INSOMNIA STREAM： MAU MAU EDITION
Stream Summary
The stream centers on a historically underreported series of early-1970s murders in and around Chicago that were linked by law enforcement and contemporary newspapers to a black militant organization called “De Mau Mau,” allegedly composed largely of Vietnam veterans. The host narrates several connected homicide cases (including the Corbett and Hawtree family murders, the killings of Michael Gershenson, Kathleen Fine, and William Richter), and describes how investigators tied them together through ballistics, informant testimony, and the claimed ideology of De Mau Mau. He then pivots into a broader, highly opinionated discussion of race, crime, media coverage, and decades of affirmative action and quota policies in education, employment, policing, and contracting. The latter part of the stream is dedicated to reading viewer hyperchats about platform issues (Rumble/Odyssey), personal life stories, possible future IRL events, and the host’s beekeeping and cat (“Churro”).
- Recounting the August 4, 1972 Corbett family murders in Barrington Hills, Illinois
- Earlier and related killings: Michael Gershenson, Kathleen Fine, William Richter, and the Hawtree family
- Identification of “De Mau Mau” as a militant group and its alleged Vietnam War origins
- Descriptions of suspects, arrests, evidence, and sentencing outcomes
- Claims about De Mau Mau’s national reach and numbers, and comparisons to the “Zebra” killings
- Discussion of 1970s–2000s affirmative action and quota policies in schools, unions, contracting, and police and fire departments
- Commentary on media framing of race and crime and alleged erasure of the De Mau Mau story
- Host updates on beekeeping, streaming platforms (Odyssey vs. Rumble), and future IRL events
- Viewer hyperchats about donations not processing, books (including “One Nation Under Blackmail”), moving back to rural areas, and “teen takeovers”
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Key Points of Wisdom
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[0:58:37] – “There were other murders too… some of these then never even made it to court because they threw the book at them with the other cases… So, who knows what else was going on.”
Context: This reflects on how sentencing and case-selection practices can leave parts of a crime series officially unresolved, making the historical record incomplete.
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[1:18:52] – “This has a cumulative effect… what do you think happens to the white race in America after… over 50 years into this… after half a century of… systemic racism?”
Context: While highly polemical, this captures the host’s core thesis about long-term, compounding impacts of race-based policy over decades.
Hyperchat Highlights
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[1:25:58] love and division:
“Wow, compared to so many TV shows made about white supremacists, where no one gets killed, by the way. I'm looking forward to the day when the Jews allow us to live apart from people of color.”
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[1:28:13] Real Starfish Prime:
“Captain Stack, last week's Rumble rant didn't charge my credit card. Hopefully it only happened to me, but everyone else should double check their charges.”
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[1:28:45] Real Starfish Prime:
“More currency units to make up from last week's missing donation.”
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[1:29:10] Dag Tastic:
“Insomnia Stream, Meow Meow, Churro Edition soon?”
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[1:29:54] anti-democracy nada:
“Me and some friends rewatched your Black Epstein stream a while ago, because we read about Larry King in the 10th chapter of ‘One Nation Under Blackmail,’ but nothing came of part two. I'm shocked you didn't make part two about Craig Spence, who was a partner of Larry King. ‘One Nation Under Blackmail’ has more info on him.”
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[1:31:17] Fred Flinstone:
“Hey, Devin, do you have Odyssey comments restricted for new accounts? Been trying to hyper chat on there, but can't catch the replay in the morning.”
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[1:34:13] Yo, Jimbo Rockford:
“In 1978, my feminist mother left my blue collar small town father and took my brother and I so she could go play girl boss in Houston. Bitter custody battle later… Spent the next 40 years in DFW. Tomorrow I am leaving Texas and moving back to rural Missouri to take care of my elderly father. My mother has COPD, and my visit today is probably the last time I will see her.”
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[1:34:48] Truffle Bee:
“Any disclosable progress regarding IRL events? I'm trying to bank some time for travel. Keep up the good work.”
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[1:35:20] Running Purple Catman:
“Thanks, Devin. I guess if your Africanized bees had dads, they would be much nicer. That's what I'm hearing on social media about the teen takeovers.”
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[1:36:26] Corsica:
“Imagine how fast those teen takeovers would get shut down if they were middle-aged, pissed-off white man takeovers.”
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[1:37:01] Words are words:
“Best stream on the internet.”
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[1:37:34] Rocco d2:
“Thoughts on blade running in USA, i.e. taking down Flock cameras?”
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[1:37:53] Randall Flagg:
“I've been assigned to work in the ghetto for my job doing assessments. It's so terrible, words do not do justice to what I see. Thank you for taking care of Churro. I see so much animal abuse.”
Hyperchat Contributors
- love and division
- Real Starfish Prime
- Dag Tastic
- anti-democracy nada
- Fred Flinstone
- Yo, Jimbo Rockford
- Truffle Bee
- Running Purple Catman
- Corsica
- Words are words
- Rocco d2
- Randall Flagg