Blood In, Blood Out: The Mayday Mystery
Channel: Radix Verum
Date: 2022-05-30

The mayday mystery is a bizarre mystery that has been going on since the 1980s, possibly longer by a group referring to itself as the "Orphanage," and/or the Order of Unreconstructed Freaks." They also call themselves the freaks, etc. The group purports to be a secret society and they have been placing bizarre and cryptic ads in the Arizona Daily Wildcat since at least 1981. These ads include an opening SR/CL-that still remains a mystery and they commonly featured a "smiley guy" a smiling man with usually 5 or 6 hairs on his head and a leitmotif or a general theme of the ad.

There are clear connections to Protestant Christianity, Lenin, Communism, and Revolutionary activity. There are hints of alchemy, esotericism, occultism, etc.  The main historical figures that are referenced together in the ads are Oliver Cromwell, Martin Luther, John Calvin, and Gustavus Adolphus. The group refers to their enemies as "Pelagian Devils," a reference to Pelagianism. 

Sources: 
http://maydaymystery.org/mayday/index.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Cromwell
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Calvin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustavus_Adolphus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelagianism

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