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Escaped Nuns from Evil Convents
Manage episode 447865099 series 3586930
In the late summer of 1834, a torch-wielding mob burned down a Boston convent for reasons that sound a lot like . . . Pizzagate. Fueled by rumors of kidnappings, papal paranoia and phony exposés, conspiracy theories about nuns in their convents spiraled out of control in 19th-century America. Cristen unravels why that happened and how it set the stage for contemporary culture wars over saving the children.
Chapters:
(00:00) The Mount Benedict Girls Boarding School
(00:40) Rumors and Mob Mentality
(01:30) Pizzagate of 1834
(03:43) America's Manifest Destiny Era
(04:49) The Rise of Anti-Catholic Propaganda
(05:18) "Suspicious" Nuns in Their Convents
(10:30) The Escaped Nun Genre
(11:37) Maria Monk and The Awful Disclosures
(15:09) Impact on Education and Public Schools
(16:41) Abolition and Anti-Catholicism
. . .
Inbox: [email protected]
Instagram: @conspiracyshewrote, @unladylikemedia
Website: conspiracyshewrote.com
Patreon: The Cabal
Conspiracy, She Wrote is an Unladylike Media production created, hosted and written by Cristen Conger. Music is from Blue Dot Sessions.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
20 episodes
Manage episode 447865099 series 3586930
In the late summer of 1834, a torch-wielding mob burned down a Boston convent for reasons that sound a lot like . . . Pizzagate. Fueled by rumors of kidnappings, papal paranoia and phony exposés, conspiracy theories about nuns in their convents spiraled out of control in 19th-century America. Cristen unravels why that happened and how it set the stage for contemporary culture wars over saving the children.
Chapters:
(00:00) The Mount Benedict Girls Boarding School
(00:40) Rumors and Mob Mentality
(01:30) Pizzagate of 1834
(03:43) America's Manifest Destiny Era
(04:49) The Rise of Anti-Catholic Propaganda
(05:18) "Suspicious" Nuns in Their Convents
(10:30) The Escaped Nun Genre
(11:37) Maria Monk and The Awful Disclosures
(15:09) Impact on Education and Public Schools
(16:41) Abolition and Anti-Catholicism
. . .
Inbox: [email protected]
Instagram: @conspiracyshewrote, @unladylikemedia
Website: conspiracyshewrote.com
Patreon: The Cabal
Conspiracy, She Wrote is an Unladylike Media production created, hosted and written by Cristen Conger. Music is from Blue Dot Sessions.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
20 episodes
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