Is it true about Benjamin Franklin?

Question

I heard he was a member and had connections to satanic cults in Europe, i think he was a member of the OTO, it's probably some liberal made up crap. Does anyone know anything about this?

Answer 1

The Sunday Times, February 11, 1998

WORKMEN have dug up the remains of ten bodies hidden beneath the former London home of Benjamin Franklin, the founding father of American independence.

The remains of four adults and six children were discovered during the £1.9 million restoration of Franklin's home at 36 Craven Street, close to Trafalgar Square. Researchers believe that there could be more bodies buried beneath the basement kitchens.

Initial estimates are that the bones are about 200 years old and were buried at the time Franklin was living in the house, which was his home from 1757 to 1762, and from 1764 to 1775. Most of the bones show signs of having been dissected, sawn or cut. One skull has been drilled with several holes. Paul Knapman, the Westminster Coroner, said yesterday: "I cannot totally discount the possibility of a crime. There is still a possibility that I may have to hold an inquest."

The principal suspect in the mystery is William Hewson, like Franklin a Fellow of the Royal Society, and the husband of Polly Stevenson, the daughter of Franklin's landlady, Mary Stevenson.

In the early 1770s Dr Hewson was in partnership with William Hunter, who, with his brother John, was one of the founders of British surgery. Dr Hunter and Dr Hewson ran a school of anatomy in Soho, but after an argument Dr Hewson left to live in Franklin's house, where he is believed to have established a rival school and lecture theatre. Dr Knapman added yesterday: "It is most likely that these are anatomical specimens that Dr Hewson disposed of in his own house, but we are still not certain about the bones' exact age or origin."

Evangeline Hunter-Jones, deputy chairman of the Friends of Benjamin Franklin House, the charity concerned with restoring the property and opening it to the public, said: "The bones were quite deeply buried, probably to hide them because grave robbing was illegal. There could be more buried, and there probably are."

Brian Owen Smith has volunteered to lead researches on behalf of the friends. He said yesterday: "The discovery represents an important insight into very exciting years of medical history. Benjamin Franklin, through his support for Polly and Dr Hewson, socially and scientifically, was very much part of that."

To the suggestion that Franklin might have been a grave robber, or an accomplice to Dr Hewson, Hilaire Dubourcq, of the Friends of Benjamin Franklin House, responded: "It is possible that he has an alibi. It seems likely that he actually let Dr Hewson have use of the whole house for his school for a time, and went up the street to live with Mary Stevenson. He did not necessarily know what was happening below stairs in the house during his absence."

Dr Hewson fell victim to his own researches at an early age. He accidentally cut himself while dissecting a putrid body, contracted septicemia and died in 1774, aged 34.

Franklin, who wrote the opening words to the Declaration of Independence, continued to support the widowed Polly, and when he returned to Philadelphia he invited her there to live as his neighbour. Both her sons became eminent medical men, as have successive generations of Hewsons in America.

If the first Dr Hewson did obtain bodies for his experiments and demonstrations by robbing local graveyards, he risked the death penalty or deportation. He might have had the help of his students in secretly burying the remains beneath the four-storey house, where the dissections may have been performed.

It is hoped to reopen the house to the public at the end of the year. Regular visitors during Franklin's residency included Pitt the Elder (the Earl of Chatham), Edmund Burke, James Boswell, Adam Smith and Thomas Paine, the author of The Rights of Man.

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The Hellfire Club was the popular name for an exclusive English club that met irregularly from 1746 to around 1763, run by Sir Francis Dashwood. During the time of the club's operation, they were commonly thought to hold notorious, orgiastic and satanic meetings at Medmenham Abbey, beside the Thames.

At the first gathering in May 1746, they met at the George and Vulture public house in Lombard Street, London, the meeting place of the 1720s group. The initial membership was limited to twelve but it soon increased. Of the original twelve, seven have been almost certainly identified: Dashwood, Robert Vansittart, William Hogarth, Thomas Potter, Francis Duffield, Edward Thompson, and Paul Whitehead. Though not a member, Benjamin Franklin occasionally attended the club's meetings.


Not Liberal Made Up Crap, Benjamin Franklin Was Known To Have Connections To The Hellfire Club, A Club That Held Satanic Meetings And Orgies.

Answer 2

Ben Franklin Hellfire Club

Answer 3

I know that Benjamin Franklin was a member of the Free Mason Society and there was much speculation by some at that time that the Free Masons worshiped satan. I saw an interesting documentary on the Free Masons not long ago and there are alot of strange things about their group that tend to indicate cultish, satanism but they still exist today and said that it's all mere coincidence and based upon conjecture.

Answer 4

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Is it true about Benjamin Franklin?
I heard he was a member and had connections to satanic cults in Europe, i think he was a member of the OTO, it's probably some liberal made up crap. Does anyone know anything about this?

Answer 5

The very first porcupine was inadvertently created by Benjamin Franklin on 5th June, 1752 in Philadelphia, USA. Holding his kite and key under an ominous black sky, Franklin was heard by his secretary to mutter: 'Damned if I'm gonna go first', and whistled for his pet Cairn Terrier, Tutu, moments later. The 3,000 volts of electricity which passed through Tutu in the 'trial run' both singed his hair and made it stand permanently on end. Subsequent test runs by Franklin resulted in a breeding pool of shocked dogs, before, being a human, he stole all the credit for their daring exploits. Tutu's descendants can be seen in zoos all over the world. They love Pedigree Chum, but few zookeepers know this.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

In France and England Franklin continued his association with the Masons. One Lodge has an exotic name.

Answer 8

Ben Franklin was an atheist, and America sent him to France to get aid from the King for our Revolutionary war. He was chosen because of his Religious beliefs, since France was a bit risque. He was the best one for the job, and convinced France to aid America in the Removal of the British.
http://www.pbs.org/benfranklin/exp_worldly_france.html
http://www.ushistory.org/franklin/info/index.htm

Answer 9

Ben Franklin believed in God and even attended church. He did not like the organization of church though. He was the kind to worship god his way and not the churches way.

Here is a pretty good link.

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For those calling him Atheist.

Ben Franklin believed in a providential God, however, he strongly doubted the divinity of Jesus, but he approved of his moral teachings. Franklin believed that all religion tends to promote morality, hence he was tolerant of a wide variety of religious beliefs, and donated money to all denominations which asked for contributions.

To be Atheist hou have to believe in NO God. Therefore he was not atheist.

Answer 10

Depends on what you think of the masons (some do accuse them of being satanic -- though I don't think the accusation is warranted). Ben F, as well as most all of the founders, was a mason.

In fact... here's a neat nugget... every president in US history, except for John Kennedy & Ronald Reagan, has been a mason.

Answer 11

Why would you assume Ben Franklin was a Republican.