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Strange rituals in secluded compounds,
esoteric symbols with
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cryptic meanings, and blood oaths that
last a lifetime.
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For centuries, secret societies have
been operating in the shadows,
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influencing our culture and shaping our
world in ways we can only imagine.
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Mysterious groups are often rumored to
practice chilling rituals and to
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communicate using secret codes and
strange symbols.
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While the notion of a covert oath -bound
brotherhood is intriguing, could the
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claims that have been made about these
secret societies be real or
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mostly mythical?
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Well,
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That is what we'll try and find out.
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New York City, October 31st, 1975.
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While revelers enjoy Halloween
festivities across the city, tucked away
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sight, a group of men prepare a deadly,
serious initiation ritual.
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Michael Francis is about to become a
member of America's most infamous
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secret society, the Italian -American
Mafia, or as its members call it, La
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Cosa Nostra.
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I don't like to use the term Mafia in
America.
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In America, it's really Cosa Nostra.
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I grew up in the life. You know, my dad
was the underboss of the Colombo family.
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I was 24 years old when I got inducted.
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It was Halloween night, 1975.
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I was called into a room late at night.
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Stood in front of the boss, held out my
hand, took a knife, cut my fingers.
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Some blood dropped on the floor.
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He took a picture of a saint, lit it
aflame, put it in my hands.
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And he said, tonight, Michael Francis,
you are born again into a new life, into
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Cosa Nostra.
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Betray your brothers and you will die,
burn in hell like the saint is burning
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your hands. Do you accept?
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Yes, I do.
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That's how it started.
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La Cosa Nostra wants to make money and
amass power.
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I would say they are the deadliest
criminal secret society in American
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To join the mafia, you have to be pure
Italian.
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And secrecy is the norm.
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You're told you can join this
organization and you'll make all sorts
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you'll be protected, but at the same
time, if you reveal any secret, you're
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going to be killed.
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The dangerous secrets that La Cosa
Nostra keeps revolve around criminal
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enterprises like gambling, drug
trafficking,
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counterfeiting, and murder.
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It's been estimated that at the height
of their power, their crimes earned them
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billions of dollars every year.
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So how did this criminal secret society
become so powerful?
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The mafia really starts to sort of come
together in New York City in the 1920s.
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And there's a few factors as to why.
Number one, prohibition.
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Because banning alcohol instantly turns
corner street thugs.
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into very wealthy, powerful gangsters.
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The underworld realizes Americans are
still going to want to drink, and they
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will be the ones to supply the alcohol.
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So it becomes an enormous lucrative
opportunity for gangsters.
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In the early 1900s, the guys started
migrating from Sicily into the United
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States.
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And before Prohibition, we were just a
bunch of guys preying on each other,
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trying to do these petty street crimes
and being thugs.
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Well, those guys figured out, hey,
alcohol, people want to drink. We're
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make them have it.
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We were good at giving people what they
wanted when they couldn't have it.
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In New York State alone, there were 36
,000 speakeasies.
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Just to give you an idea of how
lucrative this was.
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And so now we start to get organized
because no organization is anything
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money.
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Prohibition turned common thugs into
kingpins and created an opportunity for
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Cosa Nostra to get organized.
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By the 1930s, Lucky Luciano and some
other powerful gangsters formed
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into a commission.
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They decided that...
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It would make sense if these gangsters
were organized into families.
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They designated five people to be the
heads of five families in New York, and
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other people were designated to be the
leaders of families in other parts of
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country.
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Lucky Luciano comes up with the
structure of the mafia as we know it
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have a hierarchical structure.
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You have boss, underboss, capo, which is
like middle management.
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TAPO is in charge of roughly 10 soldiers
who do the actual grunt work.
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Underneath the soldiers are associates.
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An associate can be anybody who just
happens to help the mafia.
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And this really is the birth of the
American mafia as we know it.
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A strict hierarchy meant that only the
bosses would know all the details of a
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Cosa Nostra's criminal operations.
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And to show their loyalty?
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All members of the family would be
required to take a powerful oath of
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People, they don't understand what the
oath is. They think once you come into
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that life where you're taking an oath to
lie, steal, cheat, kill.
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Now, obviously, as part of that life,
you know, those things happen.
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But that's not what the oath is.
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The oath of omerta means silence.
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We're not even supposed to admit that
the life exists. We're not supposed to
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talk about it.
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If you violate policies and rules, you
can have serious consequences.
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Omerta was critical to the success of
the mafia.
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In order to stay alive, in order to stay
active, in order to stay powerful, you
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can't have your members going out and
talking to other people about what
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doing. And so you have a code of
silence.
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People were adhering to Omerta because
they were afraid that if they violated
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the code, they would be killed.
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If your mother is sick and dying and
you're at her deathbed, And the family
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calls you to service, you leave a
mother, and you come and serve the
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The family comes before anything.
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You have to think that way. So,
unfortunately, you know, you make a
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could be your best friend that pulls the
trigger on you.
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During my 20 years in that life,
unfortunately, I've seen things like
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While authorities have known about the
existence of La Cosa Nostra since the
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1950s, the power of this criminal
enterprise has faded with time.
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But is the loyalty and commitment to the
secret society still strong?
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There are still organizations.
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There are still five organized families
in New York, but they simply don't have
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the power or the impact that they had.
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The bosses, the leaderships of the
families have been convicted time and
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again going back to the 1980s.
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So the question, is it possible that
there will be a resurgence of the mob?
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I don't think we'll ever see the Lakota
Nostra as effective or as powerful as it
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once was, but we don't know.
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One can only speculate.
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We used to be front -page news. We had a
lot of control in this country for
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almost 100 years under some very
difficult conditions.
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We had connections right into the White
House, 100%. Is it the same as it used
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to be? No way.
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But it's not going away in my lifetime.
Just take my word for it.
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The future of Acosta Nostra is a matter
of debate. And as powerful as they once
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were, their influence pales in
comparison to another secret society,
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helped orchestrate the very founding of
the United States.
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Richmond, Virginia.
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In the historic neighborhood of Chaco
Bottom, there's a two -story structure
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known as Mason's Hall.
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Originally dating back to 1785, it's the
oldest meeting place in the United
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States for a secret society known as the
Freemasons.
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Freemasonry is the world's largest,
oldest, and probably best -known men's
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fraternal organization.
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It uses the terms and symbolism of the
ancient Stonemason guild that built the
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cathedrals in Europe during the Middle
Ages.
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Freemasonry openly advertises itself,
but masonry does have secrets.
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If you watch carefully, and you're
driving into virtually any American
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will notice there's usually a sign that
has little signs attached to it telling
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you what fraternal orders are there.
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So the secrecy in Freemasonry is not the
existence of the order. The secrecy is
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what goes on within the order.
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the things that you were never supposed
to talk about.
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It's estimated that there are about 6
million Freemasons around the world
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all committed to an ancient organization
whose history and mission are as
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mysterious as its secret meetings.
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There are mysteries about the origin of
Freemasonry, when it really started in
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history.
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Legendarily, we trace ourselves back to
the construction.
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of King Solomon's Temple, which was
considered this holy of holy places on
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earth.
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But historically, we believe that we may
have grown out of the stonemason fields
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during the Middle Ages, because there
are a lot of practices that we do that
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similar to the kinds of things they did,
to identify themselves, for instance,
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with secret handshakes and secret
passwords.
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Freemasonry is a system of morality
veiled in allegory.
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and illustrated by symbols.
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For example, the square encompasses
perhaps the most famous Masonic emblems.
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You see it everywhere.
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But what it symbolizes to us is the
square is an angle of 90 degrees. It
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deviates. It means you're going to tell
the truth.
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If Freemasonry is about telling the
truth, you have to wonder...
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Why do they veil the organization in
such intense secrecy?
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After all, what goes on behind the
closed doors of a Masonic Lodge is only
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to its members.
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If you look at Masonic Lodges, you can't
just walk in and say, I want to join.
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You must be invited.
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And traditionally, every single person
in the lodge must agree upon the
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admission. of a new member.
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So it is highly selective.
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Then you are at every step in your
initiation sworn to secrecy.
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Since it was formally founded in the
18th century in England, Freemasonry has
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attracted a great deal of suspicion,
largely because it operates behind
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doors, it has weird rituals, and they
have all sorts of grades in their
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membership. some of which seem to be
kept very secret.
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It's an intense boys' club, and those
boys include elite leaders or
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big businessmen, police chiefs and so
on. There's always been a rumour that if
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you reach the top echelons of
Freemasonry, and very few do, there'll
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revelation that will dagger and shock
you.
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A great revelation?
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Is it possible that those who ascend to
the highest levels of Freemasonry are
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privy to powerful secrets?
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It's an intriguing thought, especially
when you consider the influence that
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secret society is said to have had on
the founding of the United States.
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April 19, 1775
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The American Revolution begins with
shots fired at the battles of Lexington
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Concord.
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After a bloody eight -year war, 13
colonies win their independence from the
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British Empire.
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And some believe that American
Freemasons were the guiding hand in this
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conflict.
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Freemasonry made a significant impact on
our founding fathers.
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and those who fought in the
Revolutionary War.
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We had 81 generals in the Continental
Army, 33 of which were Freemasons.
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41%. Virtually every English king in the
18th century on was a Mason,
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with the exception of one, George III,
oddly enough.
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I found it very interesting that an
American revolution largely populated by
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American Freemasons rebelled against a
king who was, Not a Freemason. Would
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have done that had he been a fraternal
Masonic brother?
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That itself is another mystery.
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Might the American War for Independence
have been handled differently if King
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George III was a member of the
Freemasons?
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We will never know.
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But the influence of the secret society
on the founding of America may be
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evident in a document published by
Benjamin Franklin.
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40 years before the Revolution, that
shares a striking similarity to the U
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Constitution.
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One of the great things that Franklin
did for us was he published in 1734 a
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of the Constitution of the Freemasons.
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This book outlined the separation of
powers like we have in the American
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government. We have a secret ballot.
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All members are equal.
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Equality of mankind.
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These are things that if you remove them
from a Masonic context could sound very
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American.
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But I believe that they influenced our
founding fathers and the young nation.
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Many of the things the founding fathers
insisted on having in the U .S.
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Constitution come directly out of the
Masonic constitutions.
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Betrayal among your peers.
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Freedom of religion.
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Freedom of speech.
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Many of these concepts wind up in the U
.S. Constitution.
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These kinds of freedoms, we don't even
give a second thought to today. But at
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the time, these were things that people
were getting shot over.
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It's incredible to think that the U .S.
Constitution, the supreme law of the
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United States of America, was largely
influenced by a secret society.
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And many have wondered.
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Do Freemasons wield the same power and
influence in America that they once did?
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There's a problem asking somebody like
me, how influential have the Masons
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When any answer that I give you, you're
going to say, ah, it's exactly what they
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would say.
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And so that becomes chasing your own
tail in terms of how do you get to the
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bottom of it.
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People will always be fascinated by the
mystery.
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The mystery of a closed door is always
going to charge the imagination.
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Freemasons certainly had a hand in the
founding of America.
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But might their true purpose be more
nefarious than they claim?
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Well, whatever the case may be, there is
another powerful secret society that is
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formed at one of the most prestigious
institutions in the world.
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whose shadowy reputation has given it
the name the Brotherhood of Death.
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Washington, D .C., November 2, 2004.
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The incumbent president, Republican
George W. Bush, narrowly defeats his
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political rival, Democratic Senator John
Kerry.
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While these two opposing statesmen have
politics in common, They also share an
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intriguing lifelong membership to a
highly exclusive secret society at Yale
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University called the Order of Skull and
Bones.
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Amazingly, in 2004, we were guaranteed
that year to have a Skull and Bones
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member as a president of the United
States.
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But it's interesting that neither Kerry
nor...
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G .W. Bush would ever discuss their
affiliation with the Skull and Bones
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Society at Yale.
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And so you start to wonder, what kind of
blood oaths did they sign for the rest
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of their lives that nothing leaks?
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The Order of Skull and Bones, also known
as the Brethren of Death, was
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originally founded by six Yale students
in 1832.
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In 1856, they built their headquarters
on campus, which is known as the Tomb.
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And with all these ominous names, it
begs the question, what is this
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secret society really all about?
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The name of the society, Skull and
Bones, that's a mystery where it came
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But it certainly reflects the desire to
carry on in secret and darkness.
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Members are sworn to such secrecy that
they're not even supposed to admit to
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being members of Skull and Bones.
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Members are the elite of the elite
within Yale.
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Only about 1 ,500 high school students
get into Yale every year.
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And then out of that 1 ,500, once they
reach their junior year of college, only
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15 of those get selected.
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or tapped, as they say, to be a member
of the senior society.
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The members of Skull and Bones have
become presidents and various
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Supreme Court justices, and many of them
ended up with the CIA.
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What's most fascinating to me about the
Skull and Bones organization is how
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incredibly effective they have been over
time at guarding their secrets.
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A century more, they have managed to
keep secret what goes on inside the
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What goes on inside the tomb?
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That's a million -dollar question that
no one is willing to answer.
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But over the years, rumors have spread
of strange rituals that take place
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inside the Skull and Bones secretive
headquarters.
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Certainly part of the ritual.
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that are rumored to take place within
the mausoleum tomb include skeletal
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remains.
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And that members of Skull and Bones lie
in a coffin and that they bow before the
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skulls.
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And possibly include kissing of the
skull.
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Skull and Bones has been rumored to have
taken the skulls of many different
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people. Among them, There are rumors
that they've stolen the bones of
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Geronimo was an Apache warrior chief.
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He was legendary for his powers in
fighting the U .S. Army.
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Some say that the skull of Geronimo is
used in the initiation rites.
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Why would they do this?
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Is it some kind of sick trophy?
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Possibly. But also throughout history,
there's been this idea that's continued
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throughout the centuries that a head or
a skull somehow still contains the
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power of that person, maybe the
spiritual power, and that to own the
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skull or head will give you that power.
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Do bonesmen use human remains in
strange, perhaps even occult, rituals?
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Or is this all just sensational rumor
and speculation?
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Well, remarkably, in 2005, journalist
Mark Wartman uncovered physical
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evidence that suggests there could be
truth to this dark practice.
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I was in the bowels of the Yale
University Library doing research for a
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and... Within this stack of letters
about the life of Skull and Bones, in
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1918, there's one page that talks about
the robbing of
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Geronimo's grave.
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And it says, we have Geronimo the
Terrible's skull, femurs,
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and horse tack, and we've brought them
back to the tomb in New Haven.
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I was flabbergasted.
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Electricity went through me when I saw
that.
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There it was in black and white.
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When it came out, members of Geronimo's
family, ancestors, were
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immediately appalled, and they filed
lawsuits to recover the bones.
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Skull and Bones refused to comment on
the matter.
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In 2010, the lawsuit against Skull and
Bones was dismissed on a technicality.
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So we may never know the truth, just
like everything else that goes on inside
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this exclusive secret society.
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Now, it's certainly true that these are
many of the most powerful people in
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America and indeed the whole world.
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But we'll never know what secrets lie
within the tomb.
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And those bones may or may not be there,
but we'll never get to the bottom of
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this mystery.
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You know, it's interesting to consider
that there's a long list of powerful
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world leaders who share the very secret
experience of being a bonesman.
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But there's another influential group
that meets in Northern California.
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It began as a small social club and has
grown...
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into a strange gathering of the global
elite.
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Sonoma County, California.
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Seventy -five miles north of San
Francisco lies an ancient redwood
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And nestled deep within this protective
canopy is the home of a mysterious,
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privately owned sanctuary known as the
Bohemian Grove.
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The Bohemian Grove is a remarkable
place. It's 2 ,700 acres of old -growth
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redwood forest.
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Some of them are over 1 ,000 years old,
as high as 300 feet tall.
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And it's shrouded kind of jungle -like
with a compound of over 100 camps.
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Some are quite rustic and spartan, and
others are quite elaborate. And there
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lakes and streams running through it.
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It's really quite beautiful.
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While the Bohemian Grove might appear to
be a welcoming oasis, uninvited guests
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are definitely not welcome.
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Because this secluded enclave belongs to
a secretive group of billionaires that
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appropriately call themselves the
Bohemian Club.
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The Bohemian Club is for rich guys.
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That's the easiest way to think of it.
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They're usually somewhere between about
2 ,200 and 2 ,500 members.
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What do millionaires and billionaires do
secluded in their private summer camp
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in the woods?
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You've got mega billionaires.
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You've got political donors.
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You've got former presidents who are all
members.
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So when you start to see this confluence
of power and influence at this place,
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you start to wonder what's going on.
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While whatever is happening within the
seclusion of a bohemian grove may be
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private, it's not exactly a secret that
something intriguing may be taking place
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there.
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But who are its members?
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And why are they so protective of their
privacy?
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Perhaps a clue might be found by
examining the club's origins.
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The Bohemian Club was started in San
Francisco in the 1800s.
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And it was originally started for
theatrical people and writers, poets,
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men of letters.
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But they found out pretty quickly that
most of those people don't make a lot of
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money. And so in order to keep the doors
open, they would also start inviting in
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moneyed patrons of the arts who would
like to rub shoulders with these writers
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and poets and actors.
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And then around 1929 or 1930,
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President Herbert Hoover becomes a
member of the club.
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Being a president, he wanted more
secrecy.
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And eventually the old journalist, artsy
crowd pretty much fades away, and
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you get millionaires, billionaires, and
politicians, as it is today.
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Over the decades, prominent names such
as newspaper tycoon William Randolph
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Hearst, financier David Rockefeller, and
diplomat Henry Kissinger have all been
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linked to the Bohemian Club, adding to
its reputation.
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But what could society's elite and
influential members be hiding from the
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outside world?
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Buddy Levy is an investigative
journalist who was arrested while
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infiltrate Bohemian Grove in 2010.
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And according to him,
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Its members go to great lengths to keep
their secrets.
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I had been doing some research into the
Bohemian Grove, and I wanted to get a
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really close, personal look at the
grounds themselves.
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Initially, I went up to the front gate
and was quickly confronted by security
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people who said, this is private
property and you can't get in here.
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I subsequently decided to trek up the
perimeter of the grove itself.
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And within a minute, there was a police
officer there.
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I was being cuffed and stuffed in the
back of a squad car.
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And there was very little said except
you're going to jail.
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The Grove members don't really want you
to see what's going on.
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It's sort of like what goes on in the
Grove should stay in the Grove, you
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Various leaks over the years have led to
speculation.
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The members of the Bohemian Club are
doing everything from making illegal
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backroom deals to selecting U .S.
presidential candidates.
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But some experts believe that there's
something even more nefarious occurring
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within the confines of the Bohemian
Grove.
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And as evidence, they point to footage
that was leaked online in 2024.
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taken from inside the dense forest
location.
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Oh, Bohemia, we are back.
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On 2024, some enterprising folks snuck
in to Bohemian Grove
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and caught video of the opening ceremony
of that year's
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summer encampment, the Cremation of Care
ritual.
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It's a big show. This is a production.
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Everybody's all gotten dressed up in
their robes. You've got hundreds of
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onlookers and orchestral accompaniment.
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Then you've got the boat, which is sort
of carrying this wicker effigy, which is
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placed at the foot of this 40 -foot
pseudo -stone owl, and it's burned.
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While recent footage is largely obscured
by trees, there have been other leaked
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photographs over the years that clearly
show this strange ceremony.
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And many have wondered, what is the true
purpose of what looks like a pagan
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ritual?
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The cremation of care ceremony is
interesting.
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They burn an effigy of a child to this
seemingly owl god.
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You've got this class of elites doing
pagan activities and having a
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strange or unexplained sort of version
of religious belief systems.
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The explanation of the club, certainly,
is that we're just playing around, and
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the ceremony is all part of the fun.
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Now, others have argued that, no,
there's no such thing as a mock human
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sacrifice.
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Is this a sinister, malevolent
recreation of a
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pagan sacrifice?
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Or is it just playing at doing that?
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The real meaning is only known to the
people who are participating in it, but
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maybe not even them.
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And that's the true secret part of it.
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We may never truly know what goes on
inside the top secret gatherings at the
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Bohemian Grove, but...
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Based on its elite membership and high
security, it does spark the imagination.
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But there's another secret society of a
very different kind, one that's said to
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protect something extremely
controversial and profoundly sacred, the
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secret bloodline of Jesus Christ.
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The Church of St. Mary Magdalene We're
in the Chateau, France.
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This quiet church is believed by some to
date back to the 8th century.
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And according to folklore, it may also
be connected to a thousand -year -old
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conspiracy surrounding a secret society
known as the Priory of Sion.
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The idea of the Priory of Sion is that
it was a bloodline.
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conspiracy to protect the descendants of
Jesus and Mary Magdalene because they
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claimed that Mary Magdalene and Jesus
were in relationship, been married, and
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had children.
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And their bloodline becomes the founding
dynasty of the royal families of
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France. And the belief is that Mary
Magdalene came to Rennes -le -Chateau
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because of that and created communities
in this place.
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The idea that Jesus and Mary Magdalene
were either married or that he was his
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concubine was something that was seen as
heresy by the Catholic Church and
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indeed had to be stamped out.
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But knowledge of the existence of this
secret bloodline was preserved by the
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Priory of Zion, keeping it quiet across
the centuries.
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Could there be a secret society that
protects the possible bloodline of Jesus
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Christ? That's certainly a controversial
notion, but many are convinced that
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it's true.
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And as evidence, they point to a local
legend about a 19th century priest
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stationed in Rennes -le -Château named
Father Berenger Saunière.
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Father Berenger Saunière.
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was the parish priest of Rennes -le
-Château. And it's long been believed
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Saunière discovered some kind of secret
during his renovations of
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the church.
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It was said that he found documents
inside a very ancient pillar and that
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these documents contained various
ciphers and long lists.
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of members of the Priory of Zion and
ancient genealogies that came through
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and through Mary Magdalene into France
via a child that was born to
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the couple.
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Although to some people it might be a
nice romantic story, no -one knows what
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Berenguer Saunier discovered in his
church.
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But the interesting thing is he became
extraordinarily wealthy virtually
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overnight.
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And there is this persistent idea that
Baroness Thornare was working with the
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Priory of Zion or that they recruited
him to help them preserve and protect
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sacred bloodline of Jesus.
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Was this humble priest's newfound wealth
proof of his involvement with the
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00:35:08,810 --> 00:35:09,860
Priory of Zion?
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00:35:10,070 --> 00:35:13,730
While the idea persists, no one can say.
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00:35:14,330 --> 00:35:21,259
What is known, however, is that years
later, In 1967, another set of documents
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00:35:21,260 --> 00:35:26,659
related to the Priory of Sion was
allegedly discovered by a Frenchman
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00:35:26,660 --> 00:35:28,220
Pierre Blantard.
464
00:35:29,160 --> 00:35:33,459
The Priory of Sion comes to our
awareness because of a man named Pierre
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00:35:33,460 --> 00:35:39,580
Blantard. He comes forward and claims to
be a leader of this society,
466
00:35:39,820 --> 00:35:44,740
claims to be one of these bloodline
descendants who should be on the throne.
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00:35:45,960 --> 00:35:50,839
And he found documents in the
Bibliothèque Nationale in France that
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argument.
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00:35:52,120 --> 00:35:59,039
It's a real sensation until it comes out
that all of these documents are
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00:35:59,040 --> 00:36:03,600
forgeries and that Plantard's claims are
a hoax.
471
00:36:04,460 --> 00:36:06,820
The whole thing was made up. None of
it's real.
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00:36:07,440 --> 00:36:10,620
In 1993, Plantard admitted under oath.
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00:36:11,320 --> 00:36:16,279
that he forged the Priory documents and
planted them in the bibliotheque to
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00:36:16,280 --> 00:36:18,320
support his outrageous claim.
475
00:36:20,140 --> 00:36:25,319
But despite his deception, many believe
that there really is a secret society
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00:36:25,320 --> 00:36:29,100
sworn to protect the descendants of
Jesus Christ.
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00:36:30,700 --> 00:36:37,119
The reason that what Plantard did worked
so well is that he couched this idea of
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00:36:37,120 --> 00:36:39,350
the Priory of Zion in some real
information.
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00:36:40,270 --> 00:36:44,300
And so this has always been the mystery
of Renle Chateau and Berenger Saunière.
480
00:36:44,730 --> 00:36:49,970
Was there a Priory of Zion that was
really a legitimate secret society?
481
00:36:51,210 --> 00:36:57,749
Although the Priory of Zion could be
seen as a fabrication, it's quite clear
482
00:36:57,750 --> 00:37:00,290
that there is a genuine mystery here.
483
00:37:01,050 --> 00:37:04,050
So did the Priory of Zion really exist?
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00:37:05,570 --> 00:37:07,270
Ultimately, we don't know.
485
00:37:14,190 --> 00:37:15,630
August 12th, 2024.
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00:37:17,110 --> 00:37:21,769
The global research firm Statista
publishes the result of an eye -opening
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00:37:21,770 --> 00:37:22,820
survey.
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00:37:23,430 --> 00:37:28,869
Approximately 21 % of adults in the
United States believe that a shadowy,
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00:37:28,870 --> 00:37:33,729
anonymous group runs the entire world.
And it highlights one of the most
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00:37:33,730 --> 00:37:36,730
enduring conspiracy theories of the
modern age.
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00:37:37,030 --> 00:37:39,090
That our reality...
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00:37:39,520 --> 00:37:46,380
is controlled by a sinister secret
society known as the Illuminati.
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00:37:47,160 --> 00:37:54,079
The Illuminati is a secret society
established on May 1st, 1776 by
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00:37:54,080 --> 00:37:55,820
Adam Weishaupt in Germany.
495
00:37:56,040 --> 00:38:01,639
And one of the main components and
structures of the Illuminati was secrecy
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00:38:01,640 --> 00:38:05,959
anonymity with the idea that you could
never shut it down or destroy the
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00:38:05,960 --> 00:38:08,760
organization because it didn't
technically exist.
498
00:38:09,180 --> 00:38:14,579
The Illuminati wanted to create this new
world order, which is this idea of
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00:38:14,580 --> 00:38:21,519
creating this special governing order of
super smart elites that kings
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00:38:21,520 --> 00:38:28,340
had no divine right to rule, that popes
were picked by men, not by God.
501
00:38:28,720 --> 00:38:35,579
And so this new world order that the
Illuminati wanted to create was a
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00:38:35,580 --> 00:38:37,400
democratic society, sort of.
503
00:38:37,720 --> 00:38:39,340
as long as they could be in charge.
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00:38:40,300 --> 00:38:46,219
As far as we know, the Illuminati
disbanded in 1787 after one of its
505
00:38:46,220 --> 00:38:48,100
exposed the society's existence.
506
00:38:48,820 --> 00:38:53,179
So why do so many people believe that
the secret organization not only still
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00:38:53,180 --> 00:38:56,120
exists, but also rules the world?
508
00:38:56,940 --> 00:39:01,780
Many believe the answer is in plain
sight on the U .S.
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00:39:02,020 --> 00:39:03,070
dollar bill.
510
00:39:04,040 --> 00:39:06,540
The great seal on the back of the dollar
bill.
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00:39:07,020 --> 00:39:10,320
has lots of images packed into a pretty
small space.
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00:39:10,720 --> 00:39:15,939
They picked a pyramid because the
pyramid is the most enduring building
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00:39:15,940 --> 00:39:17,240
in human history.
514
00:39:17,480 --> 00:39:22,299
It's stood there thousands of years and
probably will continue to stand for
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00:39:22,300 --> 00:39:23,350
thousands of years.
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00:39:23,860 --> 00:39:29,019
The all -seeing eye of Providence,
people think that that's some sort of an
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00:39:29,020 --> 00:39:32,820
representation of an all -seeing eye
looking over its citizens.
518
00:39:33,080 --> 00:39:36,970
The Latin phrase says, New Order of the
Ages.
519
00:39:38,550 --> 00:39:43,309
Novus Ordo Seclorum was added to the
Great Seal to mark that America was
520
00:39:43,310 --> 00:39:44,510
to be the New World Order.
521
00:39:45,230 --> 00:39:50,169
The Illuminati is a pervasive theory
today because many believe the
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00:39:50,170 --> 00:39:56,149
is a variety of CEOs, politicians, and
elites that are making plans to steer
523
00:39:56,150 --> 00:39:58,290
wills of the masses towards their will.
524
00:39:59,150 --> 00:40:02,869
Whether or not the Bavarian Illuminati
was actually disbanded doesn't
525
00:40:02,870 --> 00:40:06,360
necessarily matter. A lot of their ideas
are still present to this day.
526
00:40:07,230 --> 00:40:11,850
Is the Illuminati still pulling strings
behind the scenes today?
527
00:40:12,650 --> 00:40:15,060
Millions of people certainly believe
they are.
528
00:40:15,650 --> 00:40:22,189
But like every secret society, it's
possible the whole truth will
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00:40:22,190 --> 00:40:24,170
never be revealed.
530
00:40:25,520 --> 00:40:31,059
Secret societies are fascinating and
they have been for a really long time
531
00:40:31,060 --> 00:40:32,840
think they're going to be forever.
532
00:40:34,420 --> 00:40:41,160
They trade in symbology and they have
secret communicative signs.
533
00:40:41,760 --> 00:40:46,359
There's a fascination with what we can't
know, but even more so with what we
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00:40:46,360 --> 00:40:47,500
aren't allowed to know.
535
00:40:47,880 --> 00:40:53,039
It just makes us want to pry deeper and
deeper and try to uncover what is the
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00:40:53,040 --> 00:40:54,090
truth.
537
00:40:54,380 --> 00:40:59,000
We have this idea of a secret society of
elites making plans for the masses.
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00:40:59,520 --> 00:41:04,539
What they do is hidden in secrecy. We
don't know if the truth is being
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00:41:04,540 --> 00:41:08,499
suppressed. I think ultimately it's a
good thing to start questioning the
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00:41:08,500 --> 00:41:09,550
of reality.
541
00:41:12,700 --> 00:41:19,179
The idea of a secret society with the
power to control the world anonymously
542
00:41:19,180 --> 00:41:22,580
both compelling and deeply concerning.
543
00:41:23,820 --> 00:41:29,139
There have been many conspiracy theories
about the reach these clandestine
544
00:41:29,140 --> 00:41:33,880
groups may have and the dark rituals
they are set to practice.
545
00:41:34,720 --> 00:41:41,199
But while some stories feel a bit far
-fetched, there does seem to be actual
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00:41:41,200 --> 00:41:47,839
secret organizations with known members
who really do wield
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00:41:47,840 --> 00:41:49,460
incredible power and influence.
548
00:41:50,040 --> 00:41:55,520
Perhaps. Time will tell the true intent
of these secret societies, but for now,
549
00:41:55,600 --> 00:41:59,600
they remain unexplained.
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00:41:59,650 --> 00:42:04,200
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