Masons and Freemasonry have been accused of everything from starting World War I to collaborating with space aliens. Proof for those who make such claims is, of course, something that is unnecessary since they KNOW this to be the case. Bizarre claims have been part and parcel of anti-Masonic rhetoric for three centuries and those for whom the world is a very unmanageable place seem to find great solace in these fantasies. There are a number of persons discussed on this site for whom the fear of Freemasons and their organization is a driving force in their lives, sometimes leading to anti-social behavior including but not limited to murder.

For one Canadian (former?) home care worker, it's the Freemasons who are impeding the explosive sales of her books!

That's right - and all you Masons out there KNOW that you're doing it so you'd just darn well better admit it!

Karen Trenouth has authored and 'vanity-published' two books: Epiphany of the Whitechapel Murders and Jack the Ripper: The Satanic Team. Between the two of them, she claims to have solved the 'Jack the Ripper' murders which have remained unsolved for over a century stating:

You are exactly right, Diana. I have solved the whole case. I know everything.  (Link)

She amplified this by writing:

To solve this case, it took someone:

 

Open-minded

Highly intelligent

Good researcher

Hard worker

Great detective skills

Very determined

Willing to walk down paths untrodden  <sic>

 

I solved it with my brain, my heart and my laptop.

And later in that same public posting she adds,

Wait until you read my medical data in the book!! I've been holding out on you people big time!! Calling me a psycho is very immature and a total cop-out. I am the exact opposite of that, actually. I was always a precocious child. My parents were impressed that I could read at 3 years old.

You can read the entire post here. Certainly the statements above should give you some basic information, to wit: Ms. Trenouth does not suffer from even the vaguest hint of insecurity or self-doubt, she seems to revel in self-righteous indignation (more proof of that to come) and she can't structure a thought on paper with any degree of language consistency whatsoever. Of course, one must consider the inspiration for her work. As she states:

Now, you know why I was getting upset. I did this all by myself and working at the same time. Maybe, I was hit by an Epiphany or maybe someone from the other side channeled me - I DON'T KNOW!! It is one of life's mysteries!!   (Link)

She added the next morning:

I don't plan on fame and fortune changing me one bit. I like me. I will remain kind, nice, caring, considerate and generous, even though I will be

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That statement was made back on 11 March 2006 but based on her book sale numbers found online, it can only be because of - as she herself has stated - a concerted effort by Freemasons that her books haven't achieved the international acclaim to which she is entitled.

Damn Masons!

But we're getting ahead of ourselves and her conclusion that the Masons and the Illuminati are out to get her book squashed have a basis, albeit one which is SO ridiculous and bizarre that before you're done with this page, you may be laughing so hard that you'll do severe damage to your computer screen if you have any liquid nearby. Karen would never have been able to resolve this were it not for the harassment and needling of one 'Ripperologist', Mr. Robert Hinton of Wales - and therein lies the created connection to Freemasonry.

First, some background: the 'Jack the Ripper' murders along with the mention of several others who, like Ms. Trenouth, boldly proclaimed that they had also solved this case are detailed here on our website. For those who've not studied the matter, even the most cursory examination of web references will quickly lead you to the Casebook, probably the largest and best known of locations where 'Ripperologists' - those with an abiding and sometimes fanatical interest in these crimes - will congregate. Like their much more popular (and more easily mocked due to costuming) counterparts, the 'Trekkies', Ripperologists can be somewhat beyond the pale when it comes to obsession. They don't take kindly to specious arguments and ill-formed conclusions. Their skills at insults are well-honed and their disdain for 'know-it-alls' seems to be limitless. Nevertheless, the brightest and most diligent researchers on this topic congregate there to exchange pearls of wisdom and float theories. It is probably the 'center of the universe' regarding all matters Ripper.

Into this maw wandered Ms. Trenouth - and the sparks began to fly almost immediately. The chronology, albeit a bit conjectured, seems to proceed as follows: 

In 2005, Karen seemingly finds the internet and apparently decides to be a famous author. She falls upon the Casebook website where she begins asking questions based on her preconceived notion of 'who dun it' in the Ripper case. She is immediately set upon by the 'regulars' who note the absurdity of both her questions and her approach. Karen becomes incensed (that's a mild way to put it!) and lashes out at everyone even when attempts are made to smooth the waters. Her behavior is immature and for some of her protagonists, it's like blood in the water at shark feeding time. One person who gives 'murder mystery' tours in his town in Wales and is a published Ripper author, Bob Hinton, decides to prove to Karen once and for all how really foolish she's being. He e-mails her and provides a number of 'slightly off' hints, things which any real Ripper researcher would immediately spot as being a 'wind-up'. Meanwhile, Karen is bragging about how she has now written a book and she expects publishers to be fawning over her in a matter of moments. Needless to say, the regulars on the Casebook Forum have a field day with this self-anointed expert who doesn't seem to know the first thing about the basics but has no problem whatsoever with self-praise.

There are many twists and turns along the way. Karen seeks solace in the company of a woman who was then under investigation for stalking (and who has since been arrested and is in psychiatric prison! No kidding!) but fails to heed the warnings of those around her thinking it's all just a trap. She does not, though, believe that Mr. Hinton's information is that but rather takes it and begins to formulate other theories. As a researcher, Ms. Trenouth seems utterly incapable of getting 1 and 1 to equal 2 - and this, plus her boorish online behavior including her braggadocio about becoming rich from her publishing grates badly on everyone around her.

And so it comes to pass that on 17 February 2006, Karen announces:

The Book Is Done!!!

Hi everyone:

My book is finally complete. It is wonderful and everyone will love it, I guarantee. Watch for it soon.......................................

My husband is so impressed, he told me that I always had it in me to be a brilliant writer. This book proves that, I promise you

Uh-huh.... And as if that weren't enough, she writes on 25 February 2006:

The howls of laughter would make your computer shake and we suspect many a computer monitor was nearly ruined by people reading Karen's posts. They said so too - and on March 10, 2006 Karen struck back:

It was about this time that the Hinton hammer fell: Mr. Hinton began a series of forum messages in which he dissected Ms. Trenouth's assumptions. He points out numerous contradictory statements she has made and notes how, based on his false information, she has proceeded along with compound assumptions. Explosively, Karen's rage erupts and a series of threatening and tearful messages follow, several promising to be the last that will be posted on the Casebook forum. As is usual with threats of this type, that's not the way things play out.

So where's the Masonic hook in all this?

One of Mr. Hinton's false clues deals with Masonic membership and Ms. Trenouth suddenly becomes convinced that it is the FREEMASONS who are hell-bent on ruining her astonishingly successful (well, PLANNED successful perhaps) publishing career. Like a laser beam, Karen's anger is focused on Bob and she proceeds to make herself look continually more foolish by assigning him to a particular lodge membership simply because she found one lodge in Wales on the internet. There are MANY more details which we'll omit for the time being. Suffice it to say, Mr. Hinton's baited trap was not particularly well appreciated by other forum members, they feeling that it went WAY over the top with someone who was - in their words - barely clinging to reality.

Mr. Hinton and Ms. Trenouth became protagonists in what looked to outsiders as a mortal battle to the death. Ms. Trenouth recognized Mr. Hinton's actions for what they were: some masterminded plot to keep the secrets of the Jack the Ripper murders quiet because they were done by the Freemasons and SHE was the sole person to have "proven" this. She announces that he comes "...from a long line of Satanists...." and uses absurd hyperbole to (she seems to think) discredit him. By August, 2006, she has even convinced her local newspaper to run an article which stated:

Local Ripper author draws critics; Claim that Freemasons were behind murders sparks calls for a boycott

Thursday, August 24, 2006

Laura Stradiotto

Local News

A Sudbury woman says she has the answer to who was behind the notorious Jack The Ripper murders.

Self-published author Karen Trenouth points the finger at a group of aristocratic Freemasons in her book, Epiphany of the Whitechapel Murders.

Not surprising, some Freemasons are upset, while "Ripperologists" have slammed her theory, calling on readers to boycott her book.

But hateful e-mails and critical reviews don't discourage Trenouth, who is already working on her second book.

Trenouth said she discovered a missing piece of evidence in an old crime scene photograph posted on the Internet. In the photo next to one of Ripper's victims, Mary Jane Kelly, is a demonic idol.

Trenouth searched the Internet to see whether anyone had made the same observation. No one had.

"It really shocked me," said Trenouth.

"It meant I found something that everyone else missed. I went from there researching and investigating who my suspects were, why this wasn't in the post-mortem report because all the contents of the room were detailed and that wasn't mentioned."

Some Freemasons are upset? OH! See's still thinking that Bob Hinton is a Freemason.... Got it! And yes, there's the announcement: she's working on her second book because - ooops - she didn't quite get all of that Freemason stuff into the first one 'cause Mr. Hinton didn't pull his stunt until her book was already at her vanity publisher. So the solution is to add to her publishing wealth by paying for yet another self-published book.

But surely you're wondering how Karen solved this crime which has eluded thousands upon thousands of others over more than a century. It really was SO easy, you'll kick yourself that you didn't figure it out and could be on your way to a life of fame and fortune like Karen. She used a photograph taken in 1888 that she found on the web and in it saw something on the dressing table of one of the victims - something that all of the police detectives somehow managed to overlook. Amazing, isn't it? In her own words:

First, I read all of the post mortem reports of the murder victims, then approximately two months later I was looking over the crime scene photos and made a most interesting discovery. I saw that on the bedside table next to the last murder victim, a goat-headed bronze idol was left by the murderer. I then realized that this idol was Baphomet, which is the God of the Witches and the God of Masonry. This idol was not mentioned in any of the police reports or in the post mortem reports, so I then came to the conclusion that a very important person was being protected. That person was none other than, Prince Albert Victor. He also left many other clues at the last murder scene, which included his Order of the Garter insignia and his murder weapons.

So amazingly, Karen not only was able to see what trained professionals missed - and what those looking at those pictures for over a century didn't see either. Not only that, from a black and white picture, she could tell it was a BRONZE statue. Isn't this just fascinating? And can you believe it: they ALSO missed finding a Prince's Order of the Garter medal. Karen doesn't tell us where she happened to see this in the photograph but it's really amazing how many people who would have been in that room simply didn't see what Karen found in a photograph.

What's also pretty amazing is that someone going off to commit a murder would wander around the streets of a grimy neighborhood with a "bronze statue of Baphomet". Truth be told, we thought that this had been merely a picture drawn for the book by Eliphas Levy but if Karen says somebody was wandering the street with a bronze statue which - along with their Knightly Order of the Garter insignia, both of which were overlooked by dozens of people at the time and likely millions since, who are we to argue?

Karen's books have gotten HORRIBLE reviews EXCEPT by some people. Well, ONE person, actually: Karen herself. Other reviewers, she has noted in several places including her dozen or so blogs, were simply biased. They are part of the Masonic conspiracy that's acting against her. So what has she done to counter this? Well Karen has made it a point to go to many places where the books are offered including Amazon (US), Amazon UK, and Chapters (Canada) and posted reviews in which she pretends to be someone else. What's truly absurd is that it's so patently obvious what's been done. Here, for example, is a photo showing that Karen Trenouth on Canada's Chapters bookseller website telling how she'd read it over three nights. No kidding, folks: this is what's been going back and forth - and it's hilarious! (All the fault of those tricky Freemasons too....)

But we've saved the best for last!

Karen's obsession now about Freemasons sabotaging her book sales - though she regularly brags that she'll overcome that - has led her into even more bizarre behavior.

On one of her several blogs, she regularly makes statements that are so totally absurd as to deprive her of even a modicum of credibility. She states that if Freemasonry wasn't so evil, there wouldn't be a need for an organization such as 'Freemasonry Watch'. Now needless to say, that particular statement darn near ruined OUR monitor because we had a cup of coffee in hand at the time. Freemasonry Watch an ORGANIZATION? It is SO comical - and yet, Karen trots that out in her blogs on a regular basis. Hey Karen: you're such a great internet researcher, why haven't you stumbled on our pages about the one-man show that's all right here. Another Canadian buddy - whose name you don't even know. Wonder why that is....

Karen has also publicly posted things like this below:

As to Mr. Norder's comment that "the accusations of witchcraft have been cooked up", try to keep in mind that the following people (who do not know each other at all) have all given the same testimony and provided the same evidence, meaning there is no "cook up". What a hypocritical comment for Mr. Dan "Ripper Notes" Norder to make. The Freemasons and Illuminati NEVER engage in "conspiracies" or "cook ups". Yet former high-level Freemasons and Illuminati witches who have left the organization are "cooking these things up". Mr. Norder, it is time to cut the crap - you cannot have it both ways. Here are the individuals with the EXACT SAME information (who do NOT know each other):

- Karen Trenouth - exposed the worship of Baphomet in Freemasonry and The Illuminati

- Bill Schnoebelen - admitted to being a former Freemason witch priest, bishop and vampire

- Arizona Wilder - admitted to assisting in human sacrifices for The Illuminati

- David Icke - exposed George Washington's statue resembling Baphomet's pose to a tee

- Jim Shaw - admitted to performing Black Masses for the Scottish Rite

- Doc Marquis - former Illuminist witch who also admitted to witchcraft ties in Freemasonry

- Henry Makow, PHD - Illuminati defector who admitted to the satanic hatred that the Illuminati have for the Jews

- The Gormogons - an anti-masonic order who exposed the secrets of Freemasonry - witchcraft, sorcery, and pagan worship

How can these claims be made on the basis of a political "cook up", since not even one of these individuals are running for office?

Where do we begin? <SIGH>

Perhaps Karen can show us one single documented proof of Freemasonry practicing the worship of Baphomet? Come on, Karen: a ritual from some Grand Lodge somewhere? Surely since you've been 'exposed' this shouldn't be too hard, should it?

Did you happen to read our page about the joke which is Bill Schnoebelen? You should: it's easily found in a Google search but you can just click here and get to it without using your super sleuthing skills. Don't even get us started on Arizona Wilder but we have done some stuff on Mr. Icke. Again, it's not too very hard to find. Just click here.

 Ah, but the one we REALLY loved was about Jim Shaw who, according to researcher Karen Trenouth, "admitted to performing Black Masses for the Scottish Rite." Perhaps Karen would be good enough to cite the page in Mr. Shaw's SOLE BOOK where he says this happened?

Ms. Trenouth has of late been bragging quite a bit about becoming rich on the sale of her books and she's been making absurd claims that they're being sold as texts for college courses in crime. Needless to say, neither of these are true and at some point, we'll debunk some more of her idiotic comments. Suffice it to say that as an anti-Mason, Karen is a joke!

Oh, and since Karen hasn't published her promised 3rd work of art (likely too busy spending all of her cash and finding websites that bring up her name), we thought that she might find this book helpful.

SAD!

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