CONSPIRACY THEORY: Lemuria the Lost Continent

<p>In the mid-1800s, a British naturalist named Philip Sclater proposed the existence of a vast sunken continent called Lemuria to explain a gap in the fossil record. What began as a genuine scientific hypothesis was seized upon by occultists, racists, and spiritual movements, mutating over 150 years into a living religion practiced at the foot of a California volcano. In this episode of Conspiracy Theories, Cults, and Crimes, Vanessa Richardson traces how one man's theory about lemur fossils became the foundation for a conspiracy touching Atlantis, Theosophy, Nazism, and the New Age.</p><p>Head over to our Conspiracy Theories, Cults, &amp; Crimes YouTube channel to WATCH our video episodes: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@Conspiracytheoriescultscrimes" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/@Conspiracytheoriescultscrimes</a></p><p>Join Crime House+ to binge a special limited series on Murder: True Crime Stories for America’s 250th: The Crimes That Built America. These are the cases that created the FBI, gave us Miranda rights, sparked criminal profiling, and gave us America’s Most Wanted. Join at <a href="http://crimehouseplus.com" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">crimehouseplus.com</a> or if you’re listening on Apple Podcasts, tap “Try Free” at the top of this show’s page. You’ll also get episodes of Conspiracy Theories, Cults, and Crimes ad-free and released one day early.</p><p>🎧 Need More to Binge?&nbsp;</p><p>Listen to other Crime House Originals Clues, Crimes Of…, Serial Killers &amp; Murderous Minds, Crime House 24/7, Murder True Crime Stories and more wherever you get your podcasts!</p><p>Follow me on Social</p><ul><li>Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/crimehouse/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">@Crimehouse</a></li><li>TikTok: <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@crimehouse" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">@Crimehouse</a></li><li>Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/crimehousestudios" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">@crimehousestudios</a></li><li>X: <a href="https://x.com/crimehousemedia" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">@crimehousemedia</a></li><li>YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@crimehousestudios" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">@crimehousestudios</a></li></ul>