8. Dead Bodies In Ben Franklin's Basement

In 1998, workers restoring Franklin's London home found 1,200 bone fragments in a pit in the basement, remains of four adults and six children who were all buried while Franklin was living there in the mid-1700s. The most likely explanation lies with William Hewson, the son-in-law of Franklin's landlady, a doctor and anatomist. Dissection was illegal at the time and some curious doctors engaged in grave robbery to enhance their medical knowledge. However, Franklin may have been involved in a secret Satanist group called the Hellfire Club through his Masonic membership. Members of the Hellfire Club committed immoral acts that may have extended to ritualized murder...