Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today, we'll be discussing how Dumbledore knew what happened in the Potter residence in Godric's Hollow the night that Voldemort murdered Lily and James, and attempted to kill Harry.

In the past, I've discussed how Dumbledore was able to figure out how Harry survived Voldemort's Killing Curse--which if you haven't watched yet, you can go check it out after this video:.

In that video, I went over the ways in which Professor Dumbledore likely uncovered the exact events of that fateful evening and how he was able to be sure that it was Lily's sacrifice that saved Harry's life. But in today's video, I'll be covering what happened before all that, digging into how Dumbledore even KNEW that something had happened within the Potter's home to begin with.

To start, since the Potters had enlisted Peter Pettigrew as a Secret Keeper, it stands to reason that Dumbledore shouldn't have even known--or been able to find--the location of the Potters' home in Godric's Hollow, as it was was protected by the Fidelius Charm--a very powerful spell which conceals information within a witch or wizard's soul, who in this case was Pettigrew. This is further supported by the fact that James' best friend, Sirius Black, insisted that he NOT be the Potters' Secret Keeper, since he believed it would be too obvious if he were to know their whereabouts. This seems to clearly suggest that Sirius did NOT know where Lily, James and Harry were. And if Sirius didn't know...why would Dumbledore have known? And, if he did know, why not just make him the Secret Keeper?

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