Episode Title: The October Surprise – Politics, Hostages, and a Hidden Deal?
In the final weeks of the 1980 U.S. presidential election, 52 American hostages remained imprisoned in Iran. President Jimmy Carter had failed to bring them home, and Ronald Reagan’s campaign was gaining momentum. But when the hostages were suddenly released on the exact day Reagan took office, the timing was too perfect for some to ignore.
This episode of The Midnight Mystery Archive explores the controversial theory that members of Reagan’s campaign team made a secret deal with the Iranian government: delay the release of the hostages until after the election — and be rewarded with weapons and covert political support.
Did William Casey meet with Iranian officials in Paris? Was George H.W. Bush involved? And does the shadow of the later Iran-Contra scandal make the impossible… plausible?
Join us as we examine the facts, rumors, and silence behind one of the most compelling political conspiracy theories of the 20th century — and ask: did an election hinge not on votes, but on betrayal?
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