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Wizards, Dragons, and White Supremacy: The Ku Klux Klan

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Here there be dragons! But not the fun kind…

How are wizards, ghouls, and dragons connected to the civil war? What does “AYAK” stand for? And what the hell is a Kleagle?

Join MFFI for a journey equal parts ridiculous and horrific as Shane and Duncan shed light on one of the darkest chapters of America’s past. From its secretive inception to its infamous reign of terror, explore the history and lingering legacies of the Ku Klux Klan.

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In this episode:  

  • December 24, 1865, Pulaski Tennessee 
  • Civil War, Slavery, and Reconstruction
  • Racist Pranksters
  • The Prescript of the Klan
  • Grand Cyclopses, Nighthawks, Ghouls, and Kleagles
  • AYAK and AKIA
  • Grand Wizard Nathan Bedford Forrest
  • The Enforcement Acts
  • The Birth of a Nation
  • Ulysses S Grant
  • William Joseph Simmons and the 2nd Coming of the Klan
  • Stone Mountain, Georgia, Thanksgiving 1915
  • Ku Klux Klan, Multilevel Marketing Company (Pyramid Scheme)
  • Hiram Wesley Evans Stages a Coup
  • DC Stephenson Undermines the Klan
  • The Rise of Klan Mark III
  • Civil Rights Movement
  • The Modern Klan

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