00:00This was the darkest and most exclusive cult that ever existed, and three U.S. presidents were members.
00:09It's 1832, at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.
00:14Two students create a secret society. They call it Skull and Bones.
00:20At first, it's just an elite club, modeled after German secret orders.
00:25But quickly, it becomes something darker.
00:27They meet inside a windowless building called The Tomb.
00:32Initiations are whispered about, lying in coffins and confessing every secret.
00:38But what started as a college society became a machine of power.
00:45Its members rose through Wall Street, the courts, and U.S. intelligence.
00:51Bankers, judges, generals, even presidents like George H.W. Bush.
00:56For nearly two centuries, the Bonesmen have held influence at the highest levels.
01:02No outsider has ever witnessed what happens inside.
01:06But one thing is certain.
01:08Skull and Bones began in a Yale chapel in 1832, and it grew into the most exclusive cult of power.
01:15This is just one story out of a thousand, waiting in the shadows of history.
01:18Follow Vault of Centuries for more untold mysteries, forgotten empires, and hidden truths.
