Bohemian Grove’s Atomic Secrets

Conspiracy Theories - A podcast by Spotify Studios - Wednesdays

Three years before the U.S. dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, a group of men including J. R. Oppenheimer and Ernest Lawrence held a secret meeting at Bohemian Grove—the meeting place of an invitation-only boys club made up of the rich and powerful. It’s said that the meeting marked the earliest stages of the Manhattan Project. This week we’re exploring what we know about the exclusive fraternity that parties—and plots—in the privacy of California’s redwood forests.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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