The Secret Armchair Treasure Hunt, The Secret Podcast, and the End of an Era By John Michaels For about 10 years now I have been involved in what is perceived to be one of the longest running armchair treasure hunts in existence, The Secret – A Treasure Hunt. Over the …
Book Review by John Davis The Million-Dollar Man Who Helped Kill a President, by Christopher Lyle McIlwain, Sr.; Savas Beatie LLC: California; $32.95, hardback (available on Amazon) A more thoroughly researched true mystery you’ll never read. George Washington Gayle and the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln is no marginal revisionist history. …
Article Written by Duncan Burden Masonic ‘Exposés’ and ‘Exposures’ are very specific books about Freemasonry. These publications are sold with the claim that they will ‘reveal’ the secrets of the Order, hence being called ‘Exposures’. The sales of these books has been relatively constant since the early years of Speculative …
Article and Review Written by Dustin White If you’re not aware of it, there are buried treasures hidden all around North America. Twelve such treasures were buried back in the early 1980s as part of a treasure hunt worked into a book called The Secret. Twelve ceramic keys were buried …
Article Written by John Davis You’d be excused if you were shocked by the wanderings of a major American monument. What if the Statue of Liberty was hauled out to a carnival, or the St. Louis Arch was made into a giant slingshot? Upsetting, no? Even worse, what if …
Article Written by Duncan Burden Since the Rennes le Château mystery and Dan Brown’s ‘The Da Vinci Code’ hit the public attention there has been a surge of interest and speculation of hidden meanings in art. Paintings such as Nicolas Poussin’s ‘Shepherds of Arcadia’ and Da Vinci’s ‘Last Supper’ have …
Whatever happened to Windsor? Article Written by John Davis As a high school student I spent summers in Port Gibson, Mississippi. This is a charming little town which survived the Civil War when General Grant is said to have commented, “This town is too beautiful to burn.” His army marched …
Article Written by Duncan Burden Freemasonry has been a part of society for centuries, and society has directly influenced the development of Freemasonry. Whether Freemasons appreciate the cultural influence of society, and if society appreciates Freemasonry, could be hotly debated, but the influence of both on each other is evident. …
Book Review by John Davis The Atlas Obscura’s Explorer’s Guide for The World’s Most Adventurous Kid, by Dylan Thuras and Rosemary Mosco; Workman Publishing: New York; $13.49, hardback: Available on Amazon If I could give one gift to every kid I meet, it would be curiosity. A curious kid will …
Article Written by John Davis At the dawn of the 20th Century Ambrose Bierce was one of the most famous writers in America. Even today, his “Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” is known to readers and media viewers of all ages. He wrote famously for the Hearst newspapers throughout his …
