When the Sun Reaches Zero: An Autumn Equinox Mystery at Royston Cave At the autumn equinox, the Sun crosses the celestial equator and rests at exactly zero degrees of declination. Beneath an ancient English crossroads, carved deep into the chalk walls of the enigmatic Royston Cave, two medieval swords preserve angles encompassing the solar … More Autumn Equinox & the Swords of Royston Cave
A Rare 2-Cents Worth When Studying History, Stay Neutral and Learn From It If you can, stay a little dispassionate. It took me a long time to learn to step back and be a bit more level with history. The other day I posted about what is often called “Charlemagne’s Crown” on Facebook. Charlemagne himself … More The Hands That Kept the Past & Historic Perspectives
Dragons, Mermaids and King Arthur’s Excalibur Compass I recently joined host Christopher Jordan during the second half of Curious Realm for an in-depth conversation about Royston Cave and the research presented in my latest book, The Curse of Oak Island’s Templar Cave: Royston. Royston Cave remains one of England’s most intriguing historical mysteries. Its walls … More Exploring Royston Cave on Curious Realm
Dear Family, Friends and Patrons! My paperback has been launched and is now available on Amazon! The ebook came out on June 9th 2026 The Curse of Oak Island’s Cave: Royston is the result of years of research into Royston Cave, the Knights Templar, medieval symbolism, Oak Island, and the strange carved language hidden beneath … More The Curse of Oak Island’s Cave: Royston Is Now Launched in Paperback!
What does Oak Island, Chateau Rochefoucauld and Jackie Kennedy have in common? They are tied through an artifact – A photo… A moment captured in time when Jackie was a radiant beautiful young woman, with a life of promise, laced with tragedy, yet before her… During my investigation into the mysterious Rochefoucauld name written across … More Jackie Kennedy, Oak Island, Rochefoucauld Tied via a Photo!
The ancient Icknield Way of Pre-Roman origin has long been cited as the (Arch-Angel) Michael Line that symbolically cuts like a blade across the landscape of England from the NE near Sandringham to Lands End in the SW, bypassing important locations such as the Uffington Horse. The Templars were a power of the Port … More Excalibur Compass of Royston Cave!
Errors were made in the prior post, and I’ve had to delete it – This is the same content with tech errors fixed. Thank you for your patience. Hello! I’ve chosen to share something a little different today. Rather than simply writing about Codes of the Hidden King, I’ve filmed the official book description — … More Ooops! 2 Times the Charm: Gretchen Reads the Official Book Description for Codes of the Hidden King-
I had the privilege of bringing the Royston Cave to larger international audiences with the History Channel’s – The Curse of Oak Island – Season 10 Episode 6 in 2022 with Alex Lagina, Marty Lagina, and Historian Charles Barkhouse. I wanted to share my methodology with you and also to counter some of the claims … More The Melusine Carving in Royston Cave Timeline & History: Roisia vs. Eleanor
Dear Friends, Codes of the Hidden King has been LAUNCHED! I’ve been sitting with how to share this, because some research doesn’t feel like an announcement. It feels like a threshold. Our book Codes of the Hidden King is now available! Mary Stuart once said that embroidery is as important as carving stone… She was … More Book Launched! Codes of the Hidden King!
Here Be Dragons! As it happens, today is St. David’s Day of Wales – He was a 6th-century Celtic Christian saint. I’ve been working with ‘dragons’ a lot over the years, and partly rooted in Royston Cave. This is a mixed bag post – Bear with me… The overarching theme? Control of historical narrative and … More Here Be Dragons! St. David’s Day Wales