Almost too unearthly to believe : author Stetson Kennedy penetrate the KKK in the late forties , and learned the herculean establishment ’s enigma — but nobody would put out them . Meanwhile , the Superman radio programme needed a villain to replace the Nazis .
According to Mental Floss Magazine , Kennedy managed to work out all of the Ku Klux Klan ’s most secret recruiting and organizational exercise into his 1940s radio serial publication , “ Clan Of The Fiery Cross . ” And as a result , the Man Of Steel dealt a crushing blast to the racist organization :
As the storyline march on , the shows exposed many of the KKK ’s most guarded secrets . By revealing everything from code words to rituals , the plan entirely stripped the Klan of its mystique . Within two week of the program , KKK enlisting was down to zero . And by 1948 , the great unwashed were showing up to Klan rallies just to bemock them .
Hey Smallville , what powerful real - life racist secret societies have you demystified and step down lately ?
[ Mental Floss ]
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