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In Episode 3 of Jekyll Island and the Secret Origin of the Fed, hack historians James Ottley and Thornton Kennedy recount the 1910 journey right out of a movie of America’s financial power players to a secluded Georgia island under the guise of a duck hunting trip. Using only first names and traveling in stealth, the group—including a man who had never hunted duck in his life—crafted the blueprint for what would become the Federal Reserve. It’s a tale of hidden agendas, private railcars, and one of the most consequential meetings in U.S. history.
By Thornton Kennedy and James M. Ottley5
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In Episode 3 of Jekyll Island and the Secret Origin of the Fed, hack historians James Ottley and Thornton Kennedy recount the 1910 journey right out of a movie of America’s financial power players to a secluded Georgia island under the guise of a duck hunting trip. Using only first names and traveling in stealth, the group—including a man who had never hunted duck in his life—crafted the blueprint for what would become the Federal Reserve. It’s a tale of hidden agendas, private railcars, and one of the most consequential meetings in U.S. history.

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