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Which conspiracy theories do you believe?

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RoseWylie · 11/11/2026 19:17

Me-

Covid came from a Chinese lab.
Epstein's death was engineered by a third party, whether by murder or by compromising the suicide watch.
Lucy Letby's conviction isn't sound and was affected by institutional motivation to find a cause for babies dying other than negligence and squalor across the department. (FAOD I have no idea whether she is innocent or guilty.)

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EmeraldRoulette · 11/11/2026 22:39

trivi · 11/11/2026 22:31

I delved into the Avril Lavigne conspiracy theory and it freaked me out, lived by myself at the time and the house seemed eerie, I couldn’t sleep - they say she committed suicide before her album release so they covered her death up with a body double. ‘Evidence’ was way more plausible than I expected.

When was this - that you believed this? It’s quite well documented that it was a hoax and a social experiment. (I have an Avril Lavigne earworm now).

SunriseOnSlaughterBeach · 11/11/2026 22:43

No way did Dr David Kelly, the weapons expert involved in the “sexed up dossier” incident, kill himself. I don’t even know if that counts as a conspiracy theory, it seems as plain as day.

trivi · 11/11/2026 22:44

2016… I haven’t looked into it since then, I felt strangely too spooked. Has it been proven to be a hoax.. some people don’t understand why Avril and Melissa haven’t been photographed together to disprove the theory

EmeraldRoulette · 11/11/2026 22:49

trivi · 11/11/2026 22:44

2016… I haven’t looked into it since then, I felt strangely too spooked. Has it been proven to be a hoax.. some people don’t understand why Avril and Melissa haven’t been photographed together to disprove the theory

My head is going to explode

Melissa isn’t a real person.

Pinkissmart · 11/11/2026 22:51

Funkyfoxy · 11/11/2026 22:12

Lots. Diana, Epstein, 9/11.. I think we have no idea how deep the hidden agendas go

But who is behind all these agenda’s? I wish someone would tell me!

RogueFemale · 11/11/2026 22:52

RoseWylie · 11/11/2026 19:17

Me-

Covid came from a Chinese lab.
Epstein's death was engineered by a third party, whether by murder or by compromising the suicide watch.
Lucy Letby's conviction isn't sound and was affected by institutional motivation to find a cause for babies dying other than negligence and squalor across the department. (FAOD I have no idea whether she is innocent or guilty.)

Letby's conviction being unsafe isn't a conspiracy theory; it has been questioned by serious media and leading scientists.

bittertwisted · 11/11/2026 22:57

Marycontrarygarden · 11/11/2026 20:05

Lol ..controlling what and why?

Exactly, to what gain? Control people for periods of time for shits and giggles. Then stop. Genuinely interested in this theory

DrMarkSloan · 11/11/2026 22:59

I don't believe we landed on the moon in 1969

Neverstopwondering · 11/11/2026 23:00

Father Christmas
Hogwarts

NewspaperTaxis · 11/11/2026 23:03

SunriseOnSlaughterBeach · 11/11/2026 22:43

No way did Dr David Kelly, the weapons expert involved in the “sexed up dossier” incident, kill himself. I don’t even know if that counts as a conspiracy theory, it seems as plain as day.

I read An Inconvenient Truth about Kelly, and it states all the inconsistencies in a matter-of-fact way but doesn't actually say what he thinks happens.

But the evidence set down in the book leads one to believe that Kelly was placed under some kind of witness protection programme - goofed up by the Brits. It describes how his dental records went missing for 24 hours - well, you don't need to do that if you kill someone, do you? You do need to do that however if the body found wasn't Kelly's and you want to prevent someone from realising that via dental records.

Once you see it that way, all the other evidence presents differently.

SunriseOnSlaughterBeach · 11/11/2026 23:09

NewspaperTaxis · 11/11/2026 23:03

I read An Inconvenient Truth about Kelly, and it states all the inconsistencies in a matter-of-fact way but doesn't actually say what he thinks happens.

But the evidence set down in the book leads one to believe that Kelly was placed under some kind of witness protection programme - goofed up by the Brits. It describes how his dental records went missing for 24 hours - well, you don't need to do that if you kill someone, do you? You do need to do that however if the body found wasn't Kelly's and you want to prevent someone from realising that via dental records.

Once you see it that way, all the other evidence presents differently.

I’ve read that too and that is a really interesting take, what do you think happened? Genuinely interested, I’m not being confrontational. It made me wonder if there had been a plan for a more violent ending (hence requiring dental records) which meant identification would take longer but it didn’t happen for whatever reason.

1dayatatime · 11/11/2026 23:10

I really despair at how many seemingly rational people fall for conspiracy theories and I strongly believe in the cock up theory over conspiracy- for example Princess Diana died because she was being at high speed by a drunk driver attempting evasive driving in a tunnel and she wasn't wearing a seat belt.

However I'm not immune and do believe that the death of Dr David Kelly was not suicide and the fact the paramedics (first at the scene) strongly disagreed with the inquest on the position of his body when they found it. I trust the paramedics and what incentive do they have in disagreeing with the inquest.

EconomyClassRockstar · 11/11/2026 23:12

somanychristmaslights · 11/11/2026 20:46

I don’t believe a plane hit the Pentagon.

You think 64 families are lying about losing their loved ones?! Would you like me to introduce you to one so you can tell them that? Because it's an amazing act that has impacted her life for the last 25 years if she didn't.

NewspaperTaxis · 11/11/2026 23:14

I suppose the alternative might be if Kelly had been tortured via his mouth/teeth - but then why bother given the idea is to make it look like suicide.

Other stuff in the book points to my theory. His wife it's suggested was in on the whole thing - v sinister if he was killed, less so if he was meant to be under some kind of witness protection thing. Also explains why MPs like Dominic Grieve who expressed concern about Kelly went quiet when they got promoted - they were tipped off on what had really happened. And why the journalist David Aaronovitch (sp) wrote pleadingly in the Times about the author's book, sort of saying, look, why bother with all this? Mad if the author was engaged in proper journalism, less so if it knowingly draws attention to Kelly's real situation - that he was alive after all.

HumbleStumble · 11/11/2026 23:16

Humans never set foot on mars.

NewspaperTaxis · 11/11/2026 23:17

1dayatatime · 11/11/2026 23:10

I really despair at how many seemingly rational people fall for conspiracy theories and I strongly believe in the cock up theory over conspiracy- for example Princess Diana died because she was being at high speed by a drunk driver attempting evasive driving in a tunnel and she wasn't wearing a seat belt.

However I'm not immune and do believe that the death of Dr David Kelly was not suicide and the fact the paramedics (first at the scene) strongly disagreed with the inquest on the position of his body when they found it. I trust the paramedics and what incentive do they have in disagreeing with the inquest.

She wasn't wearing a seat belt, true - but then again, the bodyguard in the back seat could have reached over and undone the seatbelt. It's never quite been made clear why an ex military man would be in that role.

NewspaperTaxis · 11/11/2026 23:18

Watching the 1966 film Modesty Blaise on telly now, I am of the view that this film was intended to kill the Sixties.

EmeraldRoulette · 11/11/2026 23:37

NewspaperTaxis · 11/11/2026 23:17

She wasn't wearing a seat belt, true - but then again, the bodyguard in the back seat could have reached over and undone the seatbelt. It's never quite been made clear why an ex military man would be in that role.

I know 2 ex military who have done personal security - isn’t that pretty normal? Especially if they’re driving around politicians and what not who need their people to have security clearance

NewspaperTaxis · 11/11/2026 23:47

Yeah, fair enough.

bardabunga · 12/11/2026 00:14

2longinthetooth · 11/11/2026 19:50

I dont really believe in conspiracy stories but I feel they exist because things are constantly withheld from us or dumbed down. Look at recent events, there is massive news about brand and walliams but hardly anything about the extremist group who paid uk recruits to attack RAF Fairford. Sorry but that is a bigger story. That was a small mention on the news when it should have been headline.

If you have intelligence about your enemy, you'd have to be really stupid to put it in the newspapers and let the enemy know you're onto them.

XDownwiththissortofthingX · 12/11/2026 00:36

EmeraldRoulette · 11/11/2026 22:49

My head is going to explode

Melissa isn’t a real person.

Just like JFK

SnowFrogJelly · 12/11/2026 01:17

Zero

ANightAtTheOpera · 12/11/2026 01:23

Dontlletmedownbruce · 11/11/2026 19:50

I 100% believe Epstein didn't kill himself.

I wonder about Marilyn Monroe too

And Natalie Wood 😢

Ratherhaveacupofteaandabiscuit · 12/11/2026 01:46

NewspaperTaxis · 11/11/2026 23:17

She wasn't wearing a seat belt, true - but then again, the bodyguard in the back seat could have reached over and undone the seatbelt. It's never quite been made clear why an ex military man would be in that role.

The bodyguard was in the front, not the back and most security are ex military or ex police.

JustAnotherWhinger · 12/11/2026 02:01

I’d say cover up more than conspiracy, but David Kelly for sure and Gareth Williams as well - don’t believe for a second the Mets theory that he accidentally locked himself inside the bag.

I also think JFK was accidentally shot by one of his security agents after the first gunshot from the book building.