The Golden Age of Blogging
"How I ended up on Substack when I've owned a blog since 2011" or "How long until I get banned on Substack?..."
Hi there- my name is Isaac Weishaupt (*a poorly chosen pseudonym from 2011 that I’m now cursed with).
If you don’t know my story; here’s the quick version:
In 2011 I am in the beginning of a lull before starting grad school so out of sheer boredom I start a blog at IlluminatiWatcher.com where I discuss all things I’m interested in, from rap news to horror films to conspiracy theories. I immediately notice high engagement on the conspiracy content so I focus in on that (*I was heavy into Pareto principle at the time and I still stand by that)
In 2012 I’ve now spent a full year blogging about the Illuminati and pop culture so I commit to writing a full book on the subject (“A Grand Unified Conspiracy Theory,” my first of nine books). *ALSO- get that book free if you sign up for my free email list HERE
In 2013 I start making appearances on radio and podcasts
In 2014 I start my podcast “Conspiracy Theories and Unpopular Culture” (*which I changed title to the current one “Occult Symbolism and Pop Culture” for reasons I explain in more detail on my blog).
2015: Life is GOOD! I’m the top hit on Google for all terms “Illuminati” related
2016-2021 I get effectively cancelled for speaking about celebrities and Illuminati symbolism on multiple fronts (e.g. YouTube torched my account with 73K subs for talking about Taylor Swift & Ariana Grande music video symbolism, Vimeo won’t allow me to post video even though I’M paying THEM, Google shadow bans my website to page 10 of search results, Amazon won’t let me publish a book about certain health related theories, I get personal attacks for my blog which shut down the archive of articles going back to 2011, etc.)
In 2022 I change title of podcast to “Occult Symbolism and Pop Culture” after the PsyOp known as Q Anon where a certain authoritarian group of people effectively hijacked the conspiracy theory ‘truther’ movement
In Sept 2023 I spoke with a friend with a large Substack following and I decide to fire up the ol’ blogging passion again!
So here we are- going back to where we started.
I’ve always preferred writing to speaking (even though my journey has blessed me to appear on some really large shows and speak to some legends: Coast to Coast AM, Chris Jericho “Talk is Jericho,” Dave Navarro’s “Dark Matter Radio,” and even listed on the Mount CRushmore of Sam Tripoli’s “Tin Foil Hat” podcast).
With all that being said; as of this writing (Oct 2nd, 2023), I’m currently writing my tenth book about the occult symbolism of Twin Peaks so I’m already over committed. Nonetheless, I’ll try to update the substack at least once a month until mid 2024 when I’ll be able to focus in and hit more article per month once my Twin Peaks book is complete (*10 is the number of completion after all)…