Satan Once Lived In The White House--And More Surprising Facts About Our Founding Fathers

Published July 4, 2015

Updated February 1, 2018

America's founders were trailblazers, but the Founding Fathers' beliefs were often quite bizarre.

We can thank our Founding Fathers for giving us an annual excuse to overindulge win barbecues, beer and fireworks–and for being some real characters:

America's Founding Fathers were some of most influential--and controversial--people in our history. This historical documentary explores some of the conspiracy theories surrounding our trailblazing founders:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qb4IP_38h4

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Kiri Picone holds a B.A. in English and creative writing from Pepperdine University and has been writing for various digital publishers for more than 10 years.

editor

Savannah Cox holds a Master's in International Affairs from The New School as well as a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley, and now serves as an Assistant Professor at the University of Sheffield. Her work as a writer has also appeared on DNAinfo.

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Picone, Kiri. "Satan Once Lived In The White House–And More Surprising Facts About Our Founding Fathers." AllThatsInteresting.com, July 4, 2015, https://allthatsinteresting.com/founding-fathers-beliefs. Accessed March 8, 2025.