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We all love a good conspiracy theory every now and then.
The speculation of what's true, the process of discovery, and the eventual revelation
that it was all inaccurate makes for great conjecturing – but what happens when those
wild theories wind up being accurate?
Join us as our world gets turned upside-down with these top ten conspiracy theories that
turned out to be true.
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10.
Bohemian Grove Gatherings It was once just a myth whispered amongst
the lower classes: A place for the elite to hide out and enjoy a period of debauchery
without the worries of the world – or their wives - following them.
Established in 1878, the Bohemian Grove gatherings occur over a period of two weeks in July and
involve the world's richest and most predominant male figures.
The men's only club has hosted government figures like Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon
and, though there is a strict "no work" rule, was the site of planning for the Manhattan
Project in 1942.
9.
Poisoned Alcohol During the dry years of the United States
known as Prohibition, the crafty powers that be grew tired of bootleggers stealing industrial
alcohols and turning them into consumable ale.
To restore order and keep these illegally-made brews from being manufactured, federal officials
approved the poisoning of the base alcohols.
While originally intended to simply scare bootleggers, the poisoned alcohol was said
to have killed upwards of 10,000 people.
Don't worry, though, the program was ceased long ago, so drink away! … or should you?
8.
The Heart Attack Gun This isn't a weapon from some science fiction
novel and it's definitely not the makings of a conspiracist's overactive imagination.
During U.S. Senate testimony in 1975 covering possible rogue actions of the Central Intelligence
Agency, a super-secret, albeit incredibly small weapon was uncovered.
Dubbed the "Heart Attack Gun," the pistol was designed to fire a poison dart capable
of causing a heart attack in the victim.
Manufactured to be undetectable in autopsies, the dart, which was fired from a modified
Colt 1911, left a difficult-to-find red dot while the toxin was untraceable.
7.
Operation Northwoods It's not uncommon for anti-government theorists
to spin tales of federal attempts at increasing fear in their people to support conflict with
another country, but we always hoped it was just insane ramblings.
In 1962, those claims became a reality with Operation Northwoods.
Looking to drum up support for war with Cuba, the CIA and other government operatives were
ordered to instigate terrorist actions on U.S. citizens.
Read your history books and you'll find that war with Cuba never happened and the
U.S. government was able to sweep Operation Northwoods under the rug until full documentation
was published by the National Security Archive in April of 2001.
6.
Operation Snow White The separation of church and state isn't
always feasible.
Well, at least not when you have organizations like the Church of Scientology finding a means
of completely corrupting the system.
During the 1970s, when the church started taking fire for its tax-exempt status, members
like L. Ron Hubbard's wife, Mary Sue Hubbard, infiltrated government positions in multiple
agencies to wiretap and steal official documents.
By 1978, the involved parties of the largest government infiltration were taking the stand
in the United States v. Hubbard court case, which led to 11 Scientologists receiving prison
sentences for theft of government property, burglary, or conspiracy.
5.
Operation Valkyrie While it was no secret that much of the world
despised Hitler, dissent for the Fuhrer stretched even to within the Nazi ranks.
German native and Nazi party member Claus von Stauffenberg took charge of a conspiracy
to assassinate the Fuhrer and eradicate the Nazi party using a modified version of Operation
Valkyrie, which originally instated an emergency government in the case of a breakdown in order.
On July 20th, 1944, Hitler survived the assassination attempt, effectively ceasing movement on Operation
Valkyrie and leading to the execution of Stauffenberg and fellow conspirators.
4.
Operation Mockingbird Don't be fooled by the pretty name of this
dubious government conspiracy which, by the way, completely taints the lullaby!
As early as the 1950s, the CIA was allegedly involved in the manipulation of news and wiretapping
of journalists.
Allegations of the CIA's abuse of power in regard to media control led to Congressional
investigations that ultimately uncovered precisely what was feared.
The 1976 report detailed the CIA's use of propaganda to influence not just domestic,
but also foreign media.
The program, known as Operation Mockingbird, gave the CIA the ability to restrict news
outlets from reporting on incriminating events.
3.
Asbestos It was once a viable means of fireproofing
and insulating homes and businesses, but there's no denying now just how dangerous asbestos
is.
Leading to possible diseases like mesothelioma, only conspiracy theorists would believe that
companies using asbestos were well aware of its more dangerous side-effects.
Sadly, those theorists were right, and as early as 1918, it was revealed that insurance
companies and manufacturers had more-than-enough knowledge regarding the negative effects asbestos
had on human health.
Despite a lengthy battle to remove asbestos from the market, a 1989 ban was overturned
in 1991.
Though its use has been diminished in the United States, it still pops up in some construction
materials from time to time.
2.
Phone Monitoring For many years, that the government was listening
in on their conversations was a great concern for paranoid theorists.
Much of the public was incredulous over the concept of their personal phones being monitored,
but a rather large revelation in 2013 once again proved that paranoia isn't always
wrong.
Under the guise of monitoring for potential terrorist activity, the NSA, under the Obama
administration, was revealed to have been keeping tabs on customers from various mobile
companies, including Verizon Wireless.
Phone numbers, geographic locations, call durations, and unique phone identifiers were
being provided by mobile companies while a large database of recorded personal phone
calls is believed to be kept to be scrutinized for suspicious activity.
1.
Manhattan Project For the duration of World War II, the United
States was engaged in a super-secret government program dubbed the Manhattan Project.
As of 1942, with assistance from the United Kingdom, U.S. researchers began work on the
first nuclear weapons, and for the duration of the project, the general public was largely
in the dark.
Speculation of a secret government project was very-much-so validated in August of 1945
when the United States dropped two atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima
and Nagasaki.
In one swift military action, the Manhattan Project was in the open – and its results
terrified those that recognized the potential of the bomb when in the wrong hands.
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