Take cover keep hidden and get ready to infiltrate a super secret organization the Society includes at least two three US presidents Supreme Court justices and too many senators and CEOs to Nate welcome to watchmojo.com down our picks for the top five most interesting facts about the Yale University secret society
Known as the Skull and Bones a number of reports say that there are niches with human skulls and whose skulls they are they’re supposed to supposedly the skulls of famous people and it’s one skull that was labeled skull of Geronimo it’s an organization with a history spanning over a hundred and fifty years
Shrouded in mystery and retaining some pretty unique and fascinating secrets even though their identities were known what they did inside the tomb was still supposed to be top secret number five lots of powerful elite or Bonesmen Chris welcome to the Skull and Bones Society this is where the most powerful men in
The world are groomed for their futures conspiracy theorists love discussing the Skull and Bones especially how many important influential and powerful members have passed through its doors he’s an ambitious man in any of getting the Supreme Court so anything you really loves members of the super secret organization are known as Bonesmen and
Have included Senator John Kerry former president William Howard Taft and three generations of the Bush family including George W Bush George Bush Senior and Prescott Bush but more on him later other Bonesmen have gone on to head multi-million dollar corporations or otherwise become power players on the world stage leaving too much speculation
That the society is meant to breed future world leaders and other men of influence we share similar backgrounds you and I and I hope similar values which could put this society’s influence to better use and we say men of influence because the skullenbones actually didn’t accept female membership
Until the 1990s long after Yale University itself went co-ed in 1969 this desire to keep the society small intimate and male dominated only adds to its legacy of mystery and secrecy maybe just makes them look like jerks jury’s out on that one you know someone I loved once
It’s secret and elite it can’t be good number four they allegedly stole the skulls of historical figures so remember how we mentioned that george w bush’s grandfather prescott was a Bonesmen well in 1918 the patriarch was among six other Bonesmen who served as guards in Fort Sill where famed Apache leader
Geronimo died and was buried the legend is that Prescott and Co stole Geronimo’s skull from the site and brought it back to the Skull and Bones headquarters known as the tomb where it’s said to reside to this day so enduring is this tale that in 2009 Geronimo’s descendants
Sued the Skull and Bones for the return of his remains the case was dismissed in 2010 but not because the bones aren’t there necessarily but because the judge decided that the law they cited only applied to grave robberies that occurred after the law was passed in 1990 the
Apache warrior skull isn’t the only macabre object reportedly housed within the tomb either as author Alexandra Robbins claims that there were also skulls belonging to Mexican revolutionary Pancho via and former President Martin Van Buren within the tomb as well as coffins gravestones and even a set of silverware which
Reportedly belonged to Adolf Hitler there are photos of skulls inside the skull and bones to number three initiation involves some bizarre rituals as is customary with all our new members you now have to spend seven minutes in the closet with our most senior member we’ve already mentioned that the Skull
And Bones headquarters is known as the tomb but is what actually goes on down there in the depths all that dark and mysterious that sounds kind of cruel no no you’ll love it it’s great well it’s been said that the initiation rituals for potential Bonesmen can include some very bizarre occult inspired trappings
The initiates have to do things like drink fake blood out of a one former Yale student turned journalist for the New York Observer even managed to capture on videotape one of the skullenbones rituals for neophyte pledges to the society these rituals include a mock human sacrifice the kissing of a skull and various
Embarrassingly juvenile taunts from elder Bonesmen to these neophytes they’re sort of trying to scare the initiative you know disorient the frightened though according to Alexandra Robbins another infamous hazing ritual involves having a neophyte line naked in the coffin masturbate and reveal their most secretive sexual experiences and fantasies are we having fun yet
Number two they have their very own Island once the bones been always a Bonesmen this is the idea behind the Skull and Bones membership as the Society’s alumni retain oversight of its activities while also owning its real estate under the Russell Trust Association one piece of this real
Estate is a private island belonging to the Skull and Bones known as Deer Island located along the st. Lawrence River the original purpose of Deer Island was as a retreat destination for Bonesmen where members would enjoy fine dining play tennis and otherwise catch up with bones
An alumni who have lost touch over the years the idea of vacationing on Deer Island is one which has somewhat lost its luster for younger Bonesmen however with many new students claiming that the island has largely fallen into disrepair took a buncha Fixer happen in 2009 Gawker posted photos from an alleged
Bonesmen Facebook page depicting what they say is a weekend at Deer Island it really just looks like a diverse group of friends having a drunken good time in a shabby cabin somewhere kind of disappointing number one the skullenbones isn’t the only secret society at Yale yep just imagine not one but several
Freaky clubs some even richer than the Skull and Bones all perpetuating dangerous and bizarre hazing rituals and all going on to secretly run the world or something they go by such similarly cryptic names as scroll and key book and snake and wolf’s head according to Robbins they all keep a
Checks-and-balances approach to how they recruit reliable new members protect their own unique hazing traditions and keep up to speed on what every other secret society is up to as well others claimed at the point of all these secret societies including Skull and Bones is much more benign one they are merely an
Opportunity for students to create relationships with a diverse set of new people and hopefully gain some lifelong friends in any fellowship you need someone you can trust someone to be there always for anything a soulmate or at least a few college drinking buddies so are you ready to pledge allegiance to
The skullenbones and would you go through degrading hazing rituals to gain some powerful friends is it the old Groucho Marx joke that that I’m I just don’t want to belong to any club that would have someone like me for a member for more accomplished Bonesmen top tens
And skull kissing top fives be sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com so what’s the payoff for all the secrecy all the elaborate rituals well here’s the thing Skull and Bones has a reputation of taking care of its own don’t matter the cost you
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