in part one we talked about the mysterious count of saint germain he's been called a
prophet a sorcerer and an immortal he's been spotted all over the world for a thousand years
some say and even the count himself said that he was cartophilus the legendary wandering jew cursed
by jesus with immortality the count of saint germain advised kings queens and emperors he
was present at every significant event in european history and even was an important contributor to
america's struggle for independence he spoke a dozen languages fluently he played piano
and violin like a virtuoso he was an expert in art science politics philosophy and history he left an
impression on everyone he met but today we'll see if we can separate the man from the myth [Music]
in paranormal history there isn't a more fascinating figure than the count of saint germain
and there are countless stories about him spanning hundreds of years but how many of these stories
are true every story about the count has him fluent in a dozen languages and speaks so well
that he fools native speakers this isn't accurate in historical records the first we hear about
saint germain is his arrest in 1745 for being a spy but the quote is never printed in full when
english authorities arrested saint germain they said he spoke spanish and portuguese like a native
speaker he was fluent in italian and spoke french with a piedmont accent he spoke in broken english
enough to get by but nowhere near fluent they assumed he was from spain or portugal now it is
true that king louis was very taken with him but king louis was not a deep thinker the king's chief
advisors considered saint germain an arrogant imposter the king's doctor said he was a quack
the count disappeared from france for several years not because of some spiritual mission
but because the king's chief minister ordered his arrest so he fled the country when saint
germain turned casanova's coin into gold it wasn't through a chemical process it was sleight of hand
something that irritated casanova and casanova met him a few times and said he was brilliant
but casanova also said the count was a con man a spy or both when saint germain fixed the king's
diamond the diamond the count brought back was of a different cut and slightly larger st germain
said the diamond becoming larger was part of the process he had an answer for everything everything
madame pompadour the king's chief mistress was very familiar with precious stones and
she looked through a box of the cow's gems laughed and said they were fake she did say they were very
pretty but still fake now yes voltaire did say that the count of saint germain is the man who
knows everything and never dies i've seen this quoted a million times but what's rarely said is
voltaire was being sarcastic he was pretty much saying oh yeah that guy now the story about the
countess who recognizes him from 50 years ago that happened but the entire story isn't often told
the countess who was almost 90 was senile and everybody knew this even saint germain said so
when the countess thought she met saint germain years earlier she simply made a mistake and set
a legend in [Music] motion right those stories got started because an english comedian named
millard gower started impersonating saint germain as part of his act and every time gower performed
the stories got crazier wait so this guy's a legend because some comic was doing a bit
yep remember the count's last stop was the castle of prince edward in germany prince edward said the
count of saint germain was a small gray-haired elderly man not a chatty 45 year old when saint
germain died in 1784 allegedly allegedly his death was witnessed and his belongings were meticulously
documented there were no diamonds no elixirs and the only money to his name was about 80
reich dollars oh how many millions is that uh it's about 100 bucks oh when theosophos madame levotsky
said she had saint germain's secret documents she actually had a copy of a memoir written a
few years earlier and the memoir didn't contain mystical knowledge just biographical information
and stories about a charming man who is good at talking people's ears off eventually blavatsky
was exposed as a fraud by a whistleblower in her movement but plenty of occultists were fans of the
count look maybe guy ballard really did meet saint germain on mount shasta i don't know i wasn't
there but i do know that ballard plagiarized a lot of his material from science fiction books
and was found guilty of fraud so you be the judge so do we know who he really was maybe
the count of saint germain is said to be from everywhere some say he was a high priest from
atlantis or he was a prophet from the middle east he's said to be merlin the wizard plato
saint alban christopher columbus one of the last templar knights people claim that roger bacon was
the count then they claimed francis bacon was the count what about kevin bacon i wouldn't be
surprised kevin bacon's been around a long time now on his deathbed the count of saint germain
confessed that he was the son of francis ricosi ii prince of transylvania and he was 88 years old
to avoid being a political target he was sent to italy to study with the last of the medicis
now this would explain his wealth his excellent education and why he spoke so many languages but
still if this story were true he would have been almost 70 years old when he was at versailles not
45 and his father prince francis would have been 15 years old when the count was born
not impossible not likely another theory is that saint germain was an alsatian jew named simon
wolfe born around 1700 and he hid his identity to avoid religious persecution others say he was a
spanish jesuit named amar his true title was the marquis de betmar from portugal this explains why
his spanish and portuguese sounded so perfect none other than pt barnum took an interest in the count
and did his own research and nobody knows a good scammer better than barnum using barnum's research
and their research from other historians i think the best theory is that saint germain was the son
of an italian princess the princess had an illicit affair with an italian tax collector
when the count was a child he was separated from his mother he was given a world-class education
a lump sum of money and instructions to hide his true identity this theory suggests he was born
around 1690 in a region of italy called san germano what does sanjamata mean in english
st germain yeah i should have put that together myself san germano is on the northern border of
italy and switzerland directly to the west is france this region is called piedmont
that so-called unidentifiable accent he spoke with native speakers identified his accent
as distinctly piedmont something that's been documented and if he had been born in this area
he would have grown up speaking french italian and german interchangeably the jump to speaking
spanish and portuguese from there isn't difficult and if you're fluent in french and german
english would come pretty easily too but still these are just theories
nobody except the count himself knew his true origin he enjoyed the mystery that surrounded him
so he fed into his own myth wherever he could he was a legend yes but a legendary con man
he never stole from anyone but he was perfectly happy to live rent-free in castles palaces and
lavish apartments all over europe the count was a brilliant man who used his charm and intellect to
befriend wealthy influential people to support his lifestyle eventually his charm and money ran out
and he died virtually penniless even in the face of all this evidence many people still believe he
is an immortal who walks the earth to this day i don't but the legend of the count of saint germain
is such a good one i want to be wrong but i can tell you this for certain if i'm ever sitting on a
quiet mountain and approached by a mysterious man who claims to be the count of saint germain i'll
be skeptical but still i'm going to listen to what that man has to say because you never know [Music]
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