Order of Skull and Bones

Guide Note: Order of Skull and Bones is a secret society founded at Yale University in 1832. Its members include: Three U.S. Presidents, two Chief Justices of the United States, over twenty U.S. Senators, and many congressmen, cabinet officers, judges and state officials.

Fast Facts:

Formally named The Brotherhood of Death
Geronimo's skull allegedly stored at the society headquarters
Film plot of The Skulls (2000) based on related conspiracy theories
The Good Shepherd (2007) dramatizes member induction and implies Bonesmen influence in the CIA

The Mahalo Top 7

Wikipedia: Skull and Bones | List of Members
YouTube: 2001 NEWS Report about Skull and Bones Ritual
Illuminati Conspiracy Archive: The Order of Skull and Bones | PDF Version (172 kbps)
Political Friendster: Skull & Bones Connections
CBS News 60 Minutes: Secret Yale Society Includes America's Power Elite (2004)
Yale Alumni Magazine: How the Secret Societies Got That Way (2004)
Official Website: Yale University

Order of Skull and Bones Recent News

Google News Search: Skull and Bones
The Independent: "Geronimo's Family Call on Bush to Help Return His Skeleton' (2006)
Yale Alumni Magazine: "Whose Skull and Bones?" (2006)
The Yale Herald: "Bones May Have Pancho Villa Skull" (2004)
The Atlantic Online: "George W., Knight of Eulogia" (2000)

2004 United States Presidential Election

New York Times: "Nude Wrestling? Good Practice for Politics" (2004)
The New American "Bipartisan Bonesmen" (2004)
CommonDreams.org: "The Secret Society That Unites John Kerry and President Bush" (2004)
Unknown News: "Kerry, Bush share Skull & Bones Bond of Secrecy" (2004)

Order of Skull and Bones Background and Articles

Wikipedia: Skull and Bones
Freedom Domain: George Bush, Skull & Bones and the New World Order
Illuminati News: Skull and Bones Member List
Progressive Review: Skull and Bones Archive
Time Magazine: "Skull & Bones" (1940)

Order of Skull and Bones Videos and Media

YouTube: Bush and Kerry in Skull and Bones
YouTube: Skull and Bones, The American Illuminati
YouTube: ABC News Report of Skull and Bones Ritual
YouTube: Skull and Bones History
YouTube: Skull and Bones Overview
YouTube: Skull and Bones, America's Occult Aristocracy

Order of Skull and Bones Blogs and Message Boards

Google Blog Search: Skull and Bones
WordPress.com Blog Search:
Ivygate: Yale's Not-Secret-Whatsoever Societies Now Even Less So
Free Press International: Yale’s Skull and Bones owns Deer Island

Order of Skull and Bones Timeline

1832: Skull and Bones founded at Yale
1832: Co-founder Alonso Taft initiated, grandfather of U.S. President William H. Taft
1856: Construction of the "Tomb"
1909: Geronimo buried at Ft. Still, Oklahoma.
1917: Prescott Sheldon Bush initiated, father of George H. W. Bush
1918: Prescott Bush and other bonesmen purportedly loot the skull of Geronimo from his grave
1920: Henry Luce, founder of Time magazine, initiated
1948: George H. W. Bush initiated
1968: George W. Bush initiated
1988: Washington Post article: "Skull for Scandal: Did Bush's Father Rob Geronimo's Grave?"
1991: Women admitted to the Order of Skull and Bones