Case file 014Forgotten Histories
Brotherhood of the Eye
A coded German manuscript revealed the Oculists’ initiation rites, secret signals and campaign to expose the Freemasons who shared their world.
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Forgotten Histories
Overlooked events, extraordinary lives and strange episodes recovered from the historical record.
Case file 011Forgotten Histories
The Stone That Wouldn’t Sink
Six sailors died bringing Cleopatra’s Needle to London. The obelisk survived abandonment at sea, but was its notorious voyage cursed or dangerously mismanaged?
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