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    Many conspiracies have come out throughout the years about why kennedy was assassinated. This is because the assassinator, Lee Harvey Oswald, was killed before he could be interrogated and ask why he did it, or if he even did it. The woman who killed Oswald was named Jack Ruby. She claimed that her actions were patriotic, and that she did this to protect America. Many of the theories that are thought of when presented with the Kennedy assassination are that Oswald was mentally insane, wanted to…

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    Throughout the history of the United States, there has been no shortage of conspiracy theories. Different events or people can cause these theories such as 9/11, Area 51, Elvis Presley, and Kurt Cobain are just a few. One conspiracy that has withstood the test time and that is the assassination of the 35th President of the United States of America, President John Fitzgerald Kennedy (JFK). President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963 while traveling in a…

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    Some examples are MKUltra which was the U.S government 's attempt to control people 's minds, Area 51 and how they are hiding critical information like the existence of aliens, and one of the most known which are the conspiracy theories regarding the September 11th attacks. The September 11th attacks is one of the most tragic events that has occurred in American history, a day where planes were hijacked and flown into the iconic World Trade Center in New York, followed by an…

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    Conspiracy Theory Essay Zoltan Istvan proposes a popular idea for why human society hasn’t encountered alien species; they are machines and on a different molecular level, one that people cannot perceive. Digging deeper past the first base-conspiracy of if aliens exist or not, Istvan attempts to argue his robotic lifeforms theory by using logic, analogies, and sources that mostly seem to weakly support if not be entirely unrelated to the theory as well as mainly relying on his…

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    Conspiracy theories have become almost a big trend in American culture. Many of these conspiracy theories relate back to the American government, and usually not in a good way. One of the most well known conspiracies is the Malcolm X assassination. Malcolm X was a prominent civil rights figure during the 1950s and 1960s. He fought for equality amongst White Americans and African Americans, which was seen as a threat by many White Americans. Although many believe Malcolm X was killed by his own…

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    have been many conspiracy theories that believed Lee Harvey was not working alone in this horrible act of crime. This report will focus on the accepted story that was released to the public also on two off the conspiracy theories and will also include my point of view on which theory is most likely. I will also comment my thoughts on how the death of the President was relatable to New Zealand. Accepted story, On 22 November 1963, President kennedy was driving…

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    Sandy Hook Shooting Conspiracies The shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary was a tragic event, with twenty six dead and only questions remaining, it’s hard not to sympathize with the families of those lost. There is a movement, however, that claims the shooting was false (Spaeth). The shooting is believed to have been staged in order to pave the way for stricter gun control (Salazar). Conspiracy theorists, calling themselves Truthers, have presented evidence to support their claims numerous times…

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    one is that John Lennon’s wife, Yoko Ono. Apparently Ono was very intruding in The Beatles and the members, other than John, disliked that. The Beatles didn’t want their wives or girlfriends effecting their music, but Ono did that. There is an conspiracy theory that was soon to found out to be true that John and his wife Yoko Ono were heroin addicts, which affected the sound of their music. Their most psychedelic song and music video was the “Yellow Submarine”. The song described one of John’s…

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    Thousands of conspiracies arise every day, but it’s your choice to believe them or not. Do you believe in the Philadelphia experiment? I personally do. How is it possible for a great amount of human beings to have detailed knowledge about something that is labeled a hoax? The smartest man in the world, Steven Hawking doubts it is possible to come up with such detailed evidence or documents. The Philadelphia experiment conspiracy theory is a worldwide experiment that took place during World War…

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    One man actually wrote a book explaining his conspiracy theory. He claims that there are government codes that exploit the true killers: Stephen King, Richard Nixon, and Ronald Reagan (Lightfoot, 1). This is one of many conspiracy theories pertaining to Lennon’s assassination, but all of them are absurd. Chapman was found at the scene of the murder with the weapon in hand. He confessed to the…

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