Hey everyone, Sebastian here. Welcome to a little something I am calling an hour fake history

special presentation. Before I get into what that is, first I want to let everyone know

that the baby has arrived. Yes, for those of you who've been following along with the

various ins and outs of my life, my wife and I just welcomed our second child into the

world and we just could not be more excited. Both mom and baby are doing great, very healthy,

very happy. And so I just wanted to thank everyone who sent along all their kind wishes

and all their messages of love. It was really, really sweet. Thank you so, so much. We're

just delighted over here at my house. Now, if you listened to the last episode, then you know

I'm taking a small break from creating new material so I can be as present as possible

for the growing family. But that doesn't mean that the feed is going quiet. Instead, you

folks are going to get to hear something that I created a few years ago for my patrons.

So one of the perks that comes with being a patron is that every time we hit one of our

Patreon fundraising goals, my patrons get to submit suggestions on what topic they

would like me to cover for an exclusive episode. I pick my five favorite suggestions and

then I let the patrons vote on which one they would like me to create. Since we launched

Patreon, I've done a few of these on top of all the other extra episodes and goodies

that the patrons get. Over the years, the patrons have voted for episodes on Nikola Tesla,

Vlad the Impaler, and today's topic, the Knights Templar. Now, I've decided to pull this

particular episode out from behind the paywall because I get so many requests from listeners

who aren't patrons to do an episode on the Knights Templar. Now, when I get a request

like that, usually I direct that person to the Patreon page and say, Hey, if you want

to hear about the Knights Templar, think about becoming a supporter. But I think it's

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