The Man Who Saw Christ Still Walks Among Us | Immortal Count of St Germain Revisited

This episode of the Y Files is brought. to you by Factor. In 1745, English authorities arrested a man in a. London coffee shop for espionage. His pockets were full of diamonds. He played the violin like a master. The. interrogators finally let him go. The. man only gave a name, the Count of St. Germaine. And for 200 years, the count would. appear at every turning point in.

European history and American history. [music] And in all that time, he never. aged a day. >> Yum. Yum. I'm all out of bliss. I I need. your emergency stash. I. >> I don't have any emergency stash. Yeah, you're not fooling anybody, mister. Second drawer, left side. >> Why do you desperately need blorpus?

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>> [music]. >> After disappearing from London, the. count resurfaced 13 years later in. France at the Court of Versailles. He. dressed in velvet with rings and. diamonds on every finger. Nobody knew. where he came from or how he got his. money. He became the must-have guest at. every dinner [music] party. He played. piano and violin so beautifully that. people were moved to tears. [music].

And he was a brilliant. conversationalist. He spoke 20 languages. without an accent. He had immense. knowledge about everything. He even. impressed Voltaare. >> He is a man who never dies and who knows. everything. He is very singular and will. probably have the honor of seeing your. majesty in the course of 50 years. >> But where the count really excelled was. in history. He did a perfect impression. of Henry VIII. He knew the details of. conversations and relationships that.

didn't appear in any books. When asked. how he can know so much about people. who'd been dead for years, the count. would simply smile and say, "I was. there." The count also knew about. alchemy. He claimed he discovered the philosopher. stone, the elixir of life. That's why he. never aged. Even when served the finest. wines and food, the count never ate. He. sipped his special elixir, nothing else. And nothing tastes as good as skinny. fields. >> But the philosopher stone had another.

quality that interested the wealthy at. court. It could change [music] base. metals into gold. And the count of St. Germaine said he can prove it. One day the count met Jakamo Kasanova. Kasanova knew a con man when he saw one. He handed St. Germaine a silver coin and. challenged him to turn it to gold. The. count accepted. He handed back the coin.

It was pure gold. >> He took the coin, put a black substance. on it, and [music] placed it on the. fire. When it cooled, he said, "Take. your coin. I examined it, and it was. pure gold.". >> King Louie learned about this ability. and wanted to know what the count knew. about precious stones. The count claimed. he could remove flaws from diamonds and. even create larger diamonds by melting. smaller ones together. The king was. skeptical. >> Your Majesty, I have witnessed Christ.

[music] turn water into wine. Diamonds. are a mere trifle. I [clears throat] spent 5 years in the. sha's laboratory beneath the palace at. Isfahan, learning a technique discovered. long before Archimedes walked the earth. The king had a diamond that without its. flaw would be worth twice as much. >> Give me your flawed stone. In 30 days, I. will return it perfect. And if I fail, you may keep my laboratory and. everything in it.

>> A month later, the count returned with. the diamond. Flawless. The king's. jeweler looked at it and valued the. stone at 9600 Franks, almost double the. flawed stone. The king was so impressed that he gave. the count a private laboratory in the. palace. The count became a fixture at. Versailles, working all day in his lab. and spending all night dazzling the. king's guests. Then the skeptics got another chance to. test him. One evening, Countest Voni.

approached him. She recognized the count. from Venice in 1710, [music] about 50. years earlier. The countest asked if his. father had been in Venice at that time. No, [music] madam. It was I who had the. honor of paying you court. You wore? Yes. It was a gown of emerald silk that. evening. I believe. Ah, yes. We danced. the minuette in the do's palace. You. asked me about my travels to. Constantinople. And I told you about the. Sultan's mechanical bird that sang.

without winding. You laughed and said I. told the most charming lies. The countest just stood there staring. And after a long moment, she asked, "What else happened that night?". >> Your husband, the count, was um gambling. in the back room. Yes, that's it. He. lost 3,000 duckets that night. [music]. You were uh hang on. You were worried he. would lose the estate. And then, oh.

dear, two years later, he did. I'm so sorry. >> The countest was stunned. She remembered. the night perfectly, and so did the. count. The man she met 50 years earlier. was about 45 years old. [music] The man. standing right in front of her was about. 45 years old. He hadn't [music] aged a. day. The countest said, "You must be 100. years old." The count smiled and said, "That is not impossible.".

>> Dina Chrome, I knew it. >> That's That's just a conspiracy. How. many conspiracies have we talked about. in this show that came true? >> All of them. >> Uh-huh. >> But the count of St. Germaain was lying. about his age. He wasn't 100 years old. That number was closer to 2,000. [music]. Word quickly spread through Paris. The. count didn't learn history from books.

He learned it because he was there. He. described the court of Nero with casual. specific details that no book contained. >> I remember the gardens of Babylon. clearly. Nebuchadnezzar would walk those. hanging gardens at dawn, muttering about. his dreams. He thought God was speaking. to him. Perhaps he was. I also remember. the fire in Rome. Nero didn't start it. despite what history claims. But he did. play his liar while it burned quite.

beautifully actually. >> He spoke of the apostles as if they were. old friends. And this led to a theory. Some believe the count was Cartilus, the. legendary wandering Jew. According to. the legend, Cartopoulos was a porter for. Pontius Pilate. When Jesus stopped to. rest while carrying the cross, Cartphus. struck him and told him to keep moving. Jesus looked at him and said, "I shall. go and I will rest, but you shall not. rest until I return." Cartilus was.

cursed with immortality. Destined to. wander the earth until the second. coming. >> Immortality sounds pretty good until you. realize you got to pay alimony for 2,000. years. >> Yeah, I don't I don't think he was. married. >> 2,000 years and no wife. Uh, this guy. should do seminars. >> The legend of the wandering Jew matches. the count's description perfectly. And. now the wanderer was wandering west. But. he wasn't just watching history. He was. shaping it.

The count of St. Germaine had charmed. Versailles, fixed the king's diamond, and convinced an eyewitness that he. hadn't aged in 50 years. But he wasn't. content to stay in France. He had work. to do. He was in Russia helping bring Katherine. the Great to the throne. British. officers saw him in India speaking. fluent Hindi. He traveled to the Hague. to broker peace between Prussia and. Austria. In Germany, he taught hypnosis.

to a young physician named Anton Mesmer, who said the count understood the. workings of the human mind better than. anyone alive. And some say this was how. the count talked his way out of that. English prison back in 1745. >> Jedi mind trick. >> Something like that. You're not the. count we're looking for. >> You're not the count we're looking for. >> Move along. >> Move along. >> Move along. >> Move along. >> But his most famous intervention. happened in America in the summer of. 1776.

The debate about the Declaration of. Independence wasn't going well. The. delegates were terrified. Signing that. document was treason against the British. crown. The penalty was death. And just. as the talks were breaking down, a. stranger stood up in the back of the. room and his voice thundered across the. hall. >> We have petitioned, we have implored, and we have been spurned. If we sign. this declaration, the rope awaits us.

all. >> We must hang together, or we shall. surely hang separately. >> Gentlemen, you stand at the threshold of. history. God has given America to be. free. Your children will ask what you did in. this hour. Will you tell them you feared the rope. more than you loved liberty? [music]. Prove them wrong. Sign that parchment. [music]. Men not yet born will read these words. and find courage.

>> [music]. >> So I ask you, will you sign. or will you explain to your. grandchildren why you chose [music]. chains over courage? The delegates were inspired. They rushed. forward to sign the declaration. And. when the frenzy died down, they turned. to thank the stranger, but [music] he. was gone. The doors were locked and the. guards saw nothing. It sounds like the.

same gods who were supposed to be. watching Epstein. >> Let's not get into that. All we know is. that the stranger was a man of average. height dressed in black who appeared to. be about 45 years old. And back in. Europe, the count continued his work. In. 1779, he befriended a German prince. He. spent the next 5 years as a guest in the. prince's castle. Then on February 27th, 1784, the Count of St. Germaine died of. pneumonia. He was laid to rest at a.

local church and his funeral was. attended by royalty. It seemed the. immortal man had finally met his end. But less than a year later, the count. was back. The count of St. Germaine died in 1784. His body was buried and then in 1785 he. started appearing again. The French Freemasons chose the Count as. their representative. He appeared at.

diplomatic meetings across Europe. The. British saw him in London. The Prussians. saw him in Berlin. Then in 1789, he. returned to France with a warning. He. told the queen's closest friend that a. conspiracy was underway to destroy the. monarchy. >> The sun of France is setting. The. Bastile will fall. The mob will storm. Versailles. I have watched this pattern. destroy Rome and Babylon. Marry. Antuinette must flee immediately. The.

people demand her blood. Your children. face the same fate. >> The king finally demanded to see the. count. But once again, he was gone. A. few weeks later, the French Revolution. began. The Bastile fell. In her memoirs, Maria Antuinette wrote that she wished. she had taken the count more seriously. Four years later, the countest Dimmar. watched the guillotine blade come down. on Maria Antuinette. And standing beside. the countest, watching silently was the. count of St. Germaine. Same face, same.

age, 9 years after his funeral. He. appeared to the countess one last time. in 1820. That's 36 years after his. funeral. He told her he was tired of the. chaos in Europe. >> I am leaving France. I must go to. Constantinople, then to England, and. finally to the Himalayas. I will rest there, but people will see. me again in 82 years.

The count vanished again, but 82 years. later, a man moved into a mansion in New. Orleans. He looked exactly like the. count, but this time, he wasn't. interested in politics. He was. interested in [music] blood. In 1902, a wealthy man named Jacques St. Germaine threw expensive parties in the.

French Quarter. He spoke flawless. French. He was an expert historian and a. master musician. And he looked exactly. like the portraits of the count from 150. years earlier. He claimed to be a. descendant. Jacques never ate at his own. parties. He just stood by the window. sipping liquid from a goblet crew. >> One night, the party stopped. A woman screamed. Then she fell from the. second story balcony onto the street. below.

Bystanders rushed to help her. She told. the police she didn't fall. She jumped. She pointed up at the balcony. Jacques. St. Germaine had cornered her. He. grabbed her, held her down, and bit her. neck. The police banged on the door. No. answer. They broke it down. Jacques St. Germaine was gone. They searched the. kitchen. No food, no silverware, but. they found rows of wine bottles cked and. sealed. When they opened them, the smell. hit them instantly. It wasn't just wine.

It was a mixture of red wine and raw. [music] human blood. >> We told you Jacqu St. Germaine was never. seen in New Orleans again. But the count. wasn't finished making appearances. The vampire of New Orleans vanished in. 1902, but sightings of the count. continued throughout the 20th century.

During World War I, two Bavarian. soldiers captured a man who spoke many. languages, but wouldn't give his name. He told them the war would end in 1918, [music]. and he was right. And he also said a. tyrant from the lower classes would wear. an ancient symbol and lead Germany into. another global war in 1939 and that. Germany would be defeated in 6 years. after committing unspeakable acts of. violence. The soldiers thought the man. was crazy until 1939 when history. unfolded exactly as the count predicted.

Then in 1930, Guy Ballard met the count. of St. Germaine on Mount Shasta in. California. [music] Ballard founded the. I am activity movement based on St. Germaine's teachings. It still exists. today. >> No, I should start a religion at a. brotherhood of the golden scale. Donations attached deductible. >> Please don't start a cult. >> It's not a cult, human. It's a high. yield spiritual investment opportunity. involving lizard people mugs. Uh they're.

available now at the Wi-Fi store and. they make great Christmas gifts. >> No plugs until the end, please. >> Wo salesman ever. In 1972, Richard. Shanfrey appeared on French television. He claimed to be the count of St. Germaine. He said he was immortal. And. to prove it, he performed the count's. most famous trick live on the air. He. set up a simple camping stove. He took a. lead bar. He melted it down in a. crucible and added a strange powder. When the metal cooled, it wasn't lead. anymore.

>> Did this guy make gold with a camping. stove? >> Yep. It was even tested. The guy made. gold from lead. [music] And Shanfrey. never revealed his secret. He died in. 1983 officially by suicide. But. believers say the count simply moved on. to his next identity. After all, he done. it many times before. [music]. The Count of St. Germaine was definitely. a real person. There's no debate about. it. But the claims that he was. supernatural, well, let's take a closer look.

People have been telling the story of. the Count of St. Germaine for hundreds. of years. But how much is true? Well, let's start with the languages. The. legends claim he fooled native speakers. Not true. When English authorities. arrested him in 1745, they noticed his. English was broken. He spoke French with. a Piedmont accent. [music]. That's somewhere near France, Italy, up.

that area. Now, King Louie was taken. with him, but the king wasn't a deep. [music] thinker. His own doctor called. St. Germaine aquat. >> Doctors hate anyone who can cure things. without a copay. >> The king's chief minister ordered the. count's arrest. That's why he left. France, not to go on some diplomatic. mission to avoid the law. When St. Germaine turned Kasanova's coin into. gold, it wasn't alchemy. It was close-up. magic, slight of hand. And Kasanova. admitted the count was brilliant, but he.

recognized a fellow con man when he saw. one. >> Yay! Game recognized game. St. Jermaine. had style. Kasanova just had a bunch of. STDs. >> That's true. Actually, >> St. Jermaine turned coins into gold. Kasanova just turned relationships into. awkward doctor visits. >> Now, the king's diamond repair was also. likely a switch. Flawed stone in, different stone out. The king's mistress. examined the count's gems and laughed. She said they were all very pretty, but. they were all obviously fake. Even.

Voltater's famous quote about the man. who never dies [music] was sarcasm. The. countest who recognized him from 50. years prior, well, she was nearly 90. years old and scenile. St. Germaine. himself pointed this out, but the legend. stuck anyway. He was one to build on his. own story. Richard Shanfrey's television. transmutation, [music] that was also. stage magic. Chanfrey was a professional. entertainer. He used a hallowed out. piece of charcoal with gold inside and. it was sealed with black wax. When the.

wax burned off, only the gold was left. The count's final stop was Prince. Charles's castle in Germany. And the. prince noted that St. Germaain wasn't a. youthful adventurer, but a small. gay-haired man in his '9s. The postdeath. [music]. sightings come from anonymous Theosophy. writings. The Marie Antonet accounts. can't be verified. Jacques St. Germaine. in New Orleans is folklore. There's no. eyewitness accounts, no police records. [music] Guy Ballard in Mount Chasta. Well, he's a convicted fraudster who. plagiarized his teachings from science.

fiction novels. The best theory is simple. St. Germaain. was the illegitimate son of an Italian. princess. This explains the specific. accent and his familiarity with. languages like Italian and French. He. was a brilliant man who used charm to. befriend wealthy patrons. But when the. money ran out, he died alone. But here's. what bothers me about that neat little. explanation. When St. Germaain died, the. important items were missing. He played.

the violin, but there was no violin, no. personal letters, no trinkets from his. adventures, no money, like he was. covering his tracks. Now, the count's. death is [music] documented, but his. grave was destroyed and his body never. recovered. The church records still. exist, and researchers have requested. access over the years. Some requests are. granted, but others aren't, and nobody. really knows why. Maybe it's just. bureaucracy. Or maybe someone decided. that certain details about the Count of. St. Germaain are better left unexamined.

Because that's what you do, isn't it? If. you were immortal, if you'd learned that. the only way to survive forever was to. make sure that no one could ever prove. you existed, [music] you'd vanish. completely. And then you'd start again. and again somewhere else, someone new. The story of the Count of St. Germaine. is probably debunked, but I will admit. there's a part of me that hopes that. he's out there somewhere playing the. violin, telling stories at dinner. parties, sipping his elixir, and waiting.

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and the fish [music] on Thursday night. when they. all through the night. [music]. All I ever wanted was to hear the truth. The one. through the night. [music].

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life. [music]. All I ever wanted was to be the truth. The world beauty. [music]. [music]. loves to dance. Girl loves to dance [music] on the dance.

floor because she is a camel. You can't. love dance when the feeling is right. in time. [music]. >> [music].