The odd saga of Berenger Sauniere’s mysterious wealth dropped into obscurity, not to be rediscovered until after WWII. A handful of paperbacks and pamphlets about the Rennes-le-Chateau mystery appeared in the 1950s, all focusing on the shady history of the region and the possibility of buried treasure, but it remained a local mystery; intriguing, yet of no interest to the general public.
Then came Gerard de Sede and the Priory of Sion.