Examples Of Conspiracy Theories

What if what you had been told your whole life was a lie? How would you feel if everything reported about a terrorist attack or a shooting was actually a conspiracy by the United States? What is a conspiracy? According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, a conspiracy is “a secret plan made by two or more people that is harmful or illegal”. There are so many conspiracy theories out there in the world starting as early as the 1800s. These theories range from scientific, terrorist, criminal, political, economic and business, and even religious conspiracies. The two conspiracy theories that I am talking about is the attack that changed the United States, as we knew it, the one that we believed was a terrorist attack, also known as 9/11, and the Sandy Hook shooting. There are multiple reasons that lead me to consider these two attacks to be something more than a terrorist and criminal attack. The reasons are because the timelines do not add up, there are too many inconsistencies, and the benefits are too great.

The Hillary Clinton campaign for president in 2016 has been plagued by conspiracy theories that are used as attacks by Donald Trump supporters. For decades the Clinton family has been in the eyes of the public. Ever since some of the mysterious aspects of Bill Clinton’s presidency have come forward, the Clintons are never far from a conspiracy theory. Though some of these theories may be a little hard to believe, in most cases there is strong information to support these claims. There are different aspects of the Clinton’s lives that conspiracy theorists like to target. Some examples are the Clinton body counts, or the people supposedly killed by the Clinton’s, theories on the health of Hillary, and The Reptilian Elite. There are all kinds

Conspiracy theories are thoughts that people have about what happened to a person or even a thing like aliens being real. Although some are clearly not real, some may be true and may have happened. An example of one that most people believe is true is the Illuminati. But no one knows can ever know for sure, except the people in the Illuminati themselves.

Conspiracy theories can be a fun way to think about an event in a new light or to even speculate when you're bored. However, some conspiracy theories are just a little too real. These seven conspiracy theories have been proven to be true. Do you believe it? Read and find out!

My personal favorites all happen to involve the government, some classics included. It is said that 9/11 was an inside job perpetrated by Bush to purposely start a war with Afghanistan. Some survivors recall that they heard separate explosions at the time of the attacks, which has led people to believe that there were pre-planted explosives inside the Twin Towers. It is a well known fact that the towers collapsed at one point, but this is seen as suspicious to many conspiracy theorists. A common known phrase among believers is “jet fuel can’t melt steel beams.” Another widely believed theory is that the Royal Family killed Princess Diana. There are a few versions, one of which is that they killed her to prevent her from exposing the Family for being awful and corrupt. The other is where she was killed for loving a man of color,

Throughout American history and still today these conspiracy theories always come up about any major tragedies. Some have been true but until someone within our own government comes out and says that these theories are true, they will continue to be all make believe. 9/11 is one of the biggest attacks on American soil and it also has a lot of conspiracies surrounding it. What really hit the towers? Where they commercial jet liners? How does a 747 leave that small of a hole in the Pentagon? These are some of the questions surrounding it. What it all comes down to though is what makes these theories so fascinating to Americans. What makes these so believable and to think that our own government would do this to us is just crazy, or is it?

Ever heard a story so outlandish that you start to wonder if that could possibly ever happen. Well you’ve just been told a conspiracy theory, but do not worry. Many people don’t just wonder about them, they believe in them. There is a great many reason of why this is, there have even been studies done on it. Many scientists concede that people believe in conspiracy theories because they have some uncertainty or fear with in them, and the conspiracy is a way to relieve themselves. They also believe that mistrust has a huge roll in people believing, especially mistrust in huge corporations and big bodies of power such as the government. But fear and mistrust aren’t the only reasons. People also just love a good story, something that is complex and has a lot of action. I mean no one goes to the movie to see a movie about paint drying. They want drama, romance, and lots of action. That’s why people are so compelled into believing conspiracy theories.

Maggie Koerth-Baker touches on the dangers of people believing in conspiracy theories. She gives specific examples in which belief in a conspiracy theory has had dangerous real-world consequences. I’m going to tell you about a conspiracy theory that I think is causing havoc in the real-world.

People come up with crazy ideas all the time, many of which are torn apart by scientific evidence. However, some ideas are crafted so precisely and detailed; they are accepted as fact by millions of people. These alternatives to accepted history are known as Conspiracy Theories, and the people who create them are of a special breed. It is difficult to imagine having the time and passion to craft an alternative reason behind many of the world’s events and tragedies, but these people are born to do so. There is a specific recipe for such a person, a carefully crafted powerful concoction that breeds the hatred for government and the quest for the “truth”. Such people have been around for thousands of years,

Conspiracy theories are everywhere. It seems that for every event in to have taken place in history, there is a group of individuals saying that it is a government conspiracy. There are conspiracy theories regarding the 9/11 attacks, presidential assassinations, Area 51, Jimmy Hoffa, the English crown and Elvis. The list is endless. In this paper we are going to discuss the moon landing conspiracy. Apparently there are people who believe the entire moon landing was a hoax. They believe that we did not actually land on the moon, but produced the event in a movie studio so that we would be able to beat Russia in the great “Space Race”. These people have taken all the evidence from the moon landing and analyzed ever aspect and tried to

If you’re like most folks, who have been socially conditioned in The United States, you will think of the word, “Theory”. This brings two words together creating the phrase, “Conspiracy Theory”. The term was first used the night of November 10th, 2001 by President George W. Bush. "We must speak the truth about terror. Let us never tolerate outrageous conspiracy theories concerning the attacks of September the 11th; malicious lies that attempt to shift the blame away from the terrorists, themselves, away from the guilty. To inflame ethnic hatred is to advance the cause of terror." –President George W. Bush. With this said, George W. Bush literally crushed the credibility of any “Conspiracy Theory” that may ever present itself in any public setting, or conversation regarding the 9/11 Terrorist Attacks. In Phrase, “conspiracy theory” there are two words, the first being “conspiracy”. The active word, “Theory” next. By definition, a theory is only an Idea, a Concept, or a Hypothesis. For example, in theory, if one were to buy a Lottery Ticket, that person could win a lump sum of money. Now, without buying a lottery ticket, the chance of winning is only “Theoretical”. However, once the ticket is bought… the chance of that person winning is now a possibility. With the purchase of a lottery ticket, a winning chance changes from a theory to a possibility. With that, one can determine that if more tickets are bought, the chance of winning progressively becomes more likely of a possibility. Now we can use this same model, on the idea of “Conspiracy Theories”, as long as there is no evidence presented, such claims remain as “Conspiracy Theories”, forever. However, once the smallest piece of evidence is presented, no matter how insignificant or circumstantial that piece of evidence may seem, the once called “Conspiracy Theory” becomes a possibility. Once more and

Firstly, one conspiracy that seems somewhat true was someone or something other than al Qaeda orchestrated the events of 9/11. A few reasons why I believed this theory could be somewhat true for one reason. One reason is that 9/11 either happened on purpose or by allowing it to happen,

The one thing about the conspiracy rumor properly affirms is a 1999 civil trial attained a verdict that raised the existence of a conspiracy to murder Martin Luther King Jr. What it ignores to talk about is the relative merit of such ruling: the verdict in question was civil rather than criminal, the only named defendant was someone who stood to add both exposure and money from repeating his claims, and the Kings family's motive in bringing the suit was to authenticate their long-held suspicions a larger conspiracy was at play in the loss of the civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Knowing the small sum of money awarded, a jury would have slight incentive to not find in favor of an account supported by both parts of a imperfect case.

Conspiracy theories have been around since the beginning of time. When NASA sent the first landed on the moon, there are people who believed that NASA faked the moon landings. Men, such as Bill Kaysing, the Flat Earth Society, and Davie Groves, and Bart Sibrel, have written books, delivered lectures, and made videos about why they believed NASA faked the moon landings. Based on their observations which include no stars in their pictures, NASA's drive to beat the Russians to the moon, and a way to distract people from the Vietnam war, the group believes that the moon landings were faked.

The definition of a conspiracy theory, according to Merriam Webster’s Dictionary is, “a secret plot that is largely unknown to the general public” (Webster 84). Dan Brown focuses on an unusual conspiracy in his novel, The Da Vinci Code. The religious conspiracy theories suggested in this novel discuss secrets of epic proportions that have the potential to shatter the foundations of Christianity. “Behold the greatest cover-up in human history!” (270). Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code proves everybody loves a conspiracy.