The Sixty Greatest Conspiracies of All Time

by Vankin, Jonathan; Whalen, John

• ISBN13: 9780806518336
• ISBN10: 0806518332
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-11-01
• Publisher: Citadel Pr

Summary

This instant classic has been updated and expanded to include new and late-breaking conspiracies, including The Alien Autopsy controversy, the death of Vince Foster, the Oklahoma City bombing, the Unabomber, Japan's shadowy Aum cult, the real story of life - make that cities - on Mars, and more. Whether you "buy" any of these theories or merely enjoy a walk on the wild side of alternative history, The Sixty Greatest Conspiracies of All Time will provide hours of provocative reading. You will never again look at the world in quite the same way.

Table of Contents

Preface: Conspiracy, N'est-ce pas?	xi	(4)
Acknowledgments	xv
Part I: Your Tax Dollars at Work	3	(92)
1 CIAcid Trip	3	(8)
2 Get Castro!	11	(10)
3 Breeding Better People	21	(6)
4 The Disaster Agency	27	(8)
5 The Sickening Secret	35	(8)
6 A Lovely Little War	43	(9)
7 The Adventures of the Keystone Kommandos	52	(6)
8 The Conspiracy Queen and the G-Men	58	(9)
9 Microfilm at 11	67	(6)
10 Playing Those Mind Games	73	(6)
11 "'Scuse the pentagon While They Cook the Sky	79	(8)
12 Big Lies	87	(8)
Part II: From Beyond	95	(62)
13 Classified Secrets of the Sky	95	(5)
14 Apolloscam	100	(5)
15 Saucer Blitz!	105	(5)
16 Saucer Therapy	110	(6)
17 Alien Autopsy	116	(10)
18 The Moon-Mars Coverup	126	(12)
19 The X-Files Conspiracy	138	(6)
20 The Real Men in Black	144	(13)
Part III: They Died Alone	157	(52)
21 The Sex Goddess Who Knew Too Much	157	(7)
22 Lizard King Lives!	164	(8)
23 The Godfather Part III: The Real Story	172	(5)
24 The Man Who Got Too Close	177	(9)
25 The Cloud Buster	186	(12)
26 The Hermit Billionaire	198	(11)
Part IV: Mondo Politics	209	(52)
27 Votescam	209	(3)
28 The Mother of All "Gates"	212	(10)
29 Libido-gate	222	(8)
30 October Surprise	230	(9)
31 The Trouble With Vince	239	(9)
32 The Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy	248	(13)
Part V: Blood 'n' Guts	261	(22)
33 The Royal Ripper	261	(7)
34 Death Squad From the Desert	268	(6)
35 "Hello From the Gutters"	274	(9)
Part VI: Unified Field Theories	283	(54)
36 The Enlightened Ones	283	(7)
37 The Sorcerers	290	(5)
38 Anglophobia	295	(5)
39 Those Christ Kids	300	(9)
40 The Gemstone File	309	(5)
41 Apocalypse at a Glance	314	(7)
42 The Shroud and the Scrolls	321	(9)
43 The Protocols Fraud	330	(7)
Part VII: Conspiracy, Inc.	337	(26)
44 The White House Putsch	337	(6)
45 The Candy-Coated Conspiracy	343	(4)
46 Reefer Madness	347	(5)
47 New World Order	352	(11)
Part VIII: Tragedy and Trauma	363	(104)
48 This Means War	363	(4)
49 The Lost Boys	367	(11)
50 The Evil Empire Strikes Back	378	(6)
51 Pan Am Flight 103	384	(8)
52 The Jonestown Massacre	392	(7)
53 AIDS: The Pentagon's Plague?	399	(6)
54 Bombshells in Oklahoma City	405	(12)
55 Wake Up and Smell the Gas	417	(17)
56 Smart Bomber	434	(13)
57 The Jet, the Net, and the Missile	447	(11)
58 Crack Shots	458	(9)
Part IX: State Secrets	467	(30)
59 The Return of Hitler's Spy	467	(7)
60 The Secret Team	474	(5)
61 Meet the New Boss...	479	(7)
62 It's Not Missionary Work	486	(11)
Part X: Random Shootings	497	(22)
63 Who Slew the Walrus?	497	(7)
64 Potshots From the "Bushy Knoll"?	504	(6)
65 The Bulgarian Concoction	510	(9)
Part XI: Twilight of the Idols	519	(44)
66 The Lincoln Conspiracies	519	(7)
67 The Long Aim of the Law?	526	(11)
68 RFK Must Die!	537	(8)
69 JFK: Conspiracy of Confusion	545	(9)
70 Die Princess Di!	554	(9)
Index	563