Episode 4491: Dark Enigma - Why Did Cahokia, One of North American’s Largest and Pre-Hispanic Cultures Collapse

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Welcome heathens welcome to the world of the weird and unexplained.  I’m your host, Nicole Delacroix and together, we will be investigating stories about the things that go bump in the night, frighteningly imagined creatures, supernatural beings and even some unsolved mysteries and all sorts of weirdness.  So, sit back, grab your favorite drink, and prepare to be transported to today's dark Enigma.... 

And on today’s Dark enigma well, we are back with another listener suggestion – and thank you for all the kind emails asking me about my dental work, yes my mouth still hurts, but I’m good!  Alright, with that said, we will still be playing our drinking game and as you know, the drinking game is only for those of us that are at home and have nowhere else to go tonight.  The choice of libation, as always my darlings, is yours, so choose your poison accordingly… Alright, now for the game part how about every time I say Cahokia that will be a single shot and every time I say mounds, that will be a double shot.  Now that the business end is out of the way we can jump headfirst into today’s dark enigma… so don… your softest buckskin pants and a shirt and grab your best head dress as we dive into today’s offering of Why Did Cahokia, One of North American’s Largest and Pre-Hispanic Cultures Collapse? 

Imagine an ancient Native American settlement where people built pyramids, designed solar observatories and, unfortunately, practiced human sacrifice. These weren't the Maya or Aztecs of Mexico. This culture arose in the Mississippi Valley, in what is now Illinois, about 700 A.D. and withered away about a century before Columbus reached America. The ancient civilization's massive remains stand as one of the best-kept archaeological secrets in the country.  Welcome to the city of Cahokia, population 15,000.