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Review of America Unearthed S03E13 "The Templars' Deadliest Secret: Evidence Exposed"

1/31/2015

139 Comments

 
With this episode, we arrive at the third season finale of America Unearthed, a show that set out to prove that “the history we’ve all been taught in school is wrong” but which has failed over the course of 39 episodes to offer anything more than speculation and assertion in favor of that hypothesis. 
I feel like I should have stronger feelings about this season coming to a close, but I find that I do not. I think the reason for that is that my expectations for the series have changed over the last three years. In the first season, I was outraged that a cable channel was airing bizarre conspiracy theories under the guise of a major new history series and presenting them as truth. But since then, I’ve gradually become accustomed to the leaps of logic and the spotty science, to the point that the show no longer truly outrages me because I no longer expect anything better. In the second season, even though the pace of each episode slowed considerably I could still get interested in the individual mysteries the show explored, but in the third season, the plethora of treasure hunts and the search for Bigfoot pretty much ended even that little bit of active engagement. The show was no longer just predictable (so much so that I could write the background section of my reviews a day before the show aired, largely without missing a trick)—it was also boring.

And so we now come to the second half of the second season finale, S03E13 “The Templars’ Deadliest Secret: Evidence Exposed.” As the conclusion of a two-part episode, there isn’t any background to present other than the article I compiled on the Holy Bloodline of Jesus claim and the review of last week’s first part of the episode. 


The Episode

Segment 1
Scott Wolter’s views are the kind of thing that H2 is trying to keep their distance form. “They are not opinions shared by this network,” the disclaimer once again reads as we recap last week’s episode before heading into a reenactment of the French raid on the Templar order in 1307. We see reenactments of the torture of the last Templar Grand Master, Jacques de Molay, followed by his execution at the hands of Philip IV of France. As we head into the opening credits, the on-screen graphics ask what “secret” he refused to reveal.

After the credits, Wolter recaps last week’s rune stone hoax, and then Wolter explains why he believes that the Hooked X® represents the penis of Jesus penetrating the womb of Mary Magdalene and impregnating her with a fetus. An on-screen graphic shows this, with the “hook” on the stave marked as “child.”

Wolter, Steve St. Clair, and Alan Butler are in France looking at the way Italian and French hands tend to fall into a vaguely M-shaped hand gesture, a hand shape not as prevalent among Nordic people. Wolter offer fantasies about the number thirteen—that M is the thirteenth letter of the alphabet (as it has been only since the 1500s, when “j” was added), that America had thirteen colonies—and he says that America’s colonies were planned to honor the end of the Templars on Friday 13, 1307. Wolter looks at a statue of an eagle marked 1776 in France and calls it a Masonic-Templar conspiracy (rather that a perfectly common type of lectern used in churches all the time in that era—my father once owned one just like it), and he asserts that Franklin Roosevelt also makes the hand gesture in the statue of him at the FDR Memorial in Washington, DC, installed in 1997.

After this, Wolter gives a potted history of Jacque de Molay’s torture and execution, and then the Three Musketeers toddle off to Paris to view the spot where he was slowly roasted to death. Steve St. Clair, who last week demonstrated his inability to read French without Google Translate, is somehow fluent in French as he reads a plaque commemorating the execution. Wolter then asserts that “underground” groups continued the Templar ideology after their suppression, though without establishing that they had a unique ideology different from mainstream Catholicism, this is a moot point.

Wolter shows St. Clair and Butler a painting of Columbus’s ships and calls the red cross on the sails Templar. (He used the red cross of Spain, found on all Spanish ships in honor of Their Most Catholic Majesties, Ferdinand and Isabella, who authorized it.) He also asserts that Columbus’s signature contains a “Hooked X®,” even though the hook on the X is simply the curlicue needed to get the ink flowing with a quill. We know this because the “hook” is on the “Y” too. A painting of Columbus shows him making the alleged “Magdalene hand gesture,” making him a Templar.

During the break, we learn that Wolter’s episode on the Superstition Mountains wasn’t enough for H2, and it now has a whole series with deluded treasure hunters engaging in a boring quest for its fantasy gold mine. I know treasure hunting is all the rage, but man, this network sucks. 
Segment 2
After a recap, Steve St. Clair and Scott Wolter travel to the Saint-Martin-des-Champs Priory, which St. Clair claims is “direct evidence” that the Sinclair family is a Templar family. He never explains why. At the priory, now a museum, is one of four French copies of the Statue of Liberty, and Wolter declares that the Freemasons are behind the placement of the model. Wolter, foaming at the mouth with excitement, again falsely claims that the Statue of Liberty is holding a “mark master mason’s” symbol (she does not—it’s a Roman tabula ansata, which is different) and that she is making an M-sign, though she isn’t doing that either. “Oh my God,” St. Clair gasps. “What this tells me,” Wolter says,” is that this is all connected to the Bloodline.” The statue is placed at the priory because the building is now a science museum, the Musée des Arts et Métiers. The original sculptor’s widow bequeathed his plaster model of the Statue of Liberty and a sizeable bequest to the Museum (it’s inside), and they cast twelve bronze copies, one of which Wolter is looking at. 

Segment 3
After the break, Wolter implies that the “church” (i.e. museum) prevented him from viewing the Merovingian tomb beneath the museum. He then travels with Steve St. Clair to Tomar, Portugal, a former Templar stronghold. Wolter claims that the city was founded by the Templars in the twelfth century, which is mostly true. The old Roman city was re-founded in 1160 when the Portuguese gave the Templars a fiefdom after the Reconquista. You would think he would stop to report the actual local legend that the Templars used sacred geometry to choose the site of the city, but somehow he skips this for wackier conspiracies.

Wolter claims that an eight-pointed tower is analogous to the Newport Tower (a round windmill on eight pillars), and he identifies faces on the tower’s clock as Mary, Jesus, and the skull and crossbones of pirates. The pirates, he says, are the fugitive Knights Templar and therefore that the Jolly Roger are the bones of Jesus, that the Templars carry around with them as insurance against the Church! How, pray tell, would anyone have determined whose bones they were before DNA testing? We know for a fact that practically any bones were identified as some saint or another—Mary Magdalene’s bones were “found” in three different places (two in France and one in Ephesus)—which goes to show that no one knew anything about bones back then. Who would believe that the Templars had Jesus’ bones and traveled with them like Weekend at Bernie’s?

Wolter says that the Templars left from Tomar for America, and we go to break.

My, the crazy is coming fast and furious tonight, almost as though Wolter knows this is his last chance to lay out all his wacky ideas to a mass audience.
Segment 4
After a verbal recap of Wolter’s career and Holy Blood, Holy Grail belief system, Wolter covers last week’s hoax again. He asserts that “someone” is afraid of Wolter’s work and is trying to stop him. He then discusses Rosslyn Chapel and the symbol that he feels is a Hooked X® at the site, even though it doesn’t look like the Hooked X® on the Kensington Rune Stone.

At a Templar-built church in Tomar, Wolter and St. Clair see a plaque honoring the Templars and dedicated on October 13, 1895, which they correctly deduce was done to honor the date of the Templar suppression—though they think this a conspiracy. A window in the church is in the form of a star, and Wolter asserts that this star represents the goddess Mary Magdalene (though he also claimed she was a human who gave birth... confusing) and the planet Venus, but the on-screen graphics confuse the apparent path of Venus in the night sky with the orbit of Venus around the sun. It’s laughable that they can’t even illustrate their own craziness correctly. If plotted against the sky, every five periods of 584 days, Venus appears to trace an irregular star- or rose-shaped image in the sky, as seen in the previous link, but the graphics show Venus stopping at five points in its orbit around the sun to draw a pentagram across the solar system.
After spending the first part of the episode freaking out about the number 13, Wolter now claims that the number 8 is more important because Venus “goes around the sun” eight times. This phrase is meaningless, but I am assuming he is referring to its apparent motion over the course of a year. Otherwise, I can’t imagine what the hell he’s talking about since Venus takes 255 earth days to orbit the sun.
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Segment 5
After the break Steve St. Clair and Scott Wolter think they see a Hooked X® in an eroded Roman numeral on a pillar in the church, but as they giggle and rejoice, they seem unaware that they are looking at an X made with curves on the upper right and lower left staves, in the style of blackletter (or Gothic) medieval writing, like that seen at left. This is perhaps the stupidest “Hooked X®” ever found. “The importance of this is incredible,” Wolter says. “This is no Da Vinci Code. This is real life!” No, it’s medieval writing. The upper left and lower right staves also have “hooks” on them, but they are facing the other way, outward, since in the letter is clearly in the same typographical style as all the other letters on the pillar, including the “hooked” V visible right next to it. “It’s a symbol of the Bloodline families! … It’s validation of everything I’ve done,” Wolter says. He believes this blackletter X “proves” that America was founded by Templar-Freemasons who worship goddesses.

“Nice going brother,” Wolter says to Sinclair as they hug. “Nicely done!”

Segment 6
After the break and a recap, Wolter is back in the United States to look at the Westford Knight, a carving of a sword handle that some imagine is part of a carving of a knight, either Henry Sinclair or one of his compatriots. I covered the alleged Hooked X® on this carving back in October. Firefighter Dave Christiana, who “discovered” the symbol in scratches and rough patches on the Westford Knight shows Wolter the symbol. Wolter looks at the scratches, which are closer to a Chi-Rho or a five-pointed star than a Hooked X, and he declares it “legit,” and likely the work of the Knights Templar. Strangely, these knights managed to be really bad at carving Hooked X® symbols, making them weird, different, and hard to decipher.

Wolter concludes the season by saying that it’s “more than a coincidence” that all of the artifacts he studies connect back to his overarching conspiracy theories. This is true; it is no coincidence that he imagines everything to be part of a vast conspiracy. The show ends with Wolter promising that “one day” we will know the truth. Just not today. Not so long as there is money to be made for the H2 network by teasing out further revelations.

And that ends the season. 


139 Comments
CHV
1/31/2015 02:12:03 pm

The sloppy mental gymnastics that Wolter pulled off in this episode were mind-boggling. I think he knew that this would be his last show, and decided to go all out. As such, it was easily (IMO) among the very worst episodes in the whole AU series.

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Jose S
2/1/2015 03:33:34 am

I agree he was/is aware of the end, and in the past few shows and interviews he was/is preparing his SW after AU life, claimming he was denied access to the very elements that vailidate his claims by those that want to cover up the "truth". He will claim that the Invalidate Templar Land Claim Voyage Or Achievements Organization prevented him from uncovering our real history. He will also discover that Jason's last name is in fact an anagram for Invalidate Templar Land Claim Voyage Or Achievements Organization, the very organization that funds Jason's work. He will say "Coincidence? I don't think so."

:-)

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Crash55
1/31/2015 02:19:03 pm

This has got to be one of the weakest (truth wise) episodes yet. I almost turned the TV off after all his 13's on the dollar bill. There were 13 colonies do of course 13 is used everywhere. The use of 13 is to represent the colonies. This is not unknown.

The Merovingian burial vault is also false. The Merovingian Kings of France are buried at St Denis and anyone can go into the vault.

The 13 October 1895 comment was alas so intentionally false. A quick Google search shows it was a Sunday not a Friday.

The "hooked x" wax the worst though. It obvious it is a stylized X and the hook is not where he normally shows it. Or is now any mark any place on an X enough to call it hooked?

I watch the show knowing it is largely BS but Wolter has reached all new levels

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John Marks
10/24/2016 02:22:44 pm

I am not sure of the actual significance of the 13 colonies in relation to the reality of the time. At the time of the American Revolution there were more than 13 colonies in the area, people tend to forget the existence of Newfoundland, Nova Scotia and Bermuda; not to mention the newly acquired French colony of Canada (aka New France). How does the existence of additional, contemporary colonies fit into this grand Templar/Freemason template?

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Gary Lee Fischer
1/31/2015 02:22:24 pm

Hopefully this is the last of this program.

Self-fulfilling prophecies to the Xth (tenth degree). I saw nothing that looked like the Pentagon in that window.

The hooked X in the column looked nothing like their claims.

The Famous Mona Lisa has an M in her fingers just like hundreds of other famous painings from artists of all periods--no hidden message here either.

Scott Wolter has no credibility and I have watched my last America Unearthed ever.

I do enjoy your blog Jason.

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MartyR
2/1/2015 04:08:01 pm

When Jason types, his fingers form an M.

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Vanessa Hooper
7/6/2015 04:10:39 pm

Lol

Colt
7/17/2016 10:46:11 am

Exactly. Jason is a money grubber.

Gary Lee Fischer
2/3/2015 09:39:03 am

Would a forensic geologist do any of the following:

Scrub a potential ancient stone carving with a tooth brush?

Put his oily fingers all over petroglyphs of the American Southwest?

Participate in "power washing" any ancient relic as David Christiana said he was going to do to the Westford stone?

Chip away a stone rock walls on National Park property? (Scott Wolter: fine is in the mail.)

Illegally trespass on private property as there is "More than one way to skin a cat." (Scott Wolter: PETA is looking for you.)

Always find weathering as a sign of age....

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Denise
1/31/2015 02:36:25 pm

Thanks again Jason for watching this stuff on the not-so-history channel so I don't have to. they are at it again with sons of liberty. while its fast moving and action packed, its just not right.I truely want to strangle the costumers, some clothing is ok but most of the British soldiers (except the extras who are obviously reenactors). I mean come on I've seen coloring books do it better. Iam still scratching my head over the bulky scarfs the officers are wearing....

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Joe Scales
2/1/2015 03:21:19 am

History Channel's Sons of Liberty... oh my. You had to have a feeling something was terribly wrong when in the first few minutes of this show you have Sam Adams, who about the time was a fifty year old, somewhat rotund local politician... leaping from rooftop to rooftop escaping British soldiers like an action hero. Heck, this channel couldn't even get Houdini right; having him meet up with Rasputin in Russian.

My guess is that Wolter had the "disclaimer" inserted before his show aired to feed that whole 'out to get me' persona. It's obvious the History Channel has no qualms in regard to blatant misrepresentation of all that was and all that is to be.

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Clint Knapp
2/1/2015 03:45:36 am

As Jason's pointed out before, the disclaimer is probably an attempt by History to distance themselves from the specific material of these two episodes so as not to alienate their usual Bible-thumping viewership.

That the disclaimer only appears on these two episodes might be more telling in the context of the show itself when one considers that these are the only episodes this season directly influenced by Scott Wolter's personal conspiracy work. Wolter's own statements seem to back this as he's mentioned that he didn't get to pick the topics for most of the season. His own claim is to about a third of the episodes being his to decide, while the rest of the show's subject matter is up to the producers.

Given Wolter's subject matter and the increasingly toxic nature of his public persona, it's no wonder History would like to distance themselves from this show and its host.

It seems more likely Wolter would consider the disclaimer as a part of the anti-Wolter conspiracy cover-up than make the conscious effort to have it inserted (in a show he has no actual control over) as a device to promote said conspiracy.

Joe Scales
2/1/2015 04:44:08 am

The disclaimer just struck me funny, as it didn't seem to be something that the History Channel tacked in separately preceeding the body of the show; but more of something the production team of AU added to their own intro. I don't recall the History Channel doing anything similar with Behind the Da Vinci Code back in '06, but perhaps that was before they stumbled upon their current Bible niche.

Clint Knapp
2/1/2015 07:09:08 am

That's a good point, actually. I wouldn't discount the potential that History asked them to include it after screening the episode, but that's just speculation as I'm not privy to the inner workings of the network or what kind of relationship they maintain with the various production houses.

EP
2/1/2015 07:52:28 am

Here is an optimistic hypothesis: Perhaps they want to use the cancelation to AU to represent themselves as having taken a stand against pseudoscholarship in their programming. This makes at least some sense in the aftermath of Discovery's public pronouncements that they wil no longer put up with Mermaids etc.

RLewis
1/31/2015 02:38:52 pm

There are 50 states and 50 stars on the American flag - coincidence?
Wake up sheeple!

There were so many mistakes, half-truths, and out right lies in this episode that you could spend a whole new TV series just untangling the mess.

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NJ
2/1/2015 08:50:02 am

Even though his theories are a stretch sometimes and he is putting "his beliefs" on all of us, I enjoy the mental stimulation. People need to research for themselves things take perk their interests then decide what "you" believe.
Scott was speaking of the early American flag, not the flag now!

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Sarah Kate
8/21/2015 05:19:34 pm

*facepalm*

Oh, irony.

Rick
1/31/2015 02:53:46 pm

SW has went all in with everything he could come up with for this episode. But I think it's more a lead in to his wife and Butlers forthcoming book. That's why SW starts dropping the Venus tag all of a sudden. I'm still tryng to figure out where he came up with the hooked X meaning all that he says it does.

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T
1/31/2015 03:17:20 pm

His finest acting yet! I thought he was going to try a cry at one point.

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Tim
1/31/2015 03:20:24 pm

Here is a conspiracy that Scott Woltner will NOT do a show on. The fact that the Catholic Knights of Malta defeated the British Nave for us in the Revolutionary War.

"In 1781, under orders from the Pope, the navy of the Knights of Malta defeated the British in the Battle of the Chesapeake. With the defeat, the British were unable to regroup or supply their troops. Consequently, and as a result of the victory at Chesapeake Bay, the American army forced the British surrender and the end of the war."

No fake Templars or Freemasons involved...

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BKF
1/31/2015 03:42:46 pm

"Another knight [of Malta], Admiral François-Joseph-Paul de Grasse, delivered the coup de grâce to the British at Yorktown. His fleet arrived from the Caribbean just in time to trap Cornwallis and the British army, who were in full retreat. The British, waiting for reinforcements and supplies that would never arrive, surrendered to George Washington and ended the war. The admiral was a Knight of Malta, and he learned his sea-manship skills under the tutelage of the order. Of the French ships that battled the British, several were commanded by members of the Knights of Malta, including Admiral de Grasse's chef d'escadron at Chesapeake Bay, Jean-Louis-Charles de Coriolis d'Espinousse. After the war fourteen of the twenty elite Knights of Malta who fought for the American cause became members of the Society of the Cincinnati, a closed group formed by George Washington for his officers. Despite criticism that the order was a version of European aristocracy, membership was limited to a handful and future membership required that an individual be a descendant of a member of the founding group."

-Steven Sora, author of Secret Societies of America's Elite

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Rob link
2/1/2015 02:09:59 pm

Some of The Knights Templar escaped from France to the island of Malta. Thus becoming the Knights of Malta. The red cross prominently
displayed is also known as the Maltese Cross

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Truth
2/1/2015 07:49:20 pm

Actually the Knights of Malta were not yet in Malta, they were based in Rhodes at the time of the merger. Their use of the Amalfi Cross or Maltese Cross as we know it today predates the Templar use of the same cross. The only difference was the Templars wore a red cross upon a white background, the Knights of Malta wore a white cross upon a black or red background.

Sascha
2/3/2015 05:00:30 am

O c'mon guys. What is wrong with all of you? Do you even have history in US-schools??? The Malteser are more in the medical/hospital sector since the church banned all temple knights. You know the red cross - it is inspired by the Johaniter. If you wan't to know more about malteser/ johanniter ask germans ;) because it is a german thing and always arround us. If you need medical service it is possible a johaniter will come to help you ;)

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SK
1/31/2015 03:24:42 pm

I was really hoping we would know who to crown King of the World after the finale.

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Gary
2/1/2015 02:11:18 am

James Cameron, of course.
http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=cameron+king+of+the+world&FORM=VIRE5#view=detail&mid=82A8C46753B0F84027C282A8C46753B0F84027C2

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MartyR
1/31/2015 03:25:23 pm

I guess I missed it (my eyes glazed over at times and I don't want to watch again), but what was St' Clair's evidence?

Also, again I may have missed it, but why would the Catholic Church destroy the Templars to keep them from spreading their secret, then torture the guy to try and get the secret?

I'm confused.

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HaHa
1/31/2015 03:44:35 pm

So is Scott Wolter.

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JL Adamson
2/1/2015 02:26:40 am

I always wondered what the Templars were waiting for? If they had some secret against the Vatican, and the Pope is arresting everyone and destroying their organization, then why not use it? Would there ever be a better time?

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Truth
2/1/2015 06:58:19 am

They remained devout Catholics, even as they were transferred to the Knights of Malta, where they became more pious.

EP
2/1/2015 08:29:22 am

...and anyone who claims otherwise is obviously an anti-Catholic hate-monger ;)

so are you
4/3/2015 03:45:55 am

why would the Catholic Church destroy the Templars to keep them from spreading their secret, then torture the guy to try and get the secret?

power struggle, they both have secrets silly boy.

Would there ever be a better time?

you're living it.

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Only Me
1/31/2015 03:27:36 pm

Ah, the train wreck...I mean, season finale has concluded. I take two things away from it:

1) Speculation and personal fantasy are *not* synonymous with evidence and proof.

2) Scott suffers from a crippling case of apophenia and confirmation bias.

I shall sleep well tonight, dismissing Scott's "work" for the same reason, and with the same finality and ease, he uses to dismiss criticism and fact.

I don't believe any of it.

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John Dunham
2/1/2015 03:08:47 am

Just pray that SW did not have something to do with the concrete in your building....... sleep well.....

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Alan K
1/31/2015 03:43:00 pm

Hey, enjoying your blog I found it a few weeks back when fact checking another episode of this foolish show. Interesting thing I found out was that the Templar's did not all just go away after the King and the Pope went after them in France. They seemed to have just renamed themselves as the Order Of Christ. The order did change with time first losing the vow of chastity and later the vow of poverty. By the beginning of the 20th century they secularized the order. So this just establishes that real history is just as interesting as fictionalized history.

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Tim
1/31/2015 04:00:23 pm

"With a few words, the pope had done what no Muslim army could do in two centuries: destroyed the Templars. Philip, who for good measure had surrounded Vienne with his army, ended up with nothing. Clement gave all the assets of the order to the Hospitallers (Knights of Malta), though the transfer took many years."

http://www.catholic.com/magazine/articles/the-sad-history-of-the-knights-templar

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Jessica
2/2/2015 07:11:17 am

Interesting link, thanks.

tm
1/31/2015 03:59:00 pm

One thing about the show was very impressive. When "Steve St Clair" was talking, I didn't even see Wolter's lips moving.

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Truth
2/1/2015 08:44:40 am

Bravissimo!

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Dave Lewis
2/2/2015 08:54:35 am

Good one!

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CHV
1/31/2015 04:24:47 pm

Regarding the whole secret M-shaped gang hand sign that Scott seems to see everywhere, if the whole Jesus bloodline conspiracy is such a deep, dark secret then why litter the world with so many clues from religious icons to the Statue of Liberty? Kinda defeats the purpose of keeping secrets, doesn't it? Unless the Templars were so giddy with excitement about Jesus and Mary Magdalene getting busy that they couldn't keep their traps shut?

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Dan
1/31/2015 04:50:13 pm

Apophenia is the absolutely perfect word to describe Scott Wolter's mental illness. Thank you "Only Me".
And thank you to Jason for taking this show down with facts after every single episode. I'm pretty sure this is the end of AU and the only part of it that I will miss is this blog's response and the comments.

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Dan
1/31/2015 04:53:12 pm

Actually, I have another good word for Wolter's issues: "Pareidolia".

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Clint Knapp
2/1/2015 03:29:30 am

Pareidolia refers specifically to seeing images in patterns, while apophenia refers to a pattern constructed from disconnected data in general.

Both are certainly applicable to the sort of conspiracy work Wolter specializes in, though.

Only Me
1/31/2015 06:13:31 pm

Just for the record, I am in no way saying or suggesting Scott Wolter has, or is suffering from, a mental illness. I'm not qualified to make that diagnosis; even if I were, it could still be considered libelous.

I just wanted to make that clear, so nobody can claim Scott has grounds for legal action against myself or Jason. It shouldn't really be necessary, but just in case...

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EP
2/1/2015 04:56:27 am

Scott Wolter isn't suffering from it, the rest of us are ;)

CHV
2/2/2015 06:55:54 am

The ability of humans to see patterns in chaos is (IMO) hard-wired into our brains - with some perceptions being closer to reality than others. Remember that there's plenty of evangelical Christians out there who still believe that tornadoes and earthquakes are caused by divine wrath - just as did the Pagan ancient Greeks.

Science, be damned.

Americanegro
8/22/2016 01:45:28 am

I think reasonable people can agree he's a giant delusional douche.

Mike Morgan
1/31/2015 06:58:19 pm

I must admit that before this two part finale, I was as much a skeptic as the rest of you about the Templar land claims for America, the Bloodline, the Royal Venus Families, and that S. St.C. is indeed Royalty of the Bloodline of the Royal Venus Families, however, the masterful presentation of the facts by Scott, Steve, and Alan and how they tied them all together, has now converted me into a believer.

I must now go on a pilgrimage to find His Royal Highness, S. St.C., in order to bow before him, presenting my arse for his kissing.

And visit SW's blog to ask - SO WHAT?

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Ac
1/31/2015 07:43:37 pm

This seemed like a culmination the entire series was building up to. It's no coincidence this was saved as the season finale, to throw the most controversial insane theories out there before the probably cancellation. Despite it all, this was easily the dullest episode of the whole series.
I believe the main problem with Wolter is that he can never take anything at face value, there always has to be a hidden meaning or conspiracy behind literally everything on earth. I do not doubt he geniunely believes all of these baseless insane theories he makes up and presents as truth. In light of that, it definitely for me calls into question his credibility in the professional field aswell.
I have noticed no one can disagree with the man without him labeling you close minded or going on the defensive..... so who is really the close minded one?

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ET
1/31/2015 11:05:03 pm

Jason, Now that America Unearthed has ended, why not start debunking government False Flag Operations? Here are some you could debunk.

http://www.wanttoknow.info/falseflag

We know that we can trust the government and these stories are false propaganda, so why not prove them false?

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Minod
2/1/2015 01:35:02 am

Jason's an ancient history blogger, so maybe he'll do some blog posts on Truthers in a couple millennia.

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EP
2/1/2015 08:05:39 am

If I ever start a blog, it'll be on this sort of contemporary stuff...

ET
2/2/2015 03:16:56 am

Minod, No! We need the TRUTH now! We need to expose the people who put out disinformation that governments engage in False Flag operations. We know that governments don't do that. So we need to expose the propaganda out there that governments do this. We can trust the politicians to tell the truth. Bush, Clinton, Obama always tell the American people the TRUTH. They are honorable men who do not tell political lies.

EP
2/2/2015 07:44:57 am

I wonder... Why is this thread attracting all the stupidest trolls?...

Johnny
2/2/2015 09:21:01 am

ET is right. We need to convince Jason to debunk all this crap on the internet about Government False Flag Operations, Government Cover Ups, Government Lies, and Government Disinformation. If any of that actually happened then there would be a Government Conspiracy behind it, and Skeptics know that Government Conspiracies just don't happen. Even a 12 year old knows that people in Government are not involved in any Conspiracy Crap.

Only Me
2/2/2015 09:31:15 am

Government conspiracy nut jobs: allegedly smart enough to *know* all the government's dirty little secrets, too stupid to figure out this blog doesn't deal with them.

Johnny
2/2/2015 10:21:08 am

Only Me, Twilight Zone Theme, Do Do Do Do Do Do Do Do. Tin Foil Hat Response.

EP
2/2/2015 10:24:15 am

http://gas2.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/conspiracy-2.jpg

Only Me
2/2/2015 10:28:31 am

Let me guess, Johnny; you're the best your team can summon?

EP
2/2/2015 10:32:37 am

I think so, Only Me. His team is pretty short on Mana due to low INT points ;)

Mark L
2/2/2015 07:39:06 pm

When has Jason (or anyone on this site) said flat-out "we can trust the Government"?

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Ray
2/2/2015 10:09:51 pm

Mark L, EP, Only Me, I think all of you should start saying the Pledge of Allegiance each day in front of an American Flag and rebuild your under developed Patriotism. Please repeat this several times a day. Then tell everyone you meet, "My country right or wrong." Only traitors criticize their government and people who don't trust the government should be put into detention centers for re-education.

EP
2/3/2015 02:07:04 am

I'm not even an American, LOL

Only Me
2/3/2015 05:31:03 am

Well, Ray, as a retired 20 year veteran, I'll do as you ask ONLY if, as I'm reciting the pledge, you are present to kiss my ass and lick my boots in abject reverence for protecting your right to be a troll online.

Deal?

Ray
2/3/2015 10:16:42 am

Only Me, Obviously you don't understand Satire when you read it. And the last time I checked, the 1st Amendment is still in the Constitution. Suggest your read Voltaire. "I do not agree with what you say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it." Voltaire 1694-1778 French Philosopher

EP
2/3/2015 10:29:10 am

Ray, before you go around parroting slogans falsely attributed to Voltaire (and generally making an idiot of yourself), reflect on whether you actually know what you're talking about and whether it has anything to do with the conversation.

For instance, First Amendment applies to government action, not to private conversations.

LOL

Only Me
2/3/2015 10:39:10 am

Ray, you obviously don't understand that I, and others, are tired of government conspiracy hacks trying to take over a blog that has nothing to do with said theme. I'm also tired of the aforementioned hacks trying to walk back what they've said by claiming "satire".

In other words, find one of the innumerable websites dedicated to government cover-ups and leave.

Juan Ruiz
1/31/2015 11:55:28 pm

Two points:

There is no contemporary portrait of Columbus. Those that do exist are all very different

Much of what Wolter has to say is found in Mascarehnas Barreto, "The Portuguese Columbus" trans. Brown ( NY: St. Martin's Press. 1992).

Baretto goes all through codes, symbols, Tomar, etc. One gets the impression Wolter knew the book.

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Bigotry is Alive and Well on H2
2/1/2015 05:16:51 am

Columbus has been the target of a smear campaign spurred by disinformation in the past 50 years. Most of it are lies.

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Typhonis
2/1/2015 12:00:22 am

I'm curious why he didn't use his forensic archeology skills to make sure the hooked X , in the church, was real and not the result of damage? I mean sure it may look like a hooked X but not ensuring it was done that way intentionally?

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Kevin
2/1/2015 01:05:31 am

CAUTION -- "Wolter Logic" proceed at your own risk!!!

After listening to the litany of 13s from SW, I realized that I know gentlemen who are um a "motorcycle enthusiasts" and they have a patch they wear on their colors with the number 13 on it. I am told that the 13 stands for the modern letter M. So, there you have it. All those Hell's Angels, Pagans, Outlaws, etc. are soldiers in the army of the Divine Feminine; right in front of our eyes !!!

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FrankenNewYork
2/1/2015 02:44:21 am

Close! That 13 (M) stands for Mary Jane, which some may consider divine and is indeed an underground conspiracy in most states, Colorado, Alaska, Oregon and Washington DC being exceptions, has yet to be associated by nut jobs with the Templars. Although the DC connection warrants further investigation.
I don't think I'll watch a next season if there is one.

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Clint Knapp
2/1/2015 03:23:05 am

I was always under the impression the criminal use of the number 13 was a reference to the 12 jurors and 1 judge that it takes to send one to jail.

M W
2/1/2015 05:20:55 am

Washington State - no D.C. We're kind of sensitive about that out here........ Go Hawks!

John
2/6/2015 12:43:20 am

Yeah. All these interpretations of th number 13, it means marijuana, murder, etc, etc.

Most likely it is because the number is considered bad luck and the people who use it as a code consider themselves to be vastly unlucky.

Matt Mc
2/1/2015 03:26:51 am

Don't forget the Latino gang MS13

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EP
2/1/2015 08:18:31 am

I don't know about Scott Wolter and Steve StC, but the Missuses are definitely bangin':

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-27RnD_Zx4NU/VM0PAvbSByI/AAAAAAAAAg4/y88D3DfaqvA/s1600/IMG_3052.JPG

Matt Mc
2/1/2015 09:01:57 am

Hahahaha the Venus Famia of Minn.

It differs from most gangs because the women are in control

EP
2/1/2015 09:08:03 am

Da Sacred Bloodz

FrankenNewYork
2/1/2015 03:17:34 am

By the way,
October 13th 1895 was a Sunday not a Friday

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Rick
2/1/2015 09:05:09 am

I noticed that too. I went back and looked and its on a Friday on the Julian calendar. I don't have enough time to look up the church that had that plaque and figure out what calendar they were using.

The way i figure is there are enough calendars floating around that it's on a friday on one if them. And that's the on SW is using. Lol

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L Bean
2/1/2015 04:24:58 am

I feel like he must've watched the new French horror film "As Above, So Below" before writing this episode...just like he watched "The Da Vinci code" in prep for his broader 'work'. (He admitted in his blog comments that he only became interested in the whole thing after the book came out - well, he worded it like his interest was coincidentally contemporaneous, but just...lol)

Have you guys seen this film? Jason? It was released last year but still isn't really well distributed.

Anyway, it's filmed in the Parisian catacombs with some pre-excursion pep-talk of Molay, and even a late night break-in to the Musee d'Orsay(iirc) to look at his esconced grave marker(which has a 'secret' message on the back of course).

Then, a trek into the catacombs where they become lost in some sort of Dante-inspired dual horror funhouse, and they find a Templar tomb... while on the hunt for the philosopher's stone.

Plot aside it's a pretty good horror film with demon monks coming out of the walls and lots of horrible sound effects and claustrophobic situations. Same can NOT be said about this episode. Or can it?

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Matt Mc
2/1/2015 09:02:59 am

I saw it and enjoyed it, one of the only tolerable found footage films.

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L Bean
2/1/2015 10:49:11 am

I agree. The soundtrack and effects made it surprisingly tolerable. The scene w them crawling over the bones and the bones then 'attacking' was pretty subtle and cool. I even liked the scary monks. It wasn't overdone, but it wasn't underdone either. Despite the 'plot' of course. ;-)

Shane Sullivan
2/1/2015 04:37:55 am

Charlie Brown's lucky number is 13.

This is a fact, and every bit as relevant as the other examples Wolter presents.

Charles Schulz: Cartoonist. Classical music enthusiast. Freemason conspirator.

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EP
2/1/2015 05:42:43 am

"they seem unaware that they are looking at an X made with curves on the upper right and lower left staves, in the style of blackletter (or Gothic) medieval writing..."

http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o284/ExPacis/infinitefacepalm.jpg

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Eleanor Aquitaine
2/1/2015 06:31:00 am

This show made my head spin. I couldn't keep up with all the far fetched connections SW was making without one shred of evidence to back any of it up. It was almost like a game he and Steve St. C were playing (btw what was the proof he teased before the break about his family being connected to the Templars?). "Okay, I'll say a word and you connect it to something totally random, and then I connect something else totally random to the first two things. And the only rule to the game is it can't make any sense or be proven valid in any manner."

It's difficult for me to watch SW's face as he spouts these things. Does he truly believe what he's saying? I feel like I'm watching someone with no base in reality at all. It's sad really.

The only thing sadder is if someone actually believes what he's saying. H2, in the public interest, should not renew this series. It went from excruciatingly boring in the first part of the season to completely whacked out for the finale.

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Pirvonen
2/1/2015 07:38:21 am

The Musée des Arts et Métiers is not an art museum. The arts the name refers to are the "skilled arts" of a craftsman or scientist. It is a museum of science nd technology, indeed housed in in an old priory.

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Jason Colavito link
2/1/2015 07:58:06 am

My fault; I meant to say "the arts" and I'll fix it.

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EP
2/1/2015 08:08:39 am

SCOTT WOLPNER CANNOT BE DEFEATED BY YOUR FEEBLE EFFORTS TO SILENCE HIM!!! GODDESS SHALL RISE AND RETAKE WHAT IS RIGHTFULLY HERS!!! ALL HAIL THE SACRED VAJAYJAY!!!

(Sorry Jason, I swear it's out of my system now.)

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Matt Mc
2/1/2015 09:04:48 am

Have you noticed that since Wolter went off the deep end with his theories his friend of 25+ years has been noticeably silent?

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EP
2/1/2015 09:09:02 am

Hey, Agate Phil *is* getting on in years. Making an idiot out of yourself online is the young men's game :)

THUDMUD
2/1/2015 08:21:59 am

Watching America Unearthed I feel stupid because he's high fiving over something and I don't get it. In the last episode when they find the "hooked X" it sure looked to me like both sides of the X had tails on it. And I kept thinking that a tour guide or something would come out and explain what all this stuff was. Who gave them permission to shoot in these churches? That guy knows what everything means. This show would be so much better if they would just present the carvings and such and let you decide. No need for crazy, completely unscientific, gibberish from a geologist. I've worked with a lot of geologists, things I know about them; They like to drink a lot, They all carry a bottle of acid in their pocket, They all want to be archaeologist like Indiana Jones. "portable microscope" it's a $100 Canon pocket camera with a zoom lens...haha. Forensic Geologist is a made up title. So we are to believe that Da Vinci painted the last supper and left out John? Everyone does realize that Da Vinci copied the last supper painting from hundreds that were painted before him? lol America Unearthed is a joke, Google scientific method and see where Scott W uses it at all. Wild ass guesses or theories are just that, not history, not fact. Ya know, in real science, to have a theory recognized, all other theories must support yours. Yes folks there are rules about this stuff. Don't waste your time on this show.

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Only Me
2/1/2015 08:45:44 am

"They all carry a bottle of acid in their pocket"

*Acid* acid, or illegal substance acid? :)

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EP
2/1/2015 08:48:35 am

Me, I prefer my acid in stamp form :)

Bigotry is Alive and Well on H2
2/1/2015 08:56:46 am

It shows by your posts EP.

Matt Mc
2/1/2015 09:08:42 am

After listening to Wolter's claims in this last episode I can not rule out that he might be following Hancock's advice about altered states.

I sure seemed like he dropped some acid and stared at a dollar bill and went 13.... Wow..... like its everywhere

EP
2/1/2015 09:12:33 am

Why don't you tell us more about how upset you are by the anti-Catholic hate speech on this blog. Everyone here is deeply concerned about your religious feelings.

L Bean
2/1/2015 10:55:05 am

That would explain SO MUCH. The pre-schizophrenic 'pattern recognition' tendencies especially.

V
2/1/2015 09:15:21 am

Slight correction: Da Vinci didn't COPY the Last Supper from previous paintings, he reinterpreted the story. When you're talking art, there's a huge difference. The reason Da Vinci's version is so famous is that it's one of the early examples of perspective in art, not because the subject matter was new and different. Anyone with the least knowledge of art history knows this, thanks.

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THUDMUD
2/1/2015 09:58:46 am

I said copy because virtually all the last supper paintings have the same people in the same places, including Da Vinci (although he did include Judas). My point was why would he change one character in the painting? I was critiquing his artistic ability, thanks.

THUDMUD
2/1/2015 10:34:40 am

**** I wasn't critiquing his artistic ability

Fred
2/1/2015 09:27:58 am

I watch this program to feel effortlessly superior. Scott is the biggest nut job on the DISCOVERY family of channels, far surpassing Georgio and the rest of the Ancient Aliens gang whose wild speculation on visitation by creatures from interstellar space somehow seems lucid and rational compared to Wolter's maniacal ravings about Freemasons and Knights Templar and his inability to remember that the Protestant Reformation happened centuries later putting a lie to the notion of "The Roman Catholic Church" as just one of many Christian alternatives. It is entertaining to see just how far the Stupid Boundary has been pushed. Curiously, Scott was Mr Evidence on Big Foot, an unlikely but certainly not impossible claim that undiscovered or thought extinct hominids might be roaming around the world wilderness. Again, unlikely, but here we are dealing with a simple yes or no proposition about whether these critters actually show up in the flesh. The whole Knights Templar / Masons / Mary Magdalene thing is light speed idiocy from any number of perspectives. The bad news is that network TV can actually be worse and so we gaze on at things like "America Unearthed," boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the trash.

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DNE
2/1/2015 09:36:29 am

Forensic Geologist...that's, um...not a thing

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DanD
2/1/2015 09:49:55 am

Wolter has a not-so-secret hand gesture prepared for the opening of season four

Dedicated to all you haters....lol

http://i.imgur.com/fbfrXWT.gif

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EP
2/1/2015 09:52:18 am

Was expecting goatse :)

Only Me
2/1/2015 10:01:19 am

Naaahhh. It's not Masonic, secretive or Templarific enough for his purpose.

EP
2/1/2015 10:17:20 am

Hooked XXX:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzosuxq8hkg

WAKE UP SHEEPLE!!!

Shane Sullivan
2/1/2015 12:23:04 pm

"Naaahhh. It's not Masonic, secretive or Templarific enough for his purpose."

...It's roughly phallic, though.

John Marks
10/24/2016 03:03:39 pm

Actually it is a thing. Below are some quotes when "Googling" the term.

"Forensic geology connects earth science with criminology. By analyzing soil, forensic geologists can determine where a crime happened. The field is fairly new and was pioneered by Ray Murray, PhD, a geology professor at Rutgers University, beginning in 1973."

"Forensic geology is the study of evidence relating to minerals, oil, petroleum, and other materials found in the Earth, used to answer questions raised by the legal system."

"Forensic Geology
Identify contaminant exposure pathways;
Investigate causes of subsurface explosions;
Evaluate county drain disputes;
Analyze cause(s) of earth failure;
Determine value of mineral resource;
Identify/confirm sources of sediment and/or filling in lakes, rivers
Collect water/soil samples for evidence/use in court."

I am sure Scott Walters is a learned man and has his degree. I am not seeking to diminish or discredit him or his academic credentials. In my search on the degree it appears to have little to do with historical artifacts or archeology. Well the degree is impressive it appears to have little to do with the themes of the show. However, I could be wrong as I no little about the degree or occupation.

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Dan
2/1/2015 09:47:09 am

On this day celebrating American football, its important to note the Scott Wolter played four years of college football. His bizarre beliefs and the apparent degradation of his mind could very well be the result of brain damage suffered on the football field and ultimately Scott's problem may be the result of CTE.

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EP
2/1/2015 09:56:29 am

Scott Wolter: History's deflated football

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Only Me
2/1/2015 10:06:22 am

Or, he could be a silly goose with Doc Savage fantasies.

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L Bean
2/1/2015 10:57:26 am

LOL!!

Are you ready for some FOOTBALLL? Or iow, pre-Templar coliseum festivities?!!!

Well, ARE YOU?

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Titus pulo
2/1/2015 10:22:27 am

I never read the divinci code and thought the movie was idiotic and bad film making. I stii don't get this ideas that Christianity was really a Mother Earth pagan cult. I'm just not seeing from being brought up catholic how anything Chiat did or said was some sort of pagan Mother Earth cult. And I'm totally not following wolters conclusion. Met plans can to america with some decendanpts of Christ And left to later create a republic with secret pagan roots? Seriously what's the purpose of having a secret group control our country and yet not publicize their cult? Iyou know based on wolters ideas, old jim Eagan at the newport tower makes a heck a lot of sense

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Dan
2/2/2015 04:34:05 am

Wolter is censoring fair critical comments on his blog again. He posted that KRS has a multidisciplinary agreement on its validity and I replied with the "opþagelsefardþ" problem (a word on KRS with no medieval provenance). The comment has not seen the light of day.

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Only Me
2/2/2015 04:47:26 am

Got you covered, Dan.

[Anonymous January 25, 2015 at 5:55 PM]

Well, the Kensington Rune Stone was also dismissed as a hoax rather quickly. I believe the main reason was due to the word "opþagelsefärd", which although appeared in Scandinavian publications in the U.S. during the late 1800's when the stone was discovered, it was not in use during the 14th century when it was alleged to have been engraved.

[Scott Wolter January 25, 2015 at 6:20 PM]

You are correct it was dismissed quickly. However, the word is not "opþagelsefärd"; the word is "optagelsefärd" which is an Old Swedish word meaning "acquisition business, or taking up land." This discovery, made by myself, Richard Nielsen, and Professor Henrik Williams, completely changed the context of the message.

This word was just one of the many misunderstood and perfectly consistent linguistic features of the inscription we discovered in the medieval legal diploma's that had never been looked at, and found on many of the hundreds of medieval runic grave slabs found on Gotland.

There no longer are any linguistic, dialect, language or runic problems within the KRS inscription. Everything has been found to be Old Swedish and consistent with the 14th century. This includes the Hooked X!

The Kensington Rune Stone is 100% genuine!

So, he's already answered that question. Oh, and for Jason's amusement:

Who Carved the Waubansee Stone?

[Anonymous January 26, 2015 at 12:15 PM]

I should have said stone holes, wouldn't want to feed colavito any more fodder! That guy is a piece of work, right?

[Scott Wolter January 26, 2015 at 1:12 PM]

Covawho?



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EP
2/2/2015 05:16:44 am

Someone should ask Wolter how to tell apart hooked Xs and Gothic X's like a pro :)

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Harry
2/2/2015 10:48:05 am

Dan,

Wolter doesn't post comments until after he has a chance to review them. Check again in a day. It might be up then.

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Kal
2/2/2015 05:06:20 am

The number 13, (pot and other drugs) acid, gangs of pirates, evil Templars, Columbus haters, Mary, various cross wearing ancient dudes, the M symbol, the hooked X, and copious amounts of paxil and retolin....does not keep SW from keeping up the most insane TV show on the air.

You know the guy has to be on some anti psychotics coming up with all those alleged codes and symbols like something out of A Beautiful Mind.

To quote Tropic Thunder though, "You never go full retard."

I think this episode did just that. The show, not SW, well maybe him too.

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Jerry
2/2/2015 12:18:00 pm

Hello, This is my first time here. I am just curious. Where did the idea that the X is a symbol of a union between Jesus and Mary come from? How was it determined that the bottom or peak of the X is jesus and the top or V of the X is mary while the little part coming off of the V respresents their child? I am asking because I probaly missed the episode that shows how he he got his theory. I just don't understand how based off of the Bigfoot episode he calls himself "a skeptic" due to lack of scientific proof yet he has convinced himself that their is enough eveidence to at least convince HIM that the X represents a union with offspiring between Jesus and Mary. There is more evidence that bigfoot might exist than there is that this symbol means such a thing. If such a secret DID exist, why would the Temlpars go around advertising it? It takes as much of a leap of faith to believe this theory as it does to believe in God.

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Clint Knapp
2/2/2015 02:59:03 pm

The "Hooked X" (know to sane people as the Variant-A rune) interpretation is an invention of Wolter's and Wolter's alone. It has no provenance I'm aware of outside of his "100% legit!" work on the Kennsington Rune Stone; which he claims to have not only dated but interpreted the secret meaning of.

Worth mention are the facts he ruined the stone for any future attempts at dating it by making a cast for his personal use, and that his secret decoding does not in any way resemble the actual text of the stone; which simply tells a fantasy about some Northmen being slaughtered by Natives (and somehow surviving long enough to spend months carving a rock).

His interpretation of the text is a crackpot series of mental gymnastics involving his fantasy about what the Variant-A rune means and a number of punch-holes in the text he sees as a special code.

Further information could be found in Jason's review of Wolter's latest book, Akhenaten to the Founding Fathers, a number of other articles too numerous to count, etc... Said review begins here: http://www.jasoncolavito.com/blog/review-of-scott-wolters-akhenaten-to-the-founding-fathers-part-1

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Jerry
2/2/2015 03:10:58 pm

Thanks!

Nancy Elizabeth Sinclair
2/2/2015 01:37:36 pm

I am an American Sinclair with mine and my brother's dna being 89.66% from the very north of Scotland according to testing. A.U. when Wolter and Steve St.Clair get together does not present anything more than make believe. I resent the nonsense put out concerning my name and lineage. If one has to prove a legal concept or anything believable there has to be a primary source of information. That is actually a person who was there back in the middle ages who left documents that have been documented through the ages as truth and this is not done on this show. There is no genuine truth presented at A.U. If truthful there would be a primary source of information, if not that then perhaps a secondary source would give clues. Hearsay is not admissible in courts and that would be the next source, leaving only the final source termed make believe. So we have in descending order: 1.Primary Source, 2. Secondary Source, 3. Hearsay, 4.Make Believe.
Do not take this show any more seriously than an episode of Batman and Robin. It is all make believe.

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EP
2/4/2015 03:38:50 am

I just realized that the title of is episode is kinda rednudant. I mean, "Evidence Exposed"? Come on! Should be "Evidence Revealed" or something, but I guess that wasn't tabloid enough...

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kal
2/5/2015 07:34:15 am

Redundant and an oxymoron. This show has not only jumped the shark, it proceeded to hook it with an ex shaped harpoon and then spend hour eating it. It's like the old Ripley's Believe it or Not with alien symbol hunters instead of circus performers. If SW was any more obvious as modern day PT Barnum archetype, he'd be wearing a lion tamer's outfit from the 1930s and carry a bullwhip.

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Clete
2/5/2015 09:38:17 am

Scott Wolter missed one number thirteen. Alex Rodriquez of the New York Yankees wears number thirteen (as do other players). This has only one meaning...They are all Templars and are engaged in hiding the secret of the bloodline.

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Tad Weitz link
3/6/2015 08:29:33 pm

Jason,
Care if I ask what your obsession is with Mr Wolter?
He has theories and last I checked that is what archaeology is all about....science too in fact. As an archaeologist myself I find his theories interesting. True not always does the evidence point to his conclusions but remember he is on a television show and they have to keep the audience riveted. That said...again....I find some of his work interesting. Guess I was lucky to have a professor in college with an open mind...or as you might say "fringe". The thing I love about archeology is you never know what is in the next trash pit...cave or mound. One piece can re-write American...or even world history. Just recently dna has proven that the so called Native Americans were not so native here as once thought and have Eurasian Origins and so as much Asian dna as many academics once taught. it has been my long belief that this great nation has been a mixing pot for thousands of years before Columbus came bumbling along. True some fantastic pieces that have been found over the years here are indeed fakes or plants but never discredit them all. For if we do....what is the point to keep digging and exploring? One of the first American archeologists was the great Thomas Jefferson. With no or little schooling in ancient American cultures and no real techniques to digging...he basically wrote the book on the subject. So to trash Mr Wolter for his theories and ideas is not only wrong but very unprofessional.

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Aaron S.
8/13/2015 03:35:34 pm

Tad,

The thing is Wolter has zero, and mean absolutely zero, evidence to back his "theories". He makes up crap based on nothing. There is not one single basis for even considering anything Wolter spews as supported by evidence because he will not present any evidence or methods for peer review. Even his dating method has not been put up for scientific testing. Never mind the fact that a large majority of his theories are based on either hoaxes or outright fiction. All his Templar woo is based on fiction.

The thing that drives me nuts about Wolter is he downplays or outright ignores thousands of years of native occupation and the practises of these many cultures. His Eurocentric world view is disgusting and racist.

Wolter and H2 should be wiped from the air because they are creating a bunch of viewers completely unable to think critically and distorting history, which by the way is far more interesting than the crap spewing from Wolter. Scott Wolter bring very bad light on both geology and archaeology.

I am quite sure that when you are out there in the field you have to back your findings and theories on physical evidence. SW just makes shit up and sells it as fact.

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Tad Weitz link
8/13/2015 05:11:17 pm

I cannot argue that logic and in many regards you may indeed be correct. If he is sincere, he should share his findings in an open forum or site. Sadly when a TV show is all about ratings, it is hard to sort the facts from the fiction.I have a pal who personally knows Wolter and says while he can get a bit excitable he is sincere and truly believes. Some of the artifacts he has mentioned on his shows I have seen and studied myself. One set being several pieces quite close to me here in Ohio called the Newark Holy Stones.
One thing I have a knack for is spotting fakes...even have hired myself out to folks bidding on pieces. I can attest...from reading the evidence and knowing the reputation of the man who found those pieces that they are not fakes. Sure they go against the grain of the establishment and that is why so many true artifacts are stamped "Fakes" by mainstream scholars and a whole history is ignored. I see Archaeology as like a CSI officer....showing up at the scene perhaps thousands of years later. No piece...even if it does not fit conventional wisdom...should ever be tossed aside unless it is an obvious forgery. We have only filled in the history pages of this great nation of ours for 600 years or so...There is a history here that is begging to be told if we can only look at it with an open mind. Do I follow his Templer everywhere theory? No...there are many more explanations but only when we dig further....will we know the truth. Flipping over just the right stone could change American history as we know it ;)

Sarah Kate
8/21/2015 04:59:48 pm

@Tad,

Funny you should mention CSI, because that TV show also drives me insane with its extraordinary leaps of logic.

The problems with AU, for me, are:

a) Wolter's utter disregard for the Scientific Method, all the while accusing anyone who doesn't agree with him of doing the same. He consults experts, then completely ignores what they say. He takes one look at something and declares "obviously this means..." something that is mindbogglingly opposite of the obvious conclusion. He cherry-picks facts and evidence to fit his preconceived notions, rather than drawing conclusions based on the evidence.

b) There is a disturbing number of people who believe everything he says.

I may be wrong, but I don't think anyone here would have a problem with someone declaring our history books to be wrong if they had properly investigated and provided proper evidence. It's the nature of an intelligent mind to question what you're told, but we want proof (or at least a logical conclusion) of the "truth." And therein lies the fury (or at least what once was fury, but is now exhausted by his repeated ridiculousness): he wants people to question what we've been told, but people don't question what he tells them. Also, he's kind of a d*ck to anyone who does.

A real forensic geologist
9/6/2015 12:53:19 am

Thank you for publishing your reviews of America Unearthed episodes. As a (real) forensic geologist, I get emails from students around the world saying they want to be forensic geologists when they grow up. Unfortunately, many cite America Unearthed as their inspiration. (These students may be sorely disappointed when they realize what forensic geologists actually do). Wolter's disregard for the scientific method and tendency to ignore experts who disagree with him while wildly speculating well outside his area of expertise (something practicing forensic geologists know better than to do) infuriate me. I'm glad someone is calling Wolter and his producers on their errors.

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David
1/10/2016 09:10:24 am

What does an actual forensic geologist do?

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RD
11/15/2015 01:26:37 pm

The Venus Synodic cycle... it's 5 periods of 8 years = 40 years. Hence you get why 40 was so important in the Bible, and why King David, Solomon, and Saul all reigned for 40 years.

The 5 periods are the conjunction (closest in the solar system) of Venus and Earth. The 40-year path also traces the pentagram. It's why the sister organization to the Freemasons, the Order of the Eastern Star, have a pentagram as part of their symbol. Incidentally, Lucifer is Venus (eastern star/morning star) not the "devil" or "satan."

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Americanegro
12/14/2015 04:52:23 pm

Let's not forget, with regard to the orbit of Venus, that 8 + 5 = What? 13, that's what. Cased closed. "Vladimir Putin"? 13 letters. "Thirteen"? 8 letters. "Eight"? 5 letters. I haven't even tried to post on Wolter's blog, he just seems like such a defensive dick.

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Ron Pendergast
12/21/2015 08:23:34 am

Finding the Grave Sight of the 10 men dead should bring Truth. Iowa Rune Stone Secreofcity. Just in case rather respond 2 my speling. Maybe I get back to subject in another six years.. Want truth? Find Me Eyeseetime DM Ia

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      • The Case of the False Quotes
      • Alternative Authors' Quote Fraud
      • David Childress & the Aliens
      • Faking Ancient Art in Uzbekistan
      • Intimations of Persecution
      • Zecharia Sitchin's World
      • Jesus' Alien Ancestors?
      • Extraterrestrial Evolution?
    • Collection: Skeptic Magazine >
      • America Before Review
      • Native American Discovery of Europe
      • Interview: Scott Sigler
      • Golden Fleeced
      • Oh the Horror
      • Discovery of America
      • Supernatural Television
      • Review of Civilization One
      • Who Lost the Middle Ages
      • Charioteer of the Gods
    • Collection: Ancient History >
      • Prehistoric Nuclear War
      • The China Syndrome
      • Atlantis, Mu, and the Maya
      • Easter Island Exposed
      • Who Built the Sphinx?
      • Who Built the Great Pyramid?
      • Archaeological Cover Up?
    • Collection: The Lovecraft Legacy >
      • Pauwels, Bergier, and Lovecraft
      • Lovecraft in Bergier
      • Lovecraft and Scientology
    • Collection: UFOs >
      • Alien Abduction at the Outer Limits
      • Aliens and Anal Probes
      • Ultra-Terrestrials and UFOs
      • Rebels, Queers, and Aliens
    • Scholomance: The Devil's School
    • Prehistory of Chupacabra
    • The Templars, the Holy Grail, & Henry Sinclair
    • Magicians of the Gods Review
    • The Curse of the Pharaohs
    • The Antediluvian Pyramid Myth
    • Whitewashing American Prehistory
    • James Dean's Cursed Porsche
  • The Library
    • Ancient Mysteries >
      • Ancient Texts >
        • Mesopotamian Texts >
          • Eridu Genesis
          • Atrahasis Epic
          • Epic of Gilgamesh
          • Kutha Creation Legend
          • Babylonian Creation Myth
          • Descent of Ishtar
          • Resurrection of Marduk
          • Berossus
          • Comparison of Antediluvian Histories
        • Egyptian Texts >
          • The Shipwrecked Sailor
          • Dream Stela of Thutmose IV
          • The Papyrus of Ani
          • Classical Accounts of the Pyramids
          • Inventory Stela
          • Manetho
          • Eratosthenes' King List
          • The Story of Setna
          • Leon of Pella
          • Diodorus on Egyptian History
          • On Isis and Osiris
          • Famine Stela
          • Old Egyptian Chronicle
          • The Book of Sothis
          • Horapollo
          • Al-Maqrizi's King List
        • Teshub and the Dragon
        • Hermetica >
          • The Three Hermeses
          • Kore Kosmou
          • Corpus Hermeticum
          • The Asclepius
          • The Emerald Tablet
          • Hermetic Fragments
          • Prologue to the Kyranides
          • The Secret of Creation
          • Ancient Alphabets Explained
          • Prologue to Ibn Umayl's Silvery Water
          • Book of the 24 Philosophers
          • Aurora of the Philosophers
        • Hesiod's Theogony
        • Periplus of Hanno
        • Zoroastrian Fatal Winter
        • Ctesias' Indica
        • Sanchuniathon
        • Sima Qian
        • Syncellus's Enoch Fragments
        • The Book of Enoch
        • Slavonic Enoch
        • Sepher Yetzirah
        • Fragments of Artapanus
        • Tacitus' Germania
        • De Dea Syria
        • Aelian's Various Histories
        • Julius Africanus' Chronography
        • Fragments of Bruttius
        • Eusebius' Chronicle
        • Chinese Accounts of Rome
        • Ancient Chinese Automaton
        • The Orphic Argonautica
        • Fragments of Panodorus
        • Annianus on the Watchers
        • The Watchers and Antediluvian Wisdom
      • Medieval Texts >
        • Medieval Legends of Ancient Egypt >
          • Medieval Pyramid Lore
          • John Malalas on Ancient Egypt
          • Fragments of Abenephius
          • Akhbar al-zaman
          • Ibrahim ibn Wasif Shah
          • Murtada ibn al-‘Afif
          • Al-Maqrizi on the Pyramids
          • Al-Suyuti on the Pyramids
        • The Hunt for Noah's Ark
        • Byzantine World Chronicle
        • Isidore of Seville
        • Book of Liang: Fusang
        • Chronicle to 724
        • Agobard on Magonia
        • Pseudo-Diocles Fragmentum
        • Book of Thousands
        • Voyage of Saint Brendan
        • Power of Art and of Nature
        • Travels of Sir John Mandeville
        • Yazidi Revelation and Black Book
        • Al-Biruni on the Great Flood
        • Voyage of the Zeno Brothers
        • The Kensington Runestone (Hoax)
        • Islamic Discovery of America
        • Popol Vuh
        • The Aztec Creation Myth
      • Lost Civilizations >
        • Atlantis >
          • Plato's Atlantis Dialogues >
            • Timaeus
            • Critias
          • Fragments on Atlantis
          • Panchaea: The Other Atlantis
          • Eumalos on Atlantis (Hoax)
          • Gómara on Atlantis
          • Atlantis as Biblical History
          • Sardinia and Atlantis
          • Atlantis and Nimrod
          • Santorini and Atlantis
          • The Mound Builders and Atlantis
          • Donnelly's Atlantis
          • Atlantis in Morocco
          • Atlantis and Hanno's Periplus
          • Atlantis and the Sea Peoples
          • W. Scott-Elliot >
            • The Story of Atlantis
            • The Lost Lemuria
          • The Lost Atlantis
          • Atlantis in Africa
          • How I Found Atlantis (Hoax)
          • Termier on Atlantis
          • The Critias and Minoan Crete
          • Rebuttal to Termier
          • Further Responses to Termier
          • Flinders Petrie on Atlantis
          • Amazing New Light (Hoax)
        • Lost Cities >
          • Miscellaneous Lost Cities
          • The Seven Cities
          • The Lost City of Paititi
          • Manuscript 512
          • The Idolatrous City of Iximaya (Hoax)
          • The 1885 Moberly Lost City Hoax
          • The Elephants of Paredon (Hoax)
        • OOPARTs
        • Oronteus Finaeus Antarctica Map
        • Caucasians in Panama
        • Jefferson's Excavation
        • Fictitious Discoveries in America
        • Against Diffusionism
        • Tunnels Under Peru
        • The Parahyba Inscription (Hoax)
        • Mound Builders
        • Gunung Padang
        • Tales of Enchanted Islands
        • The 1907 Ancient World Map Hoax
        • The 1909 Grand Canyon Hoax
        • The Interglacial Period
        • Solving Oak Island
      • Religious Conspiracies >
        • Pantera, Father of Jesus?
        • Toledot Yeshu
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        • Testimony of Jean de Châlons
        • Rosslyn Chapel and the 'Prentice's Pillar
        • The Many Wives of Jesus
        • Templar Infiltration of Labor
        • Louis Martin & the Holy Bloodline
        • The Life of St. Issa (Hoax)
        • On the Person of Jesus Christ
      • Giants in the Earth >
        • Fossil Origins of Myths >
          • Fossil Teeth and Bones of Elephants
          • Fossil Elephants
          • Fossil Bones of Teutobochus
          • Fossil Mammoths and Giants
          • Giants' Bones Dug Out of the Earth
          • Fossils and the Supernatural
          • Fossils, Myth, and Pseudo-History
          • Man During the Stone Age
          • Fossil Bones and Giants
          • Mastodon, Mammoth, and Man
          • American Elephant Myths
          • The Mammoth and the Flood
          • Fossils and Myth
          • Fossil Origin of the Cyclops
          • History of Paleontology
        • Fragments on Giants
        • Manichaean Book of Giants
        • Geoffrey on British Giants
        • Alfonso X's Hermetic History of Giants
        • Boccaccio and the Fossil 'Giant'
        • Book of Howth
        • Purchas His Pilgrimage
        • Edmond Temple's 1827 Giant Investigation
        • The Giants of Sardinia
        • Giants and the Sons of God
        • The Magnetism of Evil
        • Tertiary Giants
        • Smithsonian Giant Reports
        • Early American Giants
        • The Giant of Coahuila
        • Jewish Encyclopedia on Giants
        • Index of Giants
        • Newspaper Accounts of Giants
        • Lanier's A Book of Giants
      • Science and History >
        • Halley on Noah's Comet
        • The Newport Tower
        • Iron: The Stone from Heaven
        • Ararat and the Ark
        • Pyramid Facts and Fancies
        • Argonauts before Homer
        • The Deluge
        • Crown Prince Rudolf on the Pyramids
        • Old Mythology in New Apparel
        • Blavatsky on Dinosaurs
        • Teddy Roosevelt on Bigfoot
        • Devil Worship in France
        • Maspero's Review of Akhbar al-zaman
        • Arabic Names of Egyptian Kings
        • The Holy Grail as Lucifer's Crown Jewel
        • The Mutinous Sea
        • The Rock Wall of Rockwall
        • Fabulous Zoology
        • The Origins of Talos
        • Mexican Mythology
        • Chinese Pyramids
        • Maqrizi's Names of the Pharaohs
      • Extreme History >
        • Roman Empire Hoax
        • America Known to the Ancients
        • American Antiquities
        • American Cataclysms
        • England, the Remnant of Judah
        • Historical Chronology of the Mexicans
        • Maspero on the Predynastic Sphinx
        • Vestiges of the Mayas
        • Ragnarok: The Age of Fire and Gravel
        • Origins of the Egyptian People
        • The Secret Doctrine >
          • Volume 1: Cosmogenesis
          • Volume 2: Anthropogenesis
        • Phoenicians in America
        • The Electric Ark
        • Traces of European Influence
        • Prince Henry Sinclair
        • Pyramid Prophecies
        • Templars of Ancient Mexico
        • Chronology and the "Riddle of the Sphinx"
        • The Faith of Ancient Egypt
        • Remarkable Discoveries Within the Sphinx (Hoax)
        • Spirit of the Hour in Archaeology
        • Book of the Damned
        • Great Pyramid As Noah's Ark
        • The Shaver Mystery >
          • Lovecraft and the Deros
          • Richard Shaver's Proofs
    • Alien Encounters >
      • US Government Ancient Astronaut Files >
        • Fortean Society and Columbus
        • Inquiry into Shaver and Palmer
        • The Skyfort Document
        • Whirling Wheels
        • Denver Ancient Astronaut Lecture
        • Soviet Search for Lemuria
        • Visitors from Outer Space
        • Unidentified Flying Objects (Abstract)
        • "Flying Saucers"? They're a Myth
        • UFO Hypothesis Survival Questions
        • Air Force Academy UFO Textbook
        • The Condon Report on Ancient Astronauts
        • Atlantis Discovery Telegrams
        • Ancient Astronaut Society Telegram
        • Noah's Ark Cables
        • The Von Daniken Letter
        • CIA Psychic Probe of Ancient Mars
        • CIA Search for the Ark of the Covenant
        • Scott Wolter Lawsuit
        • UFOs in Ancient China
        • CIA Report on Noah's Ark
        • CIA Noah's Ark Memos
        • Congressional Ancient Aliens Testimony
        • Ancient Astronaut and Nibiru Email
        • Congressional Ancient Mars Hearing
        • House UFO Hearing
      • Ancient Extraterrestrials >
        • Premodern UFO Sightings
        • The Moon Hoax
        • Inhabitants of Other Planets
        • The Fall of the Sky
        • Blavatsky on Ancient Astronauts
        • The Stanzas of Dzyan (Hoax)
        • Aerolites and Religion
        • What Is Theosophy?
        • Plane of Ether
        • The Adepts from Venus
      • A Message from Mars
      • Saucer Mystery Solved?
      • Orville Wright on UFOs
      • Interdimensional Flying Saucers
      • Poltergeist UFOs
      • Flying Saucers Are Real
      • Report on UFOs
    • The Supernatural >
      • The Devils of Loudun
      • Sublime and Beautiful
      • Voltaire on Vampires
      • Demonology and Witchcraft
      • Thaumaturgia
      • Bulgarian Vampires
      • Religion and Evolution
      • Transylvanian Superstitions
      • Defining a Zombie
      • Dread of the Supernatural
      • Vampires
      • Werewolves and Vampires and Ghouls
      • Science and Fairy Stories
      • The Cursed Car
    • Classic Fiction >
      • Lucian's True History
      • Some Words with a Mummy
      • The Coming Race
      • King Solomon's Mines
      • An Inhabitant of Carcosa
      • The Xipéhuz
      • Lot No. 249
      • The Novel of the Black Seal
      • The Island of Doctor Moreau
      • Pharaoh's Curse
      • Edison's Conquest of Mars
      • The Lost Continent
      • Count Magnus
      • The Mysterious Stranger
      • The Wendigo
      • Sredni Vashtar
      • The Lost World
      • The Red One
      • H. P. Lovecraft >
        • Dagon
        • The Call of Cthulhu
        • History of the Necronomicon
        • At the Mountains of Madness
        • Lovecraft's Library in 1932
      • The Skeptical Poltergeist
      • The Corpse on the Grating
      • The Second Satellite
      • Queen of the Black Coast
      • A Martian Odyssey
    • Classic Genre Movies
    • Miscellaneous Documents >
      • The Balloon-Hoax
      • A Problem in Greek Ethics
      • The Migration of Symbols
      • The Gospel of Intensity
      • De Profundis
      • The Life and Death of Crown Prince Rudolf
      • The Bathtub Hoax
      • Crown Prince Rudolf's Letters
      • Position of Viking Women
      • Employment of Homosexuals
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