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Give me your best conspiracy theory!

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mummyofdaughters · 17/03/2019 21:08

I've just finished watching Behind The Curve on Netflix - a documentary about the Flat Earth movement. I remain unconvinced but still good fun to watch.

My favourite conspiracy theory though is the Titanic/Olympic one which I'm inclined to believe 🙈 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMSTitanicalternative_theories

Any good ones out there?

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ShatnersWig · 19/03/2019 15:36

There have always been batty conspiracies surrounding the royals. Like Prince Eddy being Jack the Ripper and it all being covered up by the Masons. The fact that there is documentary proof that he was nowhere near the scenes of several of the killings at the time is apparently not sufficient.

In one version, he wasn't the murderer, but the reason behind three Masons killing the women. Apparently Eddy went through a marriage with Mary Jane Kelly (final victim) and she had a baby. Because she was a Catholic, this was a threat to the throne and so she had to be silenced. They killed the others to try and find Mary but they never found the baby.

Eddy didn't die a couple of years later but was sent up to Glamis Castle where he lived out the remainder of his life more or less unseen by all bar two or three trusted servants because Glamis has so many rooms they could keep it secret.

There have been several books on the subject, with all sorts of proof - all of which has been blown out of the water and in many cases the proof was laughable and should never have even been printed. Like an unknown diary written by Inspector Abberline which gave secret clues to what went on. Unfortunately the good Inspector signed the diary (like you do, do make sure you know who wrote it despite it being secret) and got his own initials wrong...

BearSoFair · 19/03/2019 15:41

Denver Airport is my favourite. Not sure I believe it, it seems a bit too obvious with the apocalypse murals and terrifying horse, but it's undeniably weird!

Titanic one is interesting as well.

soloula · 19/03/2019 15:42

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longwayoff · 19/03/2019 16:21

Sandand sea, I despair, please say you dont believe the Canada twaddle.

AirBiscuit · 19/03/2019 16:33

@ShatnersWig at last someone with an once of common sense

I find a lot of conspiracy theories extremely distasteful, particularly 9/11 ones Nearly 3000 people were murdered and based on no evidence whatsoever peoples are happy to implicate the US government in the killing of thousands of citizens on their own soil.

Elephantina · 19/03/2019 16:49

@Myusernameismud and @Nameusernameuser, I also know someone EXACTLY like this, right down to the age and the weed and the conspiracies! Initials not SG though...his first name K?

In any event, he is totally batshit. Generally harmless and good value (makes me laugh so much), but yep full of mad theories. It is very slightly possible that a GF might describe him as abusive, but we are connected only by marriage so I can't really comment on that.

I have read about Elisa Lam, verrry curious. I don't have a favourite, but the theory about chemtrails makes me laugh. I once downloaded an audio book to listen to on dog walks, think it was 50 best conspiracy theories or something - fascinating and bizarre in equal measure.

SpamChaudFroid · 19/03/2019 16:59

Come to think of it, another young woman was found dead in a hotel in odd circumstances. Kenneka Jenkins was caught on CCTV stumbling around drunk in a Chicago(?) hotel in the early hours of the morning. She was found locked in the walk-in freezer, dead. The investigation into her death was closed, which her family are not happy about.

WillGymForPizza · 19/03/2019 17:03

My DM also believes Diana was 'popped off'. Her exact words. I think her death was convenient for the Royals, because she was such a thorn in their sides and would have continued to be had she lived. But I don't believe it was anything more than an accident caused by drunk driver. That's it.

There was a documentary about Pan Am 103 on before Christmas and there was a police woman interviewed who said her statements had been altered. She'd actually guarded some of the bodies from the crash until they were moved.

PosterPostingPosterishly · 19/03/2019 17:04

Spam you're right, there is some footage of the girl in the hotel. In some clips- it looks like there is someone hiding against a wall.
I'd be annoyed if o were the family too! I'd want answers.

Amfeelingfline · 19/03/2019 17:12

The most disturbing one for me is that the holocaust didn’t happen, that the concentration camps were holiday camps and 6 millions Jews never got killed Confused
The funniest dinosaurs never existed, that all the bones found were made and that the eart is 6000 years old... conspiracy theories, once you start, you don’t know where that will lead you 😂

longwayoff · 19/03/2019 17:33

Amfeeling, can we just emphasise that holocaust denial is anti semitism and revisionist history in one of its most revolting forms and that there is so much evidence to prove its existence that to say otherwise is either ignorance, at best, or malice at worst.

ButtMuncher · 19/03/2019 17:58

@joyfullittlehippo that is totally batshit about Benedict. I remember being a user of Tumblr around the time Sherlock came out and some of his fans are absolutely fucking nuts. I feel sorry for him and Sophie. For some reason he garnered this really bizarre, cult like following.

Amfeelingfline · 19/03/2019 18:26

Totally lonwayoff, I was actually gobsmacked and disgusted that some people even think that, as if it hasn’t been documented enough by people, photos, actual footage... a lot of the conspiracy theories are laughable but this definitely isn’t

Amfeelingfline · 19/03/2019 18:30

Some of the comments on YouTube in some of the camps survivors are unbelievably crass, uninformed and completely abhorrent...I felt really uneasy even ready about this one as it just baffles me that educated people could even support this idea...

Aurea · 19/03/2019 20:37

My DS was selected by his school to visit Auschwitz and become an ambassador for the Holocaust Educational Trust which works to dispel and discredit the holocaust denier's myths. This is all funded by the government and is a very worthy venture IMHO. On his return he had to give a series of talks about his experience.

This is one of the most ignorant and appalling conspiracy theories in my opinion and has no place in our society.

longwayoff · 19/03/2019 22:30

Sorry if that seemed patronising, as you both say, it doesn't really belong here, is the deniers who conspire to distort the reality of it. But from such battiness, things can grow, look at the thousands - millions? - who believe David Icke. Not to mention those who think Dan Brown writes historyGrin

user1497863568 · 19/03/2019 22:42

The holocaust definitely happened . Tens of millions died, not just Jews.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ForcedlabourrunderGermannruleduringgWorldWarrII

SinisterBumFacedCat · 20/03/2019 00:25

The Sandy Hook Conspiracy theories are awful, sick bastards are now threatening the poor bereaved parents. One parent has had to move house 7 times due to death threats. I suspect 99.9% conspiracy theories are malicious BS.

Obsidian77 · 20/03/2019 00:34

Some random in a pub insisted that aeroplanes don't actually use fuel, they use compressed air to fly and airlines are tricking us by charging for fuel, anyone heard this one?

user1497863568 · 20/03/2019 03:37

Also, I've come to view 9/11 etc as revenge for the holocaust. The only thing is - I haven't seen the flood of material goods that you would expect after that event but I guess the Nazis were good at hoarding it?

sashh · 20/03/2019 04:23

The funniest dinosaurs never existed, that all the bones found were made and that the eart is 6000 years old..

Oh I heard that they were buried by Satan to fool the scientists.

Lockerbie, I read the book, "Cover up of convenience", which is enlightening to say the least. Assuming the author has his facts correct (and I didn't follow up the references) there is a lot we were not told eg US embassy officials were told not to travel on Pan Am from Europe.

Pan Am 103 wasn't full, something that is unusual just before Xmas.

At the time, and I am old enough to have been an adult when it happened, I wasn't the only person to think it was revenge for Iran Air 655.

A passenger plane taking people to celebrate a major religious event blown out of the sky with no warning, it seemed so similar.

Graphista · 20/03/2019 04:32

1.) Dr David Kelly was killed by MI5

Nah! Mi5 don't do that stuff, mi6 though...

Jfk assassination - my parents who were alive when it happened say even at the time people didn't believe it was a lone shooter, just look at the footage of jfk being shot his body is thrown in completely different directions by the shots. I don't believe it was domestic shooters, there were plenty of foreign enemies wanted him dead. But I think this was covered up in order to prevent nuclear war breaking out as highly likely it was Cuban or ussr shooters.

"I though Brittany Murphy's death, followed a few months later by her husband's death was peculiar. Was reported that both died of "pneumonia" at their home" not sure if it was proven but I believe there's been conflicting evidence as to exactly what caused their deaths with toxic mold in the home being one possibility.

"Ex was convinced the Falklands conflict was all pre-arranged between us and Argentina as Margaret Thatcher was losing popularity and the soldiers paid £££££££ to take part. Note ex."

Your ex took it a bit far but the timing was awfully convenient and this was even noted at the time, she was trailing in polls, armed forces were particularly turning against her after having their votes bought with huge but unsustainable pay rises earlier in her premiership.

The war served several purposes for her, minor help to U.K. Economy as a result of barring Argentina products, uniting U.K. With her against a common enemy BUT with no direct threat to the main uk islands/main population, uniting the armed forces who were starting to in fight between the branches more than usual (as each branch wanted to avoid redundancies affecting their branch), and I'm afraid to say fewer soldiers meant lower pay bill.

She went from potentially losing the next election to a clear victory (admittedly helped by the sdp traitors splitting the left wing vote)

I'm hoping to fuck trump as president is some kind of reverse Manchurian candidate deal, give the extreme right wingers an ineffectual president to shut 'em up while hopefully galvanising the moderates (really there's no left wing in usa) to front a very effective candidate. It needs some fine tuning I agree and frankly I think the trump-droid/hypnotised person has even malfunctioned from their intents on more than one occasion.

I used to think 9/11 had been allowed to happen to justify the war, I now suspect that the details of the targets weren't known and that those with the power to properly follow up didn't do so thoroughly as they NEVER believed it would happen as no foreign attacks had ever happened on the USA mainland, that nobody would dare to do so. A mix of arrogance and incompetence. Certainly the ease with which the terrorists were able to access training on the right planes etc beggars belief that security was so very lax.

BlackCatSleeping · 20/03/2019 05:24

I love the fake Melania stories at the moment, and I 100% believe them to be true. Grin

I think Jeffrey Epstein got an extremely light sentence given the crimes he was accused of. It seems friends in high places pulled some strings.

dustarr73 · 20/03/2019 06:25

Not a conspiracy, but it did occur to me that the stars of The Undateables could be actors!

Interesting,can you give a reason

longwayoff · 20/03/2019 07:19

Melania his KGB minder surely?

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