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Ghost Town: Strange History, True Crime, & the Paranormal

The Seven Society (GT Mini)

Ghost Town: Strange History, True Crime, & the Paranormal

Jason Horton & Rebecca Leib

True Crime, Unknown, Paranormal, Weird History, Social Sciences, History, Science

3.7928 Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2022

⏱️ 10 minutes

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The University of Virginia has its foundation in a secret society going back to the 1800's. More Ghost Town: https://www.ghosttownpod.com Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/ghosttownpod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ghosttownpod Sources: https://bit.ly/3y6MBNV Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello, I'm Ian Stirling and I'm with one of McCain's farmers who grow their

0:04.0

potatoes. Hang on, these are odd-looking potatoes. That's kale Ian. You do know you

0:08.9

need potato to make chips, right? Yes, but we don't just grow potatoes. We

0:13.5

actually rotate different crops to help keep the soil healthy. So we eat

0:16.6

McCain chips. I'm helping do some good. Exactly, yeah. You're supporting the move

0:21.1

to regenerative farming. By the way, I do know the difference between kale and

0:25.2

potatoes. Of course you do. McCain, let's all check in.

0:31.8

Carl's Jr.'s new big char chili burger is big on char bro flavor. Big on spice

0:37.4

with melted pepper jack cheese and spicy scented face sauce. Big on smoky

0:42.6

sweet heat with a whole fire roasted charred and a hard chili. And big on

0:47.1

savings with the big char chili combo. Get the big bold smoky flavor for new

0:52.2

Carl's Jr.'s big char chili burger with small fries and drink for just seven

0:56.3

ninety nine. Tax not included for limited time price and participation may be

1:00.0

lucky number seven. I'm Jason Horton. I'm Rebecca Leib. And this is ghost town.

1:08.1

If you walk through the campus at the University of Virginia, you'll see

1:24.9

evidence of secret societies around nearly every turn symbols on small flags

1:29.2

or plaques like pumpkins, purple quills or white roses. They've been part of the

1:33.8

university since the 19th century when 1825's first class of UVA students

1:38.6

began organizing, finding interior identities that have dictated the culture of

1:43.0

the college just as much as the quad or a major or a dorm. But these secret

1:47.8

societies have been shrouded in controversy and none is as controversial or as

1:51.9

prevalent as the seven society, a secret cross section of students that gives

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