Been and Gone

Major Rennes-le-Château Researchers and Hoaxters


Paul Smith




Ranging from serious historical researchers
to fantasists to the deluded and outright confidence tricksters
– some of the major players in this genre that are no longer with us.




Noël Corbu, 1912-1968

Dr Jean Girou, 1889-1972

Roger Lhomoy, 1904-1974

Robert Charroux (Robert Grugeau), 1909-1978

René Espeut, 1911-1978

Mgr Georges Boyer, 1892-1982

Jacques Cholet, 1911-1985

Philippe de Chèrisey, 1923-1985

Paul-René Descadeillas, 1909-1986

Abbé Maurice-René Mazières, 1909-1988

Jos Bertaulet (Joseph Thijs), died 1996

Michel Marrot, 1958-1997

Pierre Athanase Marie Plantard, 1920-2000

Henri Buthion, 1924-2002

Abbé Bruno de Monts de Savasse, 1910-2003

Gérard de Sède (Géraud Marie de Sède de Liéoux), 1921-2004

Graham Simmans, 1919-2005

Louis Vazart, 1957-2005

Jacques Rivière, 1945-2006

Roger-René Dagobert, 1929-2007

Richard Leigh (also known as Richard Bardmont), 1943-2007

Robert Anton Wilson (Robert Edward Wilson), 1932-2007

Jean-Luc Robin, 1949-2008

William “Bill” Putnam, 1930-2008

Jean Markale (Jacques Bertrand), 1928-2008

Jean-Pierre Deloux, 1944-2009





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