C.R. Berry
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Do the Nazca Lines prove that ancient humans could fly?
The Nazca Lines were discovered by a Peruvian archaeologist in 1927 and have bewildered the world ever since. Some say they reveal a shocking truth: humans were capable of manned flight 1,500 years ago… The Nazca Lines are geoglyphs—aka drawings on the ground—spread across 168 square miles of the Nazca Desert in Peru and consisting… Read more
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The Black Knight satellite — are aliens watching us?
A persistent UFO conspiracy theory is that there is an alien satellite in orbit around Earth and it’s been there for 13,000 years. So what is it? What is its purpose? And is it really there? The Black Knight satellite rose to fame in 1998, when an object was photographed from the International Space Station… Read more
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Ghost caught on CCTV at Hampton Court Palace
Hampton Court Palace in Greater London is famous for its ghosts, but there’s never been any hard evidence—only eyewitness sightings. That is, until 2003, when a ghost dubbed ‘Skeletor’ popped up on the palace’s CCTV… In the early 1500s, Hampton Court was built by Cardinal Wolsey for King Henry VIII and became the king’s favourite… Read more
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Does Watergate reveal that Nixon was involved in JFK’s assassination?
Not all conspiracy theories are bonkers. Watergate is one that actually turned out to be true. But is it possible that Watergate holds the key to another hotly debated conspiracy theory — the assassination of JFK? Watergate is the reason we attach “–gate” to anything remotely scandalous. There was “Piggate” last year, when rumours spread… Read more
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Are the British Royal Family really a bunch of alien lizards?
So here we have the wackiest conspiracy theory of all, popularised by ex-Coventry City goalkeeper David Icke: our royal family are descended from a clan of extraterrestrial lizards called the ‘Babylonian Brotherhood’. Today I’m asking, is Mr Icke’s theory really as ludicrous as it sounds? Let’s break this down. The British House of Windsor is… Read more
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The dark side of the police – the Steven Avery conspiracy
Right folks, I think it’s about time I talked about the hottest conspiracy theory around right now: the conviction of Steven Avery… The Steven Avery case has dominated headlines and got tongues wagging in outrage all over the world since Netflix documentary series Making a Murderer aired last December. (Yes, there are significant spoilers for… Read more
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The book that no one can read: the Voynich manuscript
Where’s Robert Langdon when you need him? And what would the star of Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code make of the Voynich manuscript, the world’s most mysterious book? The Voynich manuscript is well known today as the book that no one can read, and the code that no one can crack. The manuscript comprises… Read more
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The weirdest plague ever – dancing
Yes. You read that right. Here we have the weirdest, funniest and freakiest unsolved mystery I’ve come across in the year and a half that I’ve been writing Behind The Curtain… I remember reading about this a few years ago and thinking, nah, it can’t be true. It’s ridiculous. Yet, outlandish as it sounds, the… Read more
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