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Historical Blindness

The Unbelievable History of the Ancient and Honorable E Clampus Vitus

Historical Blindness

Nathaniel Lloyd

Politics, News, Religion & Spirituality, History, Religion

4839 Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2020

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, I look at the long and storied history of a California Gold Rush era secret society with roots all the way back to the beginning of time! It's a scarcely credible tale that includes a sex slave mutiny, lusty monks massacred by well-endowed Native Americans, and the Chinese discovery of California! It's so crazy, it's hard to believe! Background tracks "Headway," "Meekness," "Salue," "Brand New World," "Scenery," and "Delirium by Kai Engel, licensed under and International Attribution License. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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In the spring of 1930, lawyer and historian Carl Wheat made a visit to some old mining camps in California for the purposes

1:30.5

of researching life during the gold rush. His focus came to rest on the practice of a secret society

1:38.1

among the miners, one with an apparently long and storied past. Mr. Wheat was no stranger to fraternal societies himself, being a member of San Francisco's

1:49.7

Bohemian Club, whose annual retreat for the rich and powerful at Bohemian Grove serves as popular

1:56.8

fodder for many conspiracy theorists.

2:00.5

But in the secret society that flourished among

2:02.9

the miners in the 19th century, called E. Clampus vitus, Carl Wheat saw something more than an

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