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The MRF Ghosts of Coast to Coast
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- More Morgellons
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- Mar 15, 2026
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Summary
On today's show: A Correction: cat hair was found in diabetes drugs, not vaccines. Novo Nordisk’s $16.5 billion acquisition Catalent — FDA contamination at the Indiana facility. Your host Crystal is a former clinical trials manager who read a Form 990 recreationally, and it ruined her life. Today we’re doing a forensic accounting of nothing. THE MORGELLONS RESEARCH FOUNDATION IRS FILINGS The Morgellons Research Foundation (MRF), "founded" by Mary Leitao, filed IRS Form 990 returns showing zero program service expenses. Not low. Zero. 2004 Form 990: $318 in contributions. $0 expenses. 2005 Form 990: $0 program expenses. 2006 Form 990: Missing. This is the peak year — national TV, maximum donations, phones ringing. That return has never been located. Revenue reported retroactively: ~$29,000. MRF’s sole named grant recipient was Thornton/Thorstensen Labs. Operator Michael Carlson was later indicted on 51 counts of falsifying test results. The lab was already decertified by the time the grant was granted. The MRF patient registry — real people, real names — has never been accounted for. No response to date from 2.23.26 open records request to OHSU. THE DOMAIN morgellons.org was registered March 14, 2002 by [email protected] — not Mary Leitao, not any board member. That registrant possibly links to 2345.com , Chinese software infrastructure. Earliest site capture (June 5, 2002) lists a California fax number, contact [email protected] , and web designer Amy DiFerrari. DOUGLAS EWING BUCKNER SR —Fake DOCTOR Douglas Buckner is listed as Vice President of the MRF board and identified as “Dr. Douglas Buckner PhD” on federal tax documents, in the Washington Post Magazine, and on Coast to Coast AM (February 2005). He is not a doctor. No MD. No PhD. No dissertation, re…