The Smithsonian's Cover-Up - Episode 49

<p>🛒 Merch Store: https://ctdw.printful.me/</p><p>🔗 Landing Page: https://solo.to/thectdw</p><p><br></p><p>What if the world&#39;s largest museum has been hiding the truth about ancient American giants — and erasing the evidence?</p><p>In this episode, I&#39;m digging deep into the Smithsonian Institution: where it came from, who really built it, and why giant bones that were recorded in their own annual reports are suddenly denied to have ever existed.</p><p>We&#39;ll look at the bizarre origin story of James Smithson — a bastard son of English nobility who never once set foot in the United States, yet left a fortune to shape the American scientific mind forever. We&#39;ll follow the money through Freemasonry, the eugenics movement, and one of the most influential — and most racist — gatekeepers in American archaeological history: Aleš Hrdlička.</p><p>Then there&#39;s Preston Holder, an archaeologist who uncovered multiple seven-foot skeletons on the Georgia coast in 1936, had his findings buried by his own institution, and was never permitted to publish what he found.</p><p>And what about the former Smithsonian employee who claimed they loaded a barge full of ancient artifacts and dumped them into the Atlantic Ocean?</p><p>Welcome, dark web theologians and four dragon friends. This one&#39;s gonna mess with you — in the best way.</p><p><br></p><p>Subscribe on Spotify or Patreon for upcoming exclusive content on secret societies and what they really do with these bones.</p><p><br></p><p>📌 Show Notes &amp; Links:</p><p>📖 Giants on Record by Jim Vieira &amp; Hugh Newman — https://www.amazon.com/Giants-Record-Americas-History-Smithsonian/dp/0956786510</p>