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Podcast: ALIEN THEORISTS THEORIZING
Episode: Case File 167 Pt 2-The Knights Templar with Freddy Silva
Description: In October of 1307 A.D. King Philip IV of France ordered a series of early morning raids to apprehend members of the Order of the Knights Templar. In 1312 the powerful monarch would conspire with the Catholic Church and have Pope Clement V officially dissolve the holy order of knights. Why would the Catholic Church bend to the will of the French king? What happened to the other chapters of Templars outside of France? What secrets did the Templars possibly possess that made them such a threat to the power structure of the European monarchy? This case file, join the Theorists...