Conspiracy Theories

  • Witches, phantom dogs and pitchfork killers… Welcome to Meon Hill

    This week I’m getting in the spirit of Halloween by investigating the mysterious Meon Hill, on the edge of the Cotswolds in Warwickshire. It’s a place of Satanic legends, phantom black dog sightings, alleged witches and shadowy pitchfork-wielding killers. Anyone fancy pitching a tent there on October 31st? Meon Hill is nestled between the sleepy Read more

  • My interview on Spaced Out Radio looks at Princess Diana’s crash, Flat Earth, time travel and if Paul McCartney’s really dead

    My interview on Spaced Out Radio is now available for listening! It aired live at 9pm Pacific time, 12am Eastern time and 5am UK time. We ended up going for three whole hours, but seriously, they were the fastest three hours ever! Host Dave Scott was a lovely, friendly chap and we discussed a ton Read more

  • I’m going to be on Spaced Out Radio! October 25th Pacific Time, October 26th London Time

    Howdy! Next week I’ll be on Canadian online radio station, Spaced Out Radio, talking to host Dave Scott about UFOs, conspiracies, time travel and general weirdness. Eeeek! I’m nervous and excited but I’m sure it’ll be great fun — for me and for listeners! The interview, I’m told, will last two hours and Dave wants my Read more

  • Time traveller spotted in Charlie Chaplin DVD extra

    Whoops. A time traveller has made an epic boo-boo and got themselves caught on film in 1928. And now filmmaker George Clarke has exposed their clumsy arse to the world. I’ve mentioned this particular urban legend a few times recently. That’s because it inspired my short story, The Charlie Chaplin Time Traveller, which was published Read more

  • Operation Northwoods – a real government conspiracy exposed

    “We could blow up a US ship in Guantanamo Bay and blame Cuba.” Yes, these are the actual words of the US Department of Defence (DoD) and Joint Chiefs of Staff, part of a corrupt plan to start a phony war with Cuba. The villain of a story is often its driving force and most Read more

  • The truth about Hillary Clinton’s body double

    Is Hillary Clinton dead? Rumour has it she’s kicked the bucket and been replaced by a body double… The internet loves a conspiracy theory. Hillary Clinton has faced accusations about her health throughout her presidential campaign, mainly fuelled by her opponent, Donald Trump (who claims to be in perfect health despite his large size and Read more

  • Were the Twin Towers deliberately demolished on 9/11?

    9/11 was the deadliest terrorist atrocity the world ever saw, but not everyone agrees on who the terrorists were that day. Many still believe that the US government, not al-Qaeda, were responsible for the attack. That the planes that collided with the Twin Towers were just a smokescreen for a controlled demolition of both buildings…. Read more

  • Does “The Shining” reveal that the Apollo moon landings were faked?

    Apparently there’s much more to Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining than we all realised. It’s believed that the film contains a range of clues revealing that the Apollo moon landings were faked. Bonkers, right? Or might the conspiracy theorists be onto something? In my blog “Were the Apollo moon landings faked?” I assessed the footage of Read more

  • “She is not my mummy.” Madeleine McCann spotted in Amsterdam

    In May 2007, Madeleine McCann disappeared. A few days later, Dutch shop assistant Anna Stam had a disquieting conversation with a little English girl called “Maddie”, who came into her shop and claimed the woman she was with had snatched her… On 3rd May 2007, the still unexplained disappearance of Madeleine McCann sparked the same Read more

  • Is Russia secretly controlling Hungary’s every move?

    Who controls Hungary? Is it the Hungarian government in Budapest? Or is the ‘power behind the throne’ truly wielded by Russia’s controversial president, Vladimir Putin? Ah, Hungary. Your history reads like a series of unfortunate events, which I got to learn about when I visited the capital, Budapest, a few weeks ago. In 1241, Hungary Read more

  • The real mysteries that inspired “Game of Thrones”

    A lot of the intrigue, conspiracy and political machinations in Game of Thrones come straight out of our own history books. This week I’m looking at some unsolved historical mysteries that inspired George R. R. Martin, author of the book series on which Game of Thrones is based… WARNING: Spoilers ahead for Martin’s A Song Read more

  • The truth about Amelia Earhart lies inside a top-secret briefcase

    The disappearance of Amelia Earhart, the first woman to fly the Atlantic, is to this day the most famous unexplained disappearance in US history. But could a secret briefcase be the key to what happened to her? In July 1937, during an attempt to fly around the world, Amelia Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, Read more