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Lifting the curtain

According to myth and rumor, secret societies wield a dangerous amount of power - meeting in the shadows to plot world domination in gatherings worthy of a Bond film. But what is true and what is fiction? SPYSCAPE has burrowed into 10 of the most notorious societies from the Freemasons to the Knights Templar and Yale University’s Skull and Bones.

SECRETS REVEALED

Hollywood secrets

Illuminati symbols are everywhere from Beyonce’s performances to the reverse of the American $1 bill. Madonna has even written an Illuminati song. So who are they? Do the sacred, 300-year-old Illuminati still exist? And should you be worried? 

ILLUMINATING THE ILLUMINATI

Coded secrets

An American computer scientist and a Swedish university professor cracked a 250-year-old Copiale cipher that revealed the inner workings of a secret German society - the Great Enlightened Society of Oculists, who were fixated on the eye. The breakthrough opened a window into the 18th century when hundreds of thousands of Europeans belonged to secret societies.

SOCIETY CODES

Surviving NXIVM

For 12 years, actress Sarah Edmondson championed NXIVM, a secretive group offering ‘personal development’ coaching for women. She became one of the inner circle, faithfully practicing their rituals. So it was with considerable shock that Edmondson finally faced the truth: she’d joined a cult. Her next problem? How to get out safely.

CULT CULTURE

Secret films

From The Da Vinci Code to Eyes Wide Shut, Star Wars, and Tenet, secret societies - with bizarre initiation rituals and mysterious rules - are at the heart of some of the most successful movies in history. SPYSCAPE shines a light on the dark magic with 15 of the top secret-society films and series to stream online.

SECRET SOCIETY STREAMING

Celebrity cults

True Romance star Patrica Arquette and her brother, David, grew up in a Virginia commune, a cult that aimed to build a utopian society. The Arquettes aren’t the only celebrities with unusual pasts, however. Joaquin Phoenix, Glenn Close, Winona Ryder, and many more celebs have shared their bizarre tales of cults and communes. 

STAR SECRETS

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