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Historical Blindness

The Oak Island Scheme - Part One: The Legend of the Money Pit feat. Dr. Sean Munger

Historical Blindness

Nathaniel Lloyd

Politics, News, Religion & Spirituality, History, Religion

4839 Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2024

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

In the first part of a new series, I drill down into the legendary Money Pit on Oak Island, examining the evidence (or lack thereof) for claims about its history, what has been found there, and its supposed booby traps. Joining me for this series is friend of the show, Dr. Sean Munger! Visit factormeals.com/blind50 and use code blind50 to get 50% off! Direct all advertising inquiries to [email protected]. Visit www.airwavemedia.com to find other high-quality podcasts! Find a transcript of this episode with source citations and related imagery at www.historicalblindness.com sometime before the release of the next episode. Pledge support on Patreon to get an ad-free feed with exclusive episodes! Check out my novel, Manuscript Found!  And check out the show merch, which make perfect gifts!  Further support the show by giving a one-time gift at paypal.me/NathanLeviLloyd or finding me on Venmo at @HistoricalBlindness. Some music on this episode was licensed under a Blue Dot Sessions blanket license at the time of this episodes publication. Tracks include "Black Ballots," "Rambling," "Bauxite," "Curio," "Cicle Deserrat," "Tarte Tatin," "An Oddly Formal Dance," and "The Gran Dias." Other music, including "Remedy for Melancholy" and "Something (Bonus Track)," and "daemones," are by Kai Engel, licensed under Creative Commons.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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In January 1965, the Rotarian, official magazine of the Rotary Club, published a curious article by one David

1:30.9

McDonald relating a somewhat obscure tale of buried treasure in Nova Scotia, called The Strange Case

1:39.6

of the Money Pit. In it, he relates a story about a little uninhabited island in Mahone Bay,

1:48.0

called Oak Island, shaped, quote, like a question mark, end quote, said to have formerly been

1:55.3

haunted by pirates, and about three children in 1795 who supposedly discovered signs of buried treasure there,

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