Freemasons and Fraudsters: The Real Experience — City of London

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About this activity

The City of London has its own police, its own laws and its own Lord Mayor. So who is really in charge?

This isn't a polite stroll past pretty buildings. It's an investigation, and you're on the jury.

You'll uncover:

The oath. A blindfold, a rope, a sword at the chest, and a promised gruesome death for anyone who talked. From the 1730 pamphlet.
The cops. A murdered private investigator, a panel calling the Met "institutionally corrupt", and a High Court ruling this year.
The symbols. Real ones, internet myths, and lodges hiding above ordinary pubs.
The fraudsters. John Blunt, who sold Britain a dream in the South Sea Bubble, and the cashier who fled with the books.

Every claim is labelled documented, disputed or myth. You decide.

The Evidence (1pm): daylight and stonework.

The Cover-Up (5pm and 7pm): lamplit alleys and long shadows.

For people who ask the question behind the question.

Ends at St Dunstan in the East: inside the ruins by day, outside after dark.

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At a glance

Duration: 2 hours
Confirmation: Instant confirmation
Ticket: Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Group: Up to 15 people
People per booking: 1–10
Guide: English
Operated by: UnderBelly Tours

Ages: Infants (0–1 years) · Children (2–5 years) · Youth (6–16 years) · Adults (17–64 years) · Seniors (65–100 years)

What is included

Included

Included: Professional Guide for the full two hours

Not included

Not included: Meals
Not included: Private transportation

Itinerary

Guildhall

15 min

Where the tour starts, and where a real Masonic lodge still meets in the crypt of the City's 600-year-old seat of government
Stop 2

10 min

The 1928 mock-Tudor frontage, and the real difference between the medieval stonemasons' guild and fraternal Freemasonry
Stop 3

10 min

The Bank of England, Royal Exchange, and Mansion House: one real architectural link to Freemasonry, and the honest limits of what the others actually show
Stop 4

15 min

The coffee-house corridor where the South Sea Bubble was sold to the public in 1720, and how it collapsed
Stop 5

10 min

Sixteen documented lodges once met within a hundred paces of this spot; the site of London's first coffee house
St. Dunstan In The East

15 min

The bombed-out church-turned-garden, and the real story of Freemasonry's clashes with the Church, Parliament, and (as of February 2026) the High Court