WEBVTT 00:00:03.720 --> 00:00:06.599 from the unexplained to the mundane. Come join 00:00:06.599 --> 00:00:24.719 us on a Journey to the Fringe. All three of those 00:00:24.719 --> 00:00:27.879 things, Chelsea. And it actually got me a little 00:00:27.879 --> 00:00:30.559 worried when your name took you a few minutes 00:00:30.559 --> 00:00:32.780 and it said it was searching a little while longer 00:00:32.780 --> 00:00:34.880 than everything else, but it came back clean. 00:00:35.939 --> 00:00:38.079 I'm glad that we're putting that right out there 00:00:38.079 --> 00:00:40.759 to begin this episode with. How many podcasts 00:00:40.759 --> 00:00:42.439 are going to go out there and make that claim 00:00:42.439 --> 00:00:45.079 early on? It's true. I think you just got to 00:00:45.079 --> 00:00:46.880 make sure that you're up front with everybody. 00:00:47.060 --> 00:00:49.570 Yep. This is surprisingly not Epstein related 00:00:49.570 --> 00:00:52.289 in any way. Chelsea, you remember how we did 00:00:52.289 --> 00:00:55.170 that one episode on the drunkards of Ghana and 00:00:55.170 --> 00:00:57.570 it somehow shot up our like Ghana listenership? 00:00:57.649 --> 00:01:01.710 Yes. Forever. Forever and always. They're still 00:01:01.710 --> 00:01:04.500 listening to us. Well, they better be, because 00:01:04.500 --> 00:01:07.560 this is a Ghana -oriented episode. Fuck, they're 00:01:07.560 --> 00:01:11.180 gonna love us! Hi! I really hope I don't butcher 00:01:11.180 --> 00:01:14.140 your guys' culture and, like, background of everything 00:01:14.140 --> 00:01:16.959 going on with this story. But we're gonna cover 00:01:16.959 --> 00:01:20.840 a guy by the name of Evans Eshen, who is in the 00:01:20.840 --> 00:01:22.840 news recently. There's going to be an update 00:01:22.840 --> 00:01:25.680 likely later in the year on him as well, because 00:01:25.680 --> 00:01:28.739 this is a very new story. And Chelsea, are you 00:01:28.739 --> 00:01:31.200 ready to learn about the man who more formally 00:01:31.200 --> 00:01:36.099 goes by Ebo Noah? The story of Evans Eschen, 00:01:36.400 --> 00:01:38.879 as far as I can tell, basically goes back to 00:01:38.879 --> 00:01:42.180 August of 2025. He existed for about 30 years 00:01:42.180 --> 00:01:45.519 before August of 2025, but all of that is completely 00:01:45.519 --> 00:01:47.819 irrelevant and we do not need to worry about 00:01:47.819 --> 00:01:50.340 that at all. As far as I can tell, he went to 00:01:50.340 --> 00:01:52.680 university and he was a security guard at a school. 00:01:52.829 --> 00:01:56.709 That's it. Okay. But he was also a TikTok influencer, 00:01:56.849 --> 00:02:00.549 and in August of 2025, he decided to take on 00:02:00.549 --> 00:02:03.810 the persona of Ebonoa, or even sometimes called 00:02:03.810 --> 00:02:06.870 Ebo Jesus. Okay. I should say he's in Ghana, 00:02:07.069 --> 00:02:09.449 as I said, kind of starting the story off, making 00:02:09.449 --> 00:02:11.069 sure that we're all on the same page with that. 00:02:11.069 --> 00:02:13.830 I'm so glad you didn't say some other country. 00:02:15.469 --> 00:02:19.560 Very weird Malaysian man. No. Chelsea, I need 00:02:19.560 --> 00:02:21.939 you to go on YouTube and I need you to search 00:02:21.939 --> 00:02:25.500 Ebonoa News and you're gonna find his YouTube 00:02:25.500 --> 00:02:28.139 channel. I don't want you to read any of the 00:02:28.139 --> 00:02:30.479 names of the YouTube videos because they kind 00:02:30.479 --> 00:02:33.580 of give away how the story's going. Okay. Oh, 00:02:33.860 --> 00:02:37.680 Ebonoa and his arc and this is clearly AI. Yeah. 00:02:38.280 --> 00:02:40.039 Yeah, you're there. I would like you to tell 00:02:40.039 --> 00:02:42.219 me his profile picture. What's he look like? 00:02:42.419 --> 00:02:45.259 The most striking thing is the potato sack that 00:02:45.259 --> 00:02:48.520 he's wearing. Yes. And that becomes his persona, 00:02:48.740 --> 00:02:51.580 Ebonoa. I don't think he has taken this off since 00:02:51.580 --> 00:02:56.460 August of 2025. It does look breezy. In August 00:02:56.460 --> 00:03:01.060 of 2025, he claims that he got in contact with 00:03:01.060 --> 00:03:04.479 God and God said, guess what, Mr. Noah, we're 00:03:04.479 --> 00:03:06.979 going to have a flood. It's going to be on Christmas 00:03:06.979 --> 00:03:09.460 Day of this year. You're going to have to build 00:03:09.460 --> 00:03:12.240 eight to 10 arcs and anybody that decides to 00:03:12.240 --> 00:03:13.639 follow you, you're going to have to let onto 00:03:13.639 --> 00:03:17.020 these arcs. Okay. So in August he starts advertising 00:03:17.020 --> 00:03:18.680 and I shouldn't say I don't know when he actually 00:03:18.680 --> 00:03:21.099 had this communion with God, but in August it 00:03:21.099 --> 00:03:23.020 starts to get out there that this guy is here 00:03:23.020 --> 00:03:25.300 and our articles start to come out. He built, 00:03:25.439 --> 00:03:29.939 apparently, this came out of yen .com .gh, one 00:03:29.939 --> 00:03:32.479 of Ghana's news sources, this article. He built 00:03:32.479 --> 00:03:34.800 about eight to ten large wooden arks with the 00:03:34.800 --> 00:03:37.020 help of local fishermen and invited his followers 00:03:37.020 --> 00:03:40.080 to donate, fast, and even sell treasures to join. 00:03:40.500 --> 00:03:42.479 Thousands of people, including from neighboring 00:03:42.479 --> 00:03:44.919 countries such as Liberia, flocked to the ark's 00:03:44.919 --> 00:03:48.479 locations in regions such as Elmina and Kumasi. 00:03:48.599 --> 00:03:50.580 And apparently these people just abandoned their 00:03:50.580 --> 00:03:52.840 houses and traveled to the site with luggage 00:03:52.840 --> 00:03:55.270 believing that they needed to be saved from this 00:03:55.270 --> 00:03:57.490 coming flood. Chelsea, I'm just going to share 00:03:57.490 --> 00:03:59.469 my screen so we can look at some of these videos. 00:03:59.710 --> 00:04:03.210 Yeah, I'm just wanting to click on them so bad. 00:04:03.550 --> 00:04:06.870 I'm pretty sure from the videos at most, I can 00:04:06.870 --> 00:04:10.050 only confirm two arcs were ever built. So there's 00:04:10.050 --> 00:04:12.669 this one's being built. Really small. And you 00:04:12.669 --> 00:04:15.069 can see beside it, there's one. It's large for 00:04:15.069 --> 00:04:17.930 boat standards, but small for an arc. Yeah, you're 00:04:17.930 --> 00:04:20.889 not fitting two of four different animals on 00:04:20.889 --> 00:04:23.209 there. I wonder if he addresses that. the animals 00:04:23.209 --> 00:04:25.949 okay this is catchy music so there's that and 00:04:25.949 --> 00:04:28.250 then there's this one of him on the outside of 00:04:28.250 --> 00:04:30.589 a boat so they're they're building a boat i should 00:04:30.589 --> 00:04:32.589 say he's not speaking english he's speaking one 00:04:32.589 --> 00:04:35.649 of the other native dialects in gana but he does 00:04:35.649 --> 00:04:38.350 speak english quite a bit as well okay and here 00:04:38.350 --> 00:04:40.829 he is of course playing his uh potato sack man 00:04:40.829 --> 00:04:43.550 apparently one ark is ready to contain 600 million 00:04:43.550 --> 00:04:47.649 people no no i just saw the ark that is not true 00:04:47.649 --> 00:04:53.449 i think maybe 20 But apparently that's that whole 00:04:53.449 --> 00:04:55.329 thing. He had eight to ten. They were ready Oh, 00:04:55.329 --> 00:04:56.889 and here's the one where you can kind of see 00:04:56.889 --> 00:04:59.310 there's probably two arcs because you can see 00:04:59.310 --> 00:05:02.509 two arcs in this video Okay, but he says there's 00:05:02.509 --> 00:05:04.389 eight to ten. Where's he getting the money for 00:05:04.389 --> 00:05:06.129 this? Well as people are donating they bring 00:05:06.129 --> 00:05:08.029 their stuff. They're donating to oh, no, sorry 00:05:08.029 --> 00:05:10.410 You can see three in this one for sure. So there's 00:05:10.410 --> 00:05:13.910 probably three. This is so weird. This is happening 00:05:13.910 --> 00:05:17.870 I want to watch the AI ones if we can oh, yeah, 00:05:17.889 --> 00:05:21.689 the AI ones are awful like he's He's not in them 00:05:21.689 --> 00:05:25.459 at all. No it didn't look like it. So this is 00:05:25.459 --> 00:05:27.800 happening and like people keep coming and he's 00:05:27.800 --> 00:05:30.180 got thousands of people around where he's been 00:05:30.180 --> 00:05:32.459 building these things and as the day starts creeping 00:05:32.459 --> 00:05:36.160 closer on December 24th Ebonoah announced on 00:05:36.160 --> 00:05:38.620 the evening that he talked to God and he's been 00:05:38.620 --> 00:05:41.899 fasting and God allowed the postponement of the 00:05:41.899 --> 00:05:44.379 apocalypse. He said God we need additional time 00:05:44.379 --> 00:05:46.600 to build more arcs because we got so many people 00:05:46.600 --> 00:05:48.839 coming here and God finally said yet you know 00:05:48.839 --> 00:05:51.779 what Ebonoah you are right you got too many people 00:05:51.779 --> 00:05:54.439 we just can't do it this way. That checks out, 00:05:54.459 --> 00:05:57.730 I would think. so probably and obviously the 00:05:57.730 --> 00:06:00.269 flood on december 25th christmas didn't end up 00:06:00.269 --> 00:06:03.589 happening he releases the video also on the 25th 00:06:03.589 --> 00:06:05.290 claiming that his prayers and fasting and persuaded 00:06:05.290 --> 00:06:07.730 god to postpone the destruction rather than admitting 00:06:07.730 --> 00:06:10.589 the prophecy had failed and then you know what 00:06:10.589 --> 00:06:14.129 i love this because we don't see that a whole 00:06:14.129 --> 00:06:16.709 lot in the community people admitting that their 00:06:16.709 --> 00:06:19.290 prophecy didn't come true but well no he talked 00:06:19.290 --> 00:06:22.069 to god and let it stall like they postponed it 00:06:22.069 --> 00:06:24.290 they agreed to it but chelsea there's so many 00:06:24.290 --> 00:06:25.990 twists that you're not going to be expecting 00:06:25.990 --> 00:06:28.550 here. Really? Yeah, it has to do a lot with the 00:06:28.550 --> 00:06:30.529 quirks of Ghana. I'm just going to read this 00:06:30.529 --> 00:06:34.250 article. This comes out on the 26th. In a surprising 00:06:34.250 --> 00:06:37.290 move, the self -styled prophet Ebonoa joined 00:06:37.290 --> 00:06:41.670 Ghanaian rapper Michael Owusu Addo, known as 00:06:41.670 --> 00:06:45.910 Sarcoti, on stage during the Rapperholic 2025 00:06:45.910 --> 00:06:48.490 concert and started to rap, receiving cheers 00:06:48.490 --> 00:06:51.870 from thousands of concertgoers. Wow. Ghanaians 00:06:51.870 --> 00:06:54.170 who took to the comment section of the video 00:06:54.170 --> 00:06:56.670 have shared varied opinions on Ebonoa's decision 00:06:56.670 --> 00:06:59.129 to appear at the rapper -holic concert. Ferati 00:06:59.129 --> 00:07:18.350 stated, quote, Dio added, quote, BrightBruce2 00:07:18.350 --> 00:07:25.100 added, quote, as showcased on the screen with 00:07:25.100 --> 00:07:28.680 water effects. It added an unexpected and amusing 00:07:28.680 --> 00:07:31.600 element to the performance." That is awesome. 00:07:31.759 --> 00:07:34.339 Do we have a video of this? I think it's somewhere 00:07:34.339 --> 00:07:36.920 on there, or sorry, somewhere else because I 00:07:36.920 --> 00:07:39.959 couldn't find it on his page. Okay, that's disappointing. 00:07:40.160 --> 00:07:42.579 That sounds really good. Monstar wrote, quote, 00:07:42.740 --> 00:07:45.319 wait, ooh, so is Sarkozy aware of this? Like, 00:07:45.319 --> 00:07:48.060 did Sarkozy intentionally invite Ebonoa? And 00:07:48.060 --> 00:07:50.459 here, this guy is too much. Anyways, congrats 00:07:50.459 --> 00:07:52.540 to King Sark for hosting a successful event, 00:07:52.680 --> 00:07:56.839 Ebonoa, end quote. Anyhow, he also used that 00:07:56.839 --> 00:07:59.199 time to, like, make announcements as well, which 00:07:59.199 --> 00:08:01.639 just piss people off. They don't set a later 00:08:01.639 --> 00:08:03.920 date for the flood. And the announcement that 00:08:03.920 --> 00:08:07.160 he was on stage outrages a bunch of people that 00:08:07.160 --> 00:08:09.899 he was involved with. A man reportedly set fire 00:08:09.899 --> 00:08:12.360 to one of the arcs because he felt deceived after 00:08:12.360 --> 00:08:15.480 his family left home for safety. Other followers 00:08:15.480 --> 00:08:17.819 were seen crying and were very disappointed. 00:08:18.060 --> 00:08:20.860 Meanwhile, some netizens criticized Eponoa as 00:08:20.860 --> 00:08:22.680 a fraudster who took advantage of donations. 00:08:22.860 --> 00:08:25.579 It is evident from the purchase of a luxury Mercedes 00:08:25.579 --> 00:08:30.980 Benz worth around $89 ,000 after the postponement 00:08:30.980 --> 00:08:35.580 of the apocalypse. clued out for a second because 00:08:35.580 --> 00:08:39.299 I forgot people are mad because his Prediction 00:08:39.299 --> 00:08:41.940 is an apocalypse didn't happen. Yeah. Yeah, that 00:08:41.940 --> 00:08:45.820 is pretty There's a ship on file. That's the 00:08:45.820 --> 00:08:48.649 arc Yeah, that's one of the arcs. I love that 00:08:48.649 --> 00:08:52.289 for them. Good job. So his followers got pissed 00:08:52.289 --> 00:08:54.889 and photos of the Mercedes are circulating online. 00:08:55.049 --> 00:08:56.769 Many were stunned to see how so many followers 00:08:56.769 --> 00:08:58.730 trusted him and gave away their money. And additionally, 00:08:58.970 --> 00:09:00.669 several people who believed his claims and went 00:09:00.669 --> 00:09:02.669 to the site are now stranded, unsure of what 00:09:02.669 --> 00:09:06.909 to do next. Now, I don't know exactly what's 00:09:06.909 --> 00:09:10.049 happened to the followers since this, but Ghana 00:09:10.049 --> 00:09:14.470 has a weird law and it basically is that both 00:09:14.470 --> 00:09:18.389 who are making profits that have negative impacts 00:09:18.389 --> 00:09:22.049 can be arrested. That is an insane law to have. 00:09:22.750 --> 00:09:25.549 I am curious as to how many people they had doing 00:09:25.549 --> 00:09:27.830 that before they made this law. I'm gonna go 00:09:27.830 --> 00:09:30.750 over a few of them, but it's not none. And in 00:09:30.750 --> 00:09:33.570 fact, apparently every time around Christmas, 00:09:34.070 --> 00:09:36.309 the Ghana police have to put up this statement. 00:09:36.309 --> 00:09:39.240 What? And I'm gonna read it to you. The Ghana 00:09:39.240 --> 00:09:41.980 Police Service has reminded all, especially faith 00:09:41.980 --> 00:09:44.220 -based organizations, that the law on the communication 00:09:44.220 --> 00:09:47.259 of prophecies is still in force. The law prohibits 00:09:47.259 --> 00:09:49.460 the public communication of doomsday prophecies, 00:09:49.500 --> 00:09:52.259 particularly of deaths and harm and similar ones 00:09:52.259 --> 00:09:54.240 with the potential to lead to the breakdown of 00:09:54.240 --> 00:09:57.340 law and order. Police reminder on prophecy communication. 00:09:57.600 --> 00:09:59.799 1. As the year comes to an end, the Ghana Police 00:09:59.799 --> 00:10:02.519 Service respectfully wishes to remind the general 00:10:02.519 --> 00:10:04.879 public, especially the religious community, of 00:10:04.879 --> 00:10:07.980 the law on publication of false news and urges 00:10:07.980 --> 00:10:10.929 it continuous compliance. Two, we are grateful 00:10:10.929 --> 00:10:13.009 to faith -based groups and individuals for their 00:10:13.009 --> 00:10:15.070 compliance with the law so far, particularly 00:10:15.070 --> 00:10:17.809 in communicating prophecies. While this has protected 00:10:17.809 --> 00:10:19.769 the rights and freedoms of those who are normally 00:10:19.769 --> 00:10:22.149 affected by these prophecies, it has also fostered 00:10:22.149 --> 00:10:25.549 a society free of needless panic, fear, and alarm. 00:10:26.159 --> 00:10:29.159 3. We urge the general public, especially faith 00:10:29.159 --> 00:10:31.620 -based groups and individuals, to continue to 00:10:31.620 --> 00:10:34.019 be patriotic and abide by the law, to ensure 00:10:34.019 --> 00:10:36.639 that the prevailing state of law, order and security 00:10:36.639 --> 00:10:39.220 in our beloved country is maintained. 4. The 00:10:39.220 --> 00:10:41.539 police would like to remind the public that while 00:10:41.539 --> 00:10:43.460 we have the right to practice our faith and freedom 00:10:43.460 --> 00:10:45.279 of speech as guaranteed by our constitution and 00:10:45.279 --> 00:10:47.419 democratic values, we want to reiterate that 00:10:47.419 --> 00:10:49.220 the enjoyment of these rights are subject to 00:10:49.220 --> 00:10:51.519 the respect for the rights and freedoms of others 00:10:51.519 --> 00:10:54.220 and for the public interest. 5. As we have come 00:10:54.220 --> 00:10:57.210 to consider December 27th as Prophecy Communication 00:10:57.210 --> 00:10:59.769 Compliance Day. The Ghana Police Service is once 00:10:59.769 --> 00:11:02.049 again urging religious communities to practice 00:11:02.049 --> 00:11:04.649 their faith within the legal framework. 6. In 00:11:04.649 --> 00:11:06.909 the spirit of the season, we wish everyone a 00:11:06.909 --> 00:11:09.350 Merry Christmas and a festive New Year. I have 00:11:09.350 --> 00:11:13.289 so many questions. And so they posted this the 00:11:13.289 --> 00:11:16.230 day that the prophecy was to come true, you say? 00:11:16.450 --> 00:11:19.970 They always post it December 27th of the year 00:11:19.970 --> 00:11:23.269 since December of 2021 when this law was incepted. 00:11:23.450 --> 00:11:25.789 So it was two days after and the day after Rapper 00:11:25.789 --> 00:11:29.950 Hall like 2025. Okay, so that probably the day 00:11:29.950 --> 00:11:32.909 of the arc fire. This makes me curious for where 00:11:32.909 --> 00:11:35.929 this story is going, because it sounds like he's 00:11:35.929 --> 00:11:39.649 probably breaking some laws. in Ghana. Yeah! 00:11:39.830 --> 00:11:41.850 There's also this description of this that's 00:11:41.850 --> 00:11:44.769 put out by the Presidential Envoy for Interfaith 00:11:44.769 --> 00:11:47.429 and Ecumenical Religions in the Office of the 00:11:47.429 --> 00:11:49.529 President. The guy who holds this office is Elvis 00:11:49.529 --> 00:11:51.950 Afriye Ankara, and he has dismissed claims that 00:11:51.950 --> 00:11:54.070 the recent directive for prophets and other clergy 00:11:54.070 --> 00:11:56.009 to channel prophecies of national interest to 00:11:56.009 --> 00:11:58.529 his office will encourage fake prophecies. He 00:11:58.529 --> 00:12:00.549 said on the contrary, the measure would help 00:12:00.549 --> 00:12:03.090 manage the system by categorizing fake prophecies 00:12:03.090 --> 00:12:04.889 from genuine ones and prevent fear and panic 00:12:04.889 --> 00:12:06.789 in the country. This follows a directive issued 00:12:06.789 --> 00:12:10.690 on August 10th of 2025 to all ecumenical heads 00:12:10.690 --> 00:12:13.409 urging church leaders to ensure that any prophecies 00:12:13.409 --> 00:12:16.029 concerning high -profile political leaders, governance, 00:12:16.409 --> 00:12:18.929 national security, or public stability was formally 00:12:18.929 --> 00:12:21.330 relayed to the Office of the Presidential Envoy 00:12:21.330 --> 00:12:25.519 for urgent review. Mr. Arfiye Ankara said the 00:12:25.519 --> 00:12:28.379 move was to promote responsibility, discernment, 00:12:28.500 --> 00:12:30.620 and stewardship over the nation's destiny. He 00:12:30.620 --> 00:12:32.879 noted that while harmless prophecies could be 00:12:32.879 --> 00:12:35.059 freely shared, cautionary ones should be handled 00:12:35.059 --> 00:12:37.720 carefully to avoid unnecessary public apprehension. 00:12:37.860 --> 00:12:40.059 He added that his office had already engaged 00:12:40.059 --> 00:12:42.679 several prophets privately to encourage cooperation 00:12:42.679 --> 00:12:45.059 and expressed confidence that genuine men and 00:12:45.059 --> 00:12:47.639 women of God would comply with the process. And 00:12:47.639 --> 00:12:51.240 this all seems to go back to 2021, as I said. 00:12:51.320 --> 00:12:53.919 There was a guy by the name of Prophet Jesus 00:12:53.919 --> 00:12:58.539 Ahuafé. In October of 2021, he went viral with 00:12:58.539 --> 00:13:03.299 a claim that on October 18th of 2021, a musician 00:13:03.299 --> 00:13:05.899 by the name of Shate Wale was going to be shot 00:13:05.899 --> 00:13:09.179 dead. That's not good. No. And apparently the 00:13:09.179 --> 00:13:11.740 musician actually like didn't stage the fake 00:13:11.740 --> 00:13:14.200 gunfight where he died on that day, which like 00:13:14.200 --> 00:13:16.860 threw everyone into a panic. But he was still 00:13:16.860 --> 00:13:20.480 alive. And in December of 2021, they said enough 00:13:20.480 --> 00:13:22.710 is enough because it's happens so often. We're 00:13:22.710 --> 00:13:24.690 putting this law in place because it just creates 00:13:24.690 --> 00:13:27.190 panic and like imagine like they're talking about 00:13:27.190 --> 00:13:30.169 members of parliament are going to die this week. 00:13:30.309 --> 00:13:32.669 It seems like this is just a common thing and 00:13:32.669 --> 00:13:35.429 in fact like I have a few people that were investigated 00:13:35.429 --> 00:13:37.610 under this law that I was looking at and I was 00:13:37.610 --> 00:13:41.470 googling them and they have their 2026 prophecies 00:13:41.470 --> 00:13:46.809 up for each of these prophets. There's one guy, 00:13:46.850 --> 00:13:48.730 I just need to find him really quick, his name 00:13:48.730 --> 00:13:52.230 is Emanuel Badu Kobe. He really likes to just 00:13:52.230 --> 00:13:54.710 put out, I shouldn't say ridiculous prophecies, 00:13:54.970 --> 00:13:57.230 but like, he just really likes to prophesize 00:13:57.230 --> 00:13:59.529 who's gonna win soccer matches, football matches, 00:13:59.649 --> 00:14:02.049 and he gets it wrong like more than half the 00:14:02.049 --> 00:14:05.889 time. And he says it's prophesied, and they get 00:14:05.889 --> 00:14:11.039 it, they lose. I like that style of prophecy, 00:14:11.419 --> 00:14:13.500 though. But I think he's really shoe -torn himself 00:14:13.500 --> 00:14:16.200 in there, because I don't think that goes against 00:14:16.200 --> 00:14:19.320 the law to prophesy who's going to win football 00:14:19.320 --> 00:14:22.419 matches. No, I think, from my understanding of 00:14:22.419 --> 00:14:25.200 Ghanian law. But yeah, it's just kind of ridiculous 00:14:25.200 --> 00:14:28.539 that this is a real thing. So on January 1st 00:14:28.539 --> 00:14:31.759 of 2026, the Ghana police confirmed the arrest 00:14:31.759 --> 00:14:35.870 of Evans Eshen, widely known as Eben Noah. He 00:14:35.870 --> 00:14:37.950 is a self -staffed prophet whose controversial 00:14:37.950 --> 00:14:40.649 prophecy of a global flood sparked national debate 00:14:40.649 --> 00:14:42.970 and concern in recent months. He was taken into 00:14:42.970 --> 00:14:46.090 custody on Wednesday, December 31st, 2025 by 00:14:46.090 --> 00:14:48.289 the Inspector General of Police's Special Cyber 00:14:48.289 --> 00:14:50.350 -Vetting Team, according to an official police 00:14:50.350 --> 00:14:52.429 statement. The arrest follows weeks of intense 00:14:52.429 --> 00:14:54.909 public attention around his prediction that a 00:14:54.909 --> 00:14:57.769 catastrophic flood would begin on December 25th, 00:14:57.870 --> 00:15:00.250 2025 and that salvation could only be found in 00:15:00.250 --> 00:15:03.309 his specially constructed arcs. And then, on 00:15:03.309 --> 00:15:06.919 January 5th, 2025, Chelsea, who do you think 00:15:06.919 --> 00:15:11.139 in the relations of Ebonoah goes viral? The rapper. 00:15:11.500 --> 00:15:16.759 No, his mom. Oh. She goes viral for a video where 00:15:16.759 --> 00:15:19.399 she's begging for the release of her son. She 00:15:19.399 --> 00:15:22.220 calls on numerous prominent Ghanians, including 00:15:22.220 --> 00:15:24.919 but a bunch of people that are high up or celebrities 00:15:24.919 --> 00:15:52.210 in Ghana, to have mercy on her son. I don't think 00:15:52.210 --> 00:15:54.389 it's gonna be this though, because she is saying 00:15:54.389 --> 00:15:56.879 he made it all up. So I don't see why he would 00:15:56.879 --> 00:15:58.779 put that on there. And I'm just going to continue 00:15:58.779 --> 00:16:12.379 to quote your quote. So he had his first court 00:16:12.379 --> 00:16:16.000 appearance and he is now out on bail. I believe 00:16:16.000 --> 00:16:20.129 the story is as of January 17th. I didn't write 00:16:20.129 --> 00:16:23.190 the date on it, unfortunately. Fresh out on bail, 00:16:23.370 --> 00:16:26.210 Ebonoa went live to share a brief but honest 00:16:26.210 --> 00:16:28.330 account of his prison experience telling followers 00:16:28.330 --> 00:16:30.909 that the period was far from easy. And keep in 00:16:30.909 --> 00:16:33.169 mind he was in jail for just over two weeks. 00:16:33.490 --> 00:16:35.539 He... revealed that he spent about three weeks 00:16:35.539 --> 00:16:37.320 in custody, an experience he said tested him 00:16:37.320 --> 00:16:39.600 in ways he never anticipated. According to him, 00:16:39.759 --> 00:16:41.840 the loss of freedom, cramped conditions, and 00:16:41.840 --> 00:16:44.159 strict daily routines took a heavy toll, forcing 00:16:44.159 --> 00:16:46.559 him to adapt quickly to an unfamiliar and uncomfortable 00:16:46.559 --> 00:16:48.600 environment. He noted that the experiences taught 00:16:48.600 --> 00:16:50.720 him lessons that, in his words, quote, quote, 00:16:51.059 --> 00:16:52.120 quote, quote, quote, quote, quote, quote, quote, 00:16:52.159 --> 00:16:54.639 quote, quote, quote, quote, quote, quote, quote, 00:16:54.639 --> 00:16:54.639 quote, quote, quote, quote, quote, quote, quote, 00:16:54.639 --> 00:16:54.679 quote, quote, quote, quote, quote, quote, quote, 00:16:54.679 --> 00:16:54.679 quote, quote, quote, quote, quote, quote, quote, 00:16:54.679 --> 00:16:54.679 quote, quote, quote, quote, quote, quote, quote, 00:16:54.679 --> 00:16:54.679 quote, quote, quote, quote, quote, quote, quote, 00:16:54.679 --> 00:16:55.039 quote, quote, quote, quote, quote, quote, quote, 00:16:55.039 --> 00:16:55.460 quote, quote, quote, quote, quote, quote, quote, 00:16:55.460 --> 00:16:55.460 quote, quote, quote, quote, quote, quote, quote, 00:16:55.460 --> 00:17:04.259 quote, quote, quote, quote, quote, sitting in 00:17:04.259 --> 00:17:06.380 extremely uncomfortable positions, a situation 00:17:06.380 --> 00:17:08.799 inmates jokingly refer to as quote sitting like 00:17:08.799 --> 00:17:11.599 a monkey, end quote. Nights, he said, were even 00:17:11.599 --> 00:17:13.380 more challenging. Sleeping arrangements were 00:17:13.380 --> 00:17:15.500 so tight that movement was nearly impossible. 00:17:15.640 --> 00:17:17.920 He likened the experience to sleeping like a 00:17:17.920 --> 00:17:20.339 fish, where personal space and comfort were virtually 00:17:20.339 --> 00:17:22.680 non -existent. Despite the harsh conditions, 00:17:22.859 --> 00:17:24.640 Eba Noah surprisingly admitted that there were 00:17:24.640 --> 00:17:26.960 moments he oddly found fun, though he did not 00:17:26.960 --> 00:17:29.359 elaborate much on what made those moments bearable. 00:17:29.440 --> 00:17:31.119 The preacher assured his followers that this 00:17:31.119 --> 00:17:33.259 was only a preview of his story and promised 00:17:33.259 --> 00:17:36.200 to share a detailed account on his prison experience 00:17:36.200 --> 00:17:39.259 on January 26th. His revelations have since sparked 00:17:39.259 --> 00:17:41.900 conversations online with many followers expressing 00:17:41.900 --> 00:17:44.599 sympathy, curiosity, and anticipation for his 00:17:44.599 --> 00:17:47.319 full testimony. Although short, Chelsea, that's 00:17:47.319 --> 00:17:49.960 where the story ends for now. He's back in court 00:17:49.960 --> 00:17:53.559 in March. This is crazy. Unfortunately, I couldn't 00:17:53.559 --> 00:17:56.579 find the more detailed notes on prison as of 00:17:56.579 --> 00:17:58.460 yet, which will seem bad because this comes out 00:17:58.460 --> 00:18:00.519 like late February, so I'll definitely have read 00:18:00.519 --> 00:18:03.839 it by then. But I learned so many weird things 00:18:03.839 --> 00:18:07.670 that I did not know were a thing. I recall watching 00:18:07.670 --> 00:18:10.390 this. I know you and I kept sharing things back 00:18:10.390 --> 00:18:12.930 and forth with it. Mostly the people flocking 00:18:12.930 --> 00:18:16.309 to the ark through reddit is where we were seeing 00:18:16.309 --> 00:18:20.690 these. Now I'm quite enjoying his YouTube. It's 00:18:20.690 --> 00:18:23.750 just the shorts. Now I just want to read these 00:18:23.750 --> 00:18:26.089 to you. So this is where I'm going to pick up. 00:18:26.089 --> 00:18:28.970 Obviously there's the ark stuff that you were 00:18:28.970 --> 00:18:32.450 showing me. This one shows a large python finding 00:18:32.450 --> 00:18:35.390 its way to the ark. This is obviously before 00:18:35.390 --> 00:18:39.509 December. 25th, people queuing to join Ebonowa's 00:18:39.509 --> 00:18:42.289 Ark, and it just shows what looks like hundreds 00:18:42.289 --> 00:18:45.170 and hundreds of people walking down like a hill 00:18:45.170 --> 00:18:48.690 maybe. Then Ebonowa's Ark, everything's ready 00:18:48.690 --> 00:18:51.230 to go. I really like the people queuing for Ebonowa's 00:18:51.230 --> 00:18:54.230 Ark, it's like nowhere near water. Yep, yeah. 00:18:54.230 --> 00:18:56.069 But I guess technically you don't see an ark 00:18:56.069 --> 00:18:58.529 anywhere in it, and I also have to say, to be 00:18:58.529 --> 00:19:00.509 fair, if it's gonna be a giant flood it doesn't 00:19:00.509 --> 00:19:02.569 matter where you put the ark. That is true. It 00:19:02.569 --> 00:19:04.630 doesn't need to be near water. Yeah. But there's 00:19:04.630 --> 00:19:07.049 no arc anywhere in the video. Nope, there's not. 00:19:07.170 --> 00:19:08.890 I don't know where they're going. Obviously they 00:19:08.890 --> 00:19:11.630 add the directions. Next one, Ebonowa's arc. 00:19:11.769 --> 00:19:14.450 Everything is ready. Next one, and I can't see 00:19:14.450 --> 00:19:16.849 the dates on these. I can just imagine the progression 00:19:16.849 --> 00:19:19.849 though. Next one is Ebonowa stepped out for his 00:19:19.849 --> 00:19:23.690 arc launch. Next one is one of what I assume 00:19:23.690 --> 00:19:27.710 is the rap concert. He's standing holding a microphone 00:19:27.710 --> 00:19:31.710 in a red sky. Ebonowa this year's rapper haul 00:19:31.710 --> 00:19:34.430 like was dot dot dot. It's not finishing. Was 00:19:34.430 --> 00:19:38.750 massive. I was there. Ebon Noah, myself and Sarcoti. 00:19:38.910 --> 00:19:41.990 The rapper from Rapperholics, yeah. I really 00:19:41.990 --> 00:19:43.529 want to watch this. I want to know what it sounds 00:19:43.529 --> 00:19:46.990 like. Ebon Noah has shot down rumors is the next 00:19:46.990 --> 00:19:50.950 one. Then we got Ghana police arrest Ebon Noah. 00:19:51.069 --> 00:19:54.230 So there's one of him in handcuffs. Oh, they 00:19:54.230 --> 00:19:57.009 wouldn't let him wear the potato sack. Then there's 00:19:57.009 --> 00:19:59.690 still no potato sack in that one. You're right. 00:20:00.089 --> 00:20:03.609 and then next one is clearly ai this i wonder 00:20:03.609 --> 00:20:05.970 if this wasn't well someone's obviously posting 00:20:05.970 --> 00:20:09.730 for him evanoa's arc aftermath of the rain clearly 00:20:09.730 --> 00:20:13.269 ai uh rainbows there's some animals that are 00:20:13.269 --> 00:20:17.069 rainbow rainbow arc then mother of evanoa has 00:20:17.069 --> 00:20:20.319 appealed to the I don't know who. And how are 00:20:20.319 --> 00:20:22.859 they so well connected with so many celebrities 00:20:22.859 --> 00:20:27.140 in Ghana? Next one, Ebonoas, which is clearly 00:20:27.140 --> 00:20:30.099 an AI video with animals coming out of an ark. 00:20:30.240 --> 00:20:33.359 Next one, Ebonoa at police cells. This one says 00:20:33.359 --> 00:20:36.460 Ebonoa Duet. I don't know. He's in the potato 00:20:36.460 --> 00:20:39.279 sack in handcuffs. What looks like maybe a police 00:20:39.279 --> 00:20:41.859 station. This next one looks like he's dancing. 00:20:42.339 --> 00:20:46.059 Ebonoa run out from jail. Court grants Ebonoa 00:20:46.059 --> 00:20:50.539 GH. 100 ,000 bail. Next one is what I'm most 00:20:50.539 --> 00:20:54.119 intrigued by, I think. Ebon Noah in his ark and 00:20:54.119 --> 00:21:01.119 it's an old white man. That's AI. I'm just so 00:21:01.119 --> 00:21:05.380 intrigued by this. Why? Why? Ebonoa was seen 00:21:05.380 --> 00:21:09.660 bathing in the scene. Tragedy and Jacobu, one 00:21:09.660 --> 00:21:13.319 dead, multiple. Anyhow, I just, I just really 00:21:13.319 --> 00:21:15.539 like the old white man. I like Chelsea, you left 00:21:15.539 --> 00:21:17.519 right before the one I want to learn more about, 00:21:17.539 --> 00:21:20.119 but I've never seen in the news, is Ebonoa on 00:21:20.119 --> 00:21:24.359 movie set. Anticipate. I didn't even read that 00:21:24.359 --> 00:21:28.400 one. I need to start from the beginning tonight, 00:21:28.799 --> 00:21:32.819 I think. Ebonoa on a new production. Anticipate. 00:21:32.960 --> 00:21:35.900 And he's in the potato sack. It's a backless 00:21:35.900 --> 00:21:38.079 potato set. There's two things we're looking 00:21:38.079 --> 00:21:41.319 forward to with Ebonoa. First and foremost, probably 00:21:41.319 --> 00:21:43.400 the charges against him. I'm very curious to 00:21:43.400 --> 00:21:46.140 see how they go in March. Second, when God tells 00:21:46.140 --> 00:21:48.039 him the flood's going to happen. because like 00:21:48.039 --> 00:21:50.099 he only delayed it he didn't say it's not gonna 00:21:50.099 --> 00:21:52.440 happen he just gave him more time to build the 00:21:52.440 --> 00:21:56.720 arcs yeah if he was smart he would probably say 00:21:56.720 --> 00:22:01.099 like 2099 but if he's really smart he probably 00:22:01.099 --> 00:22:03.259 doesn't say anything until after charges are 00:22:03.259 --> 00:22:08.920 gone that's true apparently i'm not that smart 00:22:08.920 --> 00:22:15.019 but well great episode i love that that was a 00:22:15.019 --> 00:22:18.420 nice wrap up of everything that i So vaguely 00:22:18.420 --> 00:22:20.660 new already and it gives us something to look 00:22:20.660 --> 00:22:23.599 forward to likely in a fringy mini in the near 00:22:23.599 --> 00:22:25.960 future Yeah, I don't see this being more than 00:22:25.960 --> 00:22:28.880 a minute Or as like a year -end wrap -up, where 00:22:28.880 --> 00:22:33.059 are they now? Unless we do like a nice wrap -up 00:22:33.059 --> 00:22:35.299 on whatever the production is, that might be 00:22:35.299 --> 00:22:36.900 enough for an episode, who knows? Who knows? 00:22:36.980 --> 00:22:38.700 Maybe we get asked to be in the production, I 00:22:38.700 --> 00:22:40.940 don't know. Maybe we could interview Ebonoa. 00:22:41.259 --> 00:22:43.119 I don't know, I don't think we got the clout 00:22:43.119 --> 00:22:45.039 that he's looking for in an interview, but you 00:22:45.039 --> 00:22:50.980 never know. I think we're huge in Ghana. And 00:22:50.980 --> 00:22:53.309 with that... I have been Taylor, here with Chelsea. 00:22:53.609 --> 00:22:55.269 We are Journey to the Fringe. Thank you all for 00:22:55.269 --> 00:22:59.970 listening and we'll see you next week. Bye. Thank 00:22:59.970 --> 00:23:02.349 you for listening to Journey to the Fringe. 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