Top 25 Most Popular Conspiracy Theories

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Peak Oil

peak oil There are some who believe that peak oil is a fraud put forth by the oil industry as a method of keeping prices high. Supposedly the companies are holding massive reserves under wraps to maintain the illusion that oil is scarce.
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McCarthyism

McCarthyismAlthough today the term is often used to describe the act of making an accusation without proper evidence, it finds its origins in the red scare of the 40’s when Senator Joseph McCarthy went on a rampage, accusing numerous high level officials of being associated with the Communist party and ruining numerous careers in the process.
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Subliminal Advertising

subliminal advertising It’s a very broad theory that suggests governments and companies alike embed hidden messages in advertisements and other media in order to subconsciously affect a person’s decisions and desires. While it’s true that subliminal stimuli are effective when it comes to priming one’s senses, they are not capable of the complete brain control like many proponents fear.
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Phantom Time Hypothesis

phantom time In 1991 Heribert Illig came up with the idea that large parts of history were complete fabrications, particularly Europe during the Early Middle Ages (AD 614-911). Proponents of his theory believe that this was accomplished primarily by the alteration and misrepresentation of physical evidence.
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New World Order

New World Order Between Zionist occupations, shadow governments, Freemasons, and Illuminati there is a lot that falls into this umbrella category. By and large though, all these conspiracy theories are tied together by one train of thought – someone is trying to take over everything.
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The Moon Landing

moon landingIn one of the most popular conspiracy theories of our time proponents argue that the moon landing was actually an elaborate hoax and all the pictures supposedly taken hundreds of thousands of miles away were actually taken in studios right here on Earth.
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The Holocaust

Holocaust It seems crazy, and it is, but there are actually people out there who believe the Holocaust never happened. They claim that there was no government policy against Jews, that gas chambers were never used, and that the actual number of Jews killed was many times less than the historically accepted figure of 5 to 6 million.
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Area 51/Roswell

Area 51 Ever since an unknown object crashed near Roswell, New Mexico in 1947 there have been hundreds of conspiracy theories put forth concerning its true nature. Along with Area 51, which the US government didn’t even acknowledge existed until 2003, these theories have formed the backbone of our culture’s obsession with aliens and UFO’s.
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9/11

9/11 The theories range all the way from US government officials turning a blind eye to various agencies actually assisting with the attack. Certain groups like the 9/11 Truth Movement have led to these ideas becoming very popular and they insist that there is no way the towers came down because of jet fuel alone.
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Grand Unified Conspiracy Theory

Grand Unified Conspiracy Theory It sounds complicated, but its really not. The premise is simple – everything is a conspiracy….which ironically includes the conspiracies themselves.

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Comments

  1. Anonymous says:

    Ridiculous Conspiracy Theory #26: Washington DC and Puerto Rico are actually states, yet their citizens had their voting rights taken away from them.

  2. i equals eye phone says:

    JFK was going to end the federal reserve, all conspiracy theories have routes in wanting to gain control over the population. anyone who attempts to loosen this control is eliminated.

  3. Anonymous says:

    Vaccines cause Autism. {I don’t believe this one because it’s ridiculous, though I know a buddy who has an Autistic nephew.}

  4. laadylove says:

    #2 HIV is not the cause AIDS.

  5. Muchael Diamond says:

    Paul Stanley and Cher are the same person.

  6. says:

    Chemtrails are real. They’re another name for cloud seeding. Been going on for decades. Contrails dissipate quickly and are usually much higher in elevation. Chemtrails are Looooong and spread out over time. Contrails have no particular pattern, but chemtrails are specific. Just look up on clear days and eventually you’ll see.

    • Luana says:

      I’m commenting on this super late, but you fogrot about National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation! I think that has to at least tie with A Christmas Story. We have a holiday tradition where we watch both of those movies while decorating the house and Christmas tree.Also, Bad Company does have a song called Bad Company, from the album Bad Company, released in 1974.

    • Kristy Owen says:

      I believe most of them to be true, with a bit of crap to fool people. They have puppets confusing People like this all the time, that’s their Job.

  7. Belden says:

    #25. The vatican city knows the whole truth.

  8. alexus bailey says:

    jfk should be number 1

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