Ghost Stories For The End Of The World

82 - The Belgian X-Files 5: The Pinon Affair

Ghost Stories For The End Of The World

Show Notes

I'm joined again by @irc_nic as the Belgian Autumn begins.

Prince Albert and the Belgian business class over-promise and under-deliver in a trade deal with the Saudis. The resulting financial scandal exposes a vice network, blackmail operations and massive embezzlement. The Belgian establishment scrambles to cover it all up, but things take a dramatically darker turn when a psychiatrist files for divorce and his wife decides to share explosive secrets about extremely powerful people.

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