings. I can imagine all sorts of unhinged stuff goes on

EsmaCannonball · 19/02/2026 09:08

MyTrivia · 19/02/2026 09:04

And that makes it ok then? Hmm

Huh? Where did I it was ok?

Ryanairmess · 19/02/2026 09:08

AutumnedCrow · 18/02/2026 23:50

The Express is running allegations about Andrew at Frogmore Cottage. I’ve posted on another thread.

I seriously don’t know what to think or believe at this point.

https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/2172732/new-andrew-bombshell-epstein-files

There has to be a court case. So much needs to be clarified so victims can seek redress and abusers be prosecuted.

Callcat · 19/02/2026 09:09

HelenaWaiting · 19/02/2026 05:14

It wasn't aimed at you. It was aimed at the person trying to crowbar the discredited pizzagate scandal into your thread.

Bate in mind, it was 'discredited' by a journalist who was later convicted of being a paedo.

YourAmplePlumPoster · 19/02/2026 09:11

Qanon have been going on about this stuff for years and I always thought they were bonkers. Not so much now.

DeepBlueDeer · 19/02/2026 09:12

Callcat · 19/02/2026 09:09

Bate in mind, it was 'discredited' by a journalist who was later convicted of being a paedo.

Bear in mind, it is widely and entirely discredited and you are repeating a false claim from a bullshit meme

apnews.com/article/fact-check-pizzagate-conspiracy-elon-musk-ABC-657657139374

usedtobeaylis · 19/02/2026 09:13

Ultimately we have always known that there are powerful people who harm children. Whatever add-ons there are, it will true somewhere. In terms of an organised ring - I think our judiciary points at the likelihood of it every time they behave as if child abuse is a victimless crime. The rich and powerful will always close ranks.

LondonPapa · 19/02/2026 09:14

DeepBlueDeer · 19/02/2026 09:12

Bear in mind, it is widely and entirely discredited and you are repeating a false claim from a bullshit meme

apnews.com/article/fact-check-pizzagate-conspiracy-elon-musk-ABC-657657139374

Considering the contents of the files regarding pizza and grape soda (and other food items plus the jokes about pizza gate), I now believe pizza gate is real. The files are abhorrent.

EsmaCannonball · 19/02/2026 09:17

There was a case of a man in the Philippines sexually abusing, torturing and murdering babies and children for paying customers on the dark web. I think the man was either Australian or British. There was also the case of two British women being involved in online groups that torture and kill animals to order. Some of these animals were baby monkeys dressed in human baby clothing. These are verified cases and probably the tip of the iceberg.

PrizedPickledPopcorn · 19/02/2026 09:17

The crimes (as I’m sure there are crimes) were committed in so many places, each with different legal systems. The perpetrators are from all around the world. The victims from all around the world and now living all around the world, are afraid to talk.

And enough money to cover a multitude of sins.

Much of the evidence so far seems to be hearsay.

I think it will be a long time before the mess is untangled.

LizzieW1969 · 19/02/2026 09:19

I very much fear that a lot of this will turn out to be true. There will have been young girls who got pregnant and had babies. These births will have been concealed, by either farming them out to be adopted or killing them. So no, I definitely wouldn’t be surprised if it were to come out that there were the bodies of babies discovered at Epstein’s ranch in New Mexico.

The cannibalism does sound sensationalist, IMO, that may have been added to make the claims about dead babies sound sensationalist too. But, right now, I wouldn’t be too sure about even that. These are very sick, perverted people we’re talking about.

What’s needed is for the FBI to investigate thoroughly and bring to trial all the perpetrators, however untouchable they are considered to be. That’s the only way we’ll ever know what’s true and what’s sensationalism.

MrsBennetsPoorNervesAreBack · 19/02/2026 09:21

It is so difficult to pick through what is real and what is false. I would not be at all surprised if there were bodies, but I haven't yet seen any credible source covering this.

There is so much misinformation and people don't necessarily have the ability to distinguish between what is fact and what is fiction. People are claiming that stuff is "in the files" but then citing Instagram etc as the source.

I have no wish to access the DOJ files directly, as I don't want to see stuff that I can't unsee. And as things stand, I remain sceptical about any claims that haven't been picked up by at least one reputable media source, whether in the UK or in some other country. The media usually love a lurid story, so if the evidence is there, I think at least someone would cover it.

Abra1t · 19/02/2026 09:27

Sheeshsville · 19/02/2026 07:36

What happened to Tom Watson and his involvement in trying to uncover some of this? I remember being quite excited a few years ago, that he seemed to be a hope for pushing forward investigations. Or am I mis-remembering things? Did he get discredited in some way?

Caught up in the 'We believe you, NIck' stuff here on MN. 'Nick' was actually Carl Beech, himself a paedophile.

Didshejustsaythatoutloud · 19/02/2026 09:28

Brassknucks · 19/02/2026 03:06

I’ve always felt the more wild claims (cannibalism/murder/torture) have been pushed out to muddy waters and take away from the true and already horrific events that occurred to children 12+ on that island. I used to think that it was lies being circulated to make the real crimes seem less serious in comparison to eating babies and murdering. To almost drown victims statements. - Hey look, I only raped a 15 year old, not ate her newborn, I’m not that bad.

These days I’m not so sure. A man I was friends with downloaded over 9000 videos and images of the most extreme torture and abuse videos including murder of children and made friends online with a network of men with his own sick fantasies. Just an ordinary bloke, like the millions of others who share his twisted predilections.
These people always find one another. Online, in prisons, look back to the historic claims of child abuse in institutions, even back to Victorian eras a peado has always found itself drawn to other peados. I did a course on safeguarding over 20 years ago now and that was all apart of it. There was something that stuck with me, a story the teacher told us. A group of siblings from a rural American town were telling their teacher that they’d be hurt sexually by Disney characters. They would say they’d been forced to perform sex acts on Mickey Mouse etc so the children were completed ignored and seen as liars. What was actually happening was their parents were selling them out and the abusers wore Disney masks to hide their identity and make their claims sound bonkers.
We know nonces are smart, they groom everyone around them. There are stories constantly of murdered children who’ve died from sexual and physical abuse from the hands of parents or grandparents, even uncles or siblings. AI has been used by these sick individuals to create personalised abuse images for secretly paedophillic fathers/grandfathers of their own children. These people are out there just living ordinary lives. So with money/power/privilege what the fuck are these people getting away with really? It seems so extreme and shocking to us because we aren’t sexually aroused by children, quite the contrary, we are disgusted at those who are.

I’m not sure what I believe has happened and I suspect that lots of it is sensationalist to make the real story seem more palatable. But equally I don’t think any of the accusations are remotely difficult to believe when a group of elites have money to access the most beautiful women on the planet, the fact they are curating actual children and not those women (20+) speaks of a certain predisposition towards children.

Maybe it’s real, maybe it’s basement dwelling lunatics enjoying seeing their claims go viral. It all needs investigation. But we should all keep an open mind as grotesque as the truth may be, we shouldn’t dismiss anything as crackpot crazy because frankly we don’t know.
But we need to keep being angry, keep demanding answers and find ways to keep children safe from groomers. They could be your child’s teacher, friends parent, a religious figure or shopkeeper. Not being trusting with our DC is the only way to protect them. Limit access to them, keep them offline, remember that anonymous studies have proven men who were asked if the could suffer no consequences and remain anonymous would they abuse a children said yes, yes they would. In droves. Ordinary men if guaranteed protection from sexually abusing children would do it and it needs to be branded into all our consciousness, treat everyone with a healthy amount of suspicion when it comes to kids.

Bloody hell. A sobering post 😱

MissSpindle · 19/02/2026 09:32

Gunsgunsguns · 19/02/2026 00:42

I once had a very intelligent young lady (training to be a lawyer) tell me with dead certainty pizzagate was real. I was like what is that!? Have heard it but never really looked at it. She said it’s an elite ring of powerful people who rape, torture and kill children. I thought she was bonkers. But noted also very strange as not in her character to be a wild conspiracy theorist and she did look deadly serious. But even if true - how could you actually know that.

Maybe she was right!

The problem is I remember people going on about Pizzagate and Q Anon at the time all thought it was a Democrat-run operation. Even some prominent Republicans bought into it as a way to smear Democrats. However now that it has actually been exposed as real but is mainly implicating Republicans and those who are friends with them, there is a lot of silence and dismissals from those who previously wouldn't shut up about it when they thought the Democrats were involved.

The whole thing makes me sick and everyone involved needs stringing up.

nOlives · 19/02/2026 09:35

Sounds like a Mirror headline.
PERSON DOES NEWSWORTHY THING!

PrizedPickledPopcorn · 19/02/2026 09:35

MissSpindle · 19/02/2026 09:32

The problem is I remember people going on about Pizzagate and Q Anon at the time all thought it was a Democrat-run operation. Even some prominent Republicans bought into it as a way to smear Democrats. However now that it has actually been exposed as real but is mainly implicating Republicans and those who are friends with them, there is a lot of silence and dismissals from those who previously wouldn't shut up about it when they thought the Democrats were involved.

The whole thing makes me sick and everyone involved needs stringing up.

Yes. People politicising situations massively undermines the credibility of it. I wish political people would stop the smears and scandal mongering that muddy the waters and make government hard. And truth hard to see.

researchers3 · 19/02/2026 09:35

Muffinmam · 19/02/2026 01:54

Yes. Allegedly, it was where the bodies were buried but the FBI never even raided it!!

The day after Epstein was arrested an order came through for 6 x massive drums of sulphuric acid. He had zero reason for that much sulphuric acid. Sulphuric acid has certain commercial uses - but I highly doubt he was doing anything that legally required such massive quantities.

Sulphuric acid can completely dissolve bodies.

I read through some of the emails when they were first available and the contents were so sick.

The FBI has protected the predators. This isn’t a conspiracy theory - the Attorney General has been called out for lying to a congressional hearing. The lie related to there being no evidence against Trump when the reality was a witness came forward about a woman who was supplied by Epstein to Trump and was SA’d by Trump and later murdered.

I had to stop reading. They were eating babies. It’s sick. It’s so sick.

Who were eating babies?

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