My favorite weird historical conspiracy theory is that Ben Franklin was secretly a serial killer, a theory that is based on nothing other than the fact that they found the remains of 15 unidentified corpses in his back yard - ThreadSky

jasonkpargin.bsky.social • 76 days ago

My favorite weird historical conspiracy theory is that Ben Franklin was secretly a serial killer, a theory that is based on nothing other than the fact that they found the remains of 15 unidentified corpses in his back yard

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wcwworldwide.bsky.social•76 days ago

God forbid people have hobbies

nova123.bsky.social•76 days ago

Say what ??

m4romero.bsky.social•76 days ago

Excuse me, WHAT?!

trickytrev.bsky.social•76 days ago

Was he a Dr. Frankenstein

john0sburn.bsky.social•76 days ago

I think you mean Dr. Franklinstein?

trickytrev.bsky.social•76 days ago

Would explain the bodies, if that is in fact, true 🤔

mjmelancon.bsky.social•76 days ago

Franklin also an inventor of ways to embellish his body count with the fellas.

erichwanh.bsky.social•76 days ago

... how many fellas did Franklin smash?

https://youtu.be/eh7W0U65gh8

stacieloves.bsky.social•76 days ago

He was a Renaissance man

thoreaulyawake.bsky.social•76 days ago

Honestly, these are the threads I long for and miss back on the Place That Shall Not Be Named.

effeneffervescent.bsky.social•76 days ago

I love to think somewhere out there, there is at least a few people that have Ben Franklin as a suspect in the Jack the Ripper case. I know it. You know it.

queengwenevere.bsky.social•75 days ago

That would make him both a serial killer AND presumably undead, considering he’d have to be maybe 200 years old to be running around in Victorian London.

Undead Ben Franklin Victorian Serial Killer probably exists in some fic somewhere though. With a bonus Sherlock Holmes thrown in. Probably.

effeneffervescent.bsky.social•75 days ago

He’s probably some kind of immortal time traveler.

queengwenevere.bsky.social•75 days ago

I could totally see that!

keidekay.bsky.social•76 days ago

He was an amateur biologist. He paid graverobbers for corpses, to study anatomy.

Maybe...

mattatmac.bsky.social•76 days ago

From the sounds of things we should be less worried about "Ben Franklin: Serial Killer" and a lot more worried about "Ben Franklin: Necromancer"

professorplague.bsky.social•75 days ago

If memory serves, in the Lovecraft story "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward" there is a strong implication that these necromancers have been using Ben Franklin's remains to resurrect him, along with other historical figures.

jodyjdpon.bsky.social•75 days ago

ever read "SCUD the disposable assassin"

erichwanh.bsky.social•76 days ago

Hey, Dr. Hastings (https://drhastings.bsky.social), what do you know about Ben Franklin Prime's dark side?

jasonkpargin.bsky.social•76 days ago

(the bodies almost certainly were left by the homeowner's son, who used to do off-the-books anatomy lessons using cadavers, which was of questionable legality at the time)

https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/the-1-200-buried-bones-in-the-benjamin-franklin-house

englishhurler.bsky.social•76 days ago

Provided to him, by noted serial killer, Benjamin Franklin.

andhewolf.bsky.social•76 days ago

He Dexter’ed guys who violated the bill of rights and got off in court.

andhewolf.bsky.social•76 days ago

Lots of bodies, weird experiments with electricity, Franklin….Frankenstein…….its all adding up. Gonna blow the lid off this like when they proved Ronald Reagan was a Morlock.

monstersnowgoon.bsky.social•76 days ago

Like I haven’t heard that one before

m4romero.bsky.social•76 days ago

Oh, OK.

foolishmortal.bsky.social•76 days ago

Jesus Christ, thank you, that's exactly what I've been trying to tell the Middlesex County Sherriff's Office.

shrimpmeatmom.bsky.social•76 days ago

Justice for Sleve McDichael, whose remains were discovered in your backyard.

futureed.bsky.social•76 days ago

Dude was all power, no eye.

denshewman.bsky.social•75 days ago

🏆

lawdicrous.bsky.social•76 days ago

Saving this for my next client.

denshewman.bsky.social•75 days ago

Don’t judge

scenicsue.bsky.social•76 days ago

who cares we're about to have one in the white house he killed millions with his lack of help during the covid epidemic

ellocust.bsky.social•75 days ago

Biden oversaw more pandemic deaths than Trump due to his lifting of the restrictions and focusing solely on vaccines in order to get people back to work.

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