Stories about Freemasons anyone?

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I live in Bergen, Norway and for many years my father was a fireman. When I was a boy the Lodge burned and of course the firemen broke in and carried out all the most valuable stuff they could save. It's many years since now, probably around 1980. I can't remember exactly, but I remember my father and his colleges talked about this happening for years. They had dragged out funeral caskets with skeletons, black cloaks and other spectacular ceremony gear.

When a couple of lodge members arrived they were very agitated, but they really could not stop the firemen.

I also remember they talked about a young journalist first on the scene that eagerly talked to the fire men, and took pictures. However when an older representant of the lodge talked to him, he quickly disappeared, and not a trace of the story in either of the local papers, just a small notice of the fire, a picture of the facade and not a single revealing detail. I think some of the firemen overheard threats that if he showed this to anyone he would never work as a journalist again, or that might have been speculations.

However, this should have been a spectacular story, with the pictures he got. I don't really know anything particular about the lodge in my town, but my mothers aunt was married to a member of the lodge, and all the children agreed that they had the best Christmas parties.

There's also an old gentle men's club called "Den gode Hensikt", which means someting like "The good Intention". It is private and I think the old guys there are all members of the lodge, but it's more open then the Lodge building. For some years I worked as a help at the lokal bookstore and a couple of times I carried boxes and old stuff up there, nothing exiting. Then it was an old worn down place, but still rather distinguished, with old English leather furniture, marble floors and wooden panels on the walls.

I have all ways wondered what on earth the lodge in my town might do with funeral caskets and real skeletons, but never found a good answer.

Have anyone an interesting story to tell about freemasons or other secret societies? I want to know all the things they don't want us to know :- )

I hope you can make sense of my English, it was not my first language and could do with some improvement.