The Dirty Secrets Of Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin is a well-known Founding Father of our United States. However, most people know very little about him, other than he invented electricity (he didn't - electricity has always been around) and a couple of other items. Franklin lived a long life, though, and he did a lot of things that most people don't know about. Some of these things are sort of risque and they might shock you. Here are five dirty little secrets of this Father of Our Country:
BEN FRANKLIN: THE DROPOUT
Franklin is well-known for his scientific achievements and inventions, but did you know that Ben's formal education didn't get him past the second grade? His father originally wanted him to be a minister, but Franklin had a calling towards many things, including: Postmaster, printer, writer, and inventor. He was self-educated and was given an honorary doctorate. Even though he knew his education was lacking, he always went by "Doctor" Franklin. Not too bad for a guy who quit school at the age of six.
BEN FRANKLIN & HIS BASTARD CHILD
It is well-known that Ben Franklin was a big flirt and some have rumored that he was truly the "father of our country", however, he only had one child out of wedlock (only one...). The child, named William, was documented as Franklin's son, yet the mother has been hidden to this very day. Some have speculated that she may have been a prostitute, yet other's claim that she was a woman of very poor means that embarrassed the Franklin family with her impoverished background. She may have been a maid in the Franklin household and Ben paid for her living expenses her entire life.
BEN FRANKLIN: MILF CHASER
Yes, you read that right. Benjamin Franklin liked older women and in 1745, when he was 39 years old, he wrote a letter to a younger friend, explaining to him why he should take an older woman as a lover. His friend was questioning about having sex without marriage and Franklin suggested that if he didn't want to get married, he should go after an older woman. Here are some of his reasons:
Since they've been around awhile and are more knowledgeable about the world, you can have a better conversation with them.
No need for safe sex since older women have gone through menopause already.
Older women are more grateful at having sex than younger women because they don't have it as often.
The Sin is less. She's already had sex. You can't ruin an older woman's life!
As you can see, the way people thought about things were a little bit different when Franklin was coming with his list (that actually contains eight reasons). While we might think that Franklin was an old fashioned person, he was anything but...Franklin was a free-thinker for his time and quite uninhibited.
BEN FRANKLIN & THE SEX CLUB
Our ancestors were just as interested in sex as we are today. However, since they didn't have the internet to look up free porn, they ended up going to "gentlemen clubs" to get their jollies. In Franklin's case, the club was in England and was known as, the Brotherhood of St. Francis of Wycombe - or more commonly, The Hellfire Club. Some historians say that Franklin was a non-member, while others claim that he was spying on the members of the group, but it is known that he showed up at quite a few meetings in the days prior to the Revolutionary War. During the meetings, which happened twice a month with a week-long "convention" in the summer, consisted of orgies, rituals, "wenching", and drinking. Who knew?
BEN FRANKLIN: SERIAL KILLER?
What? Well, it is possible that Franklin might have been a serial killer. In 1998, in London, they were restoring Franklin's old home at 36 Craven Street, near Trafalgar Square. While they were renovating, they came across ten bodies (four adults and six children) buried under the house. The bodies were more than 200 years old and from the time that Franklin lived at the premises, in London. The bodies had been sawed apart and some of the skulls had holes drilled in them. It is possible that Franklin - or another resident of the home - may have been doing medical experiments - but why bury them beneath the home? In Philadelphia, researchers tried to find more bodies, but never did. Was Franklin a serial killer or was he working on body-snatched corpses for autopsies - something also illegal, at the time, that would have landed him in prison?
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Eduacted people don’t believe he invented electricity. They believe he invented the lightning rod.
Well, I believe that to an extent, Christopher. I think people educated in history believe he invented the lightning rod. Lack of historical knowledge doesn’t make the person less educated. But for those of you who didn’t know it, it was the lightning rod that Franklin worked on. He also gave us a lot of electrical terms, such as “positive” and “negative”.
Does anybody really know anything completely? I mean I have to sleep with my socks on. Who would have known unless I printed it somewhere. Oh, wait a minute, I am printing it here…..lol…..Now the future generation will know this habit I have for sure…..lol….
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I have been to the house in which he lived in London. The bones are no secret. The person he shared the house with (he lived upstairs) was very much into the medical field and anatomy and there is quite an interesting collection there. No secret at all.
There is a wonderful fireplace that he actually re-did the bricks of – to make it more efficient. THAT figures. I ran my hands along each brick…knowing I touched where he had. ; )
That is really interesting that you were able to see and touch history, Barbara. I think people tend to elevate historical figures while scrutinizing those that are living. I ended up getting a lot of emails from readers that never knew anything about the bones. Do I really believe he was a serial killer? No. I got the information from a 1998 London Times article. If I had to guess, the man who owned the home (who was a doctor) and/or Franklin, were paying body snatchers so they could learn about anatomy. Thanks for responding!
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Most well educated men drop out school because it’s lacking in the new world. Mark Twain says “I never let my schooling interfere with my education”
Jimm makes more sense. Ben franklin is a very curious man. So does Leonardo DeVinci and Michelangelo. They also were been called nasty names because they want to open up the tomb and cut open the body and make sketches. 1400s’ culture is very forbidden to do that.
I would like to inquire if you have the addresses or links to any sources you may have? I am writing a research paper on Benjamin Franklin. Any help is appreciated.
I am reading these comments and laughing quetly to myself, while many well educated men drop out of College, it is painstakingly difficult to become a well educated man at the age of ten or eleven (the age Ben was). He was smart but not brilliant at that point in his life. In truth, his parents could not pay for more than the first two years of his schooling.
i just recently learned about unethical human medical experiments on humans and animals i think it is dispicable i think that it is still going on today thats why i believe the so called witches the blacks jews mental patients prisoners were hated because they were experimented on and in their darkest moment they had no one to turn to because every body hated them who would would stick up for them everybody hated them evil people look for all weakness in people so they can devour you and if you are not weak they will make you weak by making everybody hate you the phones planes computors electricity is amazing science but to mess with the makeup of man animals and the land is someone who wants to be a god their will always be new disease old disease new disease and we will always destroy some good desent human being so we can learn about that new disease it will never ever end as long as we have to employ the medical field that is growing bigger and bigger and as long as we have to pay for health care medical research under the discuise of curing sickness maybe population control birth control is humaine
Experimentation is necessary to unlocking the knowledge behind everything in the world. If no one had ever tried to study human anatomy, medicine would be just as worthless as it was a few centuries ago, and simple illnesses would kill people easily. And also, reading your comment was very agitating. Your lack of punctuation is unbearable. Your entire argument loses its integrity due to it not consisting of periods and simple commas.
He was also a Freemason–never a good thing!
As has been said, Ben did not invent electricity. He discovered certain properties of electricity which led to his invention of the lighting rod. Freemason -yes, along with George Washington, Abe Lincoln and many other founding fathers and presidents in our history.
wow this is interrestng