Historical Blindness
By Nathaniel Lloyd
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Episodes: 179
Nov 22, 2019
Mar 27, 2019
Description
Historical Blindness is a podcast about history’s myths, mysteries, and misconceptions. By examining cases of outrageous hoaxes, pernicious conspiracy theory, mass delusion, baffling mysteries and unreliable historiography, host Nathaniel Lloyd searches for insights into modern religious belief and political culture.
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"An Idle and Most False Imposition"; The Shakespeare Authorship Question - Part One: Drama's God
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Apr 23, 2024 |
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The Oak Island Scheme - Part Two: The Cursed Treasure Fraud feat. Dr. Sean Munger
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Apr 09, 2024 |
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The Oak Island Scheme - Part One: The Legend of the Money Pit feat. Dr. Sean Munger
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Mar 26, 2024 |
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Before Columbus - Part Two: False Claims
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Mar 12, 2024 |
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Before Columbus - Part One: First Contact
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Feb 27, 2024 |
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Introducing: Even the Royals
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Feb 22, 2024 |
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West of Vinland: The Controversy of the Kensington Runestone
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Feb 13, 2024 |
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The Lost Colony - Part Two: The Dare Stones (UPDATED and REMASTERED VERSION of episode 2)
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Feb 06, 2024 |
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The Legend of the Bermuda Triangle - Part Two: Dead Reckoning
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Jan 30, 2024 |
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The Lost Colony - Part One: The Secret Token (UPDATED VERSION of episode 1)
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Jan 23, 2024 |
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The Legend of the Bermuda Triangle - Part One: A Watery Grave
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Jan 16, 2024 |
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The Historical Jesus and the Myths of Christ Mythicism (Another Historically Blind Xmas Special!)
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Dec 25, 2023 |
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Special Presentation: The Constant's "The War on Christmas"
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Dec 12, 2023 |
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The Mushroom Kingdom: The Entheogen Theory of Religion
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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Patreon Release: PlyMYTH Rock
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Nov 23, 2023 |
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Technological Angels: The Religious Dimension of UFO Belief
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Nov 14, 2023 |
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UFO Whistleblowers: An American Tradition, Part Three - Bob Lazar
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Oct 31, 2023 |
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UFO Whistleblowers: An American Tradition, Part Two - Bill Cooper
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Oct 17, 2023 |
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UFO Whistleblowers: An American Tradition, Part One - Donald Keyhoe and John Lear
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Oct 03, 2023 |
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Raging Against the Machine: Thoughts on Technofear and Luddism
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Sep 19, 2023 |
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The Hunt for Lost Nazi Gold Trains
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Sep 05, 2023 |
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The Piltdown Fraud: Fundamentalists' Favorite Fake Fossil
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Aug 22, 2023 |
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The Forging of the Crystal Skulls
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Aug 08, 2023 |
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The Source of the Fountain of Youth Myth
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Jul 25, 2023 |
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The Search for Cities of Gold
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Jul 11, 2023 |
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The Thrust of the Holy Lance of Longinus
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Jun 27, 2023 |
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The Quest for the Truth of the Holy Grail
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Jun 13, 2023 |
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The Hidden Ones: Sect of Assassins
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May 30, 2023 |
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The Myth of the Thuggee Cult
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May 16, 2023 |
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The Key to the Secrets of King Solomon (an Encyclopedia Grimoria Volume)
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May 02, 2023 |
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The Whereabouts of the Lost Ark of the Covenant
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Apr 18, 2023 |
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Infektion: Operation DENVER and the Engineering of AIDS Conspiracy Legends (featuring Dr. Douglas Selvage)
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Apr 04, 2023 |
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Breaking News: The Hitler Diaries Fiasco
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Mar 21, 2023 |
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The Specter of Hitler's Survival
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Mar 07, 2023 |
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The Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping - Part Two: Cemetery John
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Feb 21, 2023 |
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The Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping - Part One: The Eaglet
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Feb 07, 2023 |
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The Business Plot - Part Two: The Bankers Gold Group
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Jan 24, 2023 |
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The Business Plot - Part One: The Bonus Army
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Jan 10, 2023 |
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A Very Historically Blind Xmas: The Iconic Christ
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Dec 20, 2022 |
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"The Mystery of D.B. Cooper" by History Daily (Special Presentation)
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Dec 06, 2022 |
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Lilith, the Phantom Maiden
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Nov 22, 2022 |
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Omens, Charms, and Rituals: A History of Superstition
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Nov 08, 2022 |
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The Revenants: Part Two - VAMPIRES in Fantasy
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Oct 25, 2022 |
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"The Blood Gospel" by The Conspirators Podcast (Special Presentation)
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Oct 18, 2022 |
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The Revenants: Part One - VAMPIRES in Reality
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Oct 04, 2022 |
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The Enigmatic Kingfish. Huey Long
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Sep 20, 2022 |
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The Perils of American Democracy
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Sep 06, 2022 |
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Stranger Things Have Happened - Part Three: The Philadelphia Experiment and the Montauk Project
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Aug 23, 2022 |
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Stranger Things Have Happened - Part Two: Psychic Spies
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Aug 09, 2022 |
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Stranger Things Have Happened - Part One: MK-Ultra and CIA Mind Control
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Jul 26, 2022 |
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Gun Violence in America: A Cultural History
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Jul 12, 2022 |
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The Deluge and the Ark Seekers
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Jun 21, 2022 |
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The Secrets of Enoch - An Apocryphal Catechism
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Jun 07, 2022 |
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The Myth of a Lost Mound Builder Race
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May 24, 2022 |
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No Bones About It! Part Two: GIANTS in the "New" World
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May 10, 2022 |
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No Bones About It! Part One: GIANTS in the Old World
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Apr 26, 2022 |
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The Lost Empire of Tartaria
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Apr 05, 2022 |
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Oswald and the JFK Assassination - Part Four: The Vigilante
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Mar 22, 2022 |
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Oswald and the JFK Assassination - Part Three: The Lone Gunman
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Mar 08, 2022 |
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Oswald and the JFK Assassination - Part Two: The Activist
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Feb 22, 2022 |
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Oswald and the JFK Assassination - Part One: The Defector
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Feb 08, 2022 |
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The Coup on Cape Fear - Part Two: Red Shirt Riot
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Jan 25, 2022 |
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The Coup on Cape Fear - Part One: The Dark Scheme
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Jan 05, 2022 |
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A Very Historically Blind Christmas Carol
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Dec 21, 2021 |
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A Defense of the 1619 Project
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Nov 23, 2021 |
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Curriculum Controversies in America
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Nov 09, 2021 |
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The Demoniacs: The True Spirit of Possession and Exorcism
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Oct 26, 2021 |
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False Prophecy: The Mark of the Beast - 666
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Oct 12, 2021 |
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The Rise and Fall of the Society of Jesus: Part Two - The Man Beyond the Mountains
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Sep 28, 2021 |
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The Rise and Fall of the Society of Jesus: Part One - The Black Legend of the Jesuits
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Sep 14, 2021 |
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The Fate of Ludwig II: Part Two - The Mad King (A Royal Blood Mystery)
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Aug 31, 2021 |
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The Fate of Ludwig II: Part One - The Fairytale King (A Royal Blood Mystery)
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Aug 17, 2021 |
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UFO Disinfo: Part Three - The Bennewitz Deception
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Aug 03, 2021 |
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UFO Disinfo: Part Two - The Washington Flyovers and the CIA
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Jul 13, 2021 |
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UFO Disinfo: Part One - Roswell, Maury Island and Beyond
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Jun 29, 2021 |
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The Beautiful Corpse of Helen Jewett
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Jun 08, 2021 |
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Unfit to Print; or A History of Bad News: the Party Press, Penny Papers, and Yellow Journalism
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May 25, 2021 |
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EXTRA! EXTRA! Extra-Terrestrial Hoaxes!
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May 11, 2021 |
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Hidden Bodies: A Brief and Incomplete History of Astronomical Discovery
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Apr 27, 2021 |
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Anti-Vaccinationism, a Historical Hindrance to Herd Immunity
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Apr 13, 2021 |
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The Story of Chevalier d'Eon and the Inadequacy of the Historical Analysis of Transgender Identity
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Mar 30, 2021 |
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Written in Stone: The Archaeological Frauds of Pre-Columbian Trans-Oceanic Contact Theories
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Mar 09, 2021 |
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The Abode of the Lost Tribes of Israel, Part Two: Diaspora
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Feb 23, 2021 |
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The Abode of the Lost Tribes of Israel, Part One: Conquest
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Feb 09, 2021 |
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The Epistle of Prester John
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Jan 26, 2021 |
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Patron Minisode Release: Little Caesar Lost
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Jan 19, 2021 |
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Hermes Trismegistus, Father of Alchemy (An Encyclopedia Grimoria volume)
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Jan 05, 2021 |
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A Very Historically Blind Christmas III: The Epiphany of the Magi
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Dec 22, 2020 |
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The Eleventh Hour: Presidential Pardon Power
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Dec 08, 2020 |
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Patron Exclusive Release: The Thanksgiving Mythos
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Nov 26, 2020 |
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Circuit Riders, Midnight Appointments, and Packed Benches: A History of the Supreme Court
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Nov 24, 2020 |
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The Smoke-Filled Room: Contested Elections in America
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Nov 10, 2020 |
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A Rediscovery of Witches, Part Two: The Moon Goddess and the Cunning Folk
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Oct 27, 2020 |
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A Rediscovery of Witches, Part One: The Hammer and the Horned God
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Oct 13, 2020 |
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The Illuminati Illuminated, Part Two: The Order in America
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Sep 29, 2020 |
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PATREON MINISODE: A Dark Day Indeed
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Sep 22, 2020 |
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The Illuminati Illuminated, Part One: The Order's Origins
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Sep 15, 2020 |
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The Murder of Lord Darnley, Part Two: The Casket Letters (A Royal Blood Mystery)
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Sep 01, 2020 |
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The Murder of Lord Darnley, Part One: The Vipers' Nest (A Royal Blood Mystery)
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Aug 18, 2020 |
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The Jansenist Miracles of Enlightenment France, Part Two: The Convulsionnaires
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Jul 28, 2020 |
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The Jansenist Miracles of Enlightenment France, Part One: The Thaumaturges
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Jul 14, 2020 |
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The Feat of the Flying Friar: St. Joseph of Cupertino
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Jun 09, 2020 |
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In the Footsteps of the Wandering Jew: Anti-Semitic Canards in the Coronavirus Era
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May 26, 2020 |
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Cocoliztli: The Mystery Pestilence
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May 12, 2020 |
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Blind Spot: Drake's Plate, a Brazen Plot
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Apr 14, 2020 |
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The Unbelievable History of the Ancient and Honorable E Clampus Vitus
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Mar 31, 2020 |
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Gnostic Genesis (An Apocryphal Catechism)
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Mar 17, 2020 |
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Zoroaster, the First Magus (An Encyclopedia Grimoria Volume)
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Mar 03, 2020 |
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The End of Edward II, Part Two: The Hermit King (A Royal Blood Mystery)
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Feb 18, 2020 |
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The End of Edward II, Part One: The Iron Virago (A Royal Blood Mystery)
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Feb 04, 2020 |
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A Very Historically Blind Christmas II: Father Christmas
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Dec 16, 2019 |
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PATREON MINISODE: Alfred Russel Wallace; Man of Science, Man of Pseudoscience
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Nov 26, 2019 |
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Shadow of the Werewolf, Part Two: The Salve and the Sabbat
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Oct 29, 2019 |
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Shadow of the Werewolf, Part One: Killer on the Road
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Oct 15, 2019 |
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The Chronological Revision Chronicles, Part Three: The Hardouin Conspiracy and the Newton Piracy
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Oct 01, 2019 |
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The Chronological Revision Chronicles, Part Two: The Velikovsky Catastrophe
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Sep 17, 2019 |
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The Chronological Revision Chronicles, Part One: The Fomenko Timeline
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Sep 03, 2019 |
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The Wrong Side of History: Holocaust Denial and Its Fallacies
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Aug 13, 2019 |
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Nazi Occultism, Part Three: The Hunt for a Hyperborean Heritage
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Jul 30, 2019 |
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Nazi Occultism, Part Two: The Death's Head Cult
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Jul 16, 2019 |
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Nazi Occultism, Part One: The Myth of the Aryans
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Jul 02, 2019 |
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The Monster of Loch Ness: Delusion or Denizen of the Deep?
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Jun 11, 2019 |
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Leviathan, the Great Sea Serpent, Part 2: Into the Chaos Waters
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May 28, 2019 |
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Leviathan, the Great Sea Serpent, Part One: Here Be Dragons
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May 14, 2019 |
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Blind Spot: The Great Dying and the Chicxulub Crater
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Apr 23, 2019 |
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Terror over Tunguska: The Siberian Blast of 1908
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Apr 09, 2019 |
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Blind Spot: A Tale of Two Babylons
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Mar 26, 2019 |
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Maria Monk and Her Awful Disclosures
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Mar 12, 2019 |
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Patron Exclusive Blindside Episode: Murder in the Red Barn
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Mar 05, 2019 |
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Blind Spot: The Jowers Affair
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Feb 26, 2019 |
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The Killing of Dr. King, Part Three: Ray's Reasons
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Feb 12, 2019 |
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The Killing of Dr. King, Part Two: The Legend of Raoul
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Jan 29, 2019 |
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The Killing of Dr. King, Part One: A Dream Defied
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Jan 15, 2019 |
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A Very Historically Blind Christmas
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Dec 18, 2018 |
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A Conversation with Mike Dash
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Dec 04, 2018 |
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Blind Spot: Tracking the Devil in Devon
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Oct 30, 2018 |
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The Diabolical Features of Spring-Heeled Jack
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Oct 16, 2018 |
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The Myth and Mystery of Christopher Columbus
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Oct 02, 2018 |
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Blind Spot: Charles Dellschau and His Extraordinary Sonora Aero Club
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Sep 18, 2018 |
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The Phantom Airships of 1890s America
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Sep 04, 2018 |
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The Memorable Arrest of Martin Guerre
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Aug 21, 2018 |
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The Campden Wonder; or, The Supposed Murder of William Harrison
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Aug 07, 2018 |
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Blind Spot: Little Dauphin Lost
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Jul 24, 2018 |
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The Bastard Princes in the Bloody Tower; Part Two, The Skeletons Under the Stairs
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Jul 10, 2018 |
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The Bastard Princes in the Bloody Tower; Part One, Pretenders to the Throne
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Jun 26, 2018 |
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Blind Spot: Babes in the Wailing Wood
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Jun 12, 2018 |
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The Lost Youth of St. Martin's Land, or Woolpit's Green Children
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May 29, 2018 |
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Blind Spot: The Beloved Disciple and the Authorship of John
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May 15, 2018 |
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Eustache Dauger, the Secret Prisoner in the Velveteen Mask (aka the Man in the Iron Mask)
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May 01, 2018 |
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Blind Spot: The Secret of Rennes-le-Château and Abbé Saunière’s Riches
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Apr 17, 2018 |
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The Priory of Sion and the Quest for the Holy Grail, or Lincoln's Links and Plantard's Plans
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Apr 03, 2018 |
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The Marian Apparition of Guadalupe and Her Fantastical Portrait
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Mar 20, 2018 |
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The Turin Shroud: Divine Likeness or Bogus Relic?
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Mar 06, 2018 |
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Blind Spot: The Great Los Angeles Air Raid and the Secret Memos of Majestic 12
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Feb 20, 2018 |
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A Brief History of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena
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Feb 06, 2018 |
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Blind Spot: Three Men Gone from Eilean Mor, the Missing Keepers of the Flannan Isles Light
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Jan 23, 2018 |
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The Carroll A. Deering, Ghost Ship of Cape Hatteras
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Jan 09, 2018 |
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Blind Spot: The Terrible within the Small; or, The Fabrication of the Learned Elders of Zion and the Forgery of Their Protocols
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Dec 26, 2017 |
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Bloody Libel; or, the Slaughter and Sacralization of Young William of Norwich
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Dec 12, 2017 |
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The Specter of Devil Worship, Part Two
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Oct 31, 2017 |
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The Specter of Devil Worship, Part One
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Oct 24, 2017 |
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Jubal Early's Lost Cause
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Oct 10, 2017 |
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Blind Spot: The Loss of Theodosia Burr Alston
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Sep 26, 2017 |
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The Trial of Levi Weeks for the Murder of Elma Sands
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Sep 12, 2017 |
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Blind Spot: Swift's Lost Silver Mine and Dorr's River of Gold
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Aug 29, 2017 |
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Joseph Mulhatton: The Liar Laureate of the World
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Aug 15, 2017 |
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Blind Spot: Tutelary Spirits
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Aug 01, 2017 |
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The White Ladies of German Lore
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Jul 18, 2017 |
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Blind Spot: The Lady of the Haystack
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Jul 03, 2017 |
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Kaspar Hauser, Part Two: Princeling
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Jun 20, 2017 |
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Blind Spot: Princess Caraboo of Javasu
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Jun 05, 2017 |
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Kaspar Hauser, Part One: Foundling
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May 23, 2017 |
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Blind Spot: The Oberfohren Memorandum and the Ernst Confession
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May 09, 2017 |
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Firebrand in the Reichstag!
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Apr 25, 2017 |
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Blind Spot: The Codex of Rohonc
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Apr 11, 2017 |
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The Found Manuscript of Wilfrid Voynich
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Mar 23, 2017 |
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The Dancing Plague
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Feb 24, 2017 |
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The Lost Colony - Part Two: The Dare Stones
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Jan 23, 2017 |
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The Lost Colony - Part One: The Secret Token (UPDATED and REMASTERED VERSION)
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Dec 23, 2016 |