Ep 1: The Granite Capital of the World

The Georgia Guidestones, a massive granite monument in Elberton, Georgia, stood as a cryptic landmark for decades until their sudden destruction by an explosion in 2022. Commissioned by a mysterious figure known as R.C. Christian, the structure featured ten directives for humanity, including a controversial call to maintain the global population under 500 million. This mandate, along with the monument's astrological design, attracted diverse groups ranging from conspiracy theorists and occult practitioners to religious critics who viewed the stones as satanic. Local figures, including historian Hudson Cone and stone carver Mark Clamp, offer firsthand accounts of the monument’s construction and the polarized public reception it endured. This investigation examines the origins of the Guidestones and the unresolved mystery behind the act of violence that ultimately reduced the "granite capital of the world's" most famous oddity to rubble.