The Real History of Secret Societies

<p>Delve into the history and meaning of secret societies, exploring the most famous and infamous underground groups, their origins, and their members in this course, created in partnership with HISTORY®.</p>

Syllabus

01: Small-Town Secrets
02: Secret Societies: The Underworld of History
03: The Knights Templar
04: Masonic Revolutions in America and France
05: Bolsheviks, Masons, and Russian Revolution
06: Adolf Hitler and the Thule Society
07: Synarchy, Schemers, and Vichy France
08: Ancient Mystery Cults
09: The Islamic Assassins
10: The Medieval Cathars
11: The Rosicrucians
12: The Illuminati
13: The Freemasons
14: Ireland’s Secret War for Independence
15: Debunking the Elders of Zion
16: Mafia! Criminal Secret Societies
17: Aleister Crowley, Occultism, and Espionage
18: Red Octopus: The Communist International
19: Japan’s Black and Green Dragons
20: Italy’s Secret Government: The P2 Lodge
21: From the KKK to the Black Shriners
22: Bohemian Grove, Bilderbergers, and Elites
23: Secret Societies for Aging Swingers
24: Terrorism’s Long Trail of Secret Cells
25: Secret Societies: The Never Ending Story
26: UFOs and the Elusive George Hunt Williamson
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Richard B. Spence

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