Freemasons and Fraudsters

Two thousand metres. Two hours. Ten people, maximum.

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Every claim on this tour gets sorted, out loud, into one of three categories: documented, meaning we can show you the record; disputed, meaning real historians genuinely disagree and you'll hear both sides; or myth, meaning it's a good story that doesn't survive contact with the evidence. That structure is the spine of the whole two hours.

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You'll stand above the crypt where a Masonic lodge still meets today, six centuries after the building above it was built. You'll walk the alley where the South Sea Bubble was sold to the public in 1720 — one of history's first great stock market frauds — and follow it stop by stop through to its collapse.

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You'll learn why a carved square and compass on an old City building almost never means what you think it means. And you'll hear about a February 2026 High Court judgment that's still making headlines.

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Expect genuine research, real named lodges and taverns, and a fair amount of "here's what I actually found, make of it what you will."

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You won't leave decided on anything. You'll leave with a great deal more information, and rather better questions than the ones you arrived with.