Conspiracy Theories
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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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- Whitey Bulger: Crime Boss, Rat, Fugitive · 56 minMob boss James “Whitey” Bulger ran Boston’s underworld with an iron fist for decades. As his empire grew, his enemies fell. He was seemingly untouchable. For a gangster of his…
- The Donner Party Villain: How Did Lewis Keseberg Survive? · 55 minIt’s been over 175 years since the last few surviving members of the Donner Party reached civilization, and yet everyone still knows the story of how the desperate group resorted…
- Was Jack the Ripper a Freemason? · 56 minIn 1888, Jack the Ripper stalked the streets of Whitechapel, England. Officially, he killed five women, brutally mutilating some of them beyond recognition. But perhaps the most…
- Winchester Mystery House: Ghosts, Legends, and Hoaxes · 48 minIf you’ve heard of the Winchester Mystery House in San Jose, California, you’ve surely heard the rumors about its famous owner, Sarah Winchester. Like the claims she was an…
- The Possessed Nuns of Loudun · 54 minBeginning in 1632, a convent of young Ursuline nuns made startling claims – from seeing dead priests, to being possessed by a horde of Satan’s demons. A team of priests presided…
- Panic in the Streets: The War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast · 48 minOn Halloween Eve, 1938 Orson Welles' The War of the Worlds aired on CBS radio. It detailed an alien invasion so realistic that, according to legend, it caused widespread panic…
- Did a Psych Experiment Turn Ted Kaczynski into the Unabomber? · 43 minOn April 3, 1996, Theodore “Ted” Kaczynski – better known as the Unabomber – was arrested, ending a 17-year-long bombing spree that left 3 dead and 23 injured. He promised to end…
- Did Andy Kaufman Fake His Own Death? · 48 minNo comedian surprised people like Andy Kaufman. He was always one step ahead of the audience. In fact, he was so good at pulling pranks that when he died in 1984, some of his…
- Missing Heiress: The Disappearance of Juanita Nielsen · 44 minOn July 4th, 1975, journalist and Sydney heiress Juanita Nielsen disappeared. Most assumed she was the victim of foul play. After all, for years she’d been fighting a land…
- The Chupacabra: Puerto Rico’s Vampire Cryptid · 48 minThe chupacabra is considered the third most widely known cryptid in the world, behind Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster – kind of mind-blowing, considering the fact that this…
- Chuck Barris: Game Show Host and CIA Assassin? · 52 minChuck Barris created game show classics like The Dating Game and The Gong Show. However, his memoir claims his prolific career was all a cover for his classified missions as a…
- Conspiracy of Silence: The Town That Killed Ken Rex McElroy · 48 min1981, Skidmore, Missouri. Ken McElroy, the “bully of Nodaway County,” is gunned down in the street – in broad daylight, and in front of his wife and an untold number of…
- Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, and the Laurel Canyon Conspiracy · 56 minIn the 1960s, a new musical revolution emerged from Laurel Canyon, California. Bands like The Beach Boys, The Doors, and Crosby, Stills & Nash sang hit songs protesting the…
- UFO Over the Bass Triangle? The Disappearance of Fred Valentich · 54 minOn October 21st, 1978, 20-year-old pilot Fred Valentich disappeared while flying across the Bass Strait, off the southeastern coast of Australia. Moments before vanishing, Fred…
- Was 'The Battle of the Sexes' Fixed? · 47 minOn September 20, 1973, tennis star Billie Jean King defeated Bobby Riggs in “The Battle of the Sexes,” notching a victory for feminism, women’s athletes, and societal equality…
- Rewind: Bohemian Grove · 50 minThis July, we’re revisiting five classic topics in our Conspiracy Theories: Rewind series! This week: Every summer, members and guests of the exclusive and elusive Bohemian Club…
- Rewind: The Denver Airport · 49 minThis July, we’re revisiting five classic topics in our Conspiracy Theories: Rewind series! Denver International Airport is said to be holding more than planes and luggage. It’s…
- Rewind: Area 51, S4, and the Rise of Bob Lazar · 1 h 0 minThis July, we’re revisiting five classic topics in our Conspiracy Theories: Rewind series! Its existence and location were not formally acknowledged by the government in 2013…
- Rewind: Marilyn Monroe · 54 minThis July, we’re revisiting five classic topics in our Conspiracy Theories: Rewind series! Marilyn Monroe has been a cultural icon since she dominated Hollywood in the 1950s…
- Rewind: The Titanic · 1 h 2 minThis July, we’re revisiting five classic topics in our Conspiracy Theories: Rewind series! First up, one of our most-requested stories: The Titanic. The “unsinkable” ship was…
- The Mind-Bending MK Ultra Experiments of Dr Ewen Cameron · 51 minWhen the Allan Memorial Institute opened its doors in 1943, its founders believed it would revolutionize mental health care. Under the direction of Dr. Ewen Cameron, however, the…
- The Simpsons and Predictive Programming · 41 minSome believe that the government plants references to future global atrocities into popular media– subconsciously conditioning the public to never rise up. Their biggest…
- The Press Your Luck Scandal · 42 minOn May 19, 1984, an ice cream truck driver from Ohio named Michael Larson wins more than $100,000 on the CBS daytime game show Press Your Luck. How he does it is a total mystery…
- The Guardian Tape: UFO Caught on Camera, or Hoax? · 48 minIn 1992, UFO researcher Bob Oeschler received a strange package in the mail. It contained documents, purportedly stolen from some top-secret Canadian project, alleging a vast…
- The Marconi Mystery: 22 Scientists Die Mysterious Deaths in Britain · 45 minIn 1986, two young British defense scientists died under mysterious circumstances, sparking theories of foul play. Not only because both specialized in underwater defense…
- Peter Bergmann, the Mystery Man of Sligo · 42 minOn June 16th, 2009, a dead body washes ashore on Rosses Point beach, Ireland. The Irish police force learns the deceased’s name is Peter Bergmann. Or is it? Because everything…
- The Psychic Search for the Ark of the Covenant · 46 minIn 1988, a covert team operating within the Defense Intelligence Agency sought out the legendary Ark of the Covenant. Only, their search didn’t take them out in the field…
- Salem Witch Trials: The Dark Forces That Divided a Town · 50 minThe injustice and hysteria that defined the Salem Witch Trials of 1692 is so shocking, historians have spent centuries looking for an explanation. In reality, it was a perfect…
- The Superman Curse and the Death of George Reeves · 46 minIn the 1950s, Adventures of Superman dominated TV screens thanks to its star George Reeves. However, while the world loved him as Superman, George reportedly felt trapped in the…
- The Colorado Cannibal: Alfred Packer · 40 minA man stumbles out of the Colorado wilderness in 1873. After his traveling party ran out of food in the dead of winter, he’s the only survivor. Except he looks surprisingly…
- The Secret Twin Study: Files Sealed Until 2065 · 51 minDoes nature or nurture shape who we are? Does our personality come from our genes, or the environment we live in? Countless scientific studies on the subject have been published…
- James Angleton: The Man Who Broke the CIA From the Inside · 51 minJames Angleton ran counterintelligence for the CIA for 20 years. His job was to find Soviet spies hiding inside Western intelligence. He was brilliant, obsessive, and almost…
- False Flags: The Lusitania's Sinking · 52 minIn 1915, a German U-boat torpedoed the Lusitania, sinking it off the Irish coast, and killing over 1000 people. The attack devastated the American public, and justified America’s…
- The Cash-Landrum Incident · 40 minBetty Cash, Vickie Landrum, and Vickie’s grandson Colby claimed they encountered a diamond-shaped UFO that spit fire on their way home from B-I-N-G-O. They later suffered…
- JFK Jr. · 59 minJohn F. Kennedy, Jr. was born into the spotlight and remained a public fixture until his untimely death at the age of 38. The NTSB concluded that John crashed his private plane –…
- Painted with Poison: The Radium Girls Cover-Up · 49 minThey called them the "ghost girls" – young women who glowed in the dark after painting watches with radium. The company told them it was safe. They knew it wasn't. When the women…
- Priests vs. Presidents: Who Really Orchestrated the Lincoln Assassination? · 47 minWe’ve all heard the story of John Wilkes Booth firing a bullet in Ford’s Theater… but maybe you haven’t heard the theory he was a puppet, with his strings pulled by a much bigger…
- Silver Screen Stabbing: Did a Starlet Cover Up a Gangster's Murder? · 48 minIn 1958, movie star Lana Turner was trapped in an abusive relationship with mafia bodyguard Johnny Stompanato. Until her teenage daughter Cheryl Crane ended the couple’s last…
- Did the Pope Cover Up His Son's Murder? · 47 minWhen Juan Borgia died in 1497, his father, Pope Alexander VI, swore he’d find the killer. But just two weeks later, the Pope suddenly closed the case – without naming or…
- The Spymaster and the Exiled Queen: Was Mary Queen of Scots Framed? · 55 minBy the time she was 25, Mary, Queen of Scots had lost her thrones in two countries, France and Scotland. And officially, she was executed for conspiring to take a third throne…
- Mexico's Elvis: Long Live Pedro Infante! · 44 minSuperstar Musician Pedro Infante’s death sent shockwaves throughout Mexico. However, many fans believe he faked his death to escape the government or drug cartels. These were…
- The FBI's Movie Star Target: Who Killed Jean Seberg? · 54 minAfter starring in the French New Wave classic Breathless and the American blockbuster Airport, Jean Seberg had the world’s eyes on her. But in the late 1960s, one organization…
- JFK's Murdered Mistress: Mary Pinchot Meyer · 54 minPresident John F. Kennedy saw his mistress Mary Pinchot Meyer as an equal during their lives. But there was one thing neither realized they’d have in common: their suspicious…
- The Nevada Triangle · 46 min25,000 square miles. 2000 missing people and planes. Failures from the largest search and rescue missions in history. The arid region between Las Vegas, Reno, and Fresno sees…
- Sister Aimee's Kidnapping · 52 minIn 1926, Aimee Semple McPherson vanished into the Pacific Ocean. It made national news; “Sister Aimee” was the founder of the Foursquare Church, with hundreds of thousands of…
- Holiday Favorites: The Tape Library · 59 minHappy Holidays! This week, we're sharing an episode of one of our other favorite podcasts, The Tape Library. This episode is a chilling exploration of the Arctic’s most haunting…
- Holiday Favorites: Otherworld · 40 minHappy Holidays! This week, we're sharing an episode of one of our other favorite podcasts, Otherworld. In this episode, a woman checks into a hotel while visiting her family for…
- BEST OF 2025: Time-Slipping Through Europe · 46 minEvery December we step back and reflect on some favorite episodes from the year…today we're declassifying our best of 2025 picks. This summer we traveled to every continent… and…
- BEST OF 2025: Three Men Escaped Alcatraz, Evaded the FBI, and Lived Secret Lives · 43 minEvery December we step back and reflect on some favorite episodes from the year…today we're declassifying our best of 2025 picks. This episode actually happened because of…
- My Roman Empire: The Death of Nero · 47 minThey say Roman Emperor Nero played his fiddle while watching his own empire burn. He neglected all leadership duties, and killed his own family. Then, he died by suicide. But…
