CONSPIRACY THEORIES

THE 1919 WORLD SERIES WAS THROWN

Often referred to as the Black Sox Scandal, eight White Sox players

were accused of throwing the World Series in 1919. When the

story broke late in 1920, the players were acquitted because

throwing games wasn’t technically a crime.

THE GOVERNMENT POISONED ALCOHOL

DURING PROHIBITION

When people continued to drink after alcohol was banned, the

government basically tried to prevent moonshiners from cooking

up more alcohol by “spoiling” their ingredients. Because the

moonshiners didn’t stop, many of them ended up getting

sick and even dying.

CAR COMPANIES BOUGHT UP AND DESTROYED

STREETCARS

According to a report done by Congress in 1974, car companies

bought up and then destroyed many of the street car and rail

connections in the United States in the 1930’s in order to increase

demand for cars.

AREA 51 IS A TOP SECRET MILITARY INSTALLATION

In July 2013, following a FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) request

that was filed in 2005, the CIA publicly acknowledged the

existence of Area 51 for the first time.

FRENCH SOLDIER ALFRED DREYFUS WAS FRAMED

Known today as the Dreyfus Affair, Alfred Dreyfus, a French soldier,

was accused of treason in 1894 for selling secrets to Germany.

In 1906 Dreyfus was finally pardoned and it was revealed that he

was in fact a scapegoat. The real traitor had been quietly acquitted

but due to Dreyfus’s Jewish heritage he made an easy target.

THE CIA CONDUCTS MIND CONTROL EXPERIMENTS

Project MKUltra, a CIA program that performed mind control and drug

experiments on civilians was revealed in 1975 during

congressional investigations and hearings.

THE CIA "CLEANED" THE RECORDS OF NAZI SCIENTISTS

SO THEY COULD BE RECRUITED BY THE GOVERNMENT

A precursor to Project MKUltra, Project Paperclip was a CIA operation

that “bleached” the records of former Nazi scientists so that they could

be authorized to work for the United States. The paperclips that

secured their new histories to their files were what gave the

operation its name.

THE IRS IS TARGETING PEOPLE POLITICALLY

In 2013, during the IRS targeting controversy, it was revealed that the

IRS had singled out various conservative groups and subjected

them to significant scrutiny.

THE NSA IS LISTENING TO YOU

This one probably needs no explanation. The recent NSA scandal that

broke out as a result of revelations by Eric Snowden has led to

international repercussions.