

Want more of the Culture you actually care about delivered straight to your inbox? Click here to sign up for our daily email. Bush, the last in a long line of Bonesman in his family, gives a speech as president.

Joe Oliveto is a staff writer at Supercompressor and former member of the chess club, which was a secret society for a totally different, much more lame reason. There isn't exactly evidence to suggest that's the case, but at the very least, it is almost as creepy as Scientology. Welcome to WatchMojos Top 5 Facts, and today were counting down our picks for the Top 5 Facts about the Yale University secret society known as the Skull and Bones. That's all well and good, but plenty have accused the group over the years of being an evil occult society. Top 5 Skull and Bones Facts VOICE OVER: Chris Masson Written by George Pacheco Take cover, keep hidden and get ready to infiltrate a super secret organization. captivity in 1909: Six members of Yales Skull and Bones secret society, including Prescott Bush, grandfather of 43rd President George W. Membership involves graduating to different degrees, based on the apprentice system, and once you reach a new degree, you're not allowed to discuss its secrets. But, as the story goes, the legendary rebel was not allowed to lie in peace after his death in U.S. Skull and Bones, a collegiate society thats been around since 1832, includes alumni such as former President George W. As such, little is known about their practices, aside from the fact that members consider Freemasonry to be "a beautiful system of morality." It doesn't help that the lodges, where membership is granted and rituals are held, often act independently of one another. If that sounds vague, it's because it's not entirely clear just when this ritualized organization came to be. George Bush, Skull & Bones and the JFK Assassination Rodney Stichs book Defrauding America tells of a 'deep-cover CIA officer' assigned to a counter-intelligence unit, code-named Pegasus. Who they are: The king of all secret societies, the Freemasonry has been nabbing major members since its inception hundreds of years ago.

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