Welcome to AirNMankies, Captain of Curiosity's, a production of I Heart Radio and Grimm

and Mild.

Our world is full of the unexplainable.

And if history is an open book, all of these amazing tales are right there on display,

just waiting for us to explore.

Welcome to the Cabinet of Curiosity's.

Secret societies littered the historical timeline with their closed doors and shuttered windows.

They are veritable factories of curiosity, from templars and freemasins to the always

fascinating Illuminati each one is riddled with mystery.

But those aren't the only three, they just so happen to be the ones that most people

can name, because most secret societies usually fail to peak our curiosity.

Take for instance a rather obscure order that arose in Bavaria back in 1738.

The Pope had just issued a papal bull forbidding any Catholic from joining the freemasins,

and that just didn't sit well with one particular group.

They wanted to join the elites in the hallowed halls of freemasins, but the risk of excommunication

made them pause.

As such an idea dawned on the former freemasin elector of the city of Cologne, a guy named

Clemens Auguste of Vittlesbach.

It was Clemens' brilliant idea to subvert this papal bull by creating another society of

freemasins and simply giving it a different name, but they would not lose the selectivity

that all secret orders must have.

This one required all aspiring members to possess, and I quote, loyalty, trust, discretion,

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