Conspiracy Theories

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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376
Tupac Shakur Pt. 2
His untimely death in 1996 left fans searching for answers.
38 min
377
Tupac Shakur Pt. 1
In 1996, rap artist Tupac Shakur was shot and killed just off the Las Vegas Strip.
39 min
378
John Dillinger Pt. 2
He was killed by police outside Chicago's Biograph Theater on July 22nd, 1934.
36 min
379
John Dillinger Pt. 1
By the 1930s, John Dillinger pulled off 24 bank heists and three jailbreaks—making him Public Enemy Number One.
42 min
380
The Federal Reserve Pt. 2
Since its establishment in 1913, the Federal Reserve has been primed for conspiracies.
40 min
381
The Federal Reserve Pt. 1
In 1910, six wealthy bankers met in secret on Jekyll Island, Georgia.
38 min
382
The Mandela Effect
In 2010, word spread online that things around the world were changing. From beloved children's books to the titles of movies, people were finding out that what they had once remembered as fact was now false.
34 min
383
Simulation Hypothesis
The Matrix is considered to be one of the greatest science fiction films of all time. But what if its central idea was based more in fact than fiction?
32 min
384
HAARP Pt. 2
When a major earthquake hit the Caribbean in 2010, conspiracy theorists started studying the skies—noting peculiar low-frequency wavelengths.
45 min
385
HAARP Pt. 1
After his sudden death in 1943, Nikola Tesla never saw his plans for an earth-shaking death ray to fruition.
46 min
386
The Business Plot Pt. 2
After General Butler's claims were heard by the Special Committee on Un-American Activities in 1934, he was called a liar and a fraud.
37 min
387
The Business Plot Pt. 1
In the 1930s, many felt that Franklin Delano Roosevelt’'s New Deal program erred too far on the side of socialism.
38 min
388
Adolf Hitler Pt. 2
Demonic possession, alien technology, and a secret base in Antarctica—it all seems like the stuff of science fiction. But for many, it's the explanation for how Adolf Hitler rose to power...and how he might have survived World War II.
40 min
389
Adolf Hitler Pt. 1
Many have wondered how someone as evil as Adolf Hitler came to power. Between his rise from anonymous artist to fanatical dictator, his obsession with so-called miracle weapons, and his final days in an underground bunker, some feel as though there is more to Hitler's story.
36 min
390
Nibiru Pt. 2
After publishing his books in the 1970s, followers of Zecharia Sitchin began to search for clues that the inhabitants of Nibiru actually visited Earth.
40 min
391
Nibiru Pt. 1
In the 1970s, author and researcher Zecharia Sitchin discovered the prospect of an additional planet in our solar system called Nibiru.
38 min
392
Project MKUltra Pt. 2
Dr. Sidney Gottlieb ran the CIA's mind control program up until the 1970s without the public's knowledge.
46 min
393
Project MKUltra Pt. 1
During the height of the Cold War, the United States scrambled to compete with the Soviets. As paranoia over espionage and mind control festered, the C.I.A. decided to create their own "Special Interrogation" Program that inevitably led to testing hallucinatory drugs on unwitting American Civilians.
48 min
394
The Technological Singularity Pt. 2
We’ve made enormous strides in the development of intelligent machines. But officially, the Technological Singularity is a long way off.
41 min
395
The Technological Singularity Pt. 1
Technologies exist today that could lay the groundwork for the development of fully conscious artificial intelligence. It begs the question: could our own technology replace us as the dominant intelligent species on Earth?
38 min
396
Bohemian Grove Pt. 2
Paganism. Human sacrifice. A “New World Order.” The Bohemian Club has been accused of plenty since its founding in 1872. But what's really happening in the depths of Bohemian Grove? And why don't they want the world to know?
40 min
397
Bohemian Grove Pt. 1
Deep in the heart of the redwood forests is a 2,700-acre plot of land called the Bohemian Grove, home to an exclusive, secret gentleman’s fraternity known as the “Bohemian Club.”
40 min
398
The Phantom Dark Age Pt. 2
In the late 1980s, historical revisionist, Heribert Illig recognized a massive discrepancy in our calendar. Illig began to construct his Phantom Time Hypothesis in an effort to prove that Otto III fabricated 297 years of history, therefore explaining why the Dark Ages were so dark after all.
40 min
399
The Phantom Dark Age Pt. 1
In the year 1000 CE, Otto III and Pope Sylvester II met to discuss their plans on how to emulate the Second Coming of Christ. Their meeting may have resulted in a 297 year jump that immediately placed them in the new millennium...meaning we may not be living in the year 2020, but instead, 1723.
40 min
400
The Great Airship Mystery Pt. 2
After thousands of witnesses reported mysterious airship sightings across the continental United States in the late 1890s, three major conspiracy theories arose—offering three very different explanations.
41 min