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Hollywood Babylon

by Kenneth Anger · Recommended by 5 people on 4 podcasts

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If you haven't read it yet, go read Hollywood Babylon by Kenneth Anger. It is very, very deranged and demonic that people don't know what what are the origins, what the origins are of Hollywood, and it is all very, very, very occult.
Candace Owens · Candace · Aug 2024 Listen at 34:59

What they say about it

Grouped from 79 mentions
  • Read in book club“join my book club and you read Hollywood Babylon”
    41
  • Discusses Kenneth Anger“book that was written by Kenneth Anger”
    10
  • Discusses Hollywood origins“founding story of Hollywood”
    7
  • Mentions the occult“it is all very, very, very occult”
    5

The best things said about it

6 of 79 · every mention
Recommended
And then you join my book club and you read Hollywood Babylon, you're like, oh, this is actually how the system was built in Hollywood.
Candace Owens Candace · Nov 2025
Recommended
The third book for comic relief is um it's a book that I enjoy reading every now and then even though it's debunked and everybody says it's it's nonsense is Kenneth Angler's Hollywood Babylon.
Hussein Agha The Ezra Klein Show · Oct 2025
Recommended
That book, Hollywood Babylon, completely blew my mind. Like, yes, they have been murdering people in Hollywood for a very long time. And everything Kanye was telling me fact checked true. There's a whole book on it. And it's crazy that they banned this book by Kenneth Anger, Hollywood Babylon.
Candace Owens Candace · Aug 2024
Recommended
There's a book called hollywoodbabylon by uh the recently deceased experimental filmmaker Kenneth enger and uh it kind of is a deep dive into this early Hollywood CD underground.
Casey Pegram Stuff They Don't Want You To Know · Jul 2023
Discussed
It is interesting even more so because Kenneth Anger, the author of Hollywood Babylon, was very much a member of the elite and he said that they all worshiped the occult. So it ain't Judaism, it ain't Christianity, but it's the occult and he would know because he was one of them until the day he died.
Candace Owens Candace · Apr 2025
Book club
And obviously one of the books on our book list is Hollywood Babylon or Babylon Hollywood which was written by Kenneth Anger and it really tells you about the origins of Hollywood and how dark it is and how they did want to basically create a modern Babylon.
Candace Owens Candace · Feb 2025

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Why people recommend it

Hollywood Babylon by Kenneth Anger is a notorious chronicle of scandals, gossip, and alleged corruption during the Golden Age of Hollywood. The book received substantial attention as a recommended text on Candace, where host Candace Owens repeatedly urged her audience and book club members to read it to understand how the Hollywood system was built and to explore stories of suspicious, perfectly timed celebrity deaths. Owens even suggested the book to public figures to expose the dark underbelly of the entertainment industry. Russell Brand also mentioned the text on the podcast, noting that his book club was actively reading the tattered copy sitting next to him. In contrast, Hussein Agha offered a different perspective on The Ezra Klein Show, recommending the book as a piece of comic relief while acknowledging that it is widely considered debunked nonsense. Despite debates over its factual accuracy, the work remains a frequently cited cultural artifact. The speakers used the text to illustrate various points regarding elite obsession, systemic corruption, and historical intrigue, ensuring that Anger's sensationalized accounts continue to generate lively debate and curiosity across vastly different political and cultural commentary platforms.

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Candace Owens you know this is why I I tell you guys there are books that you must read you must read Hollywood Babylon t… 73
Book club
“If you read Hollywood Babylon in my um book club, you know exactly what I'm talking about. They they have been doing this uh for so long and getting away with it because they have this much power.”
Book club
“I mean, we covered various aspects of that in our reading of Hollywood Babylon in our book club.”
Recommended
“This is the story of Hollywood. Hollywood Babylon read the books. They have always been obsessed with this.”
Discussed
“Hollywood Babylon, we spoke to you about this. In our book club, they quite literally imported people from Vienna”
Book club
“And of course, if you've read Hollywood Babylon in our book club, then you know that this is this is the founding story of Hollywood.”
Recommended
“And then you join my book club and you read Hollywood Babylon, you're like, oh, this is actually how the system was built in Hollywood.”
Recommended
“and again, if you read Hollywood Babylon, it gets into all of these true stories of just perfectly timed deaths, which we're never going to know the answer to what happened.”
Discussed
“virtually everything that I'm reading right now, whether it's Hollywood Babylon or getting into Sigman Freud and the history of Jewish mysticism, there is some element of homosexuality.”
Discussed
“having read Hollywood Babylon and getting into Sigman Freud and the sort of mystical tradition, it's really interesting because we of course have no memory of what happened on this earth before we were here.”
Discussed
“And in Hollywood Babylon, it talks about how we imported which is where eh segment Freud was living and working in Vienna, they al this old Vienna culture literally came over.”
Discussed
“Like we learned in Hollywood Babylon the book, they quite literally were trying to turn it into a religion. So you are being indoctrinated into a religion via cult via culture.”
Discussed
“We read Hollywood Babylon and we're like, Ah.”
Discussed
“As we cover the Epstein story, as we read Hollywood Babylon, as we realize how sinister the people are that rule over us, they enslave us.”
Discussed
“What I would say to you, Andre Mack, is that if you read Hollywood Babylon, you would know that they are definitely not going to make a movie about it because they Hollywood was established.”
Book club
“It feels like a lot of the dots keep connecting, especially as we finish wrapping Hollywood Babylon. You guys have not yet subscribed. This is going to be the last uh day that we cover Hollywood Babylon, and we're just kind of going to be recounting everything that we've learned in this book.”
Discussed
“learning that Hollywood when it was established, this is a fact, they were bringing over German pedophiles to direct films. And some of these were they were just committing the same acts in Hollywood.”
Book club
“We are doing the last bit of Hollywood Babylon, which I think has been such an important book for people to just that lay the groundwork for what it is that we're fighting.”
Book club
“Next Tuesday is our next meeting where we finish Hollywood Babylon which we also learned Alistister Crowley the occult.”
Discussed
“That's one aspect that we see consistently from chaos, speaking of one book we read in the book club to Hollywood Babylon. This idea of the cult of military was a real component of this high up in the military.”
Book club
“If you are jumping in for that, we have just one more meeting with Hollywood Babylon because we learned so much in that book.”
Book club
“Hollywood, again, if you are in my book club, we are deep. We are just in Hollywood Babylon learning and we're seeing all the same themes.”
Book club
“Listen, we have tonight book club did it get crazy. Hollywood Babylon, man. It is just h the layers of this book.”
Discussed
“Back in the book club wrapping up Hollywood Babylon. Babylon seems to be at the center of a lot of this.”
Book club
“by the way, if you want to join the book club um on Tuesday, uh we will have keep reading the Hollywood Babylon book. I think we're actually wrapping that book up.”
Book club
“people that were kind of planning to crush Christian culture, which we are learning about right now in Hollywood Babylon, which we're reading at the moment.”
Book club
“That'll be our next book. We're still reading Hollywood Babylon.”
Discussed
“And this book really reflects that. And it's called Hollywood Babylon because he's telling you that that was it was established as a sort of faith.”
Book club
“We learned this in Hollywood Babylon. So yeah, lot going on there, ladies and gentlemen.”
Book club
“Head to canowens.com as we continue reading Hollywood Babylon.”
Book club
“The book club's amazing. It's been really fun and we continue reading Babylon um Hollywood Babylon, the founding of Hollywood tomorrow.”
Book club
“And those of you who are in the book club and we're reading Hollywood Babylon together, you know what I'm talking about.”
Book club
“If you guys are in my book club because we're reading Hollywood Babylon, you get it.”
Book club
“Uh, so we will have the book club tonight at 600 p. a.m. Eastern as we continue discussing Hollywood Babylon because I have realized that they have made so many changes to this book that it's kind of terrifying.”
Book club
“It's interesting because and we're actually I've got all these books that obviously I'm planning to read for my book club and the one that I'm really excited about, we're reading Hollywood Babylon, so we're talking about that.”
Discussed
“And what's interesting is that all of these perverts actually came from the same region. Like their origin stories, and I'm really pointing this out in our Hollywood Babylon reading is like as we keeping we keep speaking about these founders of Hollywood, the the founders of movies, the father, you know, these founders of propaganda.”
Book club
“I seem to make the point that in they seem to make that point in Hollywood Babylon, I believe.”
Book club
“We're going to continue reading Hollywood Babylon, so you still have time.”
Book club
“We're reading Hollywood Babylon. We have thus far just cracked open the book, so it's not too late for you to order the book and jump into this one. It is wild.”
Book club
“Anyways, you guys, that is all we have for you today. reminding you uh we just started Hollywood Babylon in the book club yesterday. We already went so deep and we I think I only read four pages, but leading up to us discussing uh just everything that's happening, the occult ba why it's called Hollywood Babylon, this book is”
Discussed
“We're going to talk about that more as we read Hollywood Babylon.”
Book club
“That's Hollywood Babylon is our next read.”
Book club
“The timing of this discussion, by the way, is rather serendipitous because this week we're getting into our second book of the book club, my book club, which is Hollywood Babylon. And we had prepicked this book, not knowing everything that would be going on with Justin Bieber and the conversation that we would be having.”
Discussed
“It is interesting even more so because Kenneth Anger, the author of Hollywood Babylon, was very much a member of the elite and he said that they all worshiped the occult. So it ain't Judaism, it ain't Christianity, but it's the occult and he would know because he was one of them until the day he died.”
Book club
“You can go to kennacewowens.com, hit the book club. Uh you can get it overnight at Hollywood Babylon. We start tomorrow that book where so we're ending chaos kind of wrap it up...”
Book club
“So, check it out over at kennacewowens.com. Great time to uh sign up and you can purchase Hollywood Babylon and get it overnighted to you so that you can uh join it if you are interested.”
Book club
“Obviously, if you were in the book club, you have already fallen down the rabbit hole of chaos, recognizing the power of the media, the power of, you know, psychiatrists, our government. And our next book that we're reading is Hollywood Babylon.”
Book club
“I'm excited for those of you that are in the book club that were reading Hollywood Babylon next because that's the origins of Hollywood story.”
Book club
“And again, next book club will be starting the introduction to Hollywood Babylon, wrapping up Chaos, starting the introduction to Hollywood Babylon.”
Book club
“We are wrapping up chaos and now getting into Hollywood Babylon. So, you won't miss me for too long.”
Book club
“right before we jump into our next book which is going to be Hollywood Babylon because you'll realize like I said this has always the CIA has always had control in Hollywood and there have always been people that were intentionally given drug cocktails people that were killed without question and Kenneth Anger's book speaking about the occult elements is”
Book club
“and like I told you that accusation um it can be real in a lot of circumstances it goes on a lot in Hollywood and we'll get into that in my book club when we read Hollywood Babylon”
Book club
“if you're a part of my book club we're going to get to the next book that we read is Hollywood Babylon which is about the founding of Hollywood it was it was always extraordinarily um gay lesbian lavender couples gay men marrying lesbian women so that they could hide that they were gay or that they were lesbians as”
Book club
“for those of you that are in the book club in my book club you know one of the books that we're reading is Hollywood Babylon”
Discussed
“but after I read Hollywood Babylon about all of these lavender as they called them couples intentionally in Hollywood who just cover for each other”
Book club
“and obviously one of the books on our book list is um Hollywood Babylon or Babylon Hollywood which was written by Kenneth anger and it really tells you about the origins of Hollywood and how dark it is and how they did want to basically create a modern Babylon”
Book club
“because i read which is another book that we're going to read this year uh Hollywood Babylon”
Recommended
“uh only because Trump should probably read Hollywood Babylon the Golden Age was a age of murder and Corruption and bootleggers and actresses being killed”
Recommended
“like I've said read that book Hollywood Babylon you will understand”
Recommended
“you know this is why I I tell you guys there are books that you must read you must read Hollywood Babylon to understand that it has always been this way”
Discussed
“and uh he wrote two books called Hollywood Babylon”
Recommended
“and by reflect I mean read the book Hollywood Babalon because you will realize that they were quite literally like importing pedophiles they wanted they were having weird sex parties on set and it really goes back to the”
Recommended
“if you've read that book that I recommended to you Hollywood Babylon this was already going on that they would get women on tapes and then have them buy it back or have like pictures of them and have it have them buy it back”
Discussed
“just like what happened in Hollywood Babylon there's probably more copies of it that have been made and you just can't keep buying these sorts of tapes”
Discussed
“I read that book Hollywood Babylon and as it traced and again that was movie culture so they were kind of getting into the beginning of film you know silent films”
Discussed
“and if you read that book Hollywood Babylon you start to realize okay yeah no this has been a thing for a long time”
Discussed
“which I have been remarking on having read Babylon, Hollywood Babylon. And now I've just embarked on reading Hollywood Babylon 2”
Recommended
“I'm telling you, if you haven't read it yet, go read Hollywood Babylon by Kenneth Anger. It is very, very deranged and demonic that people don't know what what are the origins, what the origins are of Hollywood, and it is all very, very, very occult.”
Recommended
“And again, if you engage into that book, Hollywood Babylon, you will have a I just think you'll have a reckoning about what Hollywood is, what what it actually was created to do.”
Recommended
“you know I have been imploring you guys to read a lot of books and among them I know it's hard to find the time but it is an absolute mustre you must read Hollywood Babylon a book that was written by Kenneth anger”
Recommended
“take a listen to Kenneth anger author again of Hollywood Babylon a must read speaking about his relationship with Alfred Kinsey”
Recommended
“That book, Hollywood Babylon, completely blew my mind. Like, yes, they have been murdering people in Hollywood for a very long time. And everything Kanye was telling me fact checked true. There's a whole book on it. And it's crazy that they banned this book by Kenneth Anger, Hollywood Babylon”
Recommended
“this book is entitled Hollywood Babylon it is written by somebody named Kenneth anger”
Discussed
“I'm actually reading a book right now about Hollywood. It's called Hollywood Babylon. It's from the 1960s and it was banned and I'm interested in it.”
Russell Brand You know, I I have to force you to read this book. It's in tatter sitting next to me. I have a book club an… 2
Recommended
“You know, I I have to force you to read this book. It's in tatter sitting next to me. I have a book club and we're reading Hollywood Babylon and I just oh god what's going on”
Discussed
“And there's nothing more appealing than being told that yes, you're right, you are fantastic. Like like a culture that will tell you that you're brilliant. Now, most people I know that have become entertainers.”
Casey Pegram there's a book called hollywoodbabylon by uh the recently deceased experimental filmmaker Kenneth enger and… 1
Recommended
“there's a book called hollywoodbabylon by uh the recently deceased experimental filmmaker Kenneth enger and uh it kind of is a deep dive into this early Hollywood CD underground”
Hussein Agha The third book for comic relief is um it's a book that I enjoy reading every now and then even though it's… 1
Recommended
“The third book for comic relief is um it's a book that I enjoy reading every now and then even though it's debunked and everybody says it's it's nonsense is Kenneth Angler's Hollywood Babylon.”
Nick Bryant and Hollywood Babylon there there was a book written by a guy named Kenneth anger kind of a nasty piece of… 2
Discussed
“and Hollywood Babylon there there was a book written by a guy named Kenneth anger kind of a nasty piece of work but he wrote a book called Hollywood Babylon”
Discussed
“I think um people know about Hollywood Babylon but they don't know about Sodom and Gomorrah on the bomac”

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Passing
“If you are not, please, in your spare time, hit Wikipedia, read maybe Hollywood Babylon, Chaos.”
Passing
“Also, actually, there was Hollywood Babylon, too.”
Passing
“I also the reason I first contacted you is because I want to talk about Hollywood Babylon.”
Plugged
“We've been having a great time reading Hollywood Babylon and we're getting ready to read our next book.”

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