John DeCamp Dies at Age 76

John DeCamp Dies at Age 76

John DeCamp passed away Thursday, July 27, 2017.

John DeCamp 2007

John DeCamp has passed. May he finally find relief from years of excruciating pain from a back injury suffered in Viet Nam. One of the brightest men I have known, his cognitive abilities deteriorated after a head-on car collision in 2011 [READ MORE]. He also reportedly suffered from Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s and resided in a VA hospital for his last 2 years.
The Omaha World-Herald’s obituary for John started and ended with sharp criticism. [READ]. It completely omitted what John is most noted for: obtaining a million dollar judgment awarded to Paul Bonacci in the Franklin Credit Union scandal. And it glossed over his seminal book, “The Franklin Cover-Up,” without even referencing the title.
I thought I’d set the record straight, at least as to what I know about John. I rather liked the man. He had me over for Superbowl. He invited me to his home for filming of a planned remake of “Conspiracy of Silence” with interviewer Nick Bryant, and producer Robert Altman’s son Bobby. He invited me to his Friday ritual of buying drinks at the local bar. He was so dominant a presence in his tiny town 20 miles south of Lincoln, Nebraska that the mayor adopted the campaign slogan “Take Clatonia Back” [from John DeCamp].

I witnessed John’s acts of kindness. After John’s good friend, Ted Gunderson, lured a couple to John’s town with promises of helping them start a website, he left them penniless and homeless. DeCamp came to their aid with food and shelter. I admired DeCamp for that. But years later, this same couple soured on DeCamp, for reasons I cannot elaborate.

When Ted passed away, his family could not afford burial, so John stepped up and covered Ted’s final expenses.

Regardless of your opinion on John’s personal life, we can be forever grateful to him for his book, The Franklin Cover-up, and for exposing pedophilia and corruption among the rich and powerful.

I interviewed John in 2007:


In my interview, John boasted an impressive list of accomplishments: being mentored by CIA Director William Colby, having lunch with Colby and Henry Kissinger at the Second Paris Peace Talks, being honored at the Kennedy Center for his Operation Babylift, which adopted @ 3,000 Amerasian children from Viet Nam, participating in several high-profile legal cases, and withdrawing cold-turkey from an Oxycontin addiction.

But John was also surrounded by darkness. Since my interview, I conducted deeper investigations into John’s involvement with the CIA’s Phoenix program and his many high-profile cases: the first lawsuit brought against the Catholic Archdiocese for pedophilia; the Oklahoma City Bombing, the Franklin Coverup, and the Columbine shootings. In each of these cases, John was one of only a few witnesses to exclusive evidence which was then buried from public view forever. In the Franklin Cover-up, the original video testimonies of 80 children were turned over to John’s friend, Ted Gunderson, who ensured that they passed from official record into the private hands of Ed Weaver, of the Nebraska Leadership Conference, where they apparently disappeared. Something about John’s involvement in these matters was not entirely on the up-and-up.

John enjoyed the notoriety of being the subject of political cartoons in local newspapers. A wall in DeCamp Legal’s law office featured many of them. One showed DeCamp beside a grave marked “Video Slot Machines R.I.P” and an Igor-style gravedigger asking “Do you really think we can bring it back to life, Dr. DeCampenstein?” John told me his favorite showed him being resurrected as Banking Committee Chairman after being buried several times.

I don’t believe John will be jumping back out of the grave this time.

As Ted Kennedy expressed at his brother’s memorial: He “need not be idealized, or enlarged in death beyond what he was in life.” John was not a saint. But he was widely admired and loved. We lost him too soon.

35 Responses so far.

  1. We says:

    I just finished his book recently. This whole case was new to me. I got the feeling from his book that he was probably informing the gov’t what was going on with Bonacci, Owen, etc.

    Your post makes me think so moreso.

    I read a few things about Gunderson. I didn’t know what you stated about him, but again, another who claims all this stuff AFTER they leave. They act like they want to help the victims & continue to victimize them again & help the gov’t cover all their bases. These people have no morals & really are evil.

    • FreeRangeHuman says:

      I appreciate your astute observations. So many people get wrapped up in the initial impression that DeCamp and Gunderson must have been “good guys” exposing government corruption. The truth lies much deeper. I now believe DeCamp and Gunderson worked as a “tag team” to bury evidence and do cleanup on the high profile cases.

      • Robert says:

        Are you serious? This does not make sense. John told you about his first strange encounter with Noreen and how they tried to keep him from knowing. How do you explain this? John is the reason why this story is even known at all. He came to Paul’s rescue in jail it is very hard to believe that John Decamp was even 1% “in on it”. Explain please

        • FreeRangeHuman says:

          What does not make sense? John was high-level CIA, where people believe they are serving the best interests of our government. For example, John was OK with “slaughtering” (his word) civilians in Viet Nam, since he offset those deaths by adopting 3,000 half-Vietnamese babies. Twisted logic in my mind. But no different from soldiers who risk their lives in wars for “America,” but in reality only serve global bankers. Did you notice that, in my interview, John refused to give details regarding Noreen and her husband? What did he know that he would not talk about?

        • Twaine says:

          I totally agree that these allegations about Decamp are likely a patented Jewish SMEAR job due to their subtle nature.
          The other feature is a layered attack where one “witness” is claiming to witness two; this makes it hearsay of HEARSAY.
          How many dumbed down Americans will even notice?
          DEMAND EVIDENCE, including affidavits and interviews with sworn testimony.
          NO ONE requires sworn testimony, as most are Jewish SHILLS, leaving us swimming with turds in the punch bowl!

          • FreeRangeHuman says:

            What specific “allegations about DeCamp” do you claim are a “Jewish SMEAR job”? If you are referring to my statements in this article, have you not read anything else on my website? This is obviously NOT a pro-Zionist site by any means. We tend to canonize people we look up to as saints after they die. While I liked and admired much about DeCamp, there are huge questions about his involvement with the CIA which deserve answers, not just what he would have you believe. For instance, how and why was DeCamp assigned such a prominent role in top-level federal cases? Why did the evidence in those cases disappear? (e.g., the testimony of 80 children in the Franklin Cover-up, the video evidence of Klebold and Harris in the Columbine shootings, and even the Murrah building evidence in the Oklahoma City bombing. John had a hand in every one of those cases.)
            Also, please note that my observations about John’s personal indiscretions were posted BEFORE this ridiculous #metoo campaign began! As for evidence, I can provide the unedited version of my interview with DeCamp BEFORE I edited out all the phone call interruptions from his wife and daughter, apparently because they did not trust him being alone with a woman for more than 10 or 15 minutes, even to film this interview.
            Do you classify EVERYTHING you don’t want to hear or disagree with as “Jewish”? What does that say about your credibility?

          • Your response to my comment was just found or my response would have been here sooner; please forgive/understand my anger, but I LOVED DeCamp as the fracking hero he was and the likelihood he too was murdered.

            Rather than negative ‘beliefs’ expressed in comments above, providing evidence leading thereto would have gained credibility with empiricist types.

            Where was DeCamp “Ok with slaughtering civilians” in VietNam?

            What convinced you that DeCamp knew that Gundersen was controlled and/or that he gave evidence on testimony thereto?
            (Not that DeCamp was totally forthcoming. Those who value the lives of their children and family often make adjustments when one or two have ‘accidents’ or speak of near miss ‘accidents’, including head-on collisions.)

            Considering DeCamp’s usual car ‘accident’ followed by his death and great loss your smear of this Patriot by association with the CIA and ‘lost evidence’ triggered anger.

            DeCamp did more than most ever will to reveal important clues and the reality of this cult’s torture/sodomy/sex murder and mind control rituals. You’ve not noticed the setups for arrest or death by ‘accidents’, healthcare or COPS of numerous real patriots like Patton and Traficant?

            See my similar comment today on your Shurter roast:
            By panning as a fake/fraud first hand testimony, most of which is easily corroborated by other ‘controlled opposition’ and/or victims, it dissuades others from using this basic analytical tool.

            Gunderson and DeCamp likely did limit what they disclosed or had stolen to protect their loved ones; that’s not an easy threat to ignore, unless you want ‘bad luck’ to take them out. (Your great testimony gleaned from the Franklin scandal photographer also supported the infestation in our jail system; also Masonic controlled, yet you’ve been mum’s the word on this.)

            You allude to ‘secret recordings’ on both, but do not post this evidence. Why not?
            (CAVEAT: Audio testimony too has been proven to be sometimes faked, by well connected sayanim. In my case my voice was duplicated to piss off my daughter and others too are aware of this trick.)

            Release it with a sworn affidavit that you personally made these recordings from live interactions. To add credibility use evidence not ‘questionable associations’ used by the CULT to infest and then debunk/detract from evidence using their OWN faked ‘evidence’.

            You smeared DeCamp via his CIA connection and in other places suggest mind control is a “CIA” creation, when there are many good CIA agents and researchers have traced Qabala mind control back to Hindustan, and Egypt’s Book of the Dead. Clue: It’s spirit based and is used in African “JOOJOO” and/or JOOJOO for Jews called Qabala.

            You’re fully aware of doppelgangers available to this world wide cult and Qabala mind control, yet those eventualities seemed to escape your journalism.

            On the Shurter Roast:
            How was this ruled out? Did you ask David if this photo was of him and the context?

            My “Best of Shurter” video collated his TalkJew testimony where he admits the “Devil” is a Christian concept, NOT used by his “Jewish” cult family. [Used as a misdirection or to gain their brainwashed eyeballs via their worst fears]; that the cult in fact work with ‘demons’ of various names; many have corroborated this FACT. I’m not religious and thought they were myths; I was wrong.

            Btw, “SATANISM” is really SayTen-ism; the DAN TEN, aka “19”, is the “Lost Tribe of Dan’s” toolbox of evil found in sacrifice dates, locales and names of likely possessed/controlled mind control VICTIMS.

            Those creatures, well proven by tons of various evidence, are able to take control of one’s body via their mind.

            See DragonsPaw.Blogspot.com/2018 for a TON of ritual murder evidence that points in other directions than ‘ZIONISTS’. In fact to their “19” found all day long on mass murders.

            You KNOW private sector sayanim work with and are protected by those in the public sector, aka Masonic controlled COPS, Senators and Moonbeam in my case.

            Sayanim of both types are used for sanitation of evidence and therefore private sector sayanim are unafraid to enter homes, offices, and even classrooms to STEAL evidence, yet this is absent in your write ups. (Or pull you over on the road and simply STEAL evidence, if not SHOOT you, and drop a gun.) You told me you too were stalked by cops; I’ve been false arrested with evidence stolen TWICE.

            I question ALL who use the “ZIONIST” shtick for long as that allows the cult that rules to spread the blame to totally innocent and brainwashed Christians. The “Christian” leaders pushing this Zionist garbage protecting the Jewish CULT are part of said cult infestation. (We all fell for that BS label…for a while.) Also questionable as either fools or shills, are those who blame Israel for 911, regardless of their role, they like America, are merely the “Cats Paw”.

            At the TOP is a Qabala CULT using blood/sex rituals for sorcery; JEWISH Zionists are a factor overall. What other use does ‘ZIONIST’ have to do with demonic Qabala blood or sex rituals?(Using the colloquial meaning that most use.)

            You also know they don’t ‘worship the Devil’. D’Evil, yes, as all Jewish survivor testimony, including Shurter, has corroborated.

            They dress up in witch and devil COSTUMES, or ‘dance with skulls’ to allow the children to be dismissed by well placed public sector sayanim[cops]. (COPS=Masonic control.)

            At the risk of being called a spHam-er: Jewish, not ZIONIST, survivor testimony, as you know, is all over Youtube, including my channel, under “#ExtremePedophilia”.
            https://www.google.com/search?q=%23ExtremePedophilia&tbm=vid

            A site search revealed zero references to ‘sayanim’, or even “MASON”, while Jacob Cohen, JEWISH, corroborated what researchers have known/exposing for decades is their main tool of control and overthrow; along with “Satanic” terror/murder troops as judges, cops, and even doctors.

            Cohen’s testimony can be found with other layered sayanim attack victims here: https://archive.org/details/SayanimPrivatePublicCOPSSectorGoAfterPopularComedianKattAfterMansionPartyJoke

            Clue: Sayanim are usually Jewish/Italian BLOOD in America, although some testimony established they include groomed/controlled pedophiles and money whores as were exposed at our Yentagon. They get their “money for nuth’in and their chicks for free”, as the song says

            [e.g. Testimony from Elisha Owen, Hampstead Cult testimony, Jay Parker, Shurter, Vickie Polin, #ExtremePedophilia reports/testimony, Israel [“EveryBody Every1”, MysterEy1], who lost all his channels after his offer to debate me was accepted; he too appeared to have been mind fracked based on his dilated pupils and new Senor Eata / pornstar-ish girlfriend.]

            Please shoot me an email if you allow/respond to this comment and take care! ;D)

          • FreeRangeHuman says:

            Tim,
            Watch the segment about his back injury to hear DeCamp use the word “slaughter” when referring to his own activities involving the Vietnamese. Because your rants are nonsensical and circular in their reasoning (e.g. demanding evidence while simultaneously dismissing the validity of the evidence you demand, etc) I will consider not approving them in the future. They do not lead to greater understanding and they are waste of my time to read and/or respond. I’ve already given you more than enough space on this website.

  2. Marionumber1 says:

    I’m curious, why didn’t DeCamp’s wife and daughter trust him to be alone with another woman for the interview? Did he have a history of making sexual advances towards other women?

    • FreeRangeHuman says:

      Yes. Exactly. Myself included.

      • Marionumber1 says:

        Wow, did he do that in the middle of filming, or was it off-camera? That’s startling to hear, but not particularly surprising, because another woman going under the name Paloma posted on Rigorous Intuition that DeCamp did the same thing to her: http://www.rigorousintuition.ca/board2/viewtopic.php?p=292856#p292856 She was trying to obtain documents on Eugene Mahoney (a businessman implicated in Franklin) from DeCamp, but he acted very unprofessionally and had no interest in what she was investigating. According to Paloma, he also made the comment “Women are for childbirth; boys are for fun”, and told her that the photo of his child which led to an allegation of child abuse against DeCamp was not in his bathtub but his swimming pool: http://www.rigorousintuition.ca/board2/viewtopic.php?p=291604#p291604 That, of course, opens up even more disturbing possibilities about DeCamp.

        • FreeRangeHuman says:

          In my case, he seemed determined to curtail himself, while acting visibly uncomfortable when we were alone. His proposition, oddly enough, came later, over the phone. It was a non sequitur to our conversation, and almost sounded like he was halfheartedly fulfilling some obligation. Weird.

      • Ryan says:

        Could it just be that his family was aware of his failing mind and also keeping him out of further trouble ?

  3. […] even greater appreciation for this 2007 interview, since John DeCamp passed away July 27, 2017 (READ THE FULL STORY). John will be remembered for his seminal book, The Franklin Coverup. Mentored by CIA Director […]

  4. liza a ruiz says:

    free range do you think John was a guy who tried to expose things or helped cover them up?

    • FreeRangeHuman says:

      @Liza a ruiz With all I know about John, I am conflicted about my answer to your question. I would prefer to believe only the good things he did. He definitely exposed major corruption at great personal sacrifice. But he also allowed, perhaps even aided, evidence to be covered up in several high profile cases. The adage “Once CIA, always CIA” may have been more true in John’s case than people want to know. I believe John was convinced that, if he covered up certain evidence, it was necessary for the greater good. I probably would have disagreed with him. Do you believe the public should be protected from knowing “how the sausage is made” in global power politics?

  5. Matthew says:

    I’ve been revisiting all this Omaha in the 80s material about Franklin Scandal. My brother was experimenting with gay lifestyle, friends with alfie allen, worked in the Old Market, and committed suicide in 1985. What a tragedy. I feel Joe Georgeff, my younger brother, likely got caught up in all this via Stagedoor and The Max acquaintances and so on. I wonder if he attended any Larry King, Allen Baer parties?

  6. William Osborne says:

    “John was one of only a few witnesses to exclusive evidence”.Yes, that is called “discovery” and attorney’s have a right to see the evidence, so they can prepare for a case.

    • FreeRangeHuman says:

      He could also work to release evidence to the public after the cases were over. Instead, he seemed complicit in having it destroyed so it could never be released.

  7. Me says:

    Free range humans, I see you are throwing out allegations without revealing who you are. I have learned to never trust an anonymous source discrediting someone. If you are going to disparage a person’s character you should do it in the open.

    • FreeRangeHuman says:

      @Me (Anonymous@google.com) Your criticism is rich, considering you identify yourself as “Anonymous”. I am not disparaging anyone. I am only stating the facts as I know them. I loved John DeCamp and only painfully acknowledge some of his flaws (there are more I chose not to mention) to warn people before they are taken advantage of in terms of money and/or blind devotion. Sorry it took so long to respond. I noticed your comment while weeding through 228 spam comments.

  8. Leonardo says:

    I appreciate your comments about John DeCamp. “Conspiracy Of Silence” was an eye opener for me, and along with his book, changed me forever. I then purchased Nick Bryant’s book on Franklin, and his ghost written book by the “DC Madam”. I used to admire Gunderson, but heard a podcast from a former friend (“Stu” something) who stated that Ted was not who he appeared to be. As I recall, he claimed Gunderson tried to kill him.

    Later, I heard questionable things about John Decamp ( maybe it was from your site several years ago while searching for all the info I could find on the topic). The spy networks as we all know are run by compromised people as well as outright evil ones. There are no “untarnished” heroes, or “Saints” who order their lives by Universals, Absolutes, or Morals in that devilish cult.

    But I am grateful to have had my eyes opened, and it all began with John DeCamp.

    • FreeRangeHuman says:

      Thank you for your comments. I only warn people not to be taken in, even by those who appear to be “good guys.” I had great admiration for DeCamp, despite his flaws. I have trouble finding positive things to say about Gunderson. Whatever good he may have done, I can’t get past watching him take advantage of many, many people, mostly women who thought they were supporting a kind, honest man. Just the cons I knew of personally added up to over $100,000! He already had an FBI retirement of over $6,000 per month! Ted claimed that that “they” were out to get him after someone broke into his house and stole his guns. The guns were stolen by his own roommate, a man Ted left me in the house with. I told Ted twice that he was a drug addict. The idiot was busted when evidence showed he broke the glass from the INSIDE to fake the robbery because it was too cold to bother to go outside! Ted deserved no sympathy for most of his “victimizing.”

  9. Leonardo says:

    I would like to know your personal opinion on alterative Information sites and or persons that you trust and those you do not trust for accurate info. Just a few that stand out to you.

    For example, you do not trust (and for good reasons as you’ve explained) David Shurter. I did notice “they” suspended his website. I did buy his book and use it as another source for verifying the Franklin Scandal. Was it a waste of time and money? I notice he doesn’t trust Noreen Gosch and others. Red flag?

    What about Alex Jones, Mike Adams, SGT Report, Liz Crokin, Robert David Steele, The late Isaac Kappy, Fiona Barnett, etc.
    ?
    If it would save you time you could grade them A,B,C,D,F. Or, just list a few sources you trust and do not trust. Whatever is convenient. Or if you’d rather not that is okay.

    • FreeRangeHuman says:

      Thank you for inviting me to grade some people on their truthfulness, etc. here are my opinions. They are strictly my opinion, and I reserve the right to edit my ratings if I learn differently:
      Adam Green A+ Sometimes hard to wade through, but worth it
      Alex Jones Mixed (good info, but controlled opposition)
      Bryce Taylor (Susan Ford) A
      Cathy O’Brien A
      David Icke B
      David Shurter F
      Del Bigtree A+
      Dinesh D’Sousa A
      Dr. Judy Mikovits A
      Ed Opperman C+ Objectivity is jaundiced by political bias
      Fiona Barrett B
      Isaac Kappy A He paid the ultimate price
      Liz Cronkin Don’t know enough to comment
      Maria Farmer A
      Mike Adams A
      Noreen Gosch A
      Robert David Steele Don’t know enough to comment
      SGT Report Don’t know enough to comment
      TruNews A+
      Vincent Bugliosi F
      Whitney Webb A+
      William Binney A

  10. Ernest says:

    Just finished reading “The Franklin Cover-Up” (2nd edition) and writing a review of the book now for my site. It’s such an eye-opener. The scariest part of the book is that not only such hideous crimes have targeted vulnerable children all along but that the highest law-making and law enforcing institutions have been part of these crimes and the cover-up.

    • FreeRangeHuman says:

      Also scary is the fact that two books and a movie have been made, yet, decades later, it continues to be suppressed from public awareness.

  11. Ryan says:

    Anywhere to read further about this comment,

    “ Ted Gunderson, lured a couple to John’s town with promises of helping them start a website, he left them penniless and homeless. DeCamp came to their aid with food and shelter. I admired DeCamp for that. But years later, this same couple soured on DeCamp”

    Thanks

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