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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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
427
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
428
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
429
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
430
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
431
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
432
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
433
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
434
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
435
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
436
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
437
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
438
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
439
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
440
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
441
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
442
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
443
The Great Airship Mystery Pt. 1
Between November 1896 and May 1897, thousands of mysterious flying objects were spotted across the continental U.S. All that remains of the official story are the newspaper articles.
40 min
444
Government Poisoned Alcohol Pt. 2
By Christmas 1926, New York City hospitals were flooded with those suffering from alcohol poisoning. As medical examiners began to investigate the rising death toll, they deduced that the consumed moonshine contained poisonous ingredients that could only come from one organization—the U.S. Government.
46 min
445
Government Poisoned Alcohol Pt. 1
Between 1920 and 1933, it was illegal to make, sell, or transport alcohol in the United States. Bootleggers and rum-runners, funded by gangsters, flooded the United States with alcohol.
46 min
446
Best of 2019: Watergate Pt. 2
Richard Nixon resigned on August 9th, 1974, but Watergate was far from over. The scandal spawned a number of bizarre and mysterious conspiracy theories.
48 min
447
Best of 2019: Watergate Pt. 1
On June 17th, 1972, five men were caught breaking into the offices of the DNC at the Watergate Complex in Washington D.C.
53 min
448
Dorothy Kilgallen Pt. 2
Did Dorothy Kilgallen really die from an accidental overdose? Or was the famous journalist murdered because of information she uncovered during her investigation into JFK and Lee Harvey Oswald's assassinations?
46 min
449
Dorothy Kilgallen Pt. 1
She was an American journalist and T.V. personality who died while investigating the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. The official cause of death was a lethal combination of alcohol and barbiturates. Did Dorothy Kilgallen die from her own vices, or did she know too much?
41 min
450
Remote Viewing Pt. 2
Not everyone is so convinced that the CIA terminated Stargate Project in 1995 because remote viewing wasn’t working.
35 min