K is for Knights of the Golden Circle

<p>"Psst, what's the password? OK, good. Time for the secret handshake. Great, now time for the, uh, super-secret kiss on the mouth...what? Too much?" This week Alisha and Will talk about super-cool civil-war era racists, the Knights of the Golden Circle. We're talking plans for a slave empire, Presidential assassination attempts, and of course long-lost gold on the latest episode of Enter the Rabbit Hole!</p> <p>Sources:</p> <p>Articles:</p> <p>The Largest Knights of the Golden Circle Treasure Ever Found! (Jack Myer, Legends of America)</p> <p>https://www.legendsofamerica.com/trs-kgctreasure/</p> <p>Home Grown Terrorists (Beth Rowland, HistoryNet)</p> <p>https://www.historynet.com/home-grown-terrorists.htm</p> <p>Knights of the Golden Circle (Randolph B. "Mike" Campbell, Texas State Historical Association, Handbook of Texas)</p> <p>https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/knights-of-the-golden-circle</p> <p>Knights of the Golden Circle (Jay Longley and Colin Eby)</p> <p>https://knightsofthegoldencircle.webs.com/</p> <p>Lincoln’s Assassination (Ford’s Theater)</p> <p>https://www.fords.org/lincolns-assassination/</p> <p>American Civil War 101, An Overview of the War Between the States (Kennedy Hickman, Thought Co., Feb 2020)</p> <p><a href='https://www.thoughtco.com/american-civil-war-a-short-history-2360921'>https://www.thoughtco.com/american-civil-war-a-short-history-2360921</a></p> <p>Did Knights of the Golden Circle bury treasures in the South? (Linda A.B. Davis, Southern Perspective, Nov 2019)</p> <p>https://www.pnj.com/story/news/2019/02/15/did-knights-golden-circle-bury-treasure-trove-south/2882340002/</p> <p>A Brief Overview of the American Civil War, A Defining Time in Our Nation's History (James McPherson, American Battlefield Trust, Nov 2008)</p> <p><a href='https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/brief-overview-american-civil-war'>https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/brief-overview-american-civil-war</a></p> <p>Treasure in the cellar brought more trouble than riches (Fr