Episode 108 - Hellfire Clubs

Black Mass Appeal: Modern Satanism for the Masses

In the mysterious annals of Satanism, you still sometimes hear whispers of England’s infamous Hellfire Clubs, where the rich and powerful gathered to worship the devil... or at least, that was the gossip at the time. In reality, the only spirits most of the clubs invoked were the fermented kind. Joining us is Slava of Black Sky Brewery of Denver, Colorado.

SHOW LINKS

• How Stuff Works, How Ben Franklin Helped Ignite the Jersey Devil Hysteria
• Black Sky Brewery in Denver, Colorado
• Royal Museums Greenwich, The Georgian Era
• Drinking and toasting in Georgian Britain Britain: group identities and individual agency, by Rémy Duthille
• Norfolk Towne Assembly, I'll Be At My Club
• Dirty Sexy History, The Rakehell
• The Hell-Fire Clubs: Sex, Satanism, & Secret Societies, by Evelyn Lord
• BBC, Digging up the truth about the notorious hellfire clubs

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