MI5 put union leaders and protesters under surveillance during cold war". The Guardian. 6 October 2009. Archived from the original on 9 November 2017 . Retrieved 8 November 2017. Adolf Hitler alive: weird conspiracy theories". The Daily Telegraph. 29 September 2009. Archived from the original on 21 May 2018 . Retrieved 5 April 2018. a b Harambam, Jaron; Aupers, Stef (August 2021). "From the unbelievable to the undeniable: Epistemological pluralism, or how conspiracy theorists legitimate their extraordinary truth claims". European Journal of Cultural Studies. SAGE Publications. 24 (4): 990–1008. doi: 10.1177/1367549419886045. ISSN 1460-3551. One instance of promoting the "mastermind" conspiracy theory occurred in February 2017, when then- Ankara Mayor Melih Gökçek claimed that earthquakes in the western province of Çanakkale could have been organized by dark external powers aiming to destroy Turkey's economy with an "artificial earthquake" near Istanbul. [94] In another example, in November 2017, the Islamist newspaper Yeni Akit claimed that the fashion trend of "ripped denim" jeans was in fact a means of communication, via specific forms of rips and holes, between agents of foreign states and their collaborators in Turkey. [95] Espionage Israel animal spying

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But if Sirhan didn’t kill RFK, then who did, and why? And did his presidential brother fall victim to the same conspiratorial plot five years earlier?

The conspiracy theories behind the BP oil spill". The Week. 14 July 2010. Archived from the original on 23 June 2017 . Retrieved 4 July 2017. Bible conspiracy theories posit that significant parts of the New Testament are false, or have been omitted. Various groups both real (such as the Vatican) and fake (such as the Priory of Sion) are said to suppress relevant information concerning, for example, the dating of the Shroud of Turin. [153] The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country.” Other conspiracy theories claim that Holt was assassinated. Targets of these claims include North Vietnam and the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). [33] Death of other prominent figures These novels explore conspiracy theories both “real” and fictional, showing how history blends with fiction and speculation can supplement fact.