Conspiracy Theories
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“Home Alone” has the proof that Elvis is alive
One of the most enduring pop culture conspiracy theories is that Elvis Presley faked his own death in 1977 so he could be free of public scrutiny. It seems that Elvis didn’t want to give up the limelight completely, though. 13 years later he turned up as an extra in popular Christmas movie Home Alone… Read more
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The Black Death – a deliberate plot to wipe out the West?
The Black Death was the most devastating pandemic in human history, killing 75 million people worldwide between 1346 and 1353 and 30-60% of Europe’s total population. Is it really conceivable that the Black Death was part of a heinous and deliberate plot to wipe out the West? Black Death conspiracy theories were popular even at Read more
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Did the British government murder Dr David Kelly?
Did the British government bump off scientist and weapons expert Dr David Kelly because he knew the truth about the Iraq War? We all knew ‘something was off’ back in 2003. In 2001, the September 11th attacks had sparked George Bush and Tony Blair’s ‘War on Terror’ and the US/UK invasion of Afghanistan to hunt Read more
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Who blew the whistle on the Gunpowder Plot – and why?
Happy Guy Fawkes Night! Once again we’re celebrating the defeat of the Gunpowder Plot on November 5th 1605. But the plot was only defeated because of the ‘Monteagle Letter’, which blew the whistle on the conspiracy. To this day, no one knows who wrote this letter… On 26th October 1605, William Parker, 4th Baron Monteagle, Read more
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The Disney Conspiracy, Part III – Walt Disney and the Nazis
Let’s settle this once and for all. In 2014, Meryl Streep gave a speech accusing Disney of being a racist and an anti-Semite. I dealt with the racism accusations in The Disney Conspiracy, Part II. Now let’s look at Walt Disney’s feelings towards the Jews, and whether he really was an anti-Semitic Nazi sympathiser. Disney’s Read more
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Was Pope John Paul I assassinated?
John Paul I was pope for a mere 33 days before he was found dead in his bed, aged 65. Numerous oddities, inconsistencies and unanswered questions have given rise to theories that dark forces conspired to murder him… On September 27th 1978, Pope John Paul I was found sitting up in bed like he’d been Read more
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David Manning, the invisible film critic
Between 2000 and 2001, several movies were released by Columbia Pictures that were not very well received by film critics. Well, apart from one. Journalist David Manning heaped high praise Hollow Man (2000) and The Animal (2001) even though no one else did. Did he just have bad taste? No. David Manning wasn’t really there… Read more
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Queen Elizabeth I was actually a man in drag
Queen Elizabeth I, daughter of Henry VIII and the last Tudor monarch, is probably England’s most famous and decorated ruler. But one of the wildest royal conspiracy theories in history contends that this famous and decorated ruler was actually a bloke called Neville. In an age of rampant sexism, Queen Elizabeth I was a force to Read more
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Was Queen Victoria behind the Jack the Ripper murders?
Between August and November 1888, Jack the Ripper struck Whitechapel and brutally killed five prostitutes. Was he a lone nutjob? Or was he part of an elaborate conspiracy involving the police, the Prime Minister and Queen Victoria? Sounds nuts, doesn’t it. But this is the conspiracy theory that’s at the centre of the Johnny Depp-starring Read more
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Dodgy special effects: the proof that the 9/11 plane crashes were faked
One of the most controversial 9/11 conspiracy theories is the No-Planes Theory – the contention that CGI planes were inserted into all the footage we have of the World Trade Center attacks. Sounds far-fetched, doesn’t it? But could there be any truth to it? By being so brazen, so outrageous and so devastating, taking place Read more
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Was the Lindbergh baby kidnapping a hoax?
The kidnap and murder of famous aviator Charles Lindbergh’s 20-month-old toddler in 1932 became known as the “crime of the century”. Although a man was found guilty and put to death for the crime, many people believe he was innocent, and that the real perpetrator was Charles Lindbergh himself… Charles Lindbergh was most famous for Read more
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NASA is lying to us – the Earth is actually flat
Everybody knows that Planet Earth is a sphere… right? Actually it’s really, really not, and NASA is lying to us all, according to the Flat Earth Society. So what’s the truth? Is the Earth really spherical, or are we all being deceived? Wikipedia calls the Flat Earth Model an “archaic conception of the Earth’s shape Read more
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