Treasure Hunting - The Mystery of Missing Pure Silver Providence Church Silver Bell

EPISODE · Nov 26, 2021 · 7 MIN

Treasure Hunting - The Mystery of Missing Pure Silver Providence Church Silver Bell

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Sitting on a secure Bitcoin network is One and Only podcast version of 'Treasure Revealed' episodes https://tribes.sphinx.chat/t/treasurerevealed One of the most interesting and perplexing mysteries in Rhode Island is connected to the so-called lost silver church bell that once hung in a Providence Church Tower the Bell was very finely crafted in 17th century by a Dutch silver smith and it was made out of almost pure silver and waited about 500 lb, so during the next 228 years the Bell disappeared three times and after the third time the Bell vanished in 1891 it was not seen again many believe that it is still somewhere in Providence City limits Providence Rhode Island, later it showed up in United States and nobody knows how it arrived or who brought it here on January 1st 1665 that silver bell was hung in the tower of Providence Church where it rang in the new year, Sunday services and others and rank for the next 91 years so it was removed in 1756 so we talking about like 91 years later and it was taken down without any explanation it was shipped to Englandin 1812 during the war and American vessel engaged in a bottle a British worship they subsequently captured that British worship and during the search they found the silver Bell any explanation of why the Bell was on the ship was never provided and so after several months the Bell eventually returned to Providence where it was hung once again in the same church Tower and eventually the old and crumbling Providence Church needed maintenance and repairs so the Bell had to be removed and it was stored in the chambers of an assistant priest now here is when it gets interesting there was a strange man known by the name of Grayson who was employed by the church during that time so he was a character equivalent to the hunchback of Notterdam, it was whispered that he actually was one of the pirates in his youth but despite Grayson's deformities he was unusually strong and he was often called to lift or move heavy objects and he usually did those with relative ease in fact Grayson almost single-handedly transported that silver bell to its resting place in the priest quarters so while the Masons were busy with the repairing of the church Tower that's silver Bell mysteriously disappeared and frantic Church officials conducted searches of the building and the grounds but were unable to find that precious Bell several weeks went by they stopped looking and so that cherish Providence Bell what about remain complete mystery, Grayson who was still employed by the church was seen entering a dark side of Providence tavern called the dolphin and seated himself at the table with other four suspicious looking individuals all of them were rough and dressed like pirates arrived previous day and anchored the ship at the distance from the harbor so the dark side workers notorious could not be looking at them I guess so the newcomers were not known by anybody local and after Grayson's arrival they spoke in the quiet and harsh tones while they ordered number of rounds of ale and according to the people who said close by enough to overhear the conversation they said that they were haggling over the price of that silver bell and the grace and claim that he knew what the Bell was hidden Grayson clearly upset hobbled out of the tavern and it was last time anyone saw him alive shortly after the following day two fishermen discovered Grayson's body lying on the shore where the Providence harbor narrows his throat had been cut historians have studied this aspect of Providence history and I have concluded that Grayson believing he would be able to sell the silver Bell to the pirates stole it from the priest's room where it was for the time being and of course with Grayson's strength it's quite possible that he alone could have carried out that Bell to another location and hide it and when the opportunity presented itself Grace's attempted to sell it to the pirates and however the transaction was never fu

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