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Ep 624 - Big Boy (feat. Nate Marshall)
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Connor Murphy's Death and the Ayahuasca Warning
At 16:26 · chapter starts 10:17
A fitness influencer story surfaces that kills the comedy energy: Connor Murphy, 32, died in Thailand. Someone pulls up his final video — it's genuinely disturbing, all darting eyes and manic tongue movements — and the toxicology is pointing toward meth. The detail that crystallizes the tragedy: he was redosing ayahuasca alone every two hours in his apartment. Matt immediately goes on a skeptical rant about the entire ayahuasca culture — the thousand-dollar Peru retreats, the guys who've done it fifty times and are 'still clearing,' the obvious cult mechanics of having a shaman tell a tripping Westerner they're part of an ancient lineage. His theory: if you're even a little malevolent, it's the easiest grift on earth. Shane and Nate push back gently — they'd consider trying it once — but Matt's bottom line is unambiguous: whatever you do, don't do it alone in a Thailand apartment every two hours. [1] — Matt McCusker "Fitness influencer Connor Murphy died at 32 in Thailand after repeatedly dosing ayahuasca alone every two hours, painting himself, fleeing …" 10:17
Fitness influencer Connor Murphy died at 32 in Thailand after repeatedly dosing ayahuasca alone every two hours, painting himself, fleeing police, and drowning in a lake. His final video — hair wild, playing with his tongue — is genuinely disturbing.
Fitness influencer Connor Murphy died at 32 after a suspected meth or drug-fueled breakdown in Thailand where he fled police and drowned.
Ayahuasca retreats smell like a cult. If you're a malevolent actor with a costume and a jungle, you can blow the minds of wealthy Westerners and then tell them they're part of an ancient lineage — and charge a thousand dollars a session to come back.
Fitness influencer Connor Murphy reportedly dosed ayahuasca every two hours by himself in a Thailand apartment, leading to a psychotic break, a police chase, and drowning.
