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The Systematic Erasure of Michael Ward and Fraudulent Property Sales in Oregon

HACKED: THE SAGA #58 Date: October 18, 2025 Duration: 55:18 min
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πŸ”₯ Key Revelations

  • Cyberstalking documentation
  • Identity theft investigation
  • Intellectual property theft Christian content
  • Michael Ward erasure
  • Sheriff sale fraud Oregon
  • Houston Christian University hacking
  • AI content theft
  • Search engine manipulation
  • Christian content agencies fraud

Episode Summary

This comprehensive update documents multiple ongoing investigations into cybercrime, fraud, and intellectual property theft. The episode covers a fraudulent Marion County sheriff sale investigation that has been rejected by multiple law enforcement agencies including the Oregon Attorney General’s office, a police report filed against Houston Christian University Dean Phil Tallon for hacking, the discovery of systematic online erasure of Dr. Michael Ward’s academic work, concerns about Willamette University’s law school resources, and potential identity theft affecting Second Baptist Church members.

The host provides detailed evidence of AI-powered content theft schemes, fake personas in Christian publishing, and coordinated efforts to sabotage original content creators through SEO manipulation and account takeovers.

πŸ“ Key Moments

00:02:21- "Joshua Mitchell at the Woodburn Police told me hacking wasn't a crime"
00:08:42- "If the Attorney General doesn't investigate government corruption, who does?"
00:44:57- "The actual views on that were 3,700. For me, it was only showing 44"
00:45:05- "They jack the metrics. They had me in a ghost account"
00:37:02- "They're creating these little hybrids based on their clients’ work"
00:49:22- "They would pray and the earth would move, things changed"
00:27:36- "This is the erasing of Michael Ward"
00:49:44- "If you're thinking that all you can do is pray, that's the most important thing"
00:51:11- "When you see somebody doing something wrong, you have to go and say something"
00:53:25- "If they saw a need, they would fill it. If they found a problem, they would fix it. If they came to a mountain, they would move it."

Detailed Show Notes

Introduction to Hacked the Saga Series

Timestamp: [00:00:00 – 00:03:19]

  • Series background: Originally did book reviews and Bible studies
    before discovering intellectual property theft
  • Primary conspirators identified as people from apologetics program and
    journal involvement
  • Hacking and communication blocking began to cover up theft
  • Started reporting to authorities in April 2024
  • This is update #58 in the ongoing documentation series
  • All updates available at https://raisedtowalk.org/hacked-the-saga/
  • Three-hour livestream “Message to My Stalker” created after 200-page
    FBI report went unanswered
  • Continuous device hacking since December 2023

Fraudulent Marion County Sheriff Sale Investigation

Timestamp: [00:03:19 – 00:06:50]

  • Discovered fraudulent sheriff sale while investigating sketchy public
    notices in Keizertimes
  • Property: Fern Ridge Road, Stroschine family, Stayton, Oregon
  • Attended sheriff sale on July 21st – noted multiple suspicious
    behaviors
  • Sale delayed an hour, moved from courthouse steps to corner (against
    public notice requirements)
  • Bidders hid behind columns during process
  • Investigation revealed loans used for foreclosure weren’t valid
  • Contacted multiple police departments – none would take a report
  • Marion County DA said police report must be filed first before they’d
    investigate
  • Marion County Sheriff’s Department investigator told officer not to
    investigate further
  • Directed to file complaint with Attorney General’s office

Oregon Attorney General Response

Timestamp: [00:06:50- – 00:11:28]

  • Filed complaint with AG office, received response 3 weeks later
  • Response from Rachel Viggiano, Office Specialist, Consumer Protection
    Section
  • Complaint closed – determined issues “outside of our authority”
  • AG office claims no authority over government agencies and officials
  • Critical question raised: If AG doesn’t investigate government
    corruption, who does?
  • Research on Rachel Viggiano showed wedding site and actress profiles
  • Three possible explanations: State doesn’t care about fraud, Viggiano
    lacks comprehension skills, or communications being blocked
  • Issues involved: fraudulent court documents, mortgage fraud, property
    theft, money laundering

Willamette University Law School Experience

Timestamp: [00:11:28 – 00:19:45]

  • Sought civil rights attorney recommendation from supposed top Oregon private
    university
  • Website critique: Poor branding consistency, navigation issues,
    outdated content
  • Law school building access issues – conflicting information from
    admissions
  • Undergraduate admissions office claimed law building “out of service”
  • Building was actually accessible and in use
  • No attorney directory available for students/alumni despite $60,000
    tuition
  • Only 52 percent bar passage rate for graduates
  • Law clinic focuses on wills/trusts, criminal, and immigration – same
    areas connected to sketchy probates
  • Judge James C. Edmonds presided over fraudulent foreclosure case
  • Questions raised about quality of legal education

Police Report: Houston Christian University Dean Phil Tallon

Timestamp: [00:19:45 – 00:23:59

  • Discovered Google family group on main account in July
  • Five email addresses identified on the account
  • Phil Tallon’s Houston Christian University email address confirmed as
    one
  • Tallon is Dean of School of Christian Thought
  • Other emails likely belonged to Annie Nardone, Jason Smith, and
    compromised accounts
  • Two of host’s own email addresses added without permission
  • Filed police report with Salem Police on October 6th
  • No response received from police
  • Evidence shows clear connection to hacking, stalking, and IP theft
  • Tallon connection to primary hacker Jason Smith noted

Message to Second Baptist Church Kingwood

Timestamp: [00:23:59 – 00:27:36]

  • Letter sent to Mark Terry, campus administrator
  • Concerned about David Bowers (former teacher) – work stolen,
    potentially impersonated at age 91
  • Attempted to contact John and Becky Lagace from Bible study
  • Becky’s website expired, search results buried
  • Evidence of impersonation via fake Facebook account
  • Other members (Bev, Debbie McCrea) unreachable – contact information
    altered June 27, 2024
  • Belief that all Second Baptist Bible study teachers have been targeted
  • No response received – assumes email communications blocked
  • Host was member for 16-17 years

The Erasing of Michael Ward

Timestamp: [00:27:36 – 00:34:37]

  • Michael Ward: Professor at Houston Baptist University, author of
    Planet Narnia
  • Featured in first Advent issue of An Unexpected Journal (2018)
  • Published After Humanity (2021) – commentary on CS Lewis’s
    Abolition of ManΒ (1943)
  • Ward’s book makes complex Lewis work accessible and clear
  • Discovered Ward’s work being systematically erased from search results
  • Search for “cultural artifacts” (Ward’s term) buried by Andy Crouch’s
    “cultural goods”
  • Ward’s website not appearing in searches initially
  • Evidence of deliberate SEO sabotage and search engine manipulation
  • Similar erasure tactics used against host’s own content

The Abolition of Man by CS Lewis on Amazon

The Abolition of ManΒ 
on Amazon

Planet Narnia by Michael Ward

Planet Narnia
on Amazon

After Humanity by Michael Ward

After Humanity
on Amazon


AI Content Theft and Fake Personas

Timestamp: [00:34:37 – 00:40:06]

  • Christianity Today Advent devotional analysis (December 2023)
  • Layout similar to Charlotte Thomason’s Light in the Darkness
    devotional host published
  • Bios identified as fake personas, not real people
  • Christian content agencies creating AI chat models from stolen client
    work
  • Example: Sarah Salviander (astrophysicist) work used
    to create AI model
  • Models used for client social media management
  • Same models used to create competing fake accounts and personas
  • Hybrid personas created by mixing multiple people’s work
  • Devotional contained unedited AI content that “doesn’t even make any
    sense”
  • One devotional appeared to combine host’s work with Michael Ward’s
    writing mid-piece
  • Initially questioned if Ward was involved due to Clarendon House
    connection
  • Now believes Ward is victim, not conspirator

Search Engine Manipulation and Identity Theft

Timestamp: [00:40:06 – 00:43:00]

  • Host’s review of The Facade de-indexed from DuckDuckGo
    (appears on Google)
  • Ongoing deliberate sabotage of content visibility
  • Local SEO methodology used for sabotage
  • False information strategically placed to fool algorithms
  • Identity theft schemes make algorithms think one person is another
  • Not just stealing identities – replacing them in search results
  • Apology issued to Dr. Michael Ward for initial doubts about
    involvement
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Analytics Manipulation and True Reach

Timestamp: [00:43:00 – 00:47:08]

  • Metrics deliberately altered to hide actual viewership
  • Twitter post about Zotero hacking: showed 44 views, actually had 3,700
    views
  • Hundreds of reposts and comments hidden through ghost account status
  • Google Analytics filtered – monthly traffic shown is actually daily
    traffic
  • Cloudflare shows 47,000-76,000 users monthly (now 76,000)
  • Google Analytics “first use by screen” report: over 50,000 actual
    users
  • Warning to perpetrators: low visible numbers are “faulty foundation”

Faith, Justice, and Moving Forward

Timestamp: [00:47:08 – 00:50:13]

  • Tribute to grandmother Ida Gianella – joyful despite limited
    circumstances
  • Testimony: became Christian because of seeing God in mother and
    grandmother’s lives
  • Importance of prayer – “the most important thing”
  • Peace comes from knowing God will fulfill His promises
  • Biblical mandate to seek justice (Micah: walk justly, love mercy, walk
    humbly)
  • Ezekiel 3: obligation to confront wrongdoing or share guilt of sin
  • Second Baptist Church example: solved helicopter protection problem
    for military
  • Harvey flood response: organized house mucking crews immediately
  • Church culture of action: “If they saw a need, they would fill it”
  • Commitment to continue documentation until justice is achieved
  • Frustration with passive law enforcement and public response
  • Confidence that exposure and accountability will come

Closing Thoughts

Timestamp: [00:50:13- 00:55:18]

  • Gratitude for viewers dealing with restricted, blocked, or
    deleted content
  • Thanks for prayers and support
  • Acknowledgment of peace despite ongoing difficulties
  • Commitment to finding legal representation for lawsuits
  • Message to perpetrators: actual reach far exceeds visible metrics
  • Call for international prayer support
  • Determination to continue fighting rather than “lay down and
    die”

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    Discussion & Engagement

    πŸ’¬ Discussion Questions

    Fraudulent Sheriff Sale

    • What legal recourse exists when multiple law enforcement
      agencies refuse to investigate documented fraud?
    • How can public notice requirements for legal proceedings be better
      enforced?
    • What oversight mechanisms should exist for sheriff sales to prevent
      fraud?
    • When the Attorney General claims no authority over government
      corruption, what does that reveal about the system?

    Digital Identity Theft

    • How can content creators protect themselves from AI-powered identity
      theft?
    • What are the ethical implications of creating AI models from stolen
      intellectual property?
    • How should Christian organizations respond when members’ identities
      are stolen and used fraudulently?
    • What responsibility do platforms have when fake personas are created
      to impersonate real people?

    Michael Ward Erasure

    • What are the implications of academic work being systematically erased
      from search engines?
    • How does SEO manipulation threaten intellectual discourse and proper
      attribution?
    • What protections should exist for scholars whose work is being
      deliberately buried online?
    • How can we distinguish between natural search ranking changes and
      deliberate manipulation?

    Law Enforcement Response

    • What should citizens do when police refuse to take reports about clear
      criminal activity?
    • How can we ensure accountability when law enforcement becomes passive
      about enforcing the law?
    • What systemic changes are needed when officers are told not to
      investigate legitimate complaints?

    Faith and Justice

    • How does the biblical mandate to “seek justice” apply to modern
      cybercrime?
    • What is the church’s responsibility when members are victims of
      organized crime?
    • How can faith communities better support victims of long-term
      harassment and theft?
    • What does it mean to “walk justly” in the digital age?

    Analytics and Truth

    • How does manipulation of engagement metrics harm content creators
      beyond financial loss?
    • What responsibility do platforms have to ensure accurate analytics?
    • How should viewers interpret engagement numbers knowing they may be
      manipulated?

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    Carla M. Sallee Alvarez

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