Who Were The Knights Templar?

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

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Society & Culture

4.3 • 10.7K Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2024

⏱️ 92 minutes

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Founded as an order of warrior monks protecting Christian pilgrims on their journey to the Holy Land, he Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon -- or Knights Templar -- were only around for a few centuries, but cast a long shadow in the world of conspiracy. Did they really start the concept of banking? Why did they disappear? Were any of the strange rumors about the grail, devil worship, or magic true? Join Ben, Matt and Noel as they dive into the secret history of the Templars.

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0:00.0	My name is M. William Phelps. For the past several years, I've been re-investigating the cases of two young women,
0:07.3	abducted from their small towns, their bodies dumped deep in the Ozark woods, with a connection to one very familiar name.
0:15.6	Find them, torture them, kill them, BTK.
0:18.6	Secrets finally revealed sending authorities rushing to confront a suspect who's been hiding in plain sight for decades.
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0:42.0	We had a big bear of a man who was called Mal Evans,
0:46.0	who was on roadie, and uh, uh,
0:49.0	that's coming back on the plane.
0:50.0	And he said,
0:52.0	will you pass the salt and pepper? And I misheard him.
0:55.0	I said, what?
0:57.0	Sergeant Pepper.
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1:08.0	The world is full of magic and wonder, if you know where to look and I'm obsessed with looking for it.
1:16.0	I'm Simon Sinic and I host a podcast called A Bit of Optimism.
1:20.6	Each week I have a short conversation with someone who inspires me or teaches me something about life, leadership, and other curious things.
1:29.0	I hope you'll join me on the journey.
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1:37.0	From UFOs to psychic powers and government conspiracies,
1:42.1	history is riddled with unexplained events.
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