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Eye of the Chickenhawk
This book has been my effort to chronicle the existence of an international child sex trafficking network involved in the dissemination of the pederast ideal, the facilitation of political blackmail beneath it, and the production of sadomasochist child pornography, including snuff films, at its greatest depths. The tendrils of this network are met with throughout the chapters of this book, which cover a continuity of child 'serial killings' and 'political scandals' throughout the 1970s, 80s, and 90s. This is not a pleasant book and I'm very glad to have finished it and moved on to other areas of research.
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Published September 29, 2023
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July 11, 2024
I don’t think there has ever been a book where I had the urge to just put it down after each chapter. The sheer amount of brutality and grotesque violence that encapsulates this book is horrific. The depravity of it all is only matched by the scale of it as what is covered in this book is so deep and interconnected it’s unreal. Also the Alan Dershowitz mention early in the book set the tone for how devoid of humanity this was going to be. I recommend it purely for those who can stomach extremely graphic topics and for those willing to see the international coalition between fascists, political elite, and the judicial system.
September 21, 2024
There’s not much grimmer than child abuse and trafficking. It’s a tough subject, no doubt. But the book’s a tough read for more than that. It’s not really a book, just a mess of hastily slapped-together scraps—half-baked translations of news clippings and articles from all over the place. Sure, there’s some police reports, a few serious newspapers, but mostly tabloids. Digging around online isn’t the same as real legwork, pounding the pavement and talking to people.
"Eye of the Chickenhawk" has the same problems as "Programmed to Kill", another conspiracy-laden mess that set parts of Twitter on fire in recent. It’s sloppy, tough to follow, and doesn’t prove much. Just adds to the noise and confusion that fuels the Q-Anon and Satanic Panic crowds. A subject this serious deserves way better than this.
"Eye of the Chickenhawk" has the same problems as "Programmed to Kill", another conspiracy-laden mess that set parts of Twitter on fire in recent. It’s sloppy, tough to follow, and doesn’t prove much. Just adds to the noise and confusion that fuels the Q-Anon and Satanic Panic crowds. A subject this serious deserves way better than this.
June 14, 2024
Sick stuff. A good addition to Programmed to Kill.
January 18, 2025
i cannot, in good conscience, recommend that you read this book.
this world is full of evil, disgusting men, and those men are remembered as isolated poles of evil and not as part of vast networks and systems of evil. this, in and of itself, is an act of evil.
occasional grammar and spelling errors notwithstanding—the book, i have to assume, was self published, and i’m sure he was ready to be done with it—this, i must hope (for my sanity) is as comprehensive a book as one could write on the existence of an undercover international snuff film operation. it is well sourced. he explains which sections are not.
this book is to be believed (560+ sources). and to be barely stomached, in small doses.
this world is full of evil, disgusting men, and those men are remembered as isolated poles of evil and not as part of vast networks and systems of evil. this, in and of itself, is an act of evil.
occasional grammar and spelling errors notwithstanding—the book, i have to assume, was self published, and i’m sure he was ready to be done with it—this, i must hope (for my sanity) is as comprehensive a book as one could write on the existence of an undercover international snuff film operation. it is well sourced. he explains which sections are not.
this book is to be believed (560+ sources). and to be barely stomached, in small doses.
March 16, 2025
It is really hard to take a book with so many spelling, grammatical, formatting, and editing errors seriously. I don't know if Dovey decided to not have anyone proof read this or if those people let him down, but the book is a mess of missing words, open-ended phrases, and confusing sentence structures all too common in conspiracy / self-publishing. It is incessant, probably every fifth page has an issue.
All that said, the narrative is solid and content crazy. I learned a lot, the references are dense, and the book is well cited aside from some editorializing. Looking forward to listening to the Ghost Stories For the End of the World series on Belgium after reading this book. I'm also hopeful for more info on The Finders. I think the book closing on them was a little rushed and choppy, but understandable given the connection that's identified at the end. Good, but not something I would suggest to someone if I wanted them to take me seriously - which again is directly related to the books poor quality of editing (and that's a shame, because it's something that could have been fixed to make this book worthy of higher praise and reference). Hope to see something stronger from Dovey in the future. He is clearly bright and has a lot to offer if this book gives him some much needed editorial support and direction.
All that said, the narrative is solid and content crazy. I learned a lot, the references are dense, and the book is well cited aside from some editorializing. Looking forward to listening to the Ghost Stories For the End of the World series on Belgium after reading this book. I'm also hopeful for more info on The Finders. I think the book closing on them was a little rushed and choppy, but understandable given the connection that's identified at the end. Good, but not something I would suggest to someone if I wanted them to take me seriously - which again is directly related to the books poor quality of editing (and that's a shame, because it's something that could have been fixed to make this book worthy of higher praise and reference). Hope to see something stronger from Dovey in the future. He is clearly bright and has a lot to offer if this book gives him some much needed editorial support and direction.
December 9, 2024
I put this down for long periods several times. I can’t recommend anyone read this but I believe it is important to acknowledge the horrors of this book out of respect for the victims and the lives irrevocably shattered
June 14, 2025
A disturbing but necessary read, Eye of the Chickenhawk is a deep, deep dive into an extremely dark and unsettling rabbit hole that is an unfortunate reality. This book is obviously and understandably self published and could use an editor but for those able to stomach this material, there is much here to study. The author attempts and, in my opinion, succeeds at connecting many of the major known child abuse networks and cases with a small group of people, some even connected to serial killers. With all of the new info that has come out about cases like Gacy and the Oakland County Child Killer, this certainly seems plausible and I am of the opinion that the author is correct in his thesis. This book begins with snuff and Dean Corll and goes through many similar cases involving child ... networks and ends with Marc Dutroux and the Finders. Very well researched and documented, this is an indispensable reference tool in the vein of, and in a way continuing in the tradition of, Dave McGowan's Programmed to Kill: The Politics of Serial Murder. Not for the faint of heart although I do think everyone needs to read this.
January 22, 2025
I was gonna give this a 4/5 for being very thorough but rife with writing errors. Then I read the last 10 pages.
June 29, 2025
Adequate to damningly suggest that the intelligence community considers pedophilie rings convenient to operational status quo; that lone conclusion being the result of exhaustively following all the headlines' trails to the barely uncovered monstrosity is infuriating.
April 12, 2025
“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.” p. 152
This is written in an amateur way with constant spelling and grammatical errors. The content varies from believable to Qanon level insanity. I don’t want to believe anything in this book but man are there some crazy coincidences. The trouble with conspiracy literature is that it’s difficult to make the jump from “Person One knew Person Two,” to saying that “Person One and Person Two were close associates in a crime network.” Yes it’s crazy how many of these pedophiles, pornographers, serial killers, and intelligence assets somehow knew and worked with each other, but is that enough to prove a conspiracy? So much of this is based on hearsay, and while I acknowledge that it’s almost impossible to look at primary sources that are illegal, classified, or destroyed, I think I need more evidence to believe. Nonetheless, there are some sick people out there and I should probably read something lighthearted next.
This is written in an amateur way with constant spelling and grammatical errors. The content varies from believable to Qanon level insanity. I don’t want to believe anything in this book but man are there some crazy coincidences. The trouble with conspiracy literature is that it’s difficult to make the jump from “Person One knew Person Two,” to saying that “Person One and Person Two were close associates in a crime network.” Yes it’s crazy how many of these pedophiles, pornographers, serial killers, and intelligence assets somehow knew and worked with each other, but is that enough to prove a conspiracy? So much of this is based on hearsay, and while I acknowledge that it’s almost impossible to look at primary sources that are illegal, classified, or destroyed, I think I need more evidence to believe. Nonetheless, there are some sick people out there and I should probably read something lighthearted next.
October 11, 2024
A review of Kormak’s book review(which they deleted from their comments):
As the author of this book, I’ve been patiently waiting for a good faith critique of it, given the extremity of the subject matter and overwhelming totality of evidence for it. Unfortunately, my wait continues.
It’s likely Kormak had an axe to grind with Dave McGowan, saw this book shared a similar subject matter, didn’t read it or at best skimmed it, and made the simpleton mistake of critique through association. This would explain why they provide no substantive points of scepticism, and seem to be under the impression the sources cited are “mostly tabloid”. Because this is factually incorrect, and not a matter of interpretation of fact, I’ll give Kormak the benefit of the doubt that they didn’t actually check the sources, as lying to discredit research into the most horrific crimes against those least deserving of them would be utterly contemptible.
Even more confusing though, is Kormak’s seeming inability to have comprehended the network diagram on the book’s cover, which he found “tough to follow”, despite it having been broken down into the clear, concise, and chronological order which makes up the book’s chapters.
It may be Kormak simply lacks a basic understanding for the concept of “historical” research, which is of course vicarious, and mostly done “on line” these days, in the same manner it has always been done “in archives” for about 2500 years. For it’s a little difficult to “pound the pavement and talk to people” who are now dead.
Perhaps Kormak feels I should have consulted a medium for a seance, as an interesting anecdote about the experiences of my research. This is not gonzo journalism. I do not matter or insert myself into the cases like boomers, such as Tom O’Neil, who take 20 years to write themselves into historic cases like a dog pissing on trees. I don’t piss on trees to leave my mark. I plant seeds to grow them. No one had written about this network formally. Someone needed to. I did. And I did it in under two years. My research will be improved upon by others until the ethos which is the prime mover behind Kormak’s review is forced to confront it. I give their review 1/5 stars.
As the author of this book, I’ve been patiently waiting for a good faith critique of it, given the extremity of the subject matter and overwhelming totality of evidence for it. Unfortunately, my wait continues.
It’s likely Kormak had an axe to grind with Dave McGowan, saw this book shared a similar subject matter, didn’t read it or at best skimmed it, and made the simpleton mistake of critique through association. This would explain why they provide no substantive points of scepticism, and seem to be under the impression the sources cited are “mostly tabloid”. Because this is factually incorrect, and not a matter of interpretation of fact, I’ll give Kormak the benefit of the doubt that they didn’t actually check the sources, as lying to discredit research into the most horrific crimes against those least deserving of them would be utterly contemptible.
Even more confusing though, is Kormak’s seeming inability to have comprehended the network diagram on the book’s cover, which he found “tough to follow”, despite it having been broken down into the clear, concise, and chronological order which makes up the book’s chapters.
It may be Kormak simply lacks a basic understanding for the concept of “historical” research, which is of course vicarious, and mostly done “on line” these days, in the same manner it has always been done “in archives” for about 2500 years. For it’s a little difficult to “pound the pavement and talk to people” who are now dead.
Perhaps Kormak feels I should have consulted a medium for a seance, as an interesting anecdote about the experiences of my research. This is not gonzo journalism. I do not matter or insert myself into the cases like boomers, such as Tom O’Neil, who take 20 years to write themselves into historic cases like a dog pissing on trees. I don’t piss on trees to leave my mark. I plant seeds to grow them. No one had written about this network formally. Someone needed to. I did. And I did it in under two years. My research will be improved upon by others until the ethos which is the prime mover behind Kormak’s review is forced to confront it. I give their review 1/5 stars.
October 10, 2024
A good if flawed entry in the parapolitical genre of historical nonfiction that's been in vogue lately. The author needs to do a better job of editing himself to screen out the many blunderous and confusing typos. This is easily fixable stuff that damages the book's credibility when I recommend it to people who I think can be eased into the literature about the rank underside of intelligence activities. Regardless of whether it's "fair," it prejudices their impression of the author and ultimately their evaluation of his claims.
That said, substance-wise I think it's excellent. Its narrative is thoroughly documented, and it is careful to alert the reader as to what is documented fact versus the author's own conjecture, and there is a clear preponderance of documented fact here. It also provides some of its own evaluations about the credibility of certain eyewitness accounts and, while tending to err on the side of believing even the more incredulous claims, does respect the reader enough to be frank about where it departs from the ambit of fact or strict inference therefrom. What results is a truly shocking, truly absorbing, truly nightmarish web of interconnected chickenhawk circles, all of varying degrees of sophistication, depravity, and power.
And given that the author is reading and responding to reviews, I write this one to urge him to go further. Intelligence connections are the real juice here, and the ones that raise the gravest questions about our collective complicity in this nightmare, but the book skimps on them just a bit. Epstein, the Franklin Federal Credit Union, even the Clintons - he clearly has the aptitude to unearth connections between the many seemingly disparate chickenhawk clans that operate beneath the facade of things, but he leaves the book off with a speculative note about John Norman being an intelligence asset. Flesh out that claim, or use it as a jumping-off point into the clearly still-active world of American intelligence and pedophile honey pots. I urge him to publish a second edition, expanded and thoroughly rinsed of the many inane mistakes that soil this brave book.
That said, substance-wise I think it's excellent. Its narrative is thoroughly documented, and it is careful to alert the reader as to what is documented fact versus the author's own conjecture, and there is a clear preponderance of documented fact here. It also provides some of its own evaluations about the credibility of certain eyewitness accounts and, while tending to err on the side of believing even the more incredulous claims, does respect the reader enough to be frank about where it departs from the ambit of fact or strict inference therefrom. What results is a truly shocking, truly absorbing, truly nightmarish web of interconnected chickenhawk circles, all of varying degrees of sophistication, depravity, and power.
And given that the author is reading and responding to reviews, I write this one to urge him to go further. Intelligence connections are the real juice here, and the ones that raise the gravest questions about our collective complicity in this nightmare, but the book skimps on them just a bit. Epstein, the Franklin Federal Credit Union, even the Clintons - he clearly has the aptitude to unearth connections between the many seemingly disparate chickenhawk clans that operate beneath the facade of things, but he leaves the book off with a speculative note about John Norman being an intelligence asset. Flesh out that claim, or use it as a jumping-off point into the clearly still-active world of American intelligence and pedophile honey pots. I urge him to publish a second edition, expanded and thoroughly rinsed of the many inane mistakes that soil this brave book.
December 21, 2025
I believe this is a bad book. There are numerous mistakes and it misses any real central thesis or point. It is instead largely a narrative and timeline of some very compelling evidence, which I believe in years to come will be further extrapolated with the advent of further Epstein related evidence made public. It may also be a hindrance that some of the more compelling aspects of the book has been better expanded upon in both Dutch, and French. The literature surrounding the Marc Dutroux affair are scarce in english, and it makes it very difficult for an english reader to look elsewhere for either competing sources or opinion.
In spite of that, is quite clear that the Dossier-X information pointed towards very real crimes being committed, and very real victims never seeing justice. It is strange in some sense, we see today that there is an outcry regarding Epstein and class, on both the left and right, with detractors largely drawing the lines of corruption at the feet of their perceived political enemies. Yet what remains is an entire class of sinners who will expectedly walk into their graves without a graze of punishment.
What I found most interesting is the lengths at which this “community” was aware of itself and each other. It is incredibly difficult to criticise any speculation on this basis. Too often the accused have under interrogation proven to know of further and larger crimes at play with names and addresses. I found this a bit concerning, multiple murderers and rapists living or working together at some point or another. Gross.
this was a good read, and I will be recommending it to my adoring fans.
In spite of that, is quite clear that the Dossier-X information pointed towards very real crimes being committed, and very real victims never seeing justice. It is strange in some sense, we see today that there is an outcry regarding Epstein and class, on both the left and right, with detractors largely drawing the lines of corruption at the feet of their perceived political enemies. Yet what remains is an entire class of sinners who will expectedly walk into their graves without a graze of punishment.
What I found most interesting is the lengths at which this “community” was aware of itself and each other. It is incredibly difficult to criticise any speculation on this basis. Too often the accused have under interrogation proven to know of further and larger crimes at play with names and addresses. I found this a bit concerning, multiple murderers and rapists living or working together at some point or another. Gross.
this was a good read, and I will be recommending it to my adoring fans.
November 28, 2024
A tough book to finish, both because of the content and the lack of copy-editing. Although a much more cogent take on the structural forces behind the "serial killers"/cult/child abuse phenomenon than PTK. Obviously their concerns are different, but where McGowan falls short in "connecting the dots" and drawing a completely plausible through-line that ends with intelligence agencies, Dovey is able to both connect the seemingly disparate instances of trafficking networks (see the diagram) while also looping in SGB, Gladio, MKULTRA, etc. I don't have as much of a problem as some other commenters that much of the information came from tabloids, especially is no one else is reporting on this stuff, but lots of the material was also from declassified memos, wikileaks, more "reputable" papers, and so on. A few questions: What happened to that unpublished New Yorker piece? And was the photographer mentioned at the beginning related to Franklin at all? I feel like I've seen his name before.
April 27, 2025
The most singularly disturbingly messy book I have ever had the displeasure of learning from! Unravels threads from the most obvious of logical conclusions typically spurned in mainstream narratives on the psychology of abuse alongside who are its most depraved perpetrators. The footnote on the fourth to last page will linger with me for the rest of my life. If you spend any time around those 'hip' to what's currently acceptable to discuss in mainstream discourse, you'll find this novel's conclusions on power and its psychology are so reviled in literary communities that supposedly wish to expand the boundaries against silence that it's more than anathema to even mention it. It's credibility suicide. All in service of the murderous monarchs who work in tandem with the most sadist of pederastic priests. A gut-wrenching, horrifically necessary real for all those enthralled with the time and propinquity to peek beneath the surface and behind the curtain.
April 18, 2024
For all the McGowanites out there, if you're still missing our parapolitic king and his incisive critique and analysis of the strange gaps between official narratives and what it implies about the deeper movement of money, power, and favors between the Ruling Class, this is THE new book to pickup. Incredibly detailed footnotes, easy to understand charts showing the flow of information and connections between individuals in the international "chickenhawk" program as well as it's connection to alphabet agencies.
While the subject matter makes this an incredibly difficult book to ever recommend, or even finish given how vile the crimes detailed actually are, it's cold clinical precision and clear roads of speculation and information to back it up makes it truly one of the finest books in the field of parapolitic
While the subject matter makes this an incredibly difficult book to ever recommend, or even finish given how vile the crimes detailed actually are, it's cold clinical precision and clear roads of speculation and information to back it up makes it truly one of the finest books in the field of parapolitic
January 2, 2025
This book requires a large trigger warning for extremely disturbing subject matter including graphic descriptions of violent child sex abuse and murder. It’s really horrible and very dark but it seems an important reality to face up to if we are to understand the links between organised crime, the ruling classes and the ways they maintain control over each other.
It puts into context a lot of what was talked about in the UK following the revelations of abuses carried out by Jimmy Savile etc, and how the likely extent of those involved has been obfuscated by the grip this type of crime has on society, since often those in charge of investigating and prosecuting are implicated. I strongly remember people sniggering about paedos, dressing up as Jimmy Saville for Halloween etc, but in reality it’s no laughing matter.
It puts into context a lot of what was talked about in the UK following the revelations of abuses carried out by Jimmy Savile etc, and how the likely extent of those involved has been obfuscated by the grip this type of crime has on society, since often those in charge of investigating and prosecuting are implicated. I strongly remember people sniggering about paedos, dressing up as Jimmy Saville for Halloween etc, but in reality it’s no laughing matter.
May 28, 2025
Have to agree with this review, unfortunately. Very poor editing and misspellings galore detract heavily from the quality of this book.
There is also little 'original research' here, and the overreliance on newspaper reports shows. Yes, hard evidence is hard to come by for a lot of parapolitical affairs, but more assiduous researchers (like the trio behind the X Dossiers book) have led by example. The preface seemed quite promising, rightfully admonishing the feebleness of academia in parapolitics research, but one must walk the talk too.
That being said, the book does serve as a useful compilation of sources for further research into the matter. I just wish the author had learnt more from the likes of Joël van der Reijden, whose research is more careful, properly edited, and meticulously corroborated.
There is also little 'original research' here, and the overreliance on newspaper reports shows. Yes, hard evidence is hard to come by for a lot of parapolitical affairs, but more assiduous researchers (like the trio behind the X Dossiers book) have led by example. The preface seemed quite promising, rightfully admonishing the feebleness of academia in parapolitics research, but one must walk the talk too.
That being said, the book does serve as a useful compilation of sources for further research into the matter. I just wish the author had learnt more from the likes of Joël van der Reijden, whose research is more careful, properly edited, and meticulously corroborated.
November 9, 2024
Note: Did not finish
This book is a waste of money. It is poorly written, meandering, and hard to keep track of. More importantly, it comes across as complete bullwash, with the author drawing tenuous connections between various infamous crimes against children based on this or that person having figured in investigations of various cases, which is less surprising than it seems when you consider the people in question are convicted sex offenders and would rightly be persons of interest in such crimes. I stopped reading when the author started dragging in contemporary political figures and spewing QAnon type propaganda.
This book is a waste of money. It is poorly written, meandering, and hard to keep track of. More importantly, it comes across as complete bullwash, with the author drawing tenuous connections between various infamous crimes against children based on this or that person having figured in investigations of various cases, which is less surprising than it seems when you consider the people in question are convicted sex offenders and would rightly be persons of interest in such crimes. I stopped reading when the author started dragging in contemporary political figures and spewing QAnon type propaganda.
February 22, 2025
daunting info
Maybe i was a hard headed idealist once, but this is sadly something global and not to be callous about. It seems some slang in here is so unsavory, but these people really are in their own bubbles. I hope people fight crime more often instead of typical silence and blackmail, but the wealth aspect is scary.
Maybe i was a hard headed idealist once, but this is sadly something global and not to be callous about. It seems some slang in here is so unsavory, but these people really are in their own bubbles. I hope people fight crime more often instead of typical silence and blackmail, but the wealth aspect is scary.
December 14, 2025
As many have said, needs an editor desperately and could have been slightly more fleshed out, a bit too much gesturing could be replaced by the author simply stating exactly what he believes a certain connection means. Overall good work but feels less so because of the many misspellings and errors. The end of the last chapter also felt underbaked and half-assed.
July 8, 2024
Did the Rust Cohle face on nearly every page of this book. Verified many of the endnotes out of pure shock.
Not for the faint of heart, but necessary reading for anyone interested in parapolitics and/or the politics of sexual blackmail.
Not for the faint of heart, but necessary reading for anyone interested in parapolitics and/or the politics of sexual blackmail.
July 16, 2024
Makes a very compelling case for the existence of child abuse and snuff film network from the 1970s and 1980 with connections from John Wayne Gacy to the snow killings in Michigan to Marc Dutroux, the Belgian monster.
October 30, 2024
Would be five stars but I just can’t give a book on this subject 5 stars. Terrifying read, but definitely recommend reading for anyone curious about how real world conspiracy actually works…and how sick a lot of our world is. Read with discretion. Subject matter is brutal.
November 3, 2024
If you've read Programmed to kill by Dave McGowan, this book fits pretty much in the same category. Simon Dovey exposes a ton of truly unbelievable people and crimes. Highly recommend, great read.
August 31, 2025
Easily the most disturbing and uncomfortable book I have ever read. Hard to stomach & at times difficult to follow, the information contained provides, at worst, a glimpse into the grotesque fraternity that operates throughout all levels of our society.
August 22, 2024
Rather interesting
September 3, 2024
would not recommend it
October 11, 2024
Though this book may not be so elegantly written, it is absolutely essential to understanding how deep pedophilia goes in our institutions.
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