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Conspiracy Theories
If there is a historical event shrouded in mystery, then there are probably several conspiracy theories on the topic. This category contains questions and answers about alleged secret plots and the furtive co-conspirators behind them.
1,148 Questions
What was Queen Victoria's relationship with her parents?
Victoria's father, Edward, Duke of Kent, died when she was only eight months old, leaving many debts. The Duchess brought Victoria up at Kensington Palace and, under the influence of the ambitious Sir John Conroy, instituted the "Kensington System", whereby the child was not allowed to be alone at any time. She even had to hold somebody's hand when she went downstairs, right up until the time she was eighteen. Victoria's only friend was her governess, Baroness Lehzen, who supported the princess in every way possible.
Victoria was mentally abused by Conroy, with her mother's connivance, especially as she approached her majority. Conroy had counted on her becoming Queen before she reached eighteen and tried to force her to sign a paper appointing him as her Private Secretary. Although under appalling pressure, Victoria refused. When she became Queen a month after her eighteenth birthday, she dismissed Conroy from her household although he continued to exert an unhealthy influence over the Duchess. From the day of Victoria's accession, there was a rift between her and the Duchess. For the next two years, relations between mother and daughter were extremely strained, amply demonstrated by the Lady Flora Hastings scandal, when the Duchess supported the maligned Lady Flora and the Queen believed her to be pregnant by Conroy.
One of Victoria's first acts as Queen was to pay all her father's debts.
Eventually, under the influence of the Duke of Wellington, Conroy left the Duchess, and, in time, with the help of Prince Albert, mother and daughter became reconciled. Victoria was always aware that her mother had only had her daughter's best interests at heart, but that she had been left without a husband to help guide her, and so, fallen prey to Conroy. Wellington is quoted as "supposing" that the Duchess and Conroy were lovers. However, after the reconciliation, mother and daughter realised how very much they loved each other. When the Duchess died in March 1861, eight months before Prince Albert, Victoria was completely bereft and Albert feared for her sanity in the violence of her grief.
Is something strange happining in Area 51?
No, it's just filled with old weapons and aircraft being upgraded.
From what I can tell, the 911 attack was a secret only to the American people. Many 'higher-ups' in government, ours and others, knew about the conspiracy and how it was executed. This includes the US government. This was not a surprise, it was planned murder, a government meant to serve the people but killed them instead, and then lied to whomever was still alive.
Does Area 51 have anything to do with the Roswell incident?
I don't think so. The military took this "aircraft" and we never saw it again Area 51 did not exist at this time. The Roswell incident happen in 1947, but Area 51 wasn't built until the 1950s but still there was secret government agents and government personnel at the time.
Was JFK with his wife when he was killed?
Yes, she was. Jacqueline Kennedy was sitting in the limousine next to her husband at the time that he was shot. She held his body as the limousine sped to the hospital and was with him when he was pronounced dead.
Are there secret societies for women?
There is the Order of the Eastern Stars which is an appendant body of the Freemasons.
What is Barack Obama's plan for RFID Cards?
He doesn't have one. The RFID question is based on an internet myth about computer chips being secretly implanted in Americans as part of the health care law. But the health care law has nothing in it about computer chips or secretly tracking citizens. These statements were made by President Obama's political opponents, who were trying to scare voters so that they would not want the health care law to pass. Since the Affordable Care Act is now online in its entirety, I enclose a link so that you can read it for yourself and see there is nothing sinister in it.
Where was John F. Kennedy killed?
JFK was shot while riding in an open limousine in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza (on Elm Street) in Dallas, TX on November 22, 1963. He was pronounced dead at Parkland Memorial Hospital.
The assassination took place on Friday, November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas, at 12:30 p.m. Central Standard Time (18:30 UTC) in Dealey Plaza. The President was pronounced dead at 1 PM CST.
President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas TX. He was riding with his wife in a car downtown when he was shot by a man out of the sixth floor of a building.
he was first shot in the neck and then in the right side of his head!
he was first shot in the neck and then in the right side of his head!
On November 22, 1963, John F. Kennedy was shot and killed while riding in an open on Elm Street, near Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas.
On November 22, 1963, John F. Kennedy was shot and killed while riding in an open on Elm Street, near Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas.
Would Gatorade cause cancer for people?
No, it would not. Gatorade is a sports drink, used to rehydrate athletes who have lost a lot of water through perspiring. It provides vitamins and is supposed to restore energy. But despite rumors about what ingredients it contains (and the alleged danger of at least one of its ingredients), there are no scientific tests that have ever linked Gatorade to cancer. On the other hand, it is a sweet drink and could lead to obesity; it also is vitamin-enriched and if you drink too much of it, you might ingest too high a dose of certain vitamins, which could temporarily give you headaches or blurred vision.
What were the motives of the secret service to kill John F. Kennedy?
If the Secret Service did kill JFK, the order would have come from much higher up. He obviously was a threat to someone, but with numerous conspiracy theories circulating around it's had to descerne which one, if any, is the trueth.
Does Area 51 officially exist?
Officially Area 51 doesn't exist despite it can be reasearched and on many websites it can be proved, the US Government has always urged that Area 51 has never existed. The main reason that it is kept all cloak and dagger is because of the actions that go on there. It has been rumored that alien autopsies and nuclear testing has taken place there and although the building exists the Government has never revealed what goes on in Area 51, and isn't likely that they will in the near future.
I've been trying to find out about this group for some time. To be honest, I'm not a fan of these secret organisations and don't feel they should have a place in modern society. This order are probably the hardest to trace of the lot. Their parties were supposedly made famous by Arthur Schnitzler in his book, Dream Story. Although their history actually seems to start with the celebration of the god Liber in Roman times (Wikipedia mentions them under 'Libertine'), so I suspect they've been causing trouble for much longer! Thanks to Schnitzler's book, it's generally assumed that the order was alive and well during 19th century Austria. But no one has ever known how much was 'artistic licence' and how much was real. Schnitzler's book was the inspiration for Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut which re-fired interest in the order (contrary to their wishes, I'm sure).
In October 2009, the super wealthy Prince Wenzeslaus of Liechtenstein was connected to the order by an Italian newspaper. The paper stirred up criticism from the Vatican (Cardinal Raffaele Farina denounced the order as a "sex cult". Not great PR for them!).
This lot keep themselves very private. It's believed they have an entire team who do nothing but remove on-line references to the order. If you Google them, you'll see that a number of bloggers claim they've been threatened with legal action and even national newspaper stories have disappeared. But no one knows quite why they work so hard to stay secret, leading some to suspect (me included) they're up to a lot more no good than their 'sex cult' image suggests.
They actually have a website (but then so do the CIA, MI6 etc). But it only appears to be a communications portal for their members. Some 'conspiracy theory' blogs have tried to hack it, but they gave up claiming that a small fortune must have been spent securing it (very probable).
As for attending one of their parties, well no-one really knows if their orgies (if that's what you refer to) really exist today. You ask which countries they exist in; Their website reveals they have 5 bases: UK, France, Greece, Italy and Turkey (all bases of the old Roman empire, interestingly). So they're probably there somewhere. Beyond that, I have no idea.
As for trying to find your way into the membership, I wish you luck!
I've read the first answer with great interest. It tends to confirm the answer that I had in mind, but that doesn't mean that I agree with it.
Research tells me, and the first answer confirms, that the only place that this organization appears is in legend, books and magazines, rumor and blogs. The first answer mentions a newspaper that carried a story that 'quickly disappeared'. I am quite convinced that this organization is a device to sell books, magazines and newspaper; and occasionally, movie tickets. You 'join' the organization and 'attend the parties' by doing some writing of your own, just like the previous writers and story tellers.
As to the newspaper story, it's difficult to say since there is no access to it. But even if it existed, it's possible that it was used to sell newspapers and quickly pulled to avoid, not the wrath of a secret organization, but credibility of the publication, or even a lawsuit by the representatives of the Prince. It's my guess that the newspaper story is also a myth.
Has anybody been down to the Bremuda Triangle recently?
Each year, thousands of tourists travel by airline, private plane, cruise ship, and private vessels in, around, and through the Bermuda triangle. Anyone traveling between Miami, Peurto Rico, Bermuda, and parts of the Bahamas goes to the Bermuda triangle. The area known as the Bermuda triangle is a VERY popular tourist destination.
Is Rutledge's account of Apollo 20 a Hoax?
A hoax of course. A Saturn V moon rocket is impossible to launch in secret. All the Apollo capsules are accounted for.
Nixon canceled the Apollo project as quickly as he could as it was the idea of Democratic president JFK. He saw to it that the gear created for Apollo 18 was wasted on Apollo Soyuz, just to use it up so scientists wouldn't ask to go to the Moon any more. The stated purpose of Apollo Soyuz was to see if American spacecraft could be docked with Soviet spacecraft via a special adapter. However, since that was the last flightworthy Apollo capsule of that design, there would be no point in testing whether it could dock with a Soyuz!
What is a terrorist apologist?
A terrorist apologist is someone who makes excuses for terrorists and/or tries to justify their actions.
No, since the question presumes the evidence is hearsay; therefore it is inadmissible even if the witness had the highest degree of credibility. There are many exceptions to the hearsay rule and many instances where an out of court statement seems to be inadmissible hearsay but is not (i.e. non hearsay hearsay), that it serves no purpose to provide facts that would allow the statement to be used at trial.
If the question posed more facts than just the statement that the evidence is hearsay, they would show whether the statement is admissible under an exception or as non hearsay hearsay. Once the statement is admitted as evidence it would be up to the jury to determine if the witness is believable.
Is area 51 a famous landmark of Nevada?
No, New Mexico. Go to Google Earth, and enter Area 51 in the search box, and you can take a look for yourself. Aliens, UFOs, Elvis and Bigfoot are in the small building on the North side.
== == Yes and no. Gavrilo Princip was connected to a secret organization in Serbia called the Black Hand (or "Unification or Death") which wanted all the lands populated by South Slavs to be under one government. Most of these places, aside from Serbia, were part of Austria-Hungary before World War I. The Black Hand apparently recruited a number of Bosnian students, including Gavrilo Princip, to assassinate Franz Ferdinand, and provided them with weapons and support. The Archduke was the heir to the Austrian throne and also an important reformer in the Habsburg government who wanted to reorganize the empire to give its Slav subjects more say. Serbia absolutely did not want this to happen, because that would mean that it would be less of an influence on Slavic nationalists in Austria-Hungary.
Franz Ferdinand was inspecting the Austrian army in Sarajevo on an important Serbian holiday, Vidovdan, when he was assassinated. Princip's group had five chances to kill him along his route (they were spread out along it) and they screwed up all five times, although one of them wounded a bunch of people with a bomb. Franz Ferdinand continued to the town hall where there was going to be a reception, but afterwards decided to visit some of the victims of the bombing in a hospital instead of leaving the city as he had planned. Princip was in a shop getting a sandwich when he saw the Archduke's car coming by (it had taken a wrong turn). So he shot him and attempted to shoot the governor of Bosnia but got the Archduke's wife instead.
So yes, there was a conspiracy, but it was a nationalist conspiracy supported by Serbia and didn't involve anyone in Austria-Hungary. The driver was definitely not involved (in fact, he was rewarded by the last emperor Charles I). He was a Czech named Leopold Lojka and he had no reason to want Franz Ferdinand dead (he certainly didn't seem to be a nationalist, but even if he had been, Czech nationalists rather liked Franz Ferdinand at that point), and it's reasonable to think that he just took a wrong turn because he hadn't gotten the change in plans. The Black Hand and other Serbian nationalists wanted to kill Franz Ferdinand purely because of his political beliefs and his status as the heir apparent -- nobody had any idea it would start World War I.
Which shot did what in the the Kennedy assassination?
Oswald's first bullet missed and spanged off the asphalt, drawing Connally's attention (he turns his head rapidly to see what it was). Either this bullet or part of #3 then sent a chip of concrete into the face of an onlooker down the street.
Oswald's second bullet passed through Kennedy and Connally, lodging in his leg until it came out and was found at the hospital. This bullet was referred to as "magic", as the crude forensics of the day kept people from realizing it traveled in an almost straight line, being slowed by passing through soft tissue and so sustaining minimal injury to itself.
Oswald's third bullet struck Kennedy at between Zapruder frame 312 and Zapruder frame 313. This knocked his head forward and down about 3" in 1/18th of a second. The right side of his skull then sprayed forwards and to the right, mostly, causing his head to be forced back and to the left. This bullet left a clear entry wound or "bevel", in the rear of his skull, proving beyond doubt it came from the rear. This bullet fragmented and bits were found in the car. Part of it may have cleared the windshield, and as I mentioned, slightly wounded an onlooker.
Some like to pretend that this final shot came from the Grassy Knoll, from Kennedy's front right, but no bullet came out the left side of his skull. In any case, there was a concrete wall between the suspected sniper's nest, and JFK, at the moment the third shot was fired, so it it simply not possible for this to be correct. Some like to claim, because of a uselessly blurry photograph, that this fictional sniper was a policeman, called "Badgeman" from a badge shaped smear on the photo in question. However, if this blur is a person, this person is the size of a cat.
Is the Warren Commission wrong?
The latest analysis reveals that the Warren Commission was right about Oswald shooting the President three times.
ZOG is an acronym for Zion Occupied Government, an anti-semtic conspiracy theory that controls the government of a country while the formal government is just a puppet regime.
How did the myth about the moon being made out cheese start?
There is а Telivision program that had the moon and а little mouse eating it.
Were people go when disappearing from a magic act?
well in one case, they ( walk below) or contort below- In Roltair"s Illusion when the coffin is closed and the lights go down low- smoke bomb often topsides, the Girl- and it is always a lovely girl in, usually an Empire Gown, contorts her body into the lower portion of the coffin, and then pushes back the trap door in the bier (coffin stand) which has been hollowed out, while doing this she pulls or hits a reliease flooding the casket with flowers, up to then invisible, then it is opened, the girl is underneath the coffin in this portion of the act. I had a devil of a time figuring this out. that is the secret, or part of it , of one disappearing or vanishing act- Roltair"s illusion, banned from Church carnivals over forty years!
