Fash Watch Ohio
@fashwatchoh.bsky.social
Monitoring fascist networks in the state of Ohio.
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John McGilvray has a history of competing with the War Horse armored combat group called "War Horse Events," and because of this we believe him to possibly be the member of Ohio Active Club removed for stickering at Celtic Fest Ohio in June of 2023.
September 4, 2025 at 4:40 PM
John McGilvray has a history of competing with the War Horse armored combat group called "War Horse Events," and because of this we believe him to possibly be the member of Ohio Active Club removed for stickering at Celtic Fest Ohio in June of 2023.
We know that Mrs. McGilvray shares her husband's beliefs, because alongside her husband she herself met with the operator of the white nationalist apparel distributor Writhe Strength Cult in March of this year.
September 4, 2025 at 4:29 PM
We know that Mrs. McGilvray shares her husband's beliefs, because alongside her husband she herself met with the operator of the white nationalist apparel distributor Writhe Strength Cult in March of this year.
Similarly, we were able to determine that Jack is a pseudonym through marriage records in Franklin County, where John McGilvray previously lived, matching the name of "Jack's" wife. We will not be sharing the name of John McGilvray's wife, although she does hold the same beliefs as her husband.
September 4, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Similarly, we were able to determine that Jack is a pseudonym through marriage records in Franklin County, where John McGilvray previously lived, matching the name of "Jack's" wife. We will not be sharing the name of John McGilvray's wife, although she does hold the same beliefs as her husband.
Further corroboration came from OAC's claims in a post made to their Telegram channel in March of 2024, suggesting a member of the group is an EMT. As shown on his Instagram account, John McGilvray is a certified EMT in Hamilton County. We've verified his certification through public records.
September 4, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Further corroboration came from OAC's claims in a post made to their Telegram channel in March of 2024, suggesting a member of the group is an EMT. As shown on his Instagram account, John McGilvray is a certified EMT in Hamilton County. We've verified his certification through public records.
We initially took interest in John McGilvray, as his tattoos matched now deleted images from the Cincinnati Active Club Telegram channel. Unfortunately, we do not have saved versions of those. But, locations in his tagged images from Instagram match images still posted to the OAC Telegram channel.
September 4, 2025 at 4:04 PM
We initially took interest in John McGilvray, as his tattoos matched now deleted images from the Cincinnati Active Club Telegram channel. Unfortunately, we do not have saved versions of those. But, locations in his tagged images from Instagram match images still posted to the OAC Telegram channel.
We first became aware of John McGilvray through the followers list of Shane Clow's Stronghold Muscle account on Instagram, where John operates the account @/prey_to_the_world using the pseudonym Jack. His facebook account uses the same pseudonym.
September 4, 2025 at 4:01 PM
We first became aware of John McGilvray through the followers list of Shane Clow's Stronghold Muscle account on Instagram, where John operates the account @/prey_to_the_world using the pseudonym Jack. His facebook account uses the same pseudonym.
Say hello to Ohio Active Club/Ohio Nationalist Network member John McGilvray of Cincinnati, Ohio.
September 4, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Say hello to Ohio Active Club/Ohio Nationalist Network member John McGilvray of Cincinnati, Ohio.
We're not done yet, by the way.
August 31, 2025 at 8:46 PM
We're not done yet, by the way.
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August 26, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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As a bonus, enjoy this image showing how Ben Stanton has been balding since the ripe old age of 18.
August 24, 2025 at 11:48 PM
As a bonus, enjoy this image showing how Ben Stanton has been balding since the ripe old age of 18.
More recently, Ben Stanton has developed relationships with Timothy Dumas and Unite The Right participant Daniel Borden. Timothy Dumas and Daniel Borden are both convicted felons who have engaged in violence for their nationalist beliefs.
August 24, 2025 at 11:40 PM
More recently, Ben Stanton has developed relationships with Timothy Dumas and Unite The Right participant Daniel Borden. Timothy Dumas and Daniel Borden are both convicted felons who have engaged in violence for their nationalist beliefs.
Benjamin Stanton is also a proponent of the use of anabolic steroids, which other Active Club affiliated groups have trafficked in the past. And in March of 2023, he discussed his intent to begin using steroids on his Poast Account in a conversation thread with the account "Superlutheran."
August 24, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Benjamin Stanton is also a proponent of the use of anabolic steroids, which other Active Club affiliated groups have trafficked in the past. And in March of 2023, he discussed his intent to begin using steroids on his Poast Account in a conversation thread with the account "Superlutheran."
Ben Stanton was also flagged in at least one TRS Telegram channel by the bot "@/groomerremover," a bot created to flag accounts with affiliations to accelerationist networks that focus on the grooming of children. Through this we learned that the ONN vetting account was previously named Based Ohio.
August 24, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Ben Stanton was also flagged in at least one TRS Telegram channel by the bot "@/groomerremover," a bot created to flag accounts with affiliations to accelerationist networks that focus on the grooming of children. Through this we learned that the ONN vetting account was previously named Based Ohio.
Through direct messages available in the Poast leaks, we discovered that Benjamin Stanton was a previous member of National Justice Party, and was a member of the Ohio Pool Party chat during his time affiliated with the group. He was a devout listener of multiple TRS associated podcasts.
August 24, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Through direct messages available in the Poast leaks, we discovered that Benjamin Stanton was a previous member of National Justice Party, and was a member of the Ohio Pool Party chat during his time affiliated with the group. He was a devout listener of multiple TRS associated podcasts.
We will not be sharing the name of Ben Stanton's wife as we do not know about her politics, but during our search we did learn that she is a devout Catholic. We also learned that Benjamin Stanton, who struggles with maintaining employment operates an unregistered landscaping business in Batavia.
August 24, 2025 at 10:56 PM
We will not be sharing the name of Ben Stanton's wife as we do not know about her politics, but during our search we did learn that she is a devout Catholic. We also learned that Benjamin Stanton, who struggles with maintaining employment operates an unregistered landscaping business in Batavia.
Because of our previous familiarity, we recalled that the bassist for the band UnKured was named Benjamin Stanton, so we began to dig with that name. We learned that the timeframe of his marriage matched with that of the Poast account and that Benjamin Stanton was the same age as the Poast user.
August 24, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Because of our previous familiarity, we recalled that the bassist for the band UnKured was named Benjamin Stanton, so we began to dig with that name. We learned that the timeframe of his marriage matched with that of the Poast account and that Benjamin Stanton was the same age as the Poast user.
With that uncertainty, we let it breathe for awhile. Until April of 2024, when Benjamin Stanton was a part of a twitter space held by Thomas Sewell, where he introduced himself by his first name.
August 24, 2025 at 10:46 PM
With that uncertainty, we let it breathe for awhile. Until April of 2024, when Benjamin Stanton was a part of a twitter space held by Thomas Sewell, where he introduced himself by his first name.
With this information, we began searching for bands based in the Cincinnati area that had performed with the acts mentioned on Ben Stanton's Poast account. We quickly learned about the band UnKured, but still didn't have a name for Ben and were uncertain of any connection.
August 24, 2025 at 10:37 PM
With this information, we began searching for bands based in the Cincinnati area that had performed with the acts mentioned on Ben Stanton's Poast account. We quickly learned about the band UnKured, but still didn't have a name for Ben and were uncertain of any connection.
As the operator of the Cincinnati Active Club Telegram channel, which has since been deleted by the platform, we knew that Ben Stanton lived in the Cincinnati area, and with a number of posts to his Poast account about his former band, we were able to narrow down our search.
August 24, 2025 at 10:31 PM
As the operator of the Cincinnati Active Club Telegram channel, which has since been deleted by the platform, we knew that Ben Stanton lived in the Cincinnati area, and with a number of posts to his Poast account about his former band, we were able to narrow down our search.
On his Poast account, Ben Stanton remarked to his age, the approximate time of his marriage, and to his religion. Claiming that he had converted to Catholicism for his then and now wife whose parents are unsupportive of Ben's worldview.
August 24, 2025 at 10:21 PM
On his Poast account, Ben Stanton remarked to his age, the approximate time of his marriage, and to his religion. Claiming that he had converted to Catholicism for his then and now wife whose parents are unsupportive of Ben's worldview.
We first became aware of Benjamin Stanton through the Poast leaks, where he operates the account @/based_ohio. At the time we did not have a name, but we did have his email and several identifying details he had posted to the account. These leaks were publicly available at the time of our viewing.
August 24, 2025 at 10:05 PM
We first became aware of Benjamin Stanton through the Poast leaks, where he operates the account @/based_ohio. At the time we did not have a name, but we did have his email and several identifying details he had posted to the account. These leaks were publicly available at the time of our viewing.
Say hello to Ohio Active Club/Ohio Nationalist Network lead Benjamin Massey Stanton, of Batavia, Ohio.
August 24, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Say hello to Ohio Active Club/Ohio Nationalist Network lead Benjamin Massey Stanton, of Batavia, Ohio.
What, you've never heard of UnKured? Good, they fucking suck.
(Coming later today.)
(Coming later today.)
August 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM
What, you've never heard of UnKured? Good, they fucking suck.
(Coming later today.)
(Coming later today.)
Shane Clow is currently employed by Impact Fitness based in Hillsboro, Ohio per his @/strongholdmuscle Instagram account, but also operates a licensed LLC of the same name as this account as a personal fitness instructor.
August 20, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Shane Clow is currently employed by Impact Fitness based in Hillsboro, Ohio per his @/strongholdmuscle Instagram account, but also operates a licensed LLC of the same name as this account as a personal fitness instructor.
Shane Clow is mutual followers with the White Nationalist apparel distributor Writhe Strength Cult on TikTok. Ohio Nationalist Network have previously boasted about their relationship with Writhe Strength Cult, referring to him as a friend of the channel on Telegram.
August 20, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Shane Clow is mutual followers with the White Nationalist apparel distributor Writhe Strength Cult on TikTok. Ohio Nationalist Network have previously boasted about their relationship with Writhe Strength Cult, referring to him as a friend of the channel on Telegram.