Devin O’Shea dives deep into the rabbit hole of the Veiled Prophet Society in St. Louis, a secretive organization of the city’s wealthy elite that has wielded political and social power for nearly 150 years. The story begins with the St. Louis working-class movement of 1877, when a massive general strike briefly challenged the city’s ruling class and helped set the stage for the emergence of the Veiled Prophet Organization the following year.