In our second Freemasons deep dive episode, we discuss the history and development of the Freemasons according to their own records. Then we go over the evolution of the fraternity as it transformed from a guild of skilled craftsmen into the modern day "Grand Lodge Era," mostly in taken over by Speculative Masons, or those not belonging to the craft.Checkout Part 1: • Geometry Before the Flood: The Masonic Sto... TimestampsIntro - 00:00Opening Yap Session - 01:00Masons Deepdive - 09:39Story Background Music by Kevin Macleod"SCP-x5x (Outer Thoughts)" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...The Equipment We UseRØDE RØDECaster Pro II - https://amzn.to/4fDcfQz RØDE PodMic - https://amzn.to/43XblHt Tinfoil - https://amzn.to/3RYxyClPodcast LinksSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1L2DYXr...Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/The-Tinfoil-Te...

This week on Tinfoil Testament, Andrew explores the origins of the Smurfs, Jeremy tracks down the legend of Momo—Missouri’s Monster—and Vandy investigates the mysterious murder in Room 1046. Is there any truth to the tale that the Smurfs were inspired by children who froze in the night? Is Momo just Bigfoot by another name? And what really happened behind the door of Room 1046? Join us as we unravel these strange stories and more.TimestampsIntro - 00:00Smurf History - 04:14Momo The Monster - 33:18Tinfoil or Truth - 47:05Room 1046 - 52:01The Equipment We UseRØDE RØDECaster Pro II - https://amzn.to/4fDcfQz RØDE PodMic - https://amzn.to/43XblHt Tinfoil - https://amzn.to/3RYxyClPodcast LinksSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1L2DYXr...Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/The-Tinfoil-Te...

In this episode Andrew talks about the Dolphin House Experiment, Jeremy discusses the stone heads found in Hexham, and Vandy closes with the tale of a Victorian-era dress with a secret message in its hidden pocket.Were they able to teach Dolphins to speak English? Were the strange creature sightings related to unearthing and disturbing Celtic artifacts? What does “Bismark, omit, leafage, buck, bank" really mean? And, how is the wolf related? All of this and more in today's episode of the Tinfoil Testament.TimestampsIntro - 00:00The Dolphin House Project - 08:50The Hexham Heads - 41:10Tinfoil or Truth - 01:28:03Hidden Pocket in a Victorian Dress - 01:31:48The Equipment We UseRØDE RØDECaster Pro II - https://amzn.to/4fDcfQz RØDE PodMic - https://amzn.to/43XblHt Tinfoil - https://amzn.to/3RYxyClPodcast LinksSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1L2DYXr...Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/The-Tinfoil-Te...#tinfoil #mystery #conspiracy #dolphin #victorian #hexhamHow this was made

In today's episode, Andrew discusses a horrible plague that ravaged the world at the start of the 20th century that seems to be forgotten about. Symptoms included coughing, fever, aching, oh and being paralyzed and unable to move for weeks at a time.Jeremy talks about that time blobs fell from the sky in Oakville, Washington. Were they Jellyfish? Could they be aliens? Or was it just the military doing military things again?And Vandy ponders if MKUltra was actually a distraction to keep the people's eyes off of twin experiments done on boats by the Navy. Who is Dr Jolly West? And are these experiments still happening today?All of this and more on Tinfoil Testament.TimestampsIntro - 00:00The Plague of 1916 - 06:10The Oakville Blobs - 26:59Tinfoil or Truth - 57:29The Other Side of MKULTRA - 01:03:30 The Equipment We UseRØDE RØDECaster Pro II - https://amzn.to/4fDcfQz RØDE PodMic - https://amzn.to/43XblHt Tinfoil - https://amzn.to/3RYxyClPodcast LinksSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1L2DYXr1QNmzmisv78L7SPApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-tinfoil-testament/id1836797923Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/The-Tinfoil-Testament/dp/B0FN7TWPHR#tinfoiltestament #plague #blobs #mkultra #mystery #unsolvedmystery #cryptids #conspiracy

Andrew is traveling through Japan, so Victoria returns to join Jeremy and Vandy for a looser episode featuring two stories, an unpredictable AI version of Andrew, and another round of Tinfoil or Truth.Jeremy tells the story of Operation Paul Bunyan, the overwhelming military response launched after North Korean soldiers murdered two American officers during a dispute over a poplar tree inside the Korean Demilitarized Zone. When the United States and South Korea returned to finish cutting it down, they brought engineers with chainsaws, special forces, gunships, fighter aircraft, B-52 bombers, thousands of troops, and enough firepower to risk restarting the Korean War.Vandy investigates Paul Bennewitz, an electronics engineer who believed he had intercepted communications from extraterrestrial spacecraft near Kirtland Air Force Base. Rather than correcting him, intelligence figures allegedly supplied him with documents, secret projects, underground alien bases, and increasingly elaborate UFO claims. Bennewitz eventually became consumed by the story, raising a disturbing question: Did the government manufacture an alien conspiracy to hide something real?Meanwhile, prerecorded AI-generated Andrew lines interrupt the episode at random, Victoria attempts to survive Jeremy’s difficult Tinfoil or Truth questions, and the group wanders through North Korean propaganda, Chinese ghost cities, government disinformation, and several unexpected rabbit holes.TimestampsIntro - 00:00Operation: Paul Bunyan - 12:21Chinese Ghost Town Tangent - 41:48Tinfoil or Truth - 51:30Government Aliens - 01:50:17The Equipment We UseRØDE RØDECaster Pro II - https://amzn.to/4fDcfQz RØDE PodMic - https://amzn.to/43XblHt Tinfoil - https://amzn.to/3RYxyClPodcast LinksSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1L2DYXr1QNmzmisv78L7SPApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-tinfoil-testament/id1836797923Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/The-Tinfoil-Testament/dp/B0FN7TWPHR#tinfoiltestament #operationpaulbunyan #paulbennewitz #northkorea #ufos #governmentdisinformation #conspiracy #militaryhistory #aliens

Andrew investigates the Business Plot of 1933, an alleged plan involving wealthy businessmen, military veterans, and an attempt to replace President Franklin D. Roosevelt with a fascist-style government. At the center of the story is decorated Marine Corps Major General Smedley Butler, who claimed he was recruited to lead an army of veterans against the White House.Jeremy travels back to the brutal winter of 1855, when mysterious hoof-shaped footprints appeared across Devon, England. The tracks reportedly continued for miles in perfectly straight lines, crossed rivers, passed through walls, and approached homes while residents slept. Explanations ranged from badgers and birds to kangaroos, balloons, elaborate hoaxes, and the Devil himself.Vandy closes with the terrifying activity reported at 30 East Drive, home of the entity known as the Black Monk of Pontefract. Missing objects, rearranged furniture, flying pictures, physical attacks, frightened police officers, and sightings of a dark robed figure turned an ordinary family home into one of Britain’s most famous alleged hauntings.TimestampsIntro - 00:00The 1933 Business Plot - 09:27Devil's Footprints in Devon - 41:50Tinfoil or Truth - 01:17:08The Black Monk of Pontefract - 01:24:25The Equipment We UseRØDE RØDECaster Pro II - https://amzn.to/4fDcfQz RØDE PodMic - https://amzn.to/43XblHt Tinfoil - https://amzn.to/3RYxyClPodcast LinksSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1L2DYXr1QNmzmisv78L7SPApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-tinfoil-testament/id1836797923Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/The-Tinfoil-Testament/dp/B0FN7TWPHR#tinfoiltestament #businessplot #smedleybutler #devilsfootprints #blackmonk #pontefract #paranormal #conspiracy #mystery

In this episode, the guys get into ancient giants, a mysterious Japanese vessel, and the latest update in the Bricks & Minifigs controversy. Andrew opens with the Allegewi, the giant people or cryptid race tied to Native oral traditions, mound-builder mysteries, alleged giant skeleton discoveries, and the long-running claims that institutions like the Smithsonian have hidden evidence. Jeremy then tells the story of Utsuro-Bune, the Japanese hollow boat that allegedly washed ashore in 1803 carrying a strange red-haired woman, unknown writing, and a mysterious box. After Tinfoil or Truth, Vandy updates the Bricks & Minifigs situation, following Reckless Ben, the $200,000 LEGO dispute, corporate denials, police involvement, body-cam footage, legal battles, and why the whole story has only gotten bigger.TimestampsIntro - 00:00Allegewi - 04:28Utsuro-Buno - 32:22Tinfoil or Truth - 01:00:14More Bricks and Minifigs - 01:07:54The Equipment We UseRØDE RØDECaster Pro II - https://amzn.to/4fDcfQz RØDE PodMic - https://amzn.to/43XblHt Tinfoil - https://amzn.to/3RYxyClPodcast LinksSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1L2DYXr1QNmzmisv78L7SPApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-tinfoil-testament/id1836797923Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/The-Tinfoil-Testament/dp/B0FN7TWPHR#tinfoiltestament #allegewi #giants #utsurobune #hollowboat #bricksandminifigs #recklessben #lego #conspiracy #mysterypodcast

In this episode, the guys get into mysterious speakers scattered across Mount Shasta, two men found dead while wearing homemade lead eye masks, and a multicolored object watched by police officers over Anoka, Minnesota. Andrew opens with the strange discovery on Mount Shasta and the legends of Lemurians, underground cities, portals, and spiritual seekers connected to the mountain. Jeremy then breaks down the Lead Masks case, the unsolved 1966 deaths involving two electronics technicians, a cryptic note, missing capsules, and alleged experiments meant to contact higher beings. After Tinfoil or Truth, Vandy closes with the Anoka lights, a documented UFO sighting involving police witnesses, video footage, a 90-minute observation, and an investigation that still has not produced a clear explanation.TimestampsIntro - 00:00Shasta Speakers - 07:57Lead Masks - 039:46Tinfoil or Truth - 01:08:11Anoka Lights - 01:18:13Shasta speakers video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZ8MswAyyTV/?igsh=emNlZGlxbmgxMHlzAnoka police UFO video:https://www.fox9.com/news/fbi-files-ufo-sighting-anoka-police-departmentThe Equipment We UseRØDE RØDECaster Pro II - https://amzn.to/4fDcfQz RØDE PodMic - https://amzn.to/43XblHt Tinfoil - https://amzn.to/3RYxyClPodcast LinksSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1L2DYXr1QNmzmisv78L7SPApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-tinfoil-testament/id1836797923Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/The-Tinfoil-Testament/dp/B0FN7TWPHR#tinfoiltestament #mountshasta #shastaspeakers #lemurians #leadmaskscase #anokalights #ufo #unsolvedmystery #paranormal #conspiracy