It's ART, Mom, You Wouldn't Understand

“Chelsea busts out another mysterious internet code in the form of a creepy viral video, and Cristina talks about the most ridiculous secret club of all time.”

11b-x-1371

Presented by: Chelsea

Category: Conspiracy

11b-x-1371 is a video that surfaced in 2015 when ift was mailed to a tech magazine in Sweden. Black and white and two minutes long, it features disturbing imagery, such as a man in a plague doctor mask, stills from a horror movie and images of one of the victims of the Boston strangler.

Investigation began into the video, leading to several clues, real or imagined, littered throughout the video. Graffiti visible in the shot located the filming location as an abandoned mental facility in Poland. Code in the binary was translated to “you have one year or less” and Morse code was found that read, “RED LIPS LIKE TENTH” which some took to be an anagram of “KILL THE PRESIDENT”.

Some believed that the video was meant as a threat against then-president Barack Obama, while others took it to be a marketing ploy. However, later that same year, a man using the alias Parker Warner Wright took credit for the video and granted an interview to prove it. He said that video was nothing more than art. He created more videos, though it’s been some time since a new installment has been released.

Takeaway: Sometimes, it’s not a conspiracy.

The Hellfire Club

Presented by: Cristina

Category: Cult, Ghost

While the Hellfire Club is a name given to many secret societies, the most famous club to hold that title was founded by Sir Francis Dashwood in 1752.

Sir Francis had been a known prankster in his youth until he heard two cats fighting outside one night and became convinced it was a demon coming to get him for his sins. He became born again and devoted himself to the Church until he learned his tutor had been telling people the truth and laughing behind his back.

He began the club as a mockery of Christianity. Every meeting from the second on was held in an abbey. In it, guests would dress like priests and nuns, hold mock services and participate in orgies. They had a mascot in the form of a baboon that they dressed like a member of the clergy.

The club ended in the 1760s when Dashwood became prime minister and was forced to resign for taxing booze, John Wilkes (another member) was exiled when his erotica poetry was read in parliment. The grounds of the old abbey, which at the time of the recording was on the market for $13,000,000, is said to be haunted by the ghost of a third member.

Trivia


 * Chelsea did not watch the video because she thought it was creepy. If you’re harder than Chelsea, you can watch it here.