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Conspiracy Theories
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The world’s most controversial events, and the complex beliefs behind them. From Bigfoot sightings to bitcoin takeovers, alien landings to assassinations, who’s shaping the narrative — and why? Conspiracy Theories is a Spotify Podcast. New episodes Wednesdays.
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Rewind: Marilyn Monroe
Yesterday00:53:54Summary readyThis July, we’re revisiting five classic topics in our Conspiracy Theories: Rewind series! Marilyn Monroe has been a cultural icon since she dominated Hollywood in the 1950s. Yet, her life was filled with turmoil. She struggled with mental health, drug addiction, and heartache– particularly during her alleged affairs with both JFK and Bobby Kennedy. But what was it that led to her untimely death? A fatal drug overdose or was she murdered to protect the nation’s, and the Kennedy’s, secrets? Help us reach 10k followers on Instagram! @theconspiracypod Try ZipRecruiter FOR FREE at https://ziprecruiter.com/THEORY Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Rewind: The Titanic
1w ago01:02:29Summary readyThis July, we’re revisiting five classic topics in our Conspiracy Theories: Rewind series! First up, one of our most-requested stories: The Titanic. The “unsinkable” ship was brought down by a 6-second brush with an iceberg in April 1912. Did somebody know the world’s largest ocean liner would sink that day? Help us reach 10k followers on Instagram! @theconspiracypod Play Unhinged, an new horror game experience only on Netflix. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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The Mind-Bending MK Ultra Experiments of Dr Ewen Cameron
2w ago00:50:41Summary readyWhen the Allan Memorial Institute opened its doors in 1943, its founders believed it would revolutionize mental health care. Under the direction of Dr. Ewen Cameron, however, the hospital started down a dark path – barbaric treatments, patients begging to go home, and a dark place nobody wanted to enter known as “The Sleep Room.” It would take decades for the world to learn about Cameron’s experiments – and the CIA’s part in them. Help us reach 10k followers on Instagram! @theconspiracypod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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The Simpsons and Predictive Programming
3w ago00:41:22Summary readySome believe that the government plants references to future global atrocities into popular media– subconsciously conditioning the public to never rise up. Their biggest brainwashing weapon? The Simpsons. The cartoon has been said to predict the future, but these “predictions” may really be clues to a bigger master plan by those that control the world. For more Simpsons lore, check out Stupid TV, Be More Funny by Alan Siegel. Help us reach 10k followers on Instagram! @theconspiracypod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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The Press Your Luck Scandal
4w ago00:42:12Summary readyOn May 19, 1984, an ice cream truck driver from Ohio named Michael Larson wins more than $100,000 on the CBS daytime game show Press Your Luck. How he does it is a total mystery. Is he a scammer? Is he supernaturally lucky? Or has he made his own luck? Help us reach 10k followers on Instagram! @theconspiracypod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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The Guardian Tape: UFO Caught on Camera, or Hoax?
Jun 300:47:37Summary readyIn 1992, UFO researcher Bob Oeschler received a strange package in the mail. It contained documents, purportedly stolen from some top-secret Canadian project, alleging a vast alien cover-up. The envelope contained something else: a VHS tape. The sender – identified only as “Guardian” – claimed to have captured footage of a UFO landing in rural Ontario. Bob found the tape credible and spent years trying to track down information and witnesses… but there’s one mystery nobody has ever been able to solve. Who WAS Guardian?Help us reach 10k followers on Instagram! @theconspiracypod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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The Marconi Mystery: 22 Scientists Die Mysterious Deaths in Britain
May 2700:45:14Summary readyIn 1986, two young British defense scientists died under mysterious circumstances, sparking theories of foul play. Not only because both specialized in underwater defense systems; they also worked for the same company, Marconi Electronic Systems. Which was one of several defense contractors working with Ronald Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative, or Star Wars. As journalists sought out connections between the victims, more unexplained deaths piled up – until as many as 22 deaths were ultimately linked to the so-called “Marconi Mystery.” Help us reach 10k followers on Instagram! @theconspiracypod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Peter Bergmann, the Mystery Man of Sligo
May 2000:41:45Summary readyOn June 16th, 2009, a dead body washes ashore on Rosses Point beach, Ireland. The Irish police force learns the deceased’s name is Peter Bergmann. Or is it? Because everything “Peter” did while alive seemed shrouded in secrecy. He gave his hotel a fake name, a fake address, and he even knew how to dodge CCTV cameras around the city. Was Peter just a private, secretive man – or was he a spy? Help us reach 10k followers on Instagram! @theconspiracypod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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The Psychic Search for the Ark of the Covenant
May 1300:45:30Summary readyIn 1988, a covert team operating within the Defense Intelligence Agency sought out the legendary Ark of the Covenant. Only, their search didn’t take them out in the field, Indiana Jones-style. Project Sun Streak sought out the lost relic using Remote Viewing – the reported ability to transmit one’s consciousness elsewhere. According to declassified documents… it seems like they may have located it. But how reliable are these reports? And why was the US government funding the search, anyway? Help us reach 10k followers on Instagram! @theconspiracypod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Salem Witch Trials: The Dark Forces That Divided a Town
May 600:50:12Summary readyThe injustice and hysteria that defined the Salem Witch Trials of 1692 is so shocking, historians have spent centuries looking for an explanation. In reality, it was a perfect storm of tensions that led to the deaths of at least 24 innocent people. But in all of that confusion, who was really pulling the strings? And why didn’t elected leaders step in sooner? Help us reach 10k followers on Instagram! @theconspiracypod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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