Bohemian Grove checks all the conspiratorial tin foil hat boxes: An elite membership including former politicians (including presidents), businessmen and journalists, a secretive California campground location protected by a legion of ex-military personnel, and tales of strange, annual plays that have featured burning owls, excessive flowers and Hollywood-grade sets.
While us mere mortals will likely never experience exactly what goes down in this Weirdotown, we have something at least: A few telling snapshots taken inside.
From hoisted crosses to blazing stages, here are 22 cultish pics from the infamous Bohemian Grove.
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Bohemian Grove members performing a High Jinks performance, date unknown.
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Bohemian Grove members participate in the Cremation of Care ceremony, 1931.
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Bohemian Grove members attend a concert, 1912.
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Bohemian Grove members perform during the late 1930s.
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Bohemian Grove members in a 1952 performance of “Tandem Triumphans."
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Bohemian Grove members participate in a play, 1934.
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A Bohemian Grove member rides a prop elephant during a play, circa 1930.
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Bohemian Grove members put on a performance, 1934.
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Bohemian Grove members participate in a performance, date unknown.
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A Bohemian Grove play, 1921.
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Bohemian Grove members during a performance, date unknown
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Bohemian Grove members eat a meal, 1924
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Bohemian Grove members participate in the burning of the owl, date unknown.
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A program for Bohemian Grove’s Midsummer Encampment, circa 1985.
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Bohemian Grove members attend a dinner, date unknown.
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Bohemian Grove members enjoy a piano performance, date unknown.
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Bohemian Grove members pose outside a tent, date unknown.
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Members Porter Garnett, George Stirling and Jack London pose outside their tent, date unknown.
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Bohemian Grove members during the Cremation of Care, 1907.
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Harvey Hancock addresses visitors at Bohemian Grove, 1967.
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Bohemian Grove members lean against a fence during Spring Jinx encampment, date unknown.
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Bohemian Grove members participate in a dress rehearsal, 1909.
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A ceremony takes place in Bohemian Grove, circa 1922
